hiroki

;_;
 
So sad. Hopefully Xi goes on to form/join another band

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! (( im sad(( Hope vocalist will find new group..

Welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy your time here

I saw that i didn't present me so let's go ! 
 
 
I live in France and i love visual kei since more or less 4 years. Of course i also listen j-rock,traditional japanese music,metal,classical music and so on 
 I have been learning Japanese for 6 years.
 
Next year i hope to be accepted in a school where i could have a better mastery of the Japan in general
I listen to a lot of old school visual kei bands and some who are quite new. 
 
 
I don't know what to add so bye bye ! :B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtwHpFeyv2o

RoNo☆Cro ... so cutie :DDDDD

Lol yeah, that's some label name.... Apparently they have quite the selection of strange/interesting bands though, like
 
 
Not sure what I find more intriguing, the performance itself or the salaryman standing devoutly in front row. XD

omg, somehow i missed your introduction.
 
vistlip and DELUHI are my all-time top 2 bands and i thought i will *never* find another person who loves BOTH of them (they are rather different after all )
 
nice to meet you and hope you enjoy the forum. maybe you can drop me a message sometime

I can admit I've read this thread with big interest, so after some time of consideration I think I may at last express my opinion, although I have some strange feeling of dejàvu, that I did it before, but somehow my post disappeared. Anyway, I fancy it's kind of strange for me to read that some of You prefer not to understand the meaning of lyrics and especially about kind of "allergy" for English, or - in general - for understandable languages, as I would take liberty to call this phenomenon. Personally, I have no problem to listen to music with lyrics sung in languages comprehensible to me more than Japanese. In the latter one like most of You, I do not speak fluently, however since my earliest conscious experiences with Japanese scene I have been always trying to seek for such music, which lyrical themes and tropes would move me, even if my capability to understand any Japanese lyrics completely were scarce. But would not one be sure of possibility to identify with lyrical subject, if the song titles themselves talk about suicides, blood, roses and pale skins and madness? Absolutely!
 
More seriously, through long time I believed I already know Japanese good enough to understand most of favourite bands' lyrics. Actually I'm aware how wrong I was in such a ridiculous pride, but I still fancy my ability is sufficient to appreciate the beauty and richness of language. Naturally I can agree with conclusions from above: yes, the fact that almost every syllable ends in vowel really affects the poetical and musical properties of any work written in this language and second yes, the fact that this language is so rich in specific expressions (like with this snow-example by @237Q) leads to conciseness sometimes almost unattainable for users of many other languages. But I don't agree that uniqueness of Japanese syntax makes it somehow ideal and perfect. Since I prefer to listen to and to read poesy in many, mostly European though languages, I couldn't say that this or other language is in general way 'better' than the other ones, as I understood statements of some of You, as in my case it's absolutely not true. Except of Japanese, to my personal favourite languages used in music and poesy belong Latin, Occitan, Finnish and Middle High German. For I read a lot of mediaeval poetry, it may be reason, why it's for me difficult to agree that Japanese is the only nation which didn't lose strong contact with nature as well. I don't think that it's the only language with such a richness of expressions about nature, as works of some troubadours or minnesingers are comparable in this matter, but it's only my personal statement.
 
I think in my case the choice of Japanese music is partially because of lyrical themes used by my favourite artists and partially because of their sound and both are equally important to me. Probably I wouldn't listen to even my most beloved artists, if their lyrics wouldn't move me (the reason I listen to solo Satsuki so rarely). About my capability of understanding Japanese. I understand mostly nouns and verbs. I have problems with whole sentences and sometimes misunderstand persons and times. It doesn't disturb me to enjoy lyrics and identify myself with some best quotes. But I would never think that if this favourite quotations of mine were sung in English or German, would they move me with themselves somehow less than in case that they're in Japanese, as I have also a lot, or even more, since my ability to comprehend this languages is better, similar quotations from ensembles, or poetical works, or even novels, written in these mentioned tongues too. The point is that Japanese visual scene, or even Japanese music in more general meaning, is not the only one I am devoted too and it influences my look at referred problem.

thats obviously a good thing for the band and although i understand when people have doubts about it, it still doesnt matter what people think. just because you probably wont like them from now on, doesnt make this a bad thing. its still going to be a good deal for the band.

me and my corgi
 

 
aaaaand I have a thing for vk hair so... #yolo
 

 
 

Hello everyone !
Well I don't know how to introduce myself... so I would say that I'm a guy, 17 y o and I've been fond of Oshare kei (and japanese music in general) for almost 5 years now maybe ?
 
I hope I won't lose credibility as I also enjoy old school Visual kei bands and "darker" Vk (or even jmetal) bands as well haha 

But my favorite bands are
Awake
DOG inTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ
愛狂います。(aicle.)
カメレオ (kameleo)
 
I also love 己龍 (kiryu), サンドイッチで１２０分？(Sandwich de 120pun?), Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, D.I.D
And of course I like popular bands such as An Cafe, LM.C, SuG, Nightmare, THE GAZETTE, Moi Dix Mois...
 
Well that's it for my fav (maybe too long? XD)
 
 
Euhm.. I'm also fan of japanese fashion (mainly from 原宿 / Harajuku) and of rock music generally speaking ^^"
 
That's all !
 
PS: oh and as you might have found out, I'm French, therefore sorry if there are mistakes (´Д` ) haha

As stated above, a combination of anime and video games. BUT THEN... I saw the FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus commercial in 2006 which had Redemption by Gackt playing and I was like "wooooooooooooooooooooooooooow what is this song? why does this sound so good? omfg?" and then I used to play on a private server for this game I was obsessed with and a lot of the music in the game was replaced with jrock and I believe it was Abingdon Boy's School songs so I asked around and was given links to Youtube vids and then I just started exploring and yeah. :')

I don't have much to add to fitear's wonderful review.

For me, "you" was marginally more enjoyable than "BUTTERFLY DREAMER", which is unsurprising given that I have virtually zero resistance against good vk ballads XD

I agree that DIV has improved tremendously in their composition and choice of synth effects in enhancing their music. As opposed to some of their earlier songs in which electronic elements might have interfered with their music, the 'echo' effects deployed in "you" - especially in the quieter sections - provided good depth to Chisa's voice. The transition from the "break" to the final refrain was also extremely well executed.

Some remarks on Cinderalla: it has a groovy, dance-y feel which, like fitear has rightly pointed out, is quite different from DIV's normal style. I think it's fantastic that the band is willing to try something different, although I think that also inevitably exposes some potential weaknesses in Chisa's vocals. This song would be perfect for a set of vocals with more "character" than Chisa's - especially when he hits the "Ve-nus" in the chorus, which I thought was kinda 'flat'. Nevertheless, I think it's interesting that they have used synth elements to augment his vocals and to a large extent successfully helped to cover this lack.

These are two exquisite singles that not only demonstrate how much the band has matured, but also draw our attention to the variety that constitutes their rapidly expanding repertoire. Hopefully they release something that can challenge "VANISH" (my favorite DIV song!) soon

[CD track list]
01.Heartless
02.夢幻想花(mugensouka)
03.俄然！感情的ROCK(gazen! kanjouteki ROCK) (included in TYPE B )
03.Wrap around music (included in TYPE C)

Hello.
I`m from Germany and a great fan of Visual-Kei music and Japan in general.
I lurk around on MH for i think two years now, informing myself about new relesases and things like that, but only as a guest or ghost. In this two years i was really impressed by the great atmosphere in this forum and so: Here I am!
I`m glad to meet all of you and i think that it will be a great time in this forum^^
So here are my favourite bands:
 
Alice Nine
vistlip
DELUHI
GALEYD
 
So lets go;)  Hope to see you all in the forum^^

Shrugs, I'm probably one of those blasphemous people who enjoyed BORN's "HONESTY" and "MOTHER" singles (didn't like "SATISFACTION?" though). Sure they aren't as "heavy" as their earlier stuff, but I liked them (I felt the same way towards giru, when half their fans were attacking them for "losing their way"). It's all a matter of opinion at this point.
 
Anyway I don't wanna digress from the topic. Like I said KIFUMI didn't leave because he disagreed with the direction BORN was going (at least he didn't -appear- to). I seriously hope BORN find another bassist and continue their activities.

Lucky one xd
 
 
Finally manage to get my dress shoes (by BOREDOM) from Rakuten
 

 

http://ameblo.jp/yuutocp/entry-11767941602.html
 
probably a pv preview soon ;p

^ This is already on Brand-X if you want.

UnRealistic (ex-Called≠Plan Vo.ユウト(yuuto) new band) new mini album "UNREALISTIC" will be released at 2014/04/02 (2,700yen), which will include CD+DVD (including "ETERNALLY" PV)
 
[CD track list]
01.ETERNALLY
02.Occult Flower
03.Grim Reaper
04.So many times
05.UNREALISTIC

I don't have much to add to fitear's wonderful review.

For me, "you" was marginally more enjoyable than "BUTTERFLY DREAMER", which is unsurprising given that I have virtually zero resistance against good vk ballads XD

I agree that DIV has improved tremendously in their composition and choice of synth effects in enhancing their music. As opposed to some of their earlier songs in which electronic elements might have interfered with their music, the 'echo' effects deployed in "you" - especially in the quieter sections - provided good depth to Chisa's voice. The transition from the "break" to the final refrain was also extremely well executed.

Some remarks on Cinderalla: it has a groovy, dance-y feel which, like fitear has rightly pointed out, is quite different from DIV's normal style. I think it's fantastic that the band is willing to try something different, although I think that also inevitably exposes some potential weaknesses in Chisa's vocals. This song would be perfect for a set of vocals with more "character" than Chisa's - especially when he hits the "Ve-nus" in the chorus, which I thought was kinda 'flat'. Nevertheless, I think it's interesting that they have used synth elements to augment his vocals and to a large extent successfully helped to cover this lack.

These are two exquisite singles that not only demonstrate how much the band has matured, but also draw our attention to the variety that constitutes their rapidly expanding repertoire. Hopefully they release something that can challenge "VANISH" (my favorite DIV song!) soon

I don't have much to add to fitear's wonderful review.

For me, "you" was marginally more enjoyable than "BUTTERFLY DREAMER", which is unsurprising given that I have virtually zero resistance against good vk ballads XD

I agree that DIV has improved tremendously in their composition and choice of synth effects in enhancing their music. As opposed to some of their earlier songs in which electronic elements might have interfered with their music, the 'echo' effects deployed in "you" - especially in the quieter sections - provided good depth to Chisa's voice. The transition from the "break" to the final refrain was also extremely well executed.

Some remarks on Cinderalla: it has a groovy, dance-y feel which, like fitear has rightly pointed out, is quite different from DIV's normal style. I think it's fantastic that the band is willing to try something different, although I think that also inevitably exposes some potential weaknesses in Chisa's vocals. This song would be perfect for a set of vocals with more "character" than Chisa's - especially when he hits the "Ve-nus" in the chorus, which I thought was kinda 'flat'. Nevertheless, I think it's interesting that they have used synth elements to augment his vocals and to a large extent successfully helped to cover this lack.

These are two exquisite singles that not only demonstrate how much the band has matured, but also draw our attention to the variety that constitutes their rapidly expanding repertoire. Hopefully they release something that can challenge "VANISH" (my favorite DIV song!) soon

“BUTTERFLY DREAMER” opens up with some galactic synths and Chisa doing a soft version of the song’s chorus before exploding into chuggy riffs that lead us into the first verse.  One of the things I particularly enjoy in this track are Chisa’s distant “ahhh” background vocals during the chorus; I can’t put my finger on why that adds to my enjoyment, but it just makes the chorus more epic.  Throughout the song, crackles, bleeps, and other electronic elements add to the song’s arrangement.  Towards the end of the song, the band has a cool little breakdown, before proceeding back to a bridge with blissful synths.   I think Shaneth mentioned at some point that BUTTERFLY DREAMER was solid, but that the band has already done this type of song before.  While that’s true, I think this song has much more interesting composition than, say, previous singles “ANSWER” or “夏の行方.”  DIV is steadily improving and I’m loving it.  My very small complaint with the song is Chisa’s weak harsh vocals.  His “acapella” growl at the end of the song consistently puts a slight cringe on my face, haha.
 
“rainy,rainy,smiles.” begins with some ambient electronics and “piano synth” (reminiscent of something UNiTE would use).  The whole song is generally quite dainty and pleasant, but the verses introduce the occasional heavy-ish part and even the synths become more “aggressive” to match these parts.  The main issue with this song is that it doesn’t really deviate from the twinkly, light sound enough to make much of an impression; the chorus kind of blends in with the rest of the song.  Now don’t get me wrong, I think b-sides are often underappreciated and I can definitely see myself still listening to this song months down the road, but “rainy,rainy,smiles.” is never going to be “the” song that gets people into DIV or that seasoned DIV fans pick as their favorite.

“you” is a good example of DIV’s more ballad-oriented pop-rock style.  It’s happy and lighthearted, but it also packs a punch, musically.  The chorus is very sweet and is also followed up by some impressive guitar riffs/ a mini-solo on Shogo’s part.  In the middle of the song, things calm down with some chilled out synths and a ~gentle~ version of the chorus.  The song is very much in the vein of “I swear” from the ZERO ONE album, which probably somewhat explains why I enjoy this one too.  One tiny thing I don’t really enjoy about the song are the repeated riffs which open and end the track; they just don’t seem to fit that well.  Interestingly enough, I preferred this when I first saw the PVs for “you” and “BUTTERFLY DREAMER,” but I’m starting to rethink that.  I mean no offense to “you,” because it’s a lovely track, but I think “BUTTERFLY DREAMER” has proven to be slightly more interesting with closer listening.
 
“Cinderella” features a funky beat that’s quite different from DIV’s usual style.  The closest thing would probably be “赤裸々ララ” from the album.  Bassist Chobi gets to shine a little bit on this track.  This is probably the kind of song that is super fun to hear live.  Unfortunately, similar to “rainy,rainy,smiles.” the song has kind of one note the whole time, besides a freakout guitar solo in the middle.   Plus, the chorus isn’t that good.  Weirdly enough, he’s singing about “Venus” (at least as far as I can hear) and he does this in “赤裸々ララ” as well.  Not my favorite song, but a cool addition to their discography I suppose.

Overall, we have two solid singles, with "BUTTERFLY DREAMER" arguably being the stronger one.  Aside from my minor gripes, there's nothing "bad" about any of the songs.  "Cinderella" and "rainy,rainy,smiles." might be forgettable in the long run, but they're still enjoyable nonetheless.  In fact, the only real tragedy is the absolutely awful and random cover art for "BUTTERFLY DREAMER" (the limited edition, at least).  The PV for the song is actually quite visually stunning and I can think of a ton of stills from that that would've been better for the cover.  ANYWAY, I think "BUTTERFLY DREAMER" and "you" (the songs) would have been more than fitting on the ZERO ONE album, which for me is the new bar the band has set for itself.  Here's hoping their next single will continue this trend.