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  8. Posted

    Shinjuku National Gardens are quite lovely and peaceful, even with tons of other people around. For the polar opposite, I can't recommend Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho (Piss Alley/Memory Lane) enough. The former for drinks, the latter for food. Small, cramped, crowded, and a ton of fun to just hop in and out of different places. They were some of the highlights of my trip, even with tons of tourists wandering about (myself included). 

     

    Outside of that, the must-visit VK shops are all within a block of each other in Nishishinjuku. Like an Edison, Pure Sound, Closet Child, and Jishuban Club/Club Indies.

     

    Ton of good eats in the area, too, but really everything I had in Japan was delicious so you really can't go wrong. (I mean this, not even in like a Japan fanboy kind of way, it was all really that good.)

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    18 minutes ago, Tokage said:

    yo this is actually legit really, really good & it's p fucked up how thoroughly mediocre this makes like the majority of the contemporary vk scene look by comparison 

     

    this is the truth right here - these guys are wiping the floor with most of their contemporaries 

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  11. Posted

    2 minutes ago, colorful人生 said:

    They went full-on CHON in that solo bit. But seriously, this is pretty great listen. I'm a sucker for any and all prog rock, but the track was really playful without giving up a lot in the "heavy" department. Easily my favorite of theirs by far. 

    Was so afraid to use the word "CHON" when referring this track to my friends, but you're not wrong!!

  13. Posted · Edited by nomemorial

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    i have listened to this so many times in the past 30 minutes and i must say, THIS TRACK/VIDEO HAS EVERYTHING

    • endless, head-spinning guitar-tapping
    • chuggy dissonant riffs
    • the entire crew basically just chilling in a hospital during a jazz solo
    • bed-ridden infirmary joker
    • impossibly high vocal harmonies
    • a man in a leather bodysuit
    • at least 4 actual genres of music
    • goth gf Ryuya

    i'm supposed to just go back to OTHER MUSIC now?

     

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  21. Posted

    I'd make an argument that most heavier leaning bands (and honestly, any "heavy" tracks from less traditionally heavy bands) of the 2000-2010 period are pretty nu-metal leaning. As far as full albums, I definitely can't disagree with the statements above (especially MUCC's Kuchiki no Tou).

     

    For more recent bands, I think Kuroyuri to Kage is the best example of a band doing the nu-metal thing and doing it well. I think their song structures are interesting and Karasuna Mei is a very compelling frontman, which really sets them apart from other acts in the genre.

  22. Posted

    14 hours ago, The Reverend said:

    Great live report! Sounds like a good show and a good time!

    Haha.

     

    What would you say the ratio of boys/girls in the crowd was for this show? I imagine it would be more than the ~5% boys I've seen at some VK shows.

    Honestly, I would still say it was a predominantly female crowd. Maybe more of an 85/15 split than 95/5, really. Did notice quite a few more guys near the front row than expected, though, which seems pretty out of the ordinary based on my understanding. 

  25. Posted · Edited by nomemorial

    Playing a lot of catch-up with my post-Japan related stuff -- just got my CD haul organized/cataloged/etc. Haven't purchased/collected any VK CDs in quite some time, but now that I'm no longer in the confines of a tiny Chicago apartment I can finally feed the beast a bit more. All below was purchased between Pure Sound/Tower Records/BOOK-OFF -- didn't even get the proper chance to hit Like an Edison, Closet Child, or Jishuban Club. Made out alright either way, though, I think!!

     

    baroque - Chaplin (2003, SCL-007)
    baroque - ガリロン (2004, SFCD-0028)
    cali≠gari - 10 (2009, VICB-60049)
    D - Paradox (2004, DNB-003, signed)
    D - Neo culture ~Beyond the world~ (w/DVD, 2007, XQBZ-91002)
    DIMLIM - VARIOUS (w/DVD, 2017, DMLM-0001)
    The GazettE - 斑蠡～Madara～ (2006, KICS-40022)
    The GazettE - STACKED RUBBISH (2007, KICS-1311)
    The GazettE - STACKED RUBBISH (w/DVD, missing slipcover, KICS-91311)
    gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy - In incontinence (2017, PMGG-004)
    the god and death stars - Funky Ghost Hollywood (2018, DSGD-017)
    Kagrra, - 鵺 (2000, PSTA-0008)
    Kagrra, - 桜 (2001, PSTA-0011)
    Kagrra, - 彩 (2001, PSTA-0015)
    Kagrra, - [gozen] (2002, PSTA-0030)
    Kagrra, - Core (2008, KICS-1348)
    キズ - 「0」 - (2018, DMGD-005)
    Madeth Gray'll ‎– 十字架の結末 ～第二の悲劇～ (1999, MTR-003)
    Malice Mizer - memoire DX (1994, M:N-001DX)
    Malice Mizer - Voyage ~sans retour~ (1996, M:N-003N)
    Malice Mizer - merveilles (1998, COCA-14866)
    Moi dix Mois - Nocturnal Opera (2004 - MMCD-037)
    Pierrot - FINALE (1999, TOCT-24150)
    Plastic Tree - Hide and Seek (2010, WPCL-10849)
    Plastic Tree - Puppet Show (1998, WPCV-7425)
    Plastic Tree - Parade (2010, WPCL-10851)
    Plastic Tree -トロイメライ (2002, AECR-1005)
    ヴィドール ‎- If...レボトミン（Y LV25）475mg (2003, UCCD-001)

     

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