WhirlingBlack

Start from the beginning and work your way forward. It's a time investment but it's interesting to follow the bands evolution and as a new listener you have a chance to do it much faster than the rest of us could. 

For real, I haven't been as hyped about anything Visual-Kei related since maybe, like, Sukekiyo's first album?

HOLD UP, MY BOY KYOUTARO IS BACK!?

new band "LAY ABOUT WORLD" has formed. They will release their live-limited mini-album, "DROWN DEEPLY" (2300 yen, 5 songs) at their first live on May 25.
 
[lineup]
Vo.狂太郎 (kyotaro) (ex-Volark-->√eight-->Black:List-->COCKROACH.-->LAST OF FATE)
Gt.イザナ (izana) (ex-トランスノート (trance note))
Gt.Takuya
Ba.真悠 (mayu) (ex-トランスノート (trance note))
support Dr.みちゃき (misaki) (ex-1年4組-Ichiyon-)
 
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https://www.mediaplaynews.com/riaa-physical-record-sales-topped-digital-downloads-in-2017/
 
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/03/digital-streaming-behind-biggest-rise-in-uk-music-sales-for-two-decades
 
there're numerous reasons VK acts won't get signed and distributed through major western labels, and they are slowly catching up with the streaming trend, but this scene never relied on an equation of 1 fan purchasing 1 CD per release,
 
the moment we stop downloading shit for free you and your kind will jump ahead screaming it's imperative for the REAL fans to purchase checki and merch, covering the overseas purchasing fees.
 
are you going to imply that the other outlets in the dying scene (i.e. SHOXX) are also leaving the market due to our lack of support?
 
ironically starwave produces the cheapest, shittiest, most derivative music/looks in the scene as of now, and I want to see the receipts that bands themselves get the coin from itunes purchases.
 
you should consider a social media diet (just a suggestion.)

Smh we just had this topic.

It was a band made up of Zi:Kill roadies if my memory serves me right.
 
Also, Dir en grey got their name from Kamijo according to most sources, he made them believe that Dir en grey meant silver coin. If I remember correctly someone (Shinya?) revealed this a while back conclusively. They played gigs together back in the La:Sadie's days and were good friends at the time. 
 
Also, this is kind of off topic, so please get back on track with regards to unusual and unnecessary symbols in band names. 

First aicle copyband in a loooong while...

I prefer nagoya kei I'm a big fan of Dir en grey.

I prefer nagoya kei I'm a big fan of Dir en grey.

these threads are starting to get ridiculous 

It was a band made up of Zi:Kill roadies if my memory serves me right.
 
Also, Dir en grey got their name from Kamijo according to most sources, he made them believe that Dir en grey meant silver coin. If I remember correctly someone (Shinya?) revealed this a while back conclusively. They played gigs together back in the La:Sadie's days and were good friends at the time. 
 
Also, this is kind of off topic, so please get back on track with regards to unusual and unnecessary symbols in band names. 

It was a band made up of Zi:Kill roadies if my memory serves me right.
 
Also, Dir en grey got their name from Kamijo according to most sources, he made them believe that Dir en grey meant silver coin. If I remember correctly someone (Shinya?) revealed this a while back conclusively. They played gigs together back in the La:Sadie's days and were good friends at the time. 
 
Also, this is kind of off topic, so please get back on track with regards to unusual and unnecessary symbols in band names. 

Here's some live footage from our gig in January together with VII Arc and Kerbera:
 

Is that the Brazilian way of replacing a band member?

If people don't like the GazettE however, it's because they aren't very impressed with their sound and that's okay. Even veteran fans lose interest and decide that their music isn't for them, but it shouldn't effect how you like them. It's not that they're 'haters', it's just that the GazettE's style isn't what they like and they voice their dislike as a form of critique. (Fans do this too, it's totally normal.)

Also there are trolls who try to get a rise out of fans by saying mean shit, but you shouldn't pay attention to them like others have stated before. 

Is that the Brazilian way of replacing a band member?

Yeah but at least you got access to the dl-forum now 

I've been very uninspired for a number of years now, and I really struggle to feel any emotion anymore. Loud music and a whole bloody lot of caffeine are about the only thing that allow me to work, albeit very sterile and not on stuff I enjoy.
Getting back into some sort of community...and getting back to VK instead of listening to the same old music I always do, I hope this can propel me in a more positive direction.
Already I've finally been able to pick up a brush again (or I guess in this case, a paint bottle lid lol) thanks to listening to Sukekiyo so I will start my thread with it, though it is unfinished I am just happy to have done something. 

Another canvas I've had sitting under a sheet for almost a year. I hope to actually complete

Something from last August. Gold red black and mossy greens are my main love.

I usually do stuff digitally because it's way more efficient and my wrist nerve is fucked up...but it's way harder to get exposure digitally so I've had to move to paint.

ink thing from a couple years back

I guess I'll just post one thing per day from now on to not be too spammy. Maybe it will revitalize me further and then I can post new things.
 

No one has mentioned Yaminade yet? Amateurs.
 
(EDIT: Spoke too soon, seems like Filth_y knows what's up. Props.)
 
On a more serious note, I feel like the term is getting so wide in this thread that almost any heavy band could qualify.
In my mind Brutal Kei™ was always simple, hard-hitting, nu metal based VK from the mid-2000s. Since1889s track HERO is the archetypical Brutal Kei™ tune in my mind. At least I don't associate modern Deathcore acts like Nocturnal Bloodlust etc. with the term at all. 

If Ash gets the vestige remake treatment I'd be casually optimistic. But given how they butchered my other favorite track Unknown...Despair...a Lost, my first reaction was still utter dread upon seeing this. I'll reserve judgement until after we've gotten some samples at least.

We arranged our second night last weekend in honor of the screenings of the We Are X documentary and Yoshikis visit to Sweden. Here's the setlist:
 
2017.10.21 Pub Lunacy vol.1 - 『We are X -The Afterparty-』

Luna Sea - Mechanical Dance | 1992
X Japan - I'll Kill You | 1988
Dir en grey - 【KR】cube | 2000
GLAY - TWO BELL SILENCE | 1994
X Japan - Blue Blood | 1989
hide - EYES LOVE YOU | 1993
Aliene Ma'riage - 撲 『しもべ』 (Boku [Shimobe]) | 1999
D'espairsRay - 「モノクロ」になった最期の日 (Monokuro ni Natta Saigo no Hi) | 2001
sukekiyo - ANIMA | 2016
BUCK-TICK - ドレス (Dress) | 1993
Guniw Tools - Fancy Pink | 1998
Plastic Tree - ナミダドロップ (Namida Drop) | 2006
Pierrot - Adolf | 1997
X Japan - Rusty Nail | 1996
Luna Sea - PRECIOUS... | 1991
Sleep My Dear - Ask for Eyes | 1995
D'erlanger - XXX for YOU | 2007
KEEL - Water Lilies | 2015
DENTAKU - チョコロッテ (chocorotte) | 2009
the GazettE - Cassis | 2005
MUCC - 極彩 (Gokusai) | 2006 
D'espairsRay - ファシズム (Fascism) | 2001
X Japan - Stab me in the back | 1991
Dir en grey - GARDEN | 1997
Luna Sea - Dejavu | 1992
hide - D.O.D. (Drink Or Die) | 1994
Versailles - The Revenant Choir | 2007
Moi dix Mois - Monophobia | 2004
X Japan - Orgasm | 1989
Deluhi - S[K]ape:goat
和楽器バンド (wagakki band) - 戦 -ikusa- | 2015
L'Arc~en~ciel - Caress of Venus | 1996
X Japan - Art of Life (Shortened Lunacy ver.) | 1993
Dir en grey - Cage | 1999
La'Mule - ナイフ | 2000
黒夢 (Kuroyume) - 十字架との戯れ (Juujika to no Tawamure) | 1993
D'espairsRay - Gothic | 2002
ムック (MUCC) - 遺書　(Isho) | 2004
ねが (Nega) - quadrangle | 2007
lynch. - ADORE | 2015
the GazettE - Filth in the Beauty | 2006
Malice Mizer - 月下の夜想曲 (Gekka no Yasoukyoku) | 1998
蜉蝣 (Kagerou) - 絶望にサヨナラ (Zetsubou ni Sayonara) | 2005
deadman - Lunch Box | 2003
Buck-Tick - 蜉蝣-かげろう- (Kagerou) | 2006
X Japan - Week end | 1989
D'espairsRay - Garnet | 2003
Dir en grey - OBSCURE | 2003
ムック (MUCC) - 路地裏　僕と君へ (Rojiura boku to kimi he) | 2004
Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood | 2000
hide - DOUBT | 1993
メトロノーム (Metronome) - 絶望さん (Zetsubou-San) | 2006
FLOPPY - ヘルタースケルター | 2006
Schwarz Stein - New vogue children | 2003
Malice Mizer - Illuminati | 1998
Közi - Honey Vanity | 2003
D'espairsRay - Dears | 2005
X Japan - 紅 (Kurenai) 1988
Dir en grey - raison detre | 1999
hide - PINK SPIDER | 1998
Dir en grey - The Final | 2004
X Japan - X | 1986

I've actually never had a to hide a drink at a venue. I wonder if it's a being a tall gaijin male perk or something but as long as it's water, no one has ever complained about me bringing drinks from outside despite signs that say otherwise. I just assumed they referred to alcoholic beverages and the likes. Just bring water and don't drink it in the face of the staff and you should be perfectly fine.
 
Also, for anyone not living in Japan, if you want to attend a decently compact tour, nothing beats buying a Japan Rail Pass. Unlimited travelling with all JR routes is what's enabled me to travel from Sapporo to Fukuoka and back to see Dir en grey tours in the past, and all in pretty great comfort onboard the Shinkansen I might add.
 
The "bangya culture" is actually pretty unsavory to me as a whole, and when I first came to Japan I was a bit disappointed that the lives weren't the glorious punky chaos I expected, but once you get used to it you sort of just adapt to it just enough to not cause friction while still enjoying the shows on your own terms. That's my tip to any other guys (or girls) who also feel a bit disappointed at times with the atmosphere at the lives, haha. A good advice would be to stand in the back for the first show for a band and watch and see what the fans do, and then decide what you feel good about, and what you don't. I never participate in furi but I'm always game for headbanging and fistbumping and various other things, and since my main band is Dir en grey, that's perfect since there's no furi at their shows, haha.
 
 
 

One of my friends from back home apparently recorded the female speaking voice for this song, kind of weird to hear it...

No one has mentioned Yaminade yet? Amateurs.
 
(EDIT: Spoke too soon, seems like Filth_y knows what's up. Props.)
 
On a more serious note, I feel like the term is getting so wide in this thread that almost any heavy band could qualify.
In my mind Brutal Kei™ was always simple, hard-hitting, nu metal based VK from the mid-2000s. Since1889s track HERO is the archetypical Brutal Kei™ tune in my mind. At least I don't associate modern Deathcore acts like Nocturnal Bloodlust etc. with the term at all.