r...

this song of an cafe is cool xD

Why do people look over their first mini though? Not that it's stellar but some surprising koteosa songcraft from them:
 
 

aww, this thread brings back so many memories! ;u;
 
somebody's gotta at least post one baroque video so i'll take the pleasure of doing it~ still dark musically, but the introduction of brighter clothes in the scene shows in this pv.
 
and well, here's one of their funner songs too.
 
i think most bands i know have been mentioned already, but here's one that i still really like to this day. it's too bad that they only released two songs. some might recognize that the vocalist went on to form the an cafe copy band called zip.er, which i also like tbh, but mostly their early stuff.
 
 

Oh man, I totally forgot about Panikku! I like their kote/darker side more, but their oshare stuff was so fun.
 
 
 

this accuracy lmao
 
In all seriousness though, 2005~2007 was a rough period given how many insanely colorful and bad oshare bands were popping up like unnecessary screams in a DIR EN GREY song. But there were some gems along the way. To this day, I still don't think anyone's ever done oshare better than しゃるろっと. They were the perfect blend of bubbly pop-rock with the occasional serious and emotional music in the scene. An example of the latter:
 
 
Clavier was right there with しゃるろっと in the top-tier of oshare too. Their music was sharp and super polished for such a young band, it was ridiculous. There were some duds here and there, sure, but most of their (sadly small) output was honestly stellar.
 
 
Vinett comes right behind them for me. It's such a shame they lasted like two years and their album fell just a little short - while it still has some great songs, their singles were still a step above it. And I swear to whatever god there may be that this is one of the best visual kei songs of any period ever:
 
 
HeaRT was also quite fun - they had one of the defining songs of the scene too, Daidai. Too bad v[NEU] sucked through all of their career, but once Jun wasn't involved any longer, it was bound to happen.
 
 
And then we had the funky, jazzy, art-kei portion of the scene with mostly MELLO, 華族 (plus early THE KIDDIE) and ドーリスマリィ before they decided to turn into the third coming of LAREINE (RIP IZABEL VAROSA). 華族 was my favorite out the of bunch, but unfortunately they didn't last long after their main songwriter left (so long, Azusa-san). As for MELLO and ドーリスマリィ, I've lost hope their members will ever come back full-time. Thanks KAMIJO!
 
Here are some of their best songs:
 

Also in regards to AN CAFE, I don't say this too often, but their first full-lenght (色彩モーメント) was GREAT. I'm not sure how it holds up these days (haven't listened to it in forever), but I freaking loved it back then. マグニャカルタ also had some pretty cool tunes (mostly the singles, but still - スマイル一番 イイ♀ is a gem).
 
ETA: @r...you know you want to contribute to this thread.

I didn't like Kirito's voice (which I listened to when Angelo first started) but then I listened to Calvary a few years later because they were advertising the single in some live stream I was watching and I was like wat. Then I started liking Angelo and PIERROT lol

Conselho de amigo: juntem dinheiro, vendam suas roupas de baixo, seu corpo, sua alma, mas viajem para o Japão pelo menos uma vez na vida. É maneiríssimo.
 
É mais barato do que se imagina, contato que se planeje direitinho e com antecedência. Fui com o dobro de grana que deveria e voltei com dinheiro suficiente pra passar outro mês lá. Ano que vem!
 
E quando forem, falem que são do Brasil, ainda mais se decidirem ver shows (recomendo!). Ganhei um monte de coisa grátis de empresário de banda só por esse migué; pôster, CD, chance de conhecer os caras das bandas, palheta, etc. Do caralho.

Conselho de amigo: juntem dinheiro, vendam suas roupas de baixo, seu corpo, sua alma, mas viajem para o Japão pelo menos uma vez na vida. É maneiríssimo.
 
É mais barato do que se imagina, contato que se planeje direitinho e com antecedência. Fui com o dobro de grana que deveria e voltei com dinheiro suficiente pra passar outro mês lá. Ano que vem!
 
E quando forem, falem que são do Brasil, ainda mais se decidirem ver shows (recomendo!). Ganhei um monte de coisa grátis de empresário de banda só por esse migué; pôster, CD, chance de conhecer os caras das bandas, palheta, etc. Do caralho.

Cruisin' around and talking about Emmuree's new single, Red.
 
I said the wrong track was called 'red', but the text on screen is correct haha.
 
Let me know what ya'll think now that you've had a chance to listen!
 
Shoutout to @r... for spreading the Emmuree love. 

It's not silly, that's why I have the videos as unlisted and only link to them - I want them to be found by the same people who care just enough to buy the official release anyway. Though I may just be trying to put my conscience to sleep.

(IDM doesn't work for me at all, trying out kakoroku now...  Edit: kakoroku worked! Thank you for the help, sads123!)
EDIT2: Here's the result of today's efforts, mega.nz link for the concert in original quality.

There you go, YouTube playlists of yesterday's concert:
White Sheep + Black Sheep
@sads123and anyone else interested, enjoy!

finallyyyyy!

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right?
 
Setlist for today:
 
MERRY（メリー）
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（白い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.六本木ジャジー喫茶
02.黄昏レストラン
03.躊躇いシャッフル
04.薔薇と片隅のブルース
05.アタシは捨て猫
06.林檎と嘘
07.東京テレフォン
08.カナリア
09.千代田線デモクラシー
10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH
11.歌声喫茶「モダン」
12.BLUESCAT
13.梟
 
EN
01.Unreachable Voice
02.平日の女
03.新曲 (New song)
04.Happy life
 
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（黒い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.ジャパニーズモダニスト
02.バイオレットハレンチ
03.絶望
04.オリエンタルBLサーカス
05.Midnight Shangrila
06.[human farm]
07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館
08.Ve-doro
09.【collector】
10.Station07
11.千代田線デモクラシー
12.「東京」
13.Carnival
14.消毒
15.The Cry Against...
16.自意識過剰型木偶人間
 
EN1
01.平日の女-B面-
02.新曲 (New song)
03.Happy life
 
EN2
01.T.O.P
 
Very solid song selection!

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right?
 
Setlist for today:
 
MERRY（メリー）
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（白い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.六本木ジャジー喫茶
02.黄昏レストラン
03.躊躇いシャッフル
04.薔薇と片隅のブルース
05.アタシは捨て猫
06.林檎と嘘
07.東京テレフォン
08.カナリア
09.千代田線デモクラシー
10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH
11.歌声喫茶「モダン」
12.BLUESCAT
13.梟
 
EN
01.Unreachable Voice
02.平日の女
03.新曲 (New song)
04.Happy life
 
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（黒い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.ジャパニーズモダニスト
02.バイオレットハレンチ
03.絶望
04.オリエンタルBLサーカス
05.Midnight Shangrila
06.[human farm]
07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館
08.Ve-doro
09.【collector】
10.Station07
11.千代田線デモクラシー
12.「東京」
13.Carnival
14.消毒
15.The Cry Against...
16.自意識過剰型木偶人間
 
EN1
01.平日の女-B面-
02.新曲 (New song)
03.Happy life
 
EN2
01.T.O.P
 
Very solid song selection!

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right?
 
Setlist for today:
 
MERRY（メリー）
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（白い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.六本木ジャジー喫茶
02.黄昏レストラン
03.躊躇いシャッフル
04.薔薇と片隅のブルース
05.アタシは捨て猫
06.林檎と嘘
07.東京テレフォン
08.カナリア
09.千代田線デモクラシー
10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH
11.歌声喫茶「モダン」
12.BLUESCAT
13.梟
 
EN
01.Unreachable Voice
02.平日の女
03.新曲 (New song)
04.Happy life
 
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（黒い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.ジャパニーズモダニスト
02.バイオレットハレンチ
03.絶望
04.オリエンタルBLサーカス
05.Midnight Shangrila
06.[human farm]
07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館
08.Ve-doro
09.【collector】
10.Station07
11.千代田線デモクラシー
12.「東京」
13.Carnival
14.消毒
15.The Cry Against...
16.自意識過剰型木偶人間
 
EN1
01.平日の女-B面-
02.新曲 (New song)
03.Happy life
 
EN2
01.T.O.P
 
Very solid song selection!

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right?
 
Setlist for today:
 
MERRY（メリー）
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（白い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.六本木ジャジー喫茶
02.黄昏レストラン
03.躊躇いシャッフル
04.薔薇と片隅のブルース
05.アタシは捨て猫
06.林檎と嘘
07.東京テレフォン
08.カナリア
09.千代田線デモクラシー
10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH
11.歌声喫茶「モダン」
12.BLUESCAT
13.梟
 
EN
01.Unreachable Voice
02.平日の女
03.新曲 (New song)
04.Happy life
 
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（黒い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.ジャパニーズモダニスト
02.バイオレットハレンチ
03.絶望
04.オリエンタルBLサーカス
05.Midnight Shangrila
06.[human farm]
07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館
08.Ve-doro
09.【collector】
10.Station07
11.千代田線デモクラシー
12.「東京」
13.Carnival
14.消毒
15.The Cry Against...
16.自意識過剰型木偶人間
 
EN1
01.平日の女-B面-
02.新曲 (New song)
03.Happy life
 
EN2
01.T.O.P
 
Very solid song selection!

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right?
 
Setlist for today:
 
MERRY（メリー）
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（白い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.六本木ジャジー喫茶
02.黄昏レストラン
03.躊躇いシャッフル
04.薔薇と片隅のブルース
05.アタシは捨て猫
06.林檎と嘘
07.東京テレフォン
08.カナリア
09.千代田線デモクラシー
10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH
11.歌声喫茶「モダン」
12.BLUESCAT
13.梟
 
EN
01.Unreachable Voice
02.平日の女
03.新曲 (New song)
04.Happy life
 
2016.11.07
品川ステラボール（黒い羊）
MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits
～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～
SET LIST（セットリスト）
 
01.ジャパニーズモダニスト
02.バイオレットハレンチ
03.絶望
04.オリエンタルBLサーカス
05.Midnight Shangrila
06.[human farm]
07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館
08.Ve-doro
09.【collector】
10.Station07
11.千代田線デモクラシー
12.「東京」
13.Carnival
14.消毒
15.The Cry Against...
16.自意識過剰型木偶人間
 
EN1
01.平日の女-B面-
02.新曲 (New song)
03.Happy life
 
EN2
01.T.O.P
 
Very solid song selection!

Considering that means 3 singles now, I guess we can probably expect an album somewhere in 2017 too?

The fact that so many people still equal notions such as 'brutality' and 'heaviness' with 'quality' is, quite frankly, appalling and fucking dumb tbqh

Happy life is a banging single, y'all. One of their best, actually and it totally fits with their current mindset. Plus, the acoustic version MERRY's been playing live recentIy? Pfff... talk about gorgeousness!
 
You can tell MERRY are in a really good place musically and mentally. They seem to be really happy with the band and themselves. You should've seem them live, especially now that テツ is back. They are always smiling, laughing, cracking jokes about each other. The mood seems to be excellent. Confident in their habilities, but still hungry to prove people that they are still relevant. NOnsenSe MARkeT was such a big step to them and quickly became one of my favorites. MERRY is a band that I've loved since the beginning and this one I can say from almost the very beginning. I've been following them for over 14 years (since 個性派ブレンド!).
 
They always had good and bad moments, ups and dows in their career. When MERRY went major in 2005 was a bit wierd, they had some cool songs here and there, but there was something off. Then, joining sun-krad and FIREWALL DIV., and trying to become a DIR EN GREY clone was also a baffling mistake (from an artistic standpoint and maybe even a financial one, it just didn't make sense to alienate your fanbase like that...), Still, I think they created some good albums during the Victor-era, especially revisiting some of them now. For exemple, I love M.E.R.R.Y. and I think it's criminally underrated among the western fanbase. And, Beautiful Freaks, while uneven (and, truthfully, not very good) had some really, really great MERRY moments, so yeah, they recovered.
 
I think they have complete freedom to do whatever the hell they want now, and also a level of maturity that makes sure that, since 2014 with NOnsenSe MARkeT, they are able to combine all the aspects of their catalog and create some cool things. 平日の女 is kinda like that, it has the retro-feel and モダンギャルド-ness that I love, but with their current production values (that I'm not really a fan, to be honest, ネロ sounds like crap and 健一 and 結生 sound too fuzzy. But that might be a stylistic choice, albeit a poor one). All in all, I'm happy that MERRY seems to be in such a good place and I'm really looking forward to their new album next year. (or maybe even THIS year, who knows... there's still time!) It just makes me glad being a fan.
 

Happy life is a banging single, y'all. One of their best, actually and it totally fits with their current mindset. Plus, the acoustic version MERRY's been playing live recentIy? Pfff... talk about gorgeousness!
 
You can tell MERRY are in a really good place musically and mentally. They seem to be really happy with the band and themselves. You should've seem them live, especially now that テツ is back. They are always smiling, laughing, cracking jokes about each other. The mood seems to be excellent. Confident in their habilities, but still hungry to prove people that they are still relevant. NOnsenSe MARkeT was such a big step to them and quickly became one of my favorites. MERRY is a band that I've loved since the beginning and this one I can say from almost the very beginning. I've been following them for over 14 years (since 個性派ブレンド!).
 
They always had good and bad moments, ups and dows in their career. When MERRY went major in 2005 was a bit wierd, they had some cool songs here and there, but there was something off. Then, joining sun-krad and FIREWALL DIV., and trying to become a DIR EN GREY clone was also a baffling mistake (from an artistic standpoint and maybe even a financial one, it just didn't make sense to alienate your fanbase like that...), Still, I think they created some good albums during the Victor-era, especially revisiting some of them now. For exemple, I love M.E.R.R.Y. and I think it's criminally underrated among the western fanbase. And, Beautiful Freaks, while uneven (and, truthfully, not very good) had some really, really great MERRY moments, so yeah, they recovered.
 
I think they have complete freedom to do whatever the hell they want now, and also a level of maturity that makes sure that, since 2014 with NOnsenSe MARkeT, they are able to combine all the aspects of their catalog and create some cool things. 平日の女 is kinda like that, it has the retro-feel and モダンギャルド-ness that I love, but with their current production values (that I'm not really a fan, to be honest, ネロ sounds like crap and 健一 and 結生 sound too fuzzy. But that might be a stylistic choice, albeit a poor one). All in all, I'm happy that MERRY seems to be in such a good place and I'm really looking forward to their new album next year. (or maybe even THIS year, who knows... there's still time!) It just makes me glad being a fan.
 

Happy life is a banging single, y'all. One of their best, actually and it totally fits with their current mindset. Plus, the acoustic version MERRY's been playing live recentIy? Pfff... talk about gorgeousness!
 
You can tell MERRY are in a really good place musically and mentally. They seem to be really happy with the band and themselves. You should've seem them live, especially now that テツ is back. They are always smiling, laughing, cracking jokes about each other. The mood seems to be excellent. Confident in their habilities, but still hungry to prove people that they are still relevant. NOnsenSe MARkeT was such a big step to them and quickly became one of my favorites. MERRY is a band that I've loved since the beginning and this one I can say from almost the very beginning. I've been following them for over 14 years (since 個性派ブレンド!).
 
They always had good and bad moments, ups and dows in their career. When MERRY went major in 2005 was a bit wierd, they had some cool songs here and there, but there was something off. Then, joining sun-krad and FIREWALL DIV., and trying to become a DIR EN GREY clone was also a baffling mistake (from an artistic standpoint and maybe even a financial one, it just didn't make sense to alienate your fanbase like that...), Still, I think they created some good albums during the Victor-era, especially revisiting some of them now. For exemple, I love M.E.R.R.Y. and I think it's criminally underrated among the western fanbase. And, Beautiful Freaks, while uneven (and, truthfully, not very good) had some really, really great MERRY moments, so yeah, they recovered.
 
I think they have complete freedom to do whatever the hell they want now, and also a level of maturity that makes sure that, since 2014 with NOnsenSe MARkeT, they are able to combine all the aspects of their catalog and create some cool things. 平日の女 is kinda like that, it has the retro-feel and モダンギャルド-ness that I love, but with their current production values (that I'm not really a fan, to be honest, ネロ sounds like crap and 健一 and 結生 sound too fuzzy. But that might be a stylistic choice, albeit a poor one). All in all, I'm happy that MERRY seems to be in such a good place and I'm really looking forward to their new album next year. (or maybe even THIS year, who knows... there's still time!) It just makes me glad being a fan.