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I don't, thats your own hyperbole.
 
Citation needed. He didn't want to leave when he was in another band. He just left everytime he was in baroque. Maybe Bansaku and Baroque don't gel too well. But knowing he was with Akira in another band, it would seem like the problem for him were Ryo and Kei.  Wouldn't you say this is more reasoned and grounded that "he's fucked in the head lol wut do u expect bruh"?
 
Being an adult is not a factor, sounds you're just dismissive of the actual situation here.
 
Leaving a band without notice in the middle of production of an album for a major label is the kind of stuff that gets you blacklisted, regardless of how much of an adult you are. And Akira didn't leave because he wanted.  He left because he was dealing with physical abuse. But hey, Akira should be the bigger man here and behave like an adult! Sure, man. Sure.
 
This is true. But the situation generated by Ryo and Kei prevented Akira to have a real second chance at music with boogieman or else.
 
This is a oversimplification. Rock bands are a group effort and every single member contributes and the resulting music is somthing that fits all of them in some way or another. The main composer is important, but arrangements and production mold the style of a song and that wasn't exclusively done to Kei's wish: the sound makes it self evident. If Kei's and Ryo's tastes and inclinations were the same as Akira's and Bansaku's Kannivalism would not had continued after baroque was formed. There wouldn't be the need for branching off again. Sug Life and Nonfiction have a sound that is distinct from kannivalism and Kei's solo work. This does not happen with Planetary secret onwards.
 
Plus: when brq disbanded in 2004 the reason cited was "it wouldn't be the same without Bansaku". They temselves considered him an integral part of the band. Now they're ok with that AND Akira leaving. But they're not hypocrites, not saying that. They just openly abandoned what makes baroque, well, baroque.
 
 
 

Let's not believe everything tanuki says now, please.
 
Yes, but the notion that this was done because he's madman is a bit of a strech. He made a serious, rational decision motivated by whatever circumstances he was going through. And history tells us that he's more OK with some baroque members than others.
 
Because Akira wasn't leaving the band at the time. The first time he decided to leave everyone did, they disbanded. 
 
Only if you care about your contract and if you are willing to put up with a burocracy driven, slow solution to the problem and you are willing to remain in contact for procedures. If you don't want a new contract and a restraining order or the offender to be fined, you just want to get out of there because you're being abused, you leave. You can do that.
 
Wich is an adult and lawful thing to do. The majority of people do that when they change jobs. Most people don't make the desision between their coworker's punches, though!
The situation was: Kei has a record of hitting people. Kei hits Akira, Akira leaves because he doesn't want that.
 
Also, the asumption that Akira would want Kei out of the band is unsubstained AFAIK. He wanted to play with him, that's why they all got back together. But if playing with him involves getting hit he probably doesn't want it anymore. It's not about "keeping the band for themselves". At least not for Akira or Bansaku.
 
Maybe, but the reunion was literally free when it kicked off. By the time they left they just had released like 4 singles that cost like 500 JPY each. They probaly were not millionaires by the time they ran away.
 
It's worth noting that:
The reason Kei punched Akira was that after the workload each of them had to deal with after Bansaku left was too great for their timeline and he was allegedly stresed about  it. Also, ever since Akira also left, Baroque's releases are have slowed down to a crawl. Simply because Kei doesn't do or even can't do everything. When they disbanded they did it because it wouldn't be the same with Bansaku, meaning the band and their work would lose some of it's identity. Nothing points to it not being a group effort and a Kei puppet show instead. Oversimplified again. Too eager to reduce everything to Kei (understandable, given how much he really loves to put out there of much he works on the post-Akira baroque, but it wasn't allways like that).
 
Yes, composers tend to use similar structures, of course. But the style, the atmosphere and texture of the song, the upper layers, are decided upon by the whole of the band to set a direction they all find good, interesting, motivating or whatever. You can play any composition in an infinite number of ways. Not saying it's not important but it's not the end all be all of music. Non fiction was a good compropmise  between Akira's trademark rock inclination and the mellow stuff Kei and Ryo usually do. Now that Akira and Bansaku are gone, that aspect of their music is mostly completely absent or done in a way that is uncharacteristic compared to what Akira was putting out. So, yes, a huge chunk of their appeal was lost. The fact that it doesn't affect you or that you don't care because you like that style too doesn't change that fact. But even someone who loves sweets wouldn't have lunch at their favorite italian restaurant if it became a candy shop overnight.

Kei is know for be a moody person few examples of his facts :
- in 2003 after the unique concert of Baroque in Nippon Budokan the offical website of Baroque was closed and 4 concerts was cancelled the reason of that was Kei stopped smoking and drinking, he became so irascible that he fought with Nippon Budokan staff at the end of the concert.
When theirs record company knew about that they became furious about them and wanted fired them but theirs producer Dynamite Tommy saved them, theirs record company Sony Music wanted suspended the group for a year but they was suspended just for few months.
- in 2007 when Kannivalism   release the single Hoshi no Yoru Kei did not deign to show up, or even answer the phone, at the start of the promotion, so their record company decided to force him to sleep on the 3rd floor of the Avex offices in Tokyo in a closet surrounded by cardboard boxes.

this is fucking DOPE
 

THIS^^
best news i've heard of in a while, so excited for cocklobin to come back and give the scene life

cocklobin announcement scheduled for 2018/09/06 22:00
 
 

Just in case, the new single is available on zoisite now.

1.Brightly,Brightly
2.Slide
3.Brightly,Brightly（another version）
4.Slide（another version）

it's 2 singles
 
"FLOWER OF ROMANCE"

[tracklist]
01. FLOWER OF ROMANCE
02. FLOWER OF ROMANCE [Instrumental Ver.]
DVD. FLOWER OF ROMANCE –MUSIC CLIP–
 
"AN ETERNITY"

[tracklist]
01. AN ETERNITY
02. AN ETERNITY [Instrumental Ver.]
DVD. AN ETERNITY –MUSIC CLIP–
 
a special edition "AN ETERNITY / FLOWER OF ROMANCE" will be released through their official webshop (5000yen)
 
DISC 1：CD]
1: AN ETERNITY
2: FLOWER OF ROMANCE
3: AN ETERNITY [Acoustic Ver.]
4: FLOWER OF ROMANCE [Acoustic Ver.]
5: PLANETARY LIGHT [LIVE]
6: DREAMSCAPE [LIVE]
7: CELEBRATE [LIVE]
8: SKY WALKER [LIVE]
9: SWALLOW THE NIGHT [LIVE]
10: SILENT PICTURE [LIVE]
11: ORIGINAL LOVE [LIVE Acoustic Ver.]
12: MEMENTO [LIVE]
*Live Take at ディファ有明on December 25, 2017
 
[DISC 2 : DVD]
1: AN ETERNITY –MUSIC CLIP-
2: FLOWER OF ROMANCE –MUSIC CLIP-
3: BONUS FOOTAGE

RENAME (ex-MASKED RIDER SYSTEM band) 1st single, "miserable"  will be released in August.
 
They will also perform on July 15 at Shibuya Vuenos.
 
 

SIRENE new single will be released on August 29 for 1500 yen, and will also be distributed at their twoman live with Scarlet Valse on the day before.
 

sads will release their new album "FALLING" later this year
 
They will also commence their 7th anniversary tour, "the reproduction 7th anniversary" from June 1 throughout August and September (more tour dates will be added later on). The tour final will be held on September 29. Dates are below:
 
[schedule]
＜The reproduction 7th anniversary
『EVIL 77』VS 7 days＞
6/01  恵比寿LIQUIDROOM　w/ 東京ゲゲゲイ (Tokyo Gegegay)
6/09 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO　w/ SUPER BEAVER
6/10  渋谷CLUB QUATTRO　w/ a flood of circle
6/12  横浜BayHall　w/ LOUDNESS
6/15 恵比寿LIQUIDROOM　w/ BiSH
6/23  新宿BLAZE　w/ HER NAME IN BLOOD
7/09 代官山UNIT　w/ ミオヤマザキ (mio yamazaki)

＜The reproduction 7th anniversary
『FALLING』＞
7/06  赤坂BLITZ
7/21 梅田CLUB QUATTRO
7/22 梅田CLUB QUATTRO
7/28 名古屋BOTTOMLINE
8/3 HEAVEN'S ROCK Saitama
8/17 TAKASAKI club FLEEZ
8/23 KASHIWA PALOOZA

＜The reproduction 7th anniversary
『FALLING』-EVERLASTING TRUTHS-＞
9/29 岡山CRAZYMAMA KINGDOM
 

 

 

gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy new live CD, "LIVE AT CAM HALL" (2500 yen, live-limited) will be released at their live on June 12. It will feature an audio recording of their performance at OKAZAKI CAM HALL from February 24.
 
[tracklist]
01 無中無
02 血と宙の完結
03 だらりと垂れる
04 愛という、変態
05 告白
06 箍を外す場合、穴に群れる具合
07 淫乱分子
08 脳内に
 

In light of this potentially tragic news, vk.gy will introduce a new feature, wherein you can call your favorite artists fat and ugly. #staystrong

For as much as I love visual kei, there are plenty of practices I detest. I could go on forever. It wouldn't be fair to celebrate all of the good in the scene without admitting the bad as well. There are so many things that make me sad, make me irate, or make me want to rip my hair out that it was hard to settle on just five. Here's five commonplace practices in visual kei that's a total ball ache for any international fan invested into the scene.
 

 
 


 

 

 
Like I said above, I have way more than five things that annoy me about the scene. Does anyone else want to fill in the gaps with practices that they hate that they've come to accept within the scene? Come share your frustrations and horror stories with me. We have plenty of tea and live-distributed crackers for you.

samples are out x
https://youtu.be/mOJPG0pEUSQ
 
First track has been finalized as Confession -Awakening of Genesis-
The exclusive tracks on each edition have been finalized:
Limited edition track 5: Ancient Resonance
Regular edition track 5: Behind
 
CD cover jackets:

 

glamscure - shadowscapes
ジグラット × La'veil MizeriA - 逢魔ヶ時に鐘は鳴る
ジグラット - 逢魔ヶ刻の情景
Crucifixion - 哀玩人形

That Matina session lineup is A+

Surely members have many other projects and sometimes I see jp fans saying "oh, ggg is just a weird hobby band", but for Kazuma-san it's actually his life. He is so dedicated and excited about everything ggg, about new concepts and things he wants to try during the next recording or lives. He says the key point is to make people feel something and even if it's "wtf!" or "that's too scary!" then it's just enough. He, who is actually the sweetest person in the world, says "standing on the stage you gotta be a monster and make people shiver, otherwise it doesn't make sense, so I am not going to do something more appealing". And other members are so supportive to let him try whatever he wants. They are so unique and inspiring, I am really happy gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy happened to the Japanese music scene. 

Plot twist it`s klaha

Maria Cross will be the lead singer.

He will also perform on May 2 & 3 at Akasaka BLITZ. 
 
Also on May 2, he will hold his birthday live at Shinjuku LOFT and perform with his backing band, 藤田幸也エクスペリエンス (Fujita Yukiya EXPERIENCE).
 
(A live-limited CD, "CROSSROAD COMPLEX -poetry reading-" was distributed at his 4/24 live at LASTWALTZ)
 

Damn, I just placed an order on zoisite too.

the god and death stars new live DVD, "DAWN OF THE GOD -official bootleg 01-" will be released at the band's live on April 21.
 
They will also hold their oneman live, "GOD IN THE SHELTER 2018" on May 6.
 
 

I need 2 re-listen because Megiddo put me to schleeeeeeeppppp