JRD

I usually don't showcase my collection, but I am so proud of this! I can't express enough thanks to the people who helped me with this. I owe you guys(you know who you are!) the utmost gratitude in the world. Missing Noisy GENE and Oppai no uta, but they will be on their way soon! Monochrome Heaven people, you guys are the best!!!!!!
 

Just got in my latest PureSound order
 

 
FULL EFFECT' - By may call it.
DecoLa Hopping x ワン★スター(ONE★STAR) - デコレーション★スター (live-limited coupling cover CD, been waiting for years to finally hear this ;w; )
THE BLACK SWAN - MIRROR,MIRROR
スナフキン(SNUFKIN) - HELL'S CARNIVAL
 
Also this happened I guess...

 

Gahhhh, 3 new members! I hope this line-up last nearly as long as the line-up with Kazune, Shiyuu, Hibiki, and Kai. And gawd please no type of music from 喝采ーKASSAIー and 白い狂愛. That was like their worst releases EVER. I hope they can pick up where Yui left off and make listenable Serial Number music again!

That's true, I am mostly exposed to Osaka and Hiroshima bands at this point. Still, kansai rock summit isn't just kansai bands. And there are plenty of darker Tokyo bands that floated to the surface and get a lot more attention--METEOROID swithced to MeteoroiD, AvelCain is super popular, DADAROMA formed and is doing so well, etc. Every time I saw any kirakira band in Tokyo it was at hole in the walls like REX. 
 
side note: Lig was quite good! I'd like to see them again.
 
To be fair kirakira≠osare/oshare kei. Osare kei is pretty much dead and the ~kei terminology is quite outdated, lol. But kirakira is quite commonly used as a term. I can't count how many times I've heard it used or if I've been asked "is ~ kirakira?" or told "I can't stand kirakira" because my friends all assume that all of my bands are kirakira for some reason. Kirakira and abare (暴れ/暴れ盤) are the two terms I hear the most often but that doesn't necessarily mean they are exclusive of each other. And as you mentioned, the terms more describe the live experience than anything now!

"Real" metalheads? Can we cut the elitist crap? So people like Leda who play in metal and visual bands aren't "real" metal heads? Please. There are a lot of vk bands who suck at metal, but there entire genres of metal that like visual imagery, too.

This is probably why I have an aversion to all things heavier visual kei now. I wasn't aware that there was any large-scale change occurring in the scene though. I just figured bands started adding more influences and actually built identities for themselves instead of being the newest nameless -core band of the week (which is a very good thing).

I don't care for this current wave. There's a few great bands here and there. BUT it is better than the Nu-Metal wave. Omg, that was full of the WORST vk has ever produced and people would wank over it because of teenage angst, had gawd awful vocals almost overall, and shit on the osa/koteosa/kirakira bands for being musically better than knowing just power chords. Sorry not sorry, 05s-09s indie vk heavier(dark) bands sucked ass. If you were in the scene long enough to remember, you know what I'm talking about.

A lot of bands are breaking up and we haven't had a proper influx of bands that are particularly interesting, in my opinion. It's generally a pretty boring year for me.
 
Unfortunately Develop One's Faculties and The Benjamin failed to hold my interest.
 
Bands I'm still in VK for:
XAA-XAA is the main thing holding my interest right now. Their attention to detail is wonderful too. Glad to see they were mentioned before too. They are the only new band that's really kept me interested. Minus Jin-Say Orchestra is always phenomenal but the pitfall with them is their recording quality is pretty shit. I think most people that I know who got into them saw them first--it was the same with me. Their release this year has some great songs on it but... the recording quality ruins some of it. Ensoku is also great and consistent. But that's also the thing like you know exactly what to expect with Ensoku--and while it will be done well I don't think Ensoku would keep me interested if I didn't have the other two bands I listed above. Bands that I'm interested in
Reirei was surprisingly fun live Hiz was also a lot better live than recorded Shellmy is also a lot better live than recorded BLESSCODE ..also, a lot better live than recorded GAGA also has me mildly interested ViV oh my god RayJi is the best bassist he blows my mind but you see a pattern? For me at least this is an era of bands that you need to see live rather than listen to recorded.
 
Bands that have gone down in quality heavily imo
GIGAMOUS -- what happened? ??? ???? Souiumono -- what happened???????? Everything is so generic and boring now and what's with the autotune. They've lost a lot of fans (including their jouren--the girls who went to EVERYTHING and were basically the ones paying their salary due to how much money they poured into the band). I've been waiting for a break up announcement since Christmas.  RUVISH -- from last year there was a marked drop in quality and live is so forced now too  
A lot of Osaka (and Shikoku and Hiroshima) bands are bands you just need to see live, rather than listen to recorded, to be honest. XAA-XAA is one of the few that I enjoy listening to recorded as much as seeing live.. On the other hand Tokyo bands, in general, are really stale for me. 
 
Also kirakira bands (what you guys would label as "oshare kei" but that's another topic) are dying out. Personally, I need like at least one kirakira band in my life because the live experience is almost always just so fun (unless it's Sick2). 
 
Anyway, 2015 has been a lot of fun for me in seeing bands live, but as far as releases/new bands goes it's pretty meh (besides XAA-XAA).

Full Effect' isn't a comic band though.........anyways since people are loving this, I just hope this gets him the fans he deserve for all the hard-work he's done for this band. And so it'll be easier to buy the releases.

after i ran out of shelf space i began dumping some of my CDs under my bed.
now that was a terrible idea. i ended up with this mess that will take me at least a few days to sort thru D: (last few rows are in some vague alphabetical order but after that i just gave up lol)

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

..........I do this sometimes hahahahahaha That's how DWP came in to my life, randomly bought 6P.
 
People also fail to realize that 90%+ of VK bands are not trying to sell to you at all. You're not going to their lives and buying like 20 chekis until you get the right one, multiple copies of CDs for instore privileges, etc. Live limited releases are a make sure your fans come and buy your release directly from you(more money for the artist, they don't have to split with CD shop and distribution), especially if they haven't heard it and if they like downloaded it somewhere and they thought it sucked, then they're definitely not going to come to your live and purchase a copy.
Live limited releases are fair game as well on auctions, if you think about it this way, I just spent 3500yen on a ticket to go buy this 1500yen single, add in transportation, etc. You're looking at more than 6000yen, compared to the 3000yen they're asking for at auction.
If you love the band enough, you will always find a way to get a release. Even if it takes years.

First it's useless to rely on people honesty. One person is enough to upload a release.
 
But the moral part here that you shouldn't upload stuff if the band you respect ask not to.
 
Yeah it's 2015. Discovering bands has become easier. Every band has website and most of them provide previews of upcoming releases so you can decide if you wanna buy it.
Thanks to @Trombe we can learn a lot about newly formed bands and their release dates. Try, decide, buy.
And yeah music isn't free. It's weird to see how people claim something they want to be free should be free for real. Music is intellectual property and the result of efforts put into it. So no wonder bands are pissed when their releases are shared. I would've be pissed too if my ideas or results of works were shared to everyone besides my will.
Yeah it's hard to get your hands on every release and buy everything, but I think people should support bands they like.
 
Strange that noone spoke about Nocturnal Bloodlust yet.

Heloo~ I just joined here about last year ago.. and just realized I never post on this forum XD
Im from Indonesia, got stuck with J-music for 4 years, I believe. I love loud & heavy visual kei bands especially band who have virtuoso guitarist on there xD (like Hizaki, Leda, MiA) , I listened to pop rock and alternative too, my fav are Plastic Tree and Ayabie.
Recently I listened to common Djent band, just like Meshuggah, Veil of Maya, etc. and stick around with MBHI, its so hard to find Japanese (especially VK!) Djent Bands ;_;
Well yeah, hello (again xD) to you all ! Have a bright day, and nice to kill you~

I just stumbled upon this article on NPR Music. I can't wait to get home and try this.
 
 
The test is on the same page as the article.
 
Songs that were used are
 
 
 
Any thoughts on this particular "test"?
Can you hear the difference?
What do you think of the songs that were chosen?

Full Effect' isn't a comic band though.........anyways since people are loving this, I just hope this gets him the fans he deserve for all the hard-work he's done for this band. And so it'll be easier to buy the releases.

fuck beyonce

Hi, you guys probably don't even know me, but I've been apart of this community since like forever. I know I just recently came back from like a year long hiatus, but this time I decided to say good bye~
Starting 2015/04/20 to an indefinite amount I won't be on here because I would be to busy being awesome and tripping around the Pacific North West to the Midwest, trekking that shit cause that's my birthday gift to myself~ I'm gonna screw as many hawt guys as possible I will be sighting seeing and hiking and all that shits and giggle~ Luckily work is that flexible with me to take that much time off~
Pretty sure I'll be the only Asian person in an 100 mile radius in the midwest. So if I don't make it back, you guys can decide my will and how you can distribute my assets. Except for I want all my DWP, PC, and FE' stuff buried in a memorial grave for me. Don't worry though~ I still have my harem with me, so we'll go down together.