YuyoDrift

Well I was hoping for more ballads in the mix, but this is fine.

lol a state of depression. maybe rewording is in order.

Sounds like a lot of you are having this displeasure with VK these last few days. You think the VK fad is starting to die out? You feeling like you're too old for this now? You think shitty bands have been forming recently? Tell me your problems bros.

........... Holy Shit.

IT'S THEIR MONTH!!!!!!!!! Currently listening to EMERALD (エメラルド) and it suits my morning thus far, as I feel lightheaded haha.

With the influence of the Polls of the Week in mind, I figured I'd talk about stuff this morning. How much of an impact has listening to an OP/ED to an anime you've watched made to you? Do you feel that the OP/ED is somewhat important in conveying a theme to the anime you are watching? How about the bands that have their music promoted in the anime? Do you feel it's a great way for them to get noticed? I stumbled across People in the Box - 机上の空軍 while listening to a playlist on one of my online streaming sites today, and upon searching, found/remembered that they had an ED for Tokyo Ghoul as well. I had a flashback to my noobie days when the Adult Swim Network (USA) first aired in 2001 and I had watched FLCL/Cowboy Bebop/Inuyasha for the first time, and remembered that I used to find music this way. The music played in the opening/during/ending of FLCL blew my mind away. I became obsessed with Japanese music for the first time, even though I was exposed to it earlier (Sailor Moon era), but it never made an impact like FLCL did. From then on, my music interests grew and became vast that it's become a definition of who I am now. I always wonder what would have happened had I not watched the Anime aired back then, and had not stumbled upon the music in it. Would I eventually have listened to japanese music and have a liking to it as I do now? Tell me Monochrome, did you have the same experiences as I did? If so, what Anime, and what OP/ED did you listen to that enamored you to keep listening up to this point?

This sounds really great! Looking forward to fully listening to it.

I knew their vocalist/guitarist sounded a bit familiar. haha. They sound like a great combination from the teaser's I've heard. Lets hope their album does well.

Is there no thread for them yet? Shame on you Monochrome. haha. Vocals - Oni Guitarist - Sagara Bassist - Ebi Drummer - Vivi Old Members: Bassist - Yui HP: http://ganglion-net.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GanglionxBand Twitter: https://twitter.com/xGANGLIONx?ref_src=twsrc^tfw It's always nice to see an all female band to stir the pot. Personally, I think think their vocalist Oni is gorgeous. Makes sense since she's also a fashion model. The girls aren't afraid to admit they are huge fangirls haha. They're very cool. INFINITY was a great album and I'd recommend it to anyone. Anyways, here's their latest PV. Looks like they've adopted a heavier sound. Here are a few other PV's of theirs for your hearing pleasure.

http://aramajapan.com/news/youtubes-new-policy-change-affects-american-japanese-music-fans/51582/

What I just read cannot be unread. Thanks. Now all I'm gonna do at the concert is focus on Kaoru's guitar play.

^^^ Thats a very vague statement. Care to elaborate?

Even if it Kills Me - Motion City Soundtrack If you lose yourself, do you want to be found?

^^^^ Don't let it get to you Lestat. As previously stated by emmny, it may just be a phase. But Oh man, do I love talking about this stuff. I have this fascination with understanding people with the psychological side of androgyny, and how they've grown as a person. I realized that this obsession arose because I have these psychologically androgynous thoughts myself. I feel no one can compare in this thought process, so it's easy to notice an androgynous person from others. Good and bad because it makes you more interesting as a person, but very intimidating or unappealing to the both sexes in terms of relationships.

So much hype, in such a short time.

Oh I can see the online news articles "RedTube sues YouTube" "Children find porn site RedTube" As far as this new service goes, It's going to be the beginning of the end for YouTube. Why even need to compete with online video streaming services? What they should have done is take off the region block with this "extra service", and do away with ads. Sucks for the YouTube Stars, I guess?

This album was suprisingly refreshing, too bad no one has done an official review on here yet.

Alright I am going to get this over with. It's been long enough. This is more of a review for myself, as I am conflicted, so to speak and I need to get this off my mind. Before any hint of the release date, I had only listened to OMINOUS beforehand as a teaser and thought that if the overall album were to sound exactly like this, then they've come back to that gifted sound, which seperates them from the rest of the scene. Expecting something new and true to them, I drove around listening to the album once it released. The minute I heard NIHIL and DOGMA, I had some questions already starting to arise, but settled down remembering that DIM started somewhat similarly with 13-STAIRS. When I got to RAGE, I skipped the track about a minute in, no big deal. I'm not gonna like every track right off the bat. It wasn't until I skipped the next 5 tracks that I realized something was wrong here. DEUX had something that made me somewhat enjoy it, but going on from there it was nothing but skipping of the tracks until I arrived at OMNINOUS, the track that gave everyone hope that the GazettE finally stopped with all this experimentation and is finally composing what acquired them this acclaimed status in the VK scene. No doubt a track that should have defined them by now. After hearing that and to my utter surprise, that was the last track on the album, and it was over. I can't tell you how many times I uttered the words "what the fuck? What the fuck was that? That's it?!?!? I played the album over a couple more times and disliking the tracks even more the second and third time. At first, the tracks felt so generic, monotonous, and lacked any feeling or emotion. Something you'd hear from the mainstream hard rock bands here in the States. Something was missing and I was not in the right mindset to assess and determine what it was. I decided to push this album on the backburner for a couple weeks, as I was highly disappointed and did not feel this album deserved a review. After that time passed, I played it once more, determined to figure out what it lacked. Kai and Reita were very on point, carrying the entire burden of playing with such versatility and precision that I was blown away, it was overwhelming if anything. Ruki matches them with more aggressive vocalization (growls and screams), but could tone it down a bit with his english singing and stick with japanese. It was OMINOUS that laid out the fault in the rest of the tracks. Where is the awesome Aoi/Uruha collaboration? Where are the passionate solos that this band is known for? I can barely make out some of Aoi's signature guitar play, and Uruha's guitar melodies are almost non-existent. What gives?!? The album sounds completely thrown off-balance. Usually it's Reita and Kai following the guitar riffs, but its apparent who dominated this album. The approach with this entirely hard sound it seems, has taken many by surprise. Some are for it, and others aren't. I leaned towards being against it, but after listening to the album over and over, listening to every aspect and detail as to why the GazettE chose this direction for the album, it makes sense. It's for the purpose of showing us this conflict (perhaps theirs). You can hear it in GRUDGE, DEUX and especially in OMINOUS. Its a taste of what you know to be, their capabilities as of right now. Yet, they struggle with this newer sound, that they have yet to work out themselves. Ruki's vocals are falling behind or not meeting their requirements (or at least, I'm beginning to notice) and Aoi and Uruha may be having sync issues, but it's beautifully masked within the album with harder basslines and drumming. The GazettE really gave us something to think about with DOGMA, as it wasn't as apparent with BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY. Now overall, the album itself is a great comeback after 2 years of teasers, with something to give the average Gazerock fan to feed on until the next release, but as far as those who wanted an album with OMINOUS all over it (including myself), we were left with disappointment (I was left with confusion, if anything). So my review of it is as simple as this: The album did very well to please the masses, and overshadow any faults with harder Basslines/Drumming, but the faults are still there to be noticed.

Currently, I'm diving deeper into Nagoya Kei in order to listen to bands I never even knew existed and yet have made such a great impact. but as far as music I should have at least sampled, but havent: Buck Tick Kuroyume LaPuta Janne de Arc

I was hoping someone would create this thread haha. A while back (maybe 6 years ago) we had a fan made compilation CD for VK Halloween on another forum. I'll see if I can find it. The only tracks I can recommend are off the top of my head: (all Japanese VK btw) Versailles - Zombie Malice Mizer - Transylvania Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood The Candy Spooky Theatre - This is Halloween The GazettE - Nakigahara (IMO is pretty creepy) I'll update when I go through my HDD. Update: Here's some more I found going through my phone. I've always found Aristocratic/Symphonic/Gothic VK kinda creepy. Art Cube - 鏡の涙 Moi Dix Moi - Vestige Lacroix Despheres - 古の刻より舞い降りし者たち (Inishie no Koku Yori Mai Ori Shi Mono Tachi) Malice Mizer - Saikai no chi to bara Malice Mizer - Seinaru koku eien no inori ***NOT VK, but adds to the theme*** Kanon Wakeshima - Suna no Oshiro

After skimming through 3 pages of mostly "childrens squabble", I figured I'd add some input on the album since this was shown to me a while back by another member on here. I've listened to Lycaon for quite some time (singles here and there), and to this day, I still can't feel out the style of music this band is trying to go for. There seems to be a high interest in incorporating electronic music and with SE's that keep the tracks somewhat relative from them. Their vocalist just doesn't do it for me in terms of performance, but I'm just picky. As for the review itself, I mostly agree with jduv86 points, and would say that the only tracks that I somewhat enjoyed listening to were: 2. 追憶 (Tsuioku) 3. Dark NIght 5. Shadow **probably the best track IMO, since their signature sound is most notable here** 11. 馬鹿ね。(baka ne) 14. アネモネ (Anemone) Then there was 15. ILLUSION, that reminded me why I listened to them in the first place. The track itself could use some work, but the dubstep they mix in is pretty much what defined the band in its earlier time. 16. メランコリック (Merankorikku) I'll admit was a great attempt into something harder by the band. Again, his vocals just don't add any oomph to the track, so it falls a bit short of anything memorable. Overall I'd say the album is worth a listen if you haven't yet sampled it, but unless you are a Lycaon fan or have listened to their previous work, their overall sound here won't make too much of an impact. No rating

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