WhirlingBlack

I saw them in Munich, it was a decent gig. Very professional, setlist was terrible, All because it was missing Cockroach, the only track I was truly excited for, haha.

Can someone post the London setlist?

I knew it, it was worth the hype. It's amazing. Saviours of VK.

Kisaki has a very easily identifiable style of playing, you can instantly hear it's him, but I think it might be because he hasn't really developed all that much as a bassist since the 90s. 

Infinitum link pls

I'd say Yoshiki but I'm unsure if he knows how to make good music anymore, hasn't made anything worthwhile since the 90s. 

25th anniversary in the music industry?

That's funny, because I think it's almost 25 years since he was relevant in music. 

I like the Black:List throwback look, the sound is pretty good too, but to be honest I wish they'd just reform Black:List for a bit and release all the tracks they never got around to releasing. They are some of the best unreleased material in VK.

Either way, Kyotaro back in VK makes me happy.

Dir en grey - UROBOROS
黒夢 - 亡骸を・・・
LUNA SEA - LUNA SEA
ムック - 葬ラ謳
sukekiyo - ADORATIO

Any answer that is not involving these five is most likely incorrect. 

I hosted the release party of the new album together with the band yesterday and I confirm that it's quite the good album. 100% not bought opinion. 

This is truly a great loss for the Japanese music scene. RIP.

2 hours ago, Takadanobabaalien said:

jonas who?

Jonas Åkerlund (ex. Bathory)

Going to post this here without any context and see if anyone figures it out. Quite proud of this one. 

Time to sell the family heirlooms and rob the bank. No way I can miss this.

Not sure if anyone else is interested in this band on the forum, but I opened my copy of their mini album "Teenage Riot" and was treated to some rather... unusual lyrics, and thought they were hilarious enough that I had to share them with the world. If there's anyone who wants me to do the rest I can since I doubt anyone else besides the band still has a copy of this CD.

transcribed by me exactly as written, including capitalization and missed spacing, from the lyrics sheet (which looks like it's printed at home just like the rest of the album.)

To quote one of my all time favorite vocalists: "What Was in Your Pet dog You are" - 狂太郎, 2003. 

Enjoy.

Biotech

作曲・冥   |   歌詞・狂太郎   |   編曲・Volark

dead Born 「I'm Sorry」
Hello and I'm Scrap
Hello and good Killyou！

「MAD」

愛しい貴女 壊してやろうかい？
「Mad What Didyou guragura」
そっと目をとじて「笑」僕にゆだねる
「What Was in Your Pet dog You are」
気がつけば足元にころがる無数のbaby
「Mad What Didyou yurayura」
もっと締め付けて「笑」僕をイカせてみな
「What Your This Happy Showtime！」

「Fuｘｘ'n JAP Killyou」

「モルヒネ Please！」

Transcribed by WhirlingBlack, 2019. 

Sounds like generic neo-vk to me. But one minute sample is not enough to judge the project entirely so I will still check it out based on their past merits. 

9 minutes ago, Masato said:

Well, they are probably evil as they are from Sweden and only eat meatballs with jam....

Hey now, we actually eat our meatballs with mashed potatoes, a cream-based sauce, pickled cucumber and some lingonberry jam on the side. 

Surely you guys must've been to IKEA at some point? 

Just now, Tokage said:

I LOVE JAPAN PERIOD

GIRUGAMESH

I also like J-Rock

Vi ses, ha det bra!~ 

Meanwhile, I'll be taking bets on which of the four accounts will be back first! 

1 hour ago, Masato said:

Lol,

I think he is actually waiting for someone to die as they are still milking hide's death like crazy....

 

So publishing an "Memorial, last instrument tunes, post death" album would probably sell more.... so he has been stalling it for decades

He was probably rubbing his hands in delight when Pata was sick some year ago.

I wonder how long it will take for that dumb Tooru rumour to finally die. Its been debunked for years now.

 カウントダウン sounds like a variation on Utagoe, lol. Will try out the album when it comes but I don't expect much, they've consistently disappointed me with all newly written material for the past ten years.

11 hours ago, Duwang said:

Mio's not Sho but he's also really good for a noob.

The mixing of the album is fucking terrible though.

It's almost as if Isseis skills are in talent scouting and not making music (DIMLIM improved after he left) and certainly not in mixing/mastering (everything sounds awful that he's had a hand in the recording process). 

Perhaps he should form a label instead of bands, being an asshole is pretty much mandatory for that job anyway. 

1 hour ago, Jigsaw9 said:

Pretty cool day today!

 

It's bassist Higuchi Yutaka's 52nd birthday, and 19 years ago on this day the band's single "Aku no hana" was released! What makes it extra special is that the B-side "UNDER THE MOON LIGHT" (which is exclusive to this single, not appearing on the later album) has writing credits from U-ta, penning the lyrics. This makes this track the only one in B-T's history where U-ta contributed writing something. It's a fun little song but personally I'm not too crazy about it. I'd link it but no one has uploaded it on YT (awww  ).

 

Aku no Hana was released in 1990, 29 years ago. Time to feel old.