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Or the company made some concepts and headhunted Lime and the others.
I read a while ago that when bands come out of nowhere and get so big so fast it's because the producers (and maybe one of the bandmembers who also acts as producer) came up with a killer concept and got the approval and funds to launch it big, that bands like that are meant to be big from the very beginning, while others aren't, which is why other bands in labels with a big act never really take off, because they aren't meant to and thus underfunded. Kizu was clearly produced from day 1 to be the next big thing.

Hey everyone
My favorite bands are the GazettE, MEJIBRAY (rip), DIAURA, royz, 9GOATS BLACK OUT, deadman,  and Madmans Esprit.  Aside from jrock, Weezer and the Offspring 
I'm trying to get into 8P-SB, but it's really hard lmao XD i'm still mourning over MEJIBRAY's disbandment 
I've been a lurker of monochrome heaven for a while, and finally decided to join and expand my horizons as far as music goes! : D
thanks for having me guys!!! 
edited: for privacy!

Diaura's 'FOCUS' and 'TRIANGLE' remain to me as the two of the best releases of the whole VK history. Both are filled with a wide range of diverse climaxes and also a very unique composition work. In my opinion, nothing they've released after that to date compares to the gems packed into those two albums, it even sounds repetitive many times. They are one of the best examples of artistry within the scene. 

Hi my name is Jenna Leigh.
 
 
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I hope Elon Musk launches Yoshiki to space and doesn't let him to ever come back

Wtf, just wtf. What kind of weird anime crossover is this?

Hello all, its been a while since ive done an into post on a forum and it feels pretty good. Hopefully this place is as active as it looks at a glance.
Ive been into J-Rock/Visual Kei (if what i like is considered that, im not good at keeping with all the off-chute genres) for a long time, since 2005 in fact. Back then i was very active on a lot of forums. After a while though the internet seemed to change and forums in general seemed to die out and my social interaction with people on these niche topics with it. Since then ive relying on accidentally stumbling onto things for new music. Though that can be fun, more and more im not finding out about bands i love disbanding until years later. Yesterday i found out all at once that 3 more are gone and thats a lot to take in a day so i decided to see if i could find anywhere if there was a news forum (because im old and forums is all i understand). Thank you google for Monochrome Heaven which is a site i do recognise from back in the day. No idea if i joined back then (again, very old, bad memory).
So here i am, with only a few artists im a fan of that may or may not still be active looking for news, friends and recommendations.
 
My first stumble onto Japanese music was, as i said in '05, i was downloading things via limewire and somehow ended up with yuuyami suicide by pierrot and fell in love with what i heard. It took a hella long time but i was eventually able to get their entire discography though limewire, learning to stay up into the wee hours for the best search results to get what i needed. Though i have since been able to purchase most of their albums, i do still listen to those old files. From there the fascination grew to the point where it completely overtook wastern music. In the last 14 years ive purchased only 1 English album. (Even that was a shock, i was so out of the loop this band i had liked as a teen had broken up and made a comeback without me knowing lol). Pierrot are still my all time favourite band. 
 
I cant really explain what i like in music, i think at least the bands i like a miles apart in style and tone but i defiantly dont like operatic or screamo vocals which unfortunately seems to be what a lot of VK falls into. Admittedly a lot of it is on the softer side and sometimes veering violently into pop. This makes taking recommendations hard because "you like this, so you might like this which is similar" doesnt seem to work. So heres a weird list (all names romanised because my pc gets upset when i switch it into japanese):
 
Back in t' day(so were talking back before 2010, these were my gate way drugs so to speak):
PIERROT
An Cafe (early stuff, everything while Bou was still with them)
TMR (told you it got pop-y)
Nightmare (early stuff, when it was weird and interesting)
 
More Recent stuff:
Angelo (kinda obligated into this one since i love Pierrot so much but admittedly their last few albums have been too samey to hold my interest)
Lycaon (not so much as Initial'L, their first single was fine but then it went down hill real quick)
Pentagon
Kameleo
i.Rias
Purple Stone
Zin (and Yusai even more but well, that didnt last long did it)
Anli Pollicino
Codomo Dragon
Royz (other than that weird phase they had trying to scream)
Zonbi
Neverland
Blu-Billion
ViViD (the early stuff before it got TOOOO pop)
FEST VAINQUEUR
 
And a few others that, i like what theyve done so far but its too soon to tell OR did like 1 single and dropped off the face of the earth. 
 
Other Japanese interests:
Despite having a 800+ book collection of manga i dont consider myself an anime fan, i dont keep current and like most things i seem to be stuck loving things that are pre 2010 that the young 'uns have never heard of or never seen. Since anime seems to be most peoples gateway into other aspects of japanese culture just wanted to put it out there that thats not what im into these days. This being out of touch affects my business as i have a side-gig as an artist selling at conventions and struggle between drawing what i like and drawing what will sell with no knowledge of, or interest in what is currently popular. 
I am a big fan of games that delve into traditional folklore though and do try and buy art books when i can.
 
TLDR;
Hi, im new and i like some stuff and not others. Lets talk. 

When awareness about VK going into their worst identity crisis ever reaches Japanese bandoman.
 
Were them reading MH's mourning all this time along or what?

Early 2020 VK prediction: 8P-SB open a theme park called Richardland (Dickland for short) to market themselves. It goes under pretty quickly and is revamped into a new livehouse that soon becomes the thing that #resurrectsvk

it was announced at their oneman live "No.13" at 2019/12/01 at Shibuya club asia that アクメ (ACME) indies best-album "WE ARE VISUALKEI" will be released at their live and through their official webshop at 2020/01/22  (3000 yen)
 
[tracklist]
01. マグロ解体チェーンソー
02. 激ヤミセレナーデ
03. ROTTEN ORANGE
04. Barguest
05. CALL MY NAME
06. 絶唱謳歌
07. RUN
08. ADVENTURE TIME
09. ラストワンショー
10. 激ヤマセルロイド
11. 放課後の飼育
12. モノノケレクイエム (Album Version)
13. 腐敗蜜柑
 
their new maxi-single "嘘顔" (Usogao) will be released at their lives and through their official webshop at 2020/03/04 (1000yen)
 
[tracklist]
01. 嘘顔
02. You are my LOVE
 
they will hold their 3rd anniversary oneman live tour "WE ARE VISUALKEI" since 2020/03/15 to 2020/05/10 at Takadanobaba AREA
 
they will hold their US tour "ACME US WEST COAST COLLISION　TOUR" since 2020/01/05 to 2020/01/12
 






 

Coming in with another live DVD upload
Found this one a little while ago, I'm working on torrenting another one as I'm typing this
 

If you actually like early DEZERT and other kind of more macabre visual kei from about 10 to 15 years ago and don't like this song and a couple of others from the album, then you're basically just fucking stupid. One of the riffs on this song could pass for something from Aicle or something, and I understand that the tone is very different starting from voice first of all  but I don't know what you want every song to be brooding in the same carbon copied way or what. 
 
TODAY stinks and then that Knife Koufuku no melody they released suck too. This album does too but only occasionally when it's droning away something blase and TODAY-esque, but at other times it's just about the best thing going right now. I don't know how they managed to shit out two terrible albums before the Moran guy actually started playing guitar like he was from Moran. There's some really cool and crazy stuff in here that's pretty much what I had hoped he'd do when he initially joined the band, only to cash in on this promise literally just once with the riff from Kimi no shikyuu wo sawaru. By the time he started doing something more reminiscent of him, they were doing that indie sound to Call of Rescue and stuff but fuck now in the context of this album it's ok. Since I didn't get the DEZERT I hoped for with Moran-esque guitar playing with the imagery of title nashi and vocals of OG-Chiaki, this is the second best and I'm settling for it. 
 
This is better than their second album by the way. I get it that the mood is dark and occasionally things get brutal; what I don't get is how two three songs being sort of vaguely hardcore ( not even close to anything from title nashi ) everyone ignores the dog shit middle part with its terrible ballad and the rest of that nothing of an album. It has to be said also tho that DEZERT was even up to title nashi quite diverse, and even that album has songs that could fit in this new one. It's just that you do a Korn or a Suicide Silence riff once and then the gaijin expectation are set forever ( case and point: dadaroma ) 
 
So in short, art kei DEZERT is my friend and now if on the next one they cut out the slacking and get even weirder, then I'm back on board full time. Decent album.

I love those generic chord progressions, they're the reason I listen to VK

Just managed to get a .mkv of the entire live DVD and I don't know where else I could share this bc the search option isn't showing me a post for the actual live DVD, so here I am
 
 
You're welcome

Sugar and Mel wil continue as a duo band now, named "Pika" since their schedule is already planned until May next year. Both also hope to find new members before that time to continue with kirawaremono. Both are currently looking for a new bass, guitarist and drummer. 
 
 
join conditions:

Any age
Gender unquestioned
Any educational background
Any nationality
Those who can respect each individuality
Those who can give priority to band (music desire over libido)
Welcome if you can compose and arrange
Those who can drive are welcome
 
 
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haha finally a band who gives it as a join condition! 
 

Hindering sales of a one time release at a live venue in Japan?
 
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Retsu is clearly having a mental breakdown. How are downloads of Kidoairaku hindering sales when all the copies have been sold?

Retsu contacted DM from my fanpage of the band "DIMLIM Brazil" on facebook. (He said it was from the record company, but I'm sure it was him.)
He thanked the support and asked me to delete the Kidoairaku download link, and asked if it was I who leaked the content on the internet. Well, I deleted it and said it wasn't me! And then he kept asking me for some links from the Limited CD he had on the internet. Because I said I was "hindering sales." I did not understand anything, because for me the official sale had only been on CHEMOARA ONEMAN on the 17th.
I felt bad, because I only put the link there because it was already on the entire network in blogs for download, but I deleted it anyway because it was wrong.
I believe that his actions are also because of these "content leaks", he has started to freak out since Ryuya and Taishi left the band.
 
My biggest fear is that the band will break up and I get no news from Sho, I really admire him, I would love to see his evolution in the visual kei scene as a vocalist ... But apparently if DIMLIM continues like this, it will be difficult!
I sincerely hope that Retsu will change his mind about leaving VK.

just caught this while watching some kizu on youtube, im not really sure how youtube licensing works but this seems a bit confusing lol

i cant believe they're gonna play the insulated world live for 48 hours straight

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I'm SCREAMING is this youtube comment shade or good sisT genuinely doesn't even know S.K.I.N. made an attempt a decade before The Album announce