paradoxal

Hello and Konnichiwa from Norway
 
I've been a long-time fan of Japanese rock, and really many things Japan (I grew up playing tons of RPGs, starting with Final Fantasy 1 on NES).  I'm a big GACKT fan as well as X Japan and Luna Sea.
 
I'm a musician myself, and Japanese rock has been a major influence for me.  I'm excited to join here because I've been listening to the same artists so long, I'm really eager to learn about new bands and artists I haven't heard yet.

kagrra, members support activities (this shit and that aoi's project no one cared about) are making me so sad

Any friend of paradoxal is a friend of ours! Welcome to the forum! Hope you like it here - if you have any questions/concerns, feel free to ask any of the staff members (people with red or blue names)!
 
 
Have fun!

Hi!
 
I'm kasupaa, new to MH! I found my way here trough my friend, Paradoxal, who forced me to sign up haha :DD
 
Anyways, I'm 21, living in Helsinki, Finland, hello!
 
I've been listening to jrock, more specifically Visual Kei since the end of 2005, so for over 8 years now! It all started with Dir en grey's Kodou, still one of my favourite tracks, even though the band does not inspire me that much anymore, their gig in 2007 in Helsinki was a disapointment. Somewhere in between I had a pause from actively following the VK-scene (during which many of my then-favourite bands disbanded, so sad), and listened mostly k-pop and western pop. My musical taste is a mix of quite everything, all the way from Moi dix Mois to Madonna, so :DD
 
I have listened to a lot of different bands, and like a lot, but have actually just a few ultimate favorites. For a loooong time, from 2006 to perhaps 2010, ayabie was my all-time favorite band, but now I would state Matenrou Opera as my favorite, Ayame is my favourite member (as you might figure out from the avatar ). Please don't ask for a favourite song since I like them all haha, but if you do, it's either Ruriiro de eigaku niji or Hiai to Melancholy. One of my happiest moments ever was when I got my copy of acedia, still the most awesome single ever. The Gazette is a band which I really like, it was a dream come true to see them live in Helsinki last september, but I fear they are becoming very generic, losing their edge or something. Xepher is a new discovery I like very much and look forward to see what they have to offer the scene :DD also, I like Lycaon (paradoxal rubs it in my face :DDD), bakane is a work of art. Really, it is. That modulation comes from above (or something).
 
I love love symphonic rock, like Versailles and the like a lot, have a weird craving for kotekote kei (love LOOVE Metis Gretel, Sui is an amazing vocalist), but really enjoy more relaxed styles like oshare as well (is it really bad to like An Cafe? :'D).
 
That's what I come up with, feel free to ask me anything!

Depends on how you define "many". I was at their first eurpean live because I was "hired" as their translator. ("Hired" as in unpayed, except I got to see their concert for free XD. I was freelancing for a small, now defunct german vk site at that time, and an organizer of vk concerts in Germany wanted to bring over one of "our" bands). There were maybe 25-30 people in the audience. Maybe their later concerts got more people, I don't know. Then again I guess 30 people is already pretty good for a completely unknown band.
 
Despite the utter cheapness of the music it was actually a fairly enjoyable gig.
 
Fun fact: the reason Celestia le Ciel was chosen from among the roster of our bands was mainly because they were only 2 people = less airfare transport costs, which are covered by the organizer. Which kinda sucks, because among the bands we managed to aquire for our site was also Schmelz Cure. Would have loved to see them live, but they were (at that time) 4 people, so no deal.
 
But yeah, I assume the reason they got so many european lives is because they were a 2-man-band and cheap to bring over. XD

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

From The Beginning of 2014
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I decided I could post a few old lolita pics of me. These are from 2009-2011.
 
October 2009 when I just got a new jacket!!
 
 
Tsukicon 2009 @ Helsinki, Finland.
 
Blingbling swag lolita in July 2010, probably the hottest day of the summer (~30C) and I just had to wear lolita... You can't imagine how hot I felt with all those motherfucking extensions and gazillion layers of clothing.
 
 
This is a pretty casual coordination from May 2011 and it's the last time I ever wore lolita ;__;
 

I felt like taking selfies today - nappy hair and all. I look high in one and angry in the other lol. ;3
 
 

Awwwww your voice is so sweet and cute! I liked it a lot, I just wanna hug you now

I would've posted the first two myself too But did you see the PV preview for Akercock? (Somehow I'm 99% sure that the creator of that vid is in MH.... Please tell me who you are, that video is awesome!)
 

 
This is one of my personal favorites in the category "so bad and weird that it eventually becomes the most awesome thing ever." ASS'n'ARRow　～あすなろ～ FTW!!!
 

Welcome! I'm glad you like X Japan, I like them really much too

Show in Vienna was pretty nice! These guys are really friendly and easygoing... The music is more in the uplifting, fun and happy side - good to shake your hands to. I also want to mention the 2 nice japanese girls who are following all concerts of the tour - they do some crazy dancing and are a pleasure to watch dance-routine and even headbang-wise... feel free to talk to them, they seem shy but are happy about it
If you still haven't decided - I'd say you can't really go wrong with this concert

My guesses with the help of reverse image search:
 
#3 Ove
 
#5 A member of missalina rei (arisu?)
 
#7 †シリアル⇔NUMBER
 
#8 Hucci

Am I doing this right?

YES 237Q, I'LL KEEP IT COMING! Sorry I was too lazy to take screenshots.
 
This is the story of 237Q and Alejandro.
 
237q: actually you're right, lycaon would hella suit this wine rn
paradoxal: some drugs in your pink milk?
237q: more like gossip with this glass
237q: it got me into a huge ji.re.n.ma
paradoxal: but remember to keep jesus in your mind so that you won't end up sucking someone's lollipop
237q: fuck it i'm still just a miss. evil inside that's the bad one on the psycho party
237q: gotta take some pain killers with my red rum
paradoxal: there won't be enough time for love when you're over dosing on psychedelic jelly
237q: under this mask i'm a sick man actually
paradoxal: that must be true if you have been playing the death game by eating lilies
237q: no sorry i was just sucking on alejandro's lollipop, no lillies here, they're in the box in beautiful
237q: they're too fragile to be out of it
paradoxal: are you sure mary will let alejandro plug his lollipop into your socket?
paradoxal: but you can always desire pierrot
paradoxal: because if you let alejandro plug his lollipop into your socket, it will probably be like a declaration of war towards mary
paradoxal: i'd say it would be a huge taboo
237q: ofcourse, get to the end of delusion, darling, mary is never putting up a delaration of war on me
237q: she's just howling a lot
237q: but she's restricted by chains of collar
237q: all 88 of them
paradoxal: but you should just let things flow and let the royal order decide
237q: that would be like something a 1st degree genocide holic would do!
paradoxal: or you should just set alejandro free
237q: jesus, no!
paradoxal: because your insanity is the chain which ties you
paradoxal: and you'd just probably end up having a mad neurosis child
237q: that would be something you'd gossip about!
237q: i'll get moser's pistol to kill it
paradoxal: ofc, i always gossip about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
237q: it's because you're sick man!
paradoxal: will this be the end of [insanity]?
237q: eros got you with his arrow and stuff
paradoxal: but next time, remember to take your ID so you and alejandro will have time enough for love
paradoxal: so that you can flow into the dark with him
237q: hope i'm not just a nibanme no onna (second girl) for alejandro though
237q: because my fragile heart would break

It's great if they can, but personally, I don't believe that a singer has to be able to write lyrics. The thing that matters to me is whether or not the singer connects with the emotion of the song.
 
I think if you can't write (good) lyrics, it's perfectly okay to let someone else help you. Some people struggle to express themselves with words, and IMO it's better to let another band member or outside writer take care of it than it is to ruin good songs with awful, half-assed lyrics.

wow
such 237
much Q
very congrats
many bitch
wow
 

 

wow
such 237
much Q
very congrats
many bitch
wow
 

 

wow
such 237
much Q
very congrats
many bitch
wow