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Wow where did you get that information? I remember looking for that information around the interwebz some time ago but couldn't find anything. Could you give me a link or something or have you gathered that around the internet? It would be so nice to know more about who composed which song etc

What do you mean Mio's face didn't fit Lycaon? One's face doesn't contribute to the fact if someone fits to a band or not. It's about chemistry between the members and one's ability to play their instrument and do their job well. Well at least I consider those things to be the most important, I listen to a band only when their music's great. And Mio's such a cutiepie anyways, I seriously went "awwww" when I saw this picture in his twitter <3 And about Eve: didn't he compose most of Lycaon's old songs? Don't know if that's a fact or not but I've heard that rumor quite many times. And if that's true he did a lot for "old Lycaon." I don't think anyone dislikes Ichiro or Hiyuu because they replaced Eve and Mio. But if you've fallen in love with Royal Order (I took it as an example because it's their last album before the erotic era), I think it will be pretty damn hard to try to adjust to their new sound in most cases. And that doesn't have anything to do with disliking the new members. I personally don't dislike their newer music - actually there are a lot of great songs, but the ratio good vs. bad songs isn't just as good as it used to be. In my opinion EROS isn't that bad an album, only song I don't like is EROS - all others are pretty good. I like Jesus, Akutoku no sakae and Bara ~Rose~ a lot, but MRC just isn't my piece of cake. I think the melodies are too weird for me and the instrumental part is very poor in most of the songs. Kuro no datura is my favorite but all the others... blah. And thanks for the tip about AvelCain! I know I should've tried them ages ago, maybe I'll finally try them!

Here's two pictures of me. The first one is probably from November 2013 and yes those are prescription glasses not image glasses, I'm pretty much blind without glasses or contacts. The latter is a glorious and amazing bathroom selfie straight outta Instagram from summer 2013. I'm amazed of the tiny amount of "normal pictures" I have of me. In almost all of my pictures there must be either 1. my student overalls, 2. student cap or 3. shitloads of other people in it. And yes, student overalls and student caps (technical universities only) are a huge thing in Finland.

This thread has been dead for too long. Have you guys tried their newest album Halo of blood? I personally don't really like the singles, Halo of Blood and Transference, but there are a few nice songs in the album. One bottle and a knee deep has one pretty badass riff in the beginning. Yes I actually enjoy the song only because of the riff but it's just sooo good. Dead man's hand on you is the slowest song they've ever made and I'm really surprised I actually like the song even though I usually tend to only listen to the faster songs. It's also super beautiful live. 2013 I saw them in Kivenlahtirock 2013 in Espoo, Finland (first gig they've ever played in their home town!) which was also the first concert of their Halo of Blood and in Circus Helsinki, Finland, and they played the song during the latter concert. It was great to see them play in a club. About the two concerts I've attended - I could've never imagined how perfect they sound live. It's almost like listening to an album, except it's hella better live.

Here's the proof that no bad music is made in Finland. This song and video is so awesome you'll never find any music even nearly as good as this. DON'T FORGET TO TURN ON THE SUBTITLES!!!!!!!

Shortest: less than a month? Longest: 3 years and 4 months (of which 1 year and 4 months living together) Current: 3 years and 4 months

Joo toi Girugamesh voisi kyllä olla hauska nähdä. En tykkää kuin muutamasta biisistä enkä ole ikinä jaksanut suuremmin tutustua niiden tuotantoon, mutta jos liput ovat halvat niin voisihan siellä käväistä tsekkaamassa meininki. Keikat on aina kivoja o/

But the trickier the merrier! Though unclean vocals are a no-no for me, I've never tried and I probably never will. Are we the only ones who love to sing along to their favorite songs?

lastest work I'll have to say I love Yuuki's vocals in Death game. I really do think they're one of the best vocals if you're thinking about Lycaon's songs. Which is kind of sad since RED RUM was their first release... But nevertheless, I love Death game because of the amazing vocals. Amen.

I might actually go to the Finland concert just for the sake of a good show. I'm not a huge fan but concerts are always great. (unless the tickets are over-priced)

Myself because I'm still awake, it's 3AM in here. What are your favorite instant noodles?

Thank you!! Yes, COB is so amazing! I think I'm going to attend Tuska Metal Festival in Helsinki next summer just so I can see COB again XD

I see, I've actually never realized that XD My Momusu phase was a pretty dark phase in my life...

I couldn't have summed up my thoughts better than you did. Even though I used to be a hard-core H.I.M fan when I was 11-14 years old, I still understand why I did listen to them. Though now I consider only two albums listenable (The greatest lovesongs vol. 666 and Venus doom) I still understand why I liked them so much and don't consider all their music "crap". I have this uni friend who told me in a party that she used to be a huge Girugamesh fan when she was younger, around 15 years old or something. Right after that she told my how she nowadays hates their music and can't stand the idea she used to listen to them and that she feels embarrassed about being a fan of them. (I put the picture under a spoiler so that the thread would still be readable) I have actually never thought it like that. That's so true it makes my brain hurt.

Thank you everyone! I've been lurking here a lot and all the people seem so friendly! I feel like I've never been more welcomed anywhere XD Lol I thought my last.fm charts are pretty basic stuff for a VK listener XD Your comment actually made me laugh so hard!

Hi everybody! I'm a soon 21-year-old girl from Finland who finally had the courage to do an introduction post a month after registering. I currently live in Helsinki and I'm studying chemical engineering in Aalto University. I've been listening to VK since 2006 with fluctuating interest. Since 2006 there has been a nothing-but-VK phase, a k-pop phase, a nothing-but-Children-of-Bodom phase, but nevertheless I've always loved VK and never stopped listening to it completely. If I can remember correctly, the first VK songs I ever heard were D'espairsRay - Valentine and Vidoll - Teddy, and the latter soon became my ultimate favorite band for several years. Now, several years later, I have tried over 600 different VK bands and found a lot of bands I love. (this is easy to check since I never delete the music I download...) Currently I'm going through a phase when I'm not quite sure if I really love the bands I used to love so much and thus I'm constantly searching for new bands. That's why it's pretty hard for me to name any current favorites but at least I can try. Current favorites: Lycaon Royz X Japan Children of Bodom The list isn't very long since I'll really need to listen to my old favorite bands' discographies thoroughly and decide whether I really like them anymore or not. If you're interested, you can always check my last.fm and see what I've been listening to since 2006! The link is in my signature. Thank you for reading!

@Perez Sanotaanko vaikka näin, etten edes tiedä, mikä on japsirokkifoorumi... Mistä näin päättelit? Toi ei nimittäin kuulostanut kauhean imartelevalta. Joo ei ole kyllä mitään hirveän mielenkiintoista tulossa nyt Suomeen. Käyn kuitenkin Miyavit ja ADAMSit tsekkaamassa, mutta olisipa edes Jupiter tullut tänne, sitä olisin mennyt tosi mielelläni katsomaan vaikken sitä ole kyllä pahemmin kuunnellut.

Their newest look for Lilia. (From left to right: Kazuki, Koudai, Tomoya, Subaru, Kuina) Royz is an Osaka-orginated band which started its activities in 2009. They're line-up has remained the same during their activities. Line-up: Vo. 昴 (Subaru) Gt. 杙凪 (Kuina) Gt. 和稀 (Kazuki) Ba. 公大 (Koudai) Dr. 智也 (Tomoya) By far they've released two albums, seven maxi singles and two singles. Discography is copied from their last.fm page. Discography: 2009.09.28 星に願いを (Hoshi ni Negai o) (First Live Limited Demo CD) 2010.01.19 No Fate (Live ver) (Live Recorded CD-R) 2010.04.29 春ノ夜ノ夢－恋花火 (Haru no Yoru no Yume - Koi Hanabi) (Maxi Single) 2010.10.06 「AREA」 (Maxi Single) 2011.01.14 マーブルパレット (Marble Palette) (Live Sold Only Limited One-Coin Single) 2011.02.14 トウメイナユキ (Toumei na Yuki) (Live Sold Only Limited One-Coin Single) 2011.04.09 eve:r (Single) 2011.08.17 α (Single) 2011.11.30 Яevolution to New AGE (Album) 2012.03.07 NOAH (Maxi Single) 2012.06.27 Starry HEAVEN (Maxi Single) 2012.10.24 INNOCENCE (Maxi Single) 2013.02.27 Tears (Album) 2013.07.03 Egoist (Maxi Single) 2014.01.15 LILIA (Maxi Single) Here's their newest single LILIA which was released today (VERSAILLES-ALERT): And then their previous single EGOIST, released in July 2013: I'm a fairly new fan of Royz. The first song I've heard was EGOIST in December and I immediately fell in love. Which is kind of embarrassing, since the reason I decided to check them out was all the dirt I had heard about Kuina and Subaru and well, the whole band in general... I personally think their melodies are very catchy and that's one of the main reasons I've started to like them so much. Even though I really like them, I feel really just... embarrassed liking them so much. Most of the band really seem to be into VK just because of all the gurls and sexing and f4m3 but IMHO they still make good music. I even preordered their newest super Versaillesque single which was released today. So what do you think about Royz? Have you listened to them before? Is Royz the most generic VK band ever or have they actually created something new?

I wanna bring this thread back to life! They released their newest single gossip back in November 2013 but they haven't still officially released gossip PV. They have showed in a couple of lives but somehow it wasn't included in the single. Today both Ichiro and Hiyuu tweeted they'll give it away for free in tomorrow's live which is inclusively for the fans who bought all versions of the gossip single. ...and I'm so excited!! Even though I don't even like gossip as a song a new PV is always wonderful. I hope it includes a lot of whipping hehe.

But isn't Very good basically a parody of GD? There are just too many parts in that video which are super similar to stuff GD has done in his music videos. And I'm just digging the idea they made a parody of GD, it's hilarious and the song is fantastic! I like it a lot, when it was released I exclusively listened to only it for a week or so.

1. Lycaon - マゾヒストレッドサーカス (1:07) ★☆☆☆☆ Weird accordion music with a clown laughing in the background? Lol just terrible. 2. Lycaon - 覚醒 (4:38) ★★★☆☆ There's some potential in this song. It's one of the hardest songs on the whole album but the dubstep on the background sounds so stupid. Also the melody is pretty plain - Lycaon used to have great melodies in their songs. The chorus is pretty nice. In the end one of the best songs in the album which isn't really much since almost every song sucks in one way or another. The guitar solo is actually pretty nice but it doesn't save the song. 3. Lycaon - Psychedelic Jelly (3:39) ★★★☆☆ IMHO the 2nd best song in the album. This is clearly a live song and it's probably super fun too. Some screams which is really nice. But why the fuck do they have to add dubstep to this song too? It would be a lot better without. A lot of Engrish doesn't really make this song any better. "You won't be my slave...honey" yuka ni habikoru Suck my dick You won't be my slave...honey DORODORO tokeru Suck my dick don't disturbed in high..." 4. Lycaon - OVER DOSE (3:14) ★★★☆☆ OVER DOSE starts pretty nicely and the dubstep wub-wub's don't even bother me so much in the beginning. But I think the vocals would sound a lot better without all those filters added. A really mediocre song that I can occasionally listen to - it won't give me a headache but I'll never get the urge to listen to this particular song. Probably also a very funny song when seen live, but on CD... blah. 5. Lycaon - 霊猫香とマゾヒスト (1:42) ★☆☆☆☆ Apparently one or two "intro songs" or SEs isn't enough, there has to be three of them... Three out of ten songs. Super terrible. 6. Lycaon - gossip (4:22) ★★★☆☆ Probably the worst single Lycaon has ever released. A mediocre song. There's really nothing to say about this song. 7. Lycaon - 黒のダチュラ (3:29) ★★★★★ The best song on the album. A really captivating song and the whipping sounds make the song even better. This is the one and only song on the album I truly recommend. It doesn't have those annoying dubstep sounds and it's dark - maybe closest to the old Lycaon sound? 8. Lycaon - TABOO (1:38) ★☆☆☆☆ Another super annoying "intro song." I really hate it. 9. Lycaon - JI・RE・N・MA (3:56) ★★☆☆☆ The pipes and the snapping in the beginning sounds just stupid. It's hard to believe this is a Lycaon song. The song is quite fast which is nice since I don't like slow songs at all. This isn't completely shit but it isn't good either. I think it's too weird for my taste. The guitar riff is actually pretty nice and the guitar solo too - but they don't sound like Lycaon at all. 10. Lycaon - 雨音の輪舞曲 (5:02) ★★☆☆☆ The beginning is the most horrendous part of the album. Accordion combined with Yuuki singing something that sounds too much like schlager. Fortunately the song changes a bit harder, but it's still basically the slow song of the album. The chorus is pretty nice so I'll have to give it two stars. Summary: I actually had big hopes for this album. Someone in the last.fm shoutbox claimed this to be the best album of Lycaon and many others were saying they love the album to death. I don't. Kuro no dachura is actually a nice song but basically every other song is something I would not miss if they suddenly disappeared. I love everything before EROS, but even their erotic era is nicer and has a lot more great songs than their new album. I had really high hopes for this album especially after Bara ~Rose~ was such a fantastic song. OVERALL SCORE: ★★☆☆☆ Even though Lycaon is my favorite band I just can't give this album more stars. It isn't a total fail but it isn't a success either. I have not lost all hope in Lycaon and I do hope the next single will be better. They have managed to release fantastic songs even without Mio and Eve, so why they couldn't do it again.

Lycaon's guitarist Satoshi is a motherfucking super hardcore fan of Slash. First there's a picture of Satoshi and Slash: They both love and use exlusively Gibson's Les Paul guitars... Slash also loves Jack Daniels, but the question is: how much does Satoshi love Jack Daniels? Answer: He love's it to the point when he wears it, drinks it and even has a Jack Daniels phone case!

Royz - プロミネンス