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warning: the following information is generally unsubstantiated and was probably originally written by 17 year old girls. please take it exactly as seriously as you feel appropriate
 

u rang? 👀

warning: the following information is generally unsubstantiated and was probably originally written by 17 year old girls. please take it exactly as seriously as you feel appropriate
 

u rang? 👀

warning: the following information is generally unsubstantiated and was probably originally written by 17 year old girls. please take it exactly as seriously as you feel appropriate
 

u rang? 👀

warning: the following information is generally unsubstantiated and was probably originally written by 17 year old girls. please take it exactly as seriously as you feel appropriate
 

Because every time this happens it ends up that one of the members
ran away and didn't tell anyone ended up sick at someone's house for a few days and is fine had family issues he needed to deal with They almost never end up dead in a ditch somewhere. This sounds a lot like #1, especially with the loans business. They aren't getting that money or equipment back because if I were him and I needed money I would have pawned your shit a long time ago Himitsu Kessha Codomo A style. Hopefully they get some answers but a lot of these bands seem like they walked into a discord chat and typed "lf guitarist 4 vk" and picked the first person to reply who could play scales. If they don't even ~know~ him that well it might be over.

Actually Folie ran away cuz he got one of his tsunagari pregnant and she wanted an abortion

??? "gaining recognition" is a bit nebulous, Naoki's band was just announced and their official twitter has 160 followers... there's no way to measure until we see the trends in venues they're playing and who they're playing with
if it helps by "fanbase" i don't mean overseas fans (deathgaze dominated in terms of overseas fans imho) and net/CD fans, i mean the people who drive the band financially by adding to the headcount and attending shows

now i can't give you "evidence" because it's not like i have statistics about japanese deathgaze fans but i can tell you my perception from what i've seen and why is it how it is:
while i personally enjoy Aiemon dot com and his solo act, he's a pretty minor act based on the crowd turnout i saw and the venues he's playing/who he's playing with. like, it shocked me because i expected him to have more fans in the crowd.
as for deathgaze itself, a bunch of diehard fans rolled on them in their last year of activity and stopped attending their shows. 2013 was absolutely filled with drama between the members and fans which is probably what many younger bangya know about them more than their music sadly. yes it was all petty gossip but fans really and truly did quit because of it and it stained their legacy imo.

no one wants to sound like deviloof other than deviloof don't worry

and at last we know who they are!


http://dexcore.jp

tetsu (Bass)  |  Kagami (Vocal)  |  Naoki (Drums)
two type single 「The Dead Sea」 out on 12.14

i'm intrigued? tetsu is ex. Vent Croix and concurrently(?) doing vocals for Art for Art's Sake but idk who Kagami is at all.

maybe they're going full Smells and just saying fuck guitars (i wish)

in no particular order

lynch.
emmuree
merry go round
the god and death stars
deadman
DUMMY CHILDREN
hurts
FLOPPY
GULLET
fuck it, Sadie even though the end of their run was kinda bad
 
i like bands newer than this too but i feel weird putting them on this list next to some of the others :c
honorable mentions: Pentagon, UNDER FALL JUSTICE, Smells, gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy, dim my division, [...], Sadie, BORN, early D'espairsray, Rentrer en Soi, P∽L

every day that passes without a time table announcement raises my anxiety levels and i'm not even attending

since no one mentioned it Yoshiki has been apparently on a blocking spree for anyone who complains about the lack of concrete information on twitter
will VJS go off without a hitch despite all these bad omens? will anyone go see Mumiy Troll? will Yoshiki's block button survive the amount of complaints i estimate there will be when shit actually kicks off?

/shin.taro.942


btw since this thread was bumped, and this creeplord was recently active on FB, and a bunch of goofballs were arguing about whether or not she lied about her age: the second picture says he knew she was 17 and went for it anyway. now you know

/shin.taro.942


btw since this thread was bumped, and this creeplord was recently active on FB, and a bunch of goofballs were arguing about whether or not she lied about her age: the second picture says he knew she was 17 and went for it anyway. now you know

/shin.taro.942


btw since this thread was bumped, and this creeplord was recently active on FB, and a bunch of goofballs were arguing about whether or not she lied about her age: the second picture says he knew she was 17 and went for it anyway. now you know

| AVANT GARDE but oh so predictable
 
lynch. has been around for some time when it comes to the history of modern J-rock bands. The band has released 9 albums, 15 singles, and 1 EP since their formation in 2004. The guys have managed to keep a steady and consistent sound despite some line-up changes. This sound revolves mostly around Hazuki's vocal style and melodic phrases. Though Hazuki's vocal strategy has yet to change, the groups instrumental phrasing alters a little with each release. Like any other artists, there's always a small group that doesn't approve of the musical direction. The main argument when it comes to lynch. is that they keep recycling the same formula. In most cases, opinions clash when artists change their sound completely or become a little more experimental with their sound. lynch. has stayed almost too consistent to this point, but somehow it works for them. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
AVANTGARDE is the newest addition to the bands discography and offers 12 new tracks. The title is quite vague and opens some space for creativity and exploration, but falls a little short of these expectations. "AVANT GARDE" is an interesting opening and utilizes a lot of synths and electronic aspects that work great for a stage entrance, but it does not sum up the whole album in any way. Tracks such as "EVIDENCE", "DAMNED", "PRAYER",  and "THE OUTRAGE SEXUALITY" sound a little fresher musically and offer a bit more depth in the heaviness department. Although "F.A.K.E" is catchy with the slap bass phrase, it and "PLEDGE" also sounds like they're right off one of their past releases.  "UNELMA" and "PHANTOM" show more of a solid direction change in this album. The guitar work in "UNELMA" is more adventurous and it shines best in the guitar solo while the general contrast between instrumentals and vocals in "PHANTOM" tastefully build off each other. "FAREWELL" is a beautifully slow, abstract, and smooth ballad but it sounds disjointed from the rest of the album. Because "AVANT GARDE" doesn't give a clear preview of the rest of the album, I would consider "EVIDENCE" as a better opening track. The first and last song should come full circle and translate a full summary of what the album is but these two tracks ended up being the only two completely fresh-feeling tracks on the album. 
 
While the release itself is still very strong if you've never listened to lynch. before, it doesn't stray too far from their previous work. This doesn't go to say that the band is not progressing or trying new things but simply that there wasn't a significant change to really create that wow factor that avid listeners are looking for. Listening for the production quality alone you can tell they've tweaked a few minor things to make the depth of their songs a lot more prominent and they've even adopted a few new djent techniques. This album will translate well to live performances just as their past releases have which brings me to one conclusion. In the words of @Zeus, " If GALLOWS was 100% live lynch. and D.A.R.K. was blending the live side with their studio sensibilities, then to me AVANTGARDE feels 70% of the way between D.A.R.K. and GALLOWS but closer to GALLOWS."
 
 
Support the band!
 
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this thread was just a shit show wasn't it

every day that passes without a time table announcement raises my anxiety levels and i'm not even attending

since no one mentioned it Yoshiki has been apparently on a blocking spree for anyone who complains about the lack of concrete information on twitter
will VJS go off without a hitch despite all these bad omens? will anyone go see Mumiy Troll? will Yoshiki's block button survive the amount of complaints i estimate there will be when shit actually kicks off?

Oh come on he is just busy with his hollywood career (laughs) 😕😒😐😑.
 
Keep on adding bands and acts but without official timetables and schedules for this summit even. Less than 48 hours in JPN. How stressful is that for everyone attending? (facepalm)
 

every day that passes without a time table announcement raises my anxiety levels and i'm not even attending

since no one mentioned it Yoshiki has been apparently on a blocking spree for anyone who complains about the lack of concrete information on twitter
will VJS go off without a hitch despite all these bad omens? will anyone go see Mumiy Troll? will Yoshiki's block button survive the amount of complaints i estimate there will be when shit actually kicks off?

every day that passes without a time table announcement raises my anxiety levels and i'm not even attending

since no one mentioned it Yoshiki has been apparently on a blocking spree for anyone who complains about the lack of concrete information on twitter
will VJS go off without a hitch despite all these bad omens? will anyone go see Mumiy Troll? will Yoshiki's block button survive the amount of complaints i estimate there will be when shit actually kicks off?

i still don't see any indication it sold out anywhere yet so i doubt it actually did, not sure where that info came from 👀🔍

are we just talking about at one time or in general?
 
Let's see Souiumono's probably the band I've dropped the most cash on.
I've seen them the most besides maybe Ensoku, been to their in stores the most, bought the most CDs, cheki etc of theirs.
 
In one go:
Plane: $300 maybe
Hotel: -- (stayed at a friends)
Ticket folder (6 tickets): $180
Ticket for actual concert: $30? + $5+ for drink
Cheki: probably like $30~$50
SO I guess the total was about $550
 
Which to be honest wasn't that uncommon for me at one point--the plane ticket was almost always $280~360 whenever I had to fly to Tokyo from 2012-2015. Sometimes I stayed at hotels for days to a week at a time which really put a dent in my wallet haha
 
um let's see 
 
So I am assuming an average price since receipts will only make me weep and are probably nonexistent and this point. 
When I was living in Shimane Tokyo costs were assumed to be $320, Osaka $100, etc. 
Ticket prices were assumed the average of $40 (this is to include the drink ticket price). 
CDs, as much as I would love to include the ones I bought on behalf of others, I only included the ones I bought for myself.
 
costs of following Souiumono in general
Travel (plane, bus, shinkansen):  ~$5,000
Hotel cost: incalculable sorry I can't even begin to guess
Cheki: $900 (60 x 3 x 5)
CDs: ~$550
Goods (towels, scrunchies, etc): ~$200
Tickets: ~$1,120
Grand total?: $7,770~$12,000+ 
 
That's probably a low estimate tbh and remember I don't do this with only Souiumono, I've dropped thousands on plenty of bands.
 
LOL BYE 

you're correct, for 10,000y (plus shipping) you get a 5 track minialbum on a USB card, 5 art postcards, a sticker and t-shirt with their logo
 
unrelated: can a band deserve to flop?