Tetora

[track list]
01.凛(lin) - Missing Melody
02.メカクシ(mekakusi) - ブラックアート(black art)
03.パノラマ虚構ゼノン(XENON) - PLANETARIA-Re:master ver.-
04.Link - Protective color
05.Shellmy - 自閉／少女(jihei／shoujo)
06.JILLED RAY - Scars
07.FoLLoW - ピノキオ(pinocchio)
08.ASTARIA - My Venus
09.Cocoon feat.HAL(FEST VAINQUEUR) - Fate
10.The 3rd Birthday - The ROOM
11.Rides In ReVellion - 茜空(akanezora)
12.FEST VAINQUEUR - ZERO-デウス・エクス・マキナ(deus ex machina)-
13.bonus track(FEST VAINQUEUR & All Vocalists)
 
for track 09, Cocoon is new unit of Ryo(ex-EVE) & maya(ex-Belmosaic)

シド(SID) new maxi single (title not yet finalized) will be released in 2015/11, although details have not yet been announced
 

LOL tetora we were just wondering what these guys have been up to XD

Son of a bitch is a hard single to talk about, at first I really dislike it all.
But after a few listening I could enjoy it, for me, the 3rd is the best just because of this repetition xD and 2nd is less a I like because of that style of intro that almost destroy the full song.
The Stalin era (mini and live album) for me, saved the band, because releasing a work like Son of a bitch and Satisfaction would not be so accepted in the end.
Almost all vk bands are now following the electro/etc tendency, this is kind sad, because vocals are losing their magic to some shit machines >.>
About the Kifumi left the band, we can clear see they had a "hole", MOTHER and HONESTY are not that good.
Also a friend told me that Kifumi was kind forced to left by PSC after the almost 1 year of hiatus, like they did with SuG.

fiiinished because -> no motivation to continue lol
 

 
 
 

Artist: NoisyCell Album: Sources 1. Flagship 7. CONTINUE? 2. Blaze a Trail 8. Bluff 3. Dream Box 9. Pool of Water 4. Shelter 10. Birth 5. Insomnia 11. (Over You) 6. Last Theater
Rating: | A ambitious effort from screamo's new kids on the block.
 
Living up to their name, NoisyCell have been creating quite a buzz in the last 2 years. They teamed up with Pablo (Pay money To my Pain) as their producer and have been taking the alternative rock scene by storm. Sources is their first full length offering that picks up exactly where their last mini album left us. They got on the anime theme train early and seem to be content with riding it until the wheels fall off.

The songwriting on Sources is solid and its energy is intense. Guitarist and clean vocalist Ryosuke - not to be confused with the other guitarist/screamer, Ryo - has an incredible range to his voice. It positively soars in the second half of this album when mid-tempo songs take root and come one after another. His voice, in and of itself, becomes a major focal point for this band despite personal bias for vocalists or not. That doesn't mean the guitars and drums aren't their own tour de force, however. For a three piece, there's surprisingly a lot going on, sometimes even to the detriment of the songs if things aren't balanced.

Sources opens with the song "Flagship" and the impression it left wasn't exactly what I hoped for. It's a hard pill to swallow, as it starts with an abrupt scream before small bits of melody creep in. Even as someone who loves this genre, it left me wishing for some kind of small instrumental SE just to get me remotely amped up before it blasted off. Its composition is messy, unbalanced, and even the beat didn't find its most potent groove until the song was more than two-thirds over. The following track, "Blaze a Trail", is basically the first song, only better. It has catchier melodies, heavier breakdowns, and the guitars are complementing each other with some purpose - not simply thrashing around as loud and fast as possible. However, there is no need to fear! NoisyCell finally get themselves sorted out with the next couple of songs. "Dream Box", my personal favorite of the entire album after its much needed rerecording, and "Shelter" keep things much smoother from here when it comes to song composition and balancing chaotic energy with visceral emotions.

At this point, the album splits itself in two, which makes me wonder if Sources wouldn't have been better as two separate mini albums or a shuffling of the tracklist could have been useful to mix some of the heavier first half into the melancholic second half for dynamics' sake. "Insomnia" is an ambient instrumental track that brings the ride to a complete stop. It's there for one purpose: to let everyone know the song they came to hear is about to start. That song being "Last Theater", known to some as the ending theme for the anime Death Parade. High fives to whoever is choosing the music for that one, by the way.

Things pick up again slightly with a punchy chiptune inspired track that folds in some current J-pop trends. And while it's a little random, it's a nice reprieve from the some of same-iness going on earlier in the tracklist. From here, things continue to get slower and more melodic. "Bluff", "Pool of Water", and "Birth" are all pleasant when they stand alone, but lose some of their shine stacked together, especially after the stop-and-look-where-our-entire-production-budget-went spectacle of "Last Theater". "(Over You)" works great closing up the album as it breaks out the acoustic guitars for a slow burn kind of build towards the huge anthemic and satisfying ending.

I would have given this album half a star more for better track placement on a lot of these songs, plus a decent album intro. It's a rookie mistake. I expect maybe they overreached just a tad, and I can't hold their ambition against them too much. Otherwise, there's a little something on this album for everyone and I think anyone interested in screamo that is pushing the envelope will find this album worth a spin or two.


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Artist: 赤西仁 Album: Me 1. Let Me Talk To U 7. Christmas Morning (2015 Mix Ver.) 2. Good Time 8. Dayum 3. Miss California 9. Mi Amor 4. We The Party 10. What Happened 5. Baby 11. [bonus Track] Go Gitt'er 6. Lionheart 12. [bonus Track] Mi Amor (Spanish Ver.)
Rating: | Westernized Japanese? Doing it right!
 
Jin Akanishi is one of the lead vocalists of popular boy band KAT-TUN as well as a solo artist. Last month, Akanishi released his third studio album, and the majority of it is how Namie Amuro’s latest attempts at creating a Western sound should have sounded like.

The album’s Western feel comes from its many dance floor sounds, from the feel good single ‘Good Time’ to the mighty track ‘Dayum.’ The album starts off strongly with these hard hitting dance/club numbers. With ‘Good Time,’ Akanishi noted that he "wrote this song with the image of summer,” and while this certainly comes across with its upbeat presentation (both in sound and PV), the repeated hand-claps and the EDM induced chorus give it more of a dance floor feel. It’s a nice follow-up after the opening PV song, ‘Let Me Talk To U.’ This has a soul feel with a rhythmic build, featuring acoustic guitar during the bridges and a heightened chorus with a dash of folky elements in it. I didn't know where this was going as it started with a baby giggling/speaking, but Akanishi’s whispery vocals kick in straight away and keep this an engaging listen. Visually, it’s a gorgeous contrast of monochrome imagery against colourful flowers which goes wonderfully with the change from quiet verses into the louder chorus.

With the third song titled ‘Miss California,’ I was expecting this to sound extremely Western. I wasn’t wrong. Its rapping section as the bridge, albeit a small part, is both very well done and well placed. The highlight in this one is its chorus, with a rather cowboy like sound to it thanks to the whistles and the Latin-flavored instruments that tend to pop up now and again. The song is surprisingly bearable for one which sounds like it’s created for Ke$ha. What’s more, the song is sung entirely in English. Doing it right, Akanishi! ‘We The Party’ doesn’t let up with the American vibe – most noticeably with its grammatically wrong name, and more English to further highlight this Western sound. A tambourine features in this one, as well as taps and clicks of the finger. This is the best song to showcase how precise Akanishi is with his English, especially during the rapping. Autotune is also involved within this one, and it may sound like a lot to digest as a whole but it actually works surprisingly well and flows the best out of the dance-y tracks.

‘Dayum’ very much gets a "D-AYUM" from me. At track eight, this one can be grouped with the above dance numbers, thanks to its energetic and dance-encouraging sound. It’s another song that features a tambourine, and it’s highlighted gorgeously with its quick, repeated shakes during the chorus. There's a lot going on here, but the song has a certain charm with its unstructured sound. Little jingles and strums of guitar with the sound of clapping going off here and there spice up the track until that tambourine comes in to emphasise the chorus amongst it all. Everything mashes together into a flawless number, making this my favourite out of the four dance numbers.

With a neat batch of previous dance tunes, ‘Baby’ is the first slow song on the album. While the previous two have demonstrated Akanishi’s ability to rap, this ballad highlights his smooth tone, very fitting to such a genre of music. While ‘Baby’ isn’t the best ballad song – with literally nothing being noteworthy about it - Akanishi’s vocals really make up for it. It’s your typical Japanese ballad. The following song is how ‘Baby’ should have sounded like. ‘Lionheart’ features the gentle vocals Akanishi exhibited previously, alongside a tribal-like drum instrument and soaring choir vocals gives it an African vibe. It’s a massive upgrade which leaves ‘Baby’ in the dust.

Never have I listened to a supposed Christmas song which didn’t sound at all Christmassy. Apart from the English lyrics, ‘Christmas Morning (2015 Mix Ver.)’ is a needlessly dramatic track which starts with guitars, similar to the foreign sounds from ‘Lionheart,’ but that’s quickly lost. This is the first track I wouldn’t mind not seeing in the tracklist. At track nine comes the PV song ‘Mi Amor,’ which got me hooked to Akanishi. This one is a dash of David Guetta meets MIYAVI – let me explain before anyone throws their guitar at me – alongside Enrique Iglesias, the latter being a key factor throughout this. The opening has some neat guitar work that instantly grabs your attention, because it’s done with the skill and swiftness of MIYAVI. Even the PV will make you question who the guy playing guitar is. The Spanish element now smacks you right in the face with the final track being a Spanish version of this song. ‘Mi Amor’ has it all; a thrilling beat break, catchy guitar work, and splendid vocals in both versions.

Seeing as ‘Mi Amor’ is the standout track on the album, whatever follows has to be at least four and a half stars. Unfortunately, the last couple tracks really pull this whole package down. It would have been near perfect without ‘What Happened’ and ‘Go Gitt’er.’ What DID happen, Akanishi? The first of the two start of promising, with nice little taps of a high pitched keyboard. I was enjoying his vocals until he started rapping, and it wasn't in the same way he had done before. Akanashi sounds like an amateur trying to freestyle to the beat. The mix of a boy band sounding bridge against a slow ballad rap doesn’t blend together at all. It doesn’t help how his rapping in this one sounds completely different than his singing. I usually like contrast, but here it’s unbearable. The first bonus track (the other one being 'Mi Amor (Spanish Ver.)) ‘Go Gitt’er’ fails harder than ‘What Happened.’ The last track shows how Akanishi’s attempt at the Western sound could’ve gone down if most of 'Me' sounded like this one. It’s best to avoid this song unless you can somehow dig a Japanese version of Chris Brown. It’s a “No Gitt’er" from me.

Akanishi excels in staying loyal to Japan with the majority of the album being in Japanese, while also being extremely apt for the American audience of this day. The couple of songs which are completely English really do capture that Western vibe Akanishi was going for, and props to him for achieving that! All in all, the start and middle of the album are extremely strong, while the last part is a miserable flop. Hopefully the last couple of songs can be forgotten because the beats, the vocals and the instruments are all really Western sounding as a whole, while genuinely being enjoyable most of the time. Just goes to show Johnny’s do have a gem in the rough!


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Lots of awesome bands I am enjoying. Out of the last three years I think I have gotten the same amount of releases, maybe slightly more each year? In the past three years the current big boys have really taken off and released some epic albums.
 
Examples from past years:
 
DIV - ZERO ONE
ALSDEAD - SEPERATOR
UNiTE - MEANiNG
CODOMO DRAGON - CHILDREN`S DOPE
 
Then lately, around 2015, I have been into a lot:
 
SuG - Awesome singles and one of my favorite albums in recent memory, BLACK.
UNiTE has been amazing lately, album and singles are nice.
DIV - Transitional phase, but still some good tunes.
ALSDEAD - Still great
CODOMO - Very nice defined sound, look forward to each release, I accidentally shipped my album to the wrong address though so I didn`t hear the new one yet.
Nue - Some good tunes, very variable band.
DOG - Killing it, as expected.
Blu Billion - Chillin` like Villains.
Royz - Beasting and Feasting.
BugLug - Too much variation in their last album for me, but still great songs.
Neverland - Cool newer band.
My Fairytale - See above.
DiaWolf - Cool style, some nice tunes like EVERLASTING FLAVOR, and really cool lyrics.
A9 - Making their comeback, looking forward to it.
Tequila Tokyo - Awesome stuff, great musicians, although upset that the single flopped harder than a soccer player during the World Cup.
MuCC - Still putting out cool and interesting stuff, always a surprise.
Baroque - Love it or hate it, I fall into the former.
girugamesh - Waiting with bated breath for some new stuff, their last two releases were Bad-@ss.
The LOTUS - Keep looking forward to what they do next.
Shounenki - On a killstreak and about to get a care package. Sick K/D ratio.
BORN - Live album was awesome, singles are headbangers.
D.I.D. - D.I.D.n`t hear their latest live limited, but excited they are coming back.
Lilith - Love this band.
WING WORKS - Interesting stuff, full of upbeat attitude. Shades of TMR.
 
 
 
 
 
I could keep going on, but you already got the point twenty artists ago, right? I`m having fun. Enjoy lots of stuff, can`t get enough, etc... etc... I can find lots of stuff from any year, though the past three have been some of my favorite.

I wasn't sure if you'd bother getting it this time since kowai kurai wasn't your thing and I wouldn't blame you for not pouring money into them (even though they're super cheap) when it's just not your thing... I keep hoping they'll grow on you but their image isn't going to change any time soon, I think so I don't have high hopes. So, I didn't ask about grabbing you the CD, sorry man. They're actually one of the most popular kansai bands in their size range (you know, the do-minor sphere)! Lately a lot of bands can't even sell out a VARON-sized live house and they managed it for their second oneman It's weird seeing how big they've gotten so quickly, but I'm really happy for them too of course lol
 
But that's exactly how I feel about Shounenki. It's really not my thing anymore but they are doing well and I wish them the best. There's just nothing left in them for me, personally. I wonder if you'd enjoy them more if you saw them live? It's not ~crazy~ live like we don't even have proper gyakudive (I guess I wouldn't really expect it from ex-Belmosaic gya anyway) so it doesn't quite reflect the dark image but it's really fun in my opinion. But then again I don't know what kind of a live experience you like, haha. And your boy Kazuki always ends up wandering around the crowd at some point.
 
lol yeah I fell out of them right when they started getting an influx of fans it seems and I'm happy they're doing well but it's just not for me anymore. I think it's only me that's really not into the style change they've had that I'd say started around GAZELLEBABEL...? It's is a shame because that's only when I was able to start going to see them lolol But they play with bands I like so I still see them occasionally.

Lots of awesome bands I am enjoying. Out of the last three years I think I have gotten the same amount of releases, maybe slightly more each year? In the past three years the current big boys have really taken off and released some epic albums.
 
Examples from past years:
 
DIV - ZERO ONE
ALSDEAD - SEPERATOR
UNiTE - MEANiNG
CODOMO DRAGON - CHILDREN`S DOPE
 
Then lately, around 2015, I have been into a lot:
 
SuG - Awesome singles and one of my favorite albums in recent memory, BLACK.
UNiTE has been amazing lately, album and singles are nice.
DIV - Transitional phase, but still some good tunes.
ALSDEAD - Still great
CODOMO - Very nice defined sound, look forward to each release, I accidentally shipped my album to the wrong address though so I didn`t hear the new one yet.
Nue - Some good tunes, very variable band.
DOG - Killing it, as expected.
Blu Billion - Chillin` like Villains.
Royz - Beasting and Feasting.
BugLug - Too much variation in their last album for me, but still great songs.
Neverland - Cool newer band.
My Fairytale - See above.
DiaWolf - Cool style, some nice tunes like EVERLASTING FLAVOR, and really cool lyrics.
A9 - Making their comeback, looking forward to it.
Tequila Tokyo - Awesome stuff, great musicians, although upset that the single flopped harder than a soccer player during the World Cup.
MuCC - Still putting out cool and interesting stuff, always a surprise.
Baroque - Love it or hate it, I fall into the former.
girugamesh - Waiting with bated breath for some new stuff, their last two releases were Bad-@ss.
The LOTUS - Keep looking forward to what they do next.
Shounenki - On a killstreak and about to get a care package. Sick K/D ratio.
BORN - Live album was awesome, singles are headbangers.
D.I.D. - D.I.D.n`t hear their latest live limited, but excited they are coming back.
Lilith - Love this band.
WING WORKS - Interesting stuff, full of upbeat attitude. Shades of TMR.
 
 
 
 
 
I could keep going on, but you already got the point twenty artists ago, right? I`m having fun. Enjoy lots of stuff, can`t get enough, etc... etc... I can find lots of stuff from any year, though the past three have been some of my favorite.

I was referring to the Chinese one, which is my favorite. Also just realized that Lilith / Lillith seems to be an even more popular name for some areas of music than Adam or Eve... I guess it's more 'controversial' and unique if you ignore the other bands with that name, hehe. But IRL I don't know that many people who even really know who she is.
Anyway back on topic. I agree with what you said. So many different kinds of music. A lot of people select music based on their current mood, and the vast majority of the time I can pull up the right band or song for my mood without straying outside of Visual Kei. I enjoy other music but not as much. Current VK resonates very well with me, and I never tire of it. I guess that answers OP further.
Also Anokuro, seems like you stopped being into shounenki when I started getting into them, life is strange, haha.

I was referring to the Chinese one, which is my favorite. Also just realized that Lilith / Lillith seems to be an even more popular name for some areas of music than Adam or Eve... I guess it's more 'controversial' and unique if you ignore the other bands with that name, hehe. But IRL I don't know that many people who even really know who she is.
Anyway back on topic. I agree with what you said. So many different kinds of music. A lot of people select music based on their current mood, and the vast majority of the time I can pull up the right band or song for my mood without straying outside of Visual Kei. I enjoy other music but not as much. Current VK resonates very well with me, and I never tire of it. I guess that answers OP further.
Also Anokuro, seems like you stopped being into shounenki when I started getting into them, life is strange, haha.

ooo, which Lilith? the chinese band or XI/Kei's band? (there are at least 2 other Liliths but they have disbanded so i assume you aren't talking about them)
 
these 2 years have seen a lot of my favorite bands disbanding (Xepher, LUCHe., EVE, Diz, etc.), as well as a couple of bands that have gone in a direction that isn't really my thing (Belmosaic -> Xaa-Xaa, METEOROID -> MeteoroiD, Ray℃ -> zigzag) fortunately the sheer number of bands in the scene means that songs are being released at a rate 10 times faster than Trombe can do news updates - so rather than moping over the loss of my favorites, i always try to find new bands to get into. one of the most mind-boggling claims that people love circulating, usually without the tiniest shred of supporting evidence, is that 'vk today all sounds the same', which is just plainly untrue. there's enough out there to please almost everyone, do some work and you'll be rewarded.

Lots of awesome bands I am enjoying. Out of the last three years I think I have gotten the same amount of releases, maybe slightly more each year? In the past three years the current big boys have really taken off and released some epic albums.
 
Examples from past years:
 
DIV - ZERO ONE
ALSDEAD - SEPERATOR
UNiTE - MEANiNG
CODOMO DRAGON - CHILDREN`S DOPE
 
Then lately, around 2015, I have been into a lot:
 
SuG - Awesome singles and one of my favorite albums in recent memory, BLACK.
UNiTE has been amazing lately, album and singles are nice.
DIV - Transitional phase, but still some good tunes.
ALSDEAD - Still great
CODOMO - Very nice defined sound, look forward to each release, I accidentally shipped my album to the wrong address though so I didn`t hear the new one yet.
Nue - Some good tunes, very variable band.
DOG - Killing it, as expected.
Blu Billion - Chillin` like Villains.
Royz - Beasting and Feasting.
BugLug - Too much variation in their last album for me, but still great songs.
Neverland - Cool newer band.
My Fairytale - See above.
DiaWolf - Cool style, some nice tunes like EVERLASTING FLAVOR, and really cool lyrics.
A9 - Making their comeback, looking forward to it.
Tequila Tokyo - Awesome stuff, great musicians, although upset that the single flopped harder than a soccer player during the World Cup.
MuCC - Still putting out cool and interesting stuff, always a surprise.
Baroque - Love it or hate it, I fall into the former.
girugamesh - Waiting with bated breath for some new stuff, their last two releases were Bad-@ss.
The LOTUS - Keep looking forward to what they do next.
Shounenki - On a killstreak and about to get a care package. Sick K/D ratio.
BORN - Live album was awesome, singles are headbangers.
D.I.D. - D.I.D.n`t hear their latest live limited, but excited they are coming back.
Lilith - Love this band.
WING WORKS - Interesting stuff, full of upbeat attitude. Shades of TMR.
 
 
 
 
 
I could keep going on, but you already got the point twenty artists ago, right? I`m having fun. Enjoy lots of stuff, can`t get enough, etc... etc... I can find lots of stuff from any year, though the past three have been some of my favorite.

Lots of awesome bands I am enjoying. Out of the last three years I think I have gotten the same amount of releases, maybe slightly more each year? In the past three years the current big boys have really taken off and released some epic albums.
 
Examples from past years:
 
DIV - ZERO ONE
ALSDEAD - SEPERATOR
UNiTE - MEANiNG
CODOMO DRAGON - CHILDREN`S DOPE
 
Then lately, around 2015, I have been into a lot:
 
SuG - Awesome singles and one of my favorite albums in recent memory, BLACK.
UNiTE has been amazing lately, album and singles are nice.
DIV - Transitional phase, but still some good tunes.
ALSDEAD - Still great
CODOMO - Very nice defined sound, look forward to each release, I accidentally shipped my album to the wrong address though so I didn`t hear the new one yet.
Nue - Some good tunes, very variable band.
DOG - Killing it, as expected.
Blu Billion - Chillin` like Villains.
Royz - Beasting and Feasting.
BugLug - Too much variation in their last album for me, but still great songs.
Neverland - Cool newer band.
My Fairytale - See above.
DiaWolf - Cool style, some nice tunes like EVERLASTING FLAVOR, and really cool lyrics.
A9 - Making their comeback, looking forward to it.
Tequila Tokyo - Awesome stuff, great musicians, although upset that the single flopped harder than a soccer player during the World Cup.
MuCC - Still putting out cool and interesting stuff, always a surprise.
Baroque - Love it or hate it, I fall into the former.
girugamesh - Waiting with bated breath for some new stuff, their last two releases were Bad-@ss.
The LOTUS - Keep looking forward to what they do next.
Shounenki - On a killstreak and about to get a care package. Sick K/D ratio.
BORN - Live album was awesome, singles are headbangers.
D.I.D. - D.I.D.n`t hear their latest live limited, but excited they are coming back.
Lilith - Love this band.
WING WORKS - Interesting stuff, full of upbeat attitude. Shades of TMR.
 
 
 
 
 
I could keep going on, but you already got the point twenty artists ago, right? I`m having fun. Enjoy lots of stuff, can`t get enough, etc... etc... I can find lots of stuff from any year, though the past three have been some of my favorite.

Hello there, I don't know if this topic discussion is created ? But if not then it's a relief for me.
 
Okay, so I want to ask you what do you think about the actual Visual Kei ? Do you think it's bad/good and why ? 
 
Because I'm very curious to know about your opinion. And I think it's interesting for each other to talk what are we thinking.

Ah good I wasn't too far off lol.
 
Some of the bands I enjoyed so far this year:
 
ザアザア
BugLug
DIV
nüe
SCAPEGOAT
DADAROMA
Develop One's Faculties
 
Okay that was more than I thought lol. Mucc's mini wasn't bad really, it just wasn't as good as I was expecting. Though I suppose they do deserve an honorable mention. XD
 
There's others that I mildly enjoyed but I'm not excited enough to watch them that closely. Here's hoping more good stuff is still coming up this year.

I'm just going off of my German knowledge, but I believe this user meant "current" with the term "actual" (aktuell). That should help to clear up the original post's questions.

A lot of bands are breaking up and we haven't had a proper influx of bands that are particularly interesting, in my opinion. It's generally a pretty boring year for me.
 
Unfortunately Develop One's Faculties and The Benjamin failed to hold my interest.
 
Bands I'm still in VK for:
XAA-XAA is the main thing holding my interest right now. Their attention to detail is wonderful too. Glad to see they were mentioned before too. They are the only new band that's really kept me interested. Minus Jin-Say Orchestra is always phenomenal but the pitfall with them is their recording quality is pretty shit. I think most people that I know who got into them saw them first--it was the same with me. Their release this year has some great songs on it but... the recording quality ruins some of it. Ensoku is also great and consistent. But that's also the thing like you know exactly what to expect with Ensoku--and while it will be done well I don't think Ensoku would keep me interested if I didn't have the other two bands I listed above. Bands that I'm interested in
Reirei was surprisingly fun live Hiz was also a lot better live than recorded Shellmy is also a lot better live than recorded BLESSCODE ..also, a lot better live than recorded GAGA also has me mildly interested ViV oh my god RayJi is the best bassist he blows my mind but you see a pattern? For me at least this is an era of bands that you need to see live rather than listen to recorded.
 
Bands that have gone down in quality heavily imo
GIGAMOUS -- what happened? ??? ???? Souiumono -- what happened???????? Everything is so generic and boring now and what's with the autotune. They've lost a lot of fans (including their jouren--the girls who went to EVERYTHING and were basically the ones paying their salary due to how much money they poured into the band). I've been waiting for a break up announcement since Christmas.  RUVISH -- from last year there was a marked drop in quality and live is so forced now too  
A lot of Osaka (and Shikoku and Hiroshima) bands are bands you just need to see live, rather than listen to recorded, to be honest. XAA-XAA is one of the few that I enjoy listening to recorded as much as seeing live.. On the other hand Tokyo bands, in general, are really stale for me. 
 
Also kirakira bands (what you guys would label as "oshare kei" but that's another topic) are dying out. Personally, I need like at least one kirakira band in my life because the live experience is almost always just so fun (unless it's Sick2). 
 
Anyway, 2015 has been a lot of fun for me in seeing bands live, but as far as releases/new bands goes it's pretty meh (besides XAA-XAA).

I'm glad they announced an actual release date/goal date anyway because every other time it's been "Oh, April maybe... Possibly August" and they did it for years. But the worst aspect is they announced it ALMOST a full year in advance so literally anything could change between now and then that would make them not want to release it or unable to release it and that's worrying. 
 
Even if Jade and IV are going to be on it, I'd like to hear the original version (non-Buddha) of Scarlet Love Song. I'm actively in LOVE with the live versions of Born to Be Free and Beneath the Skin so hearing them recorded will be amazing (I hope). 
 
If they could release a single tho between now and then, that would be tops.

I'm a male who is very sensitive to people's emotions (double edged sword), especially people I know,
but this doesn't necessarily mean I can draw the right conclusions -cries-

At first I did not like this girl at all!! She came off as a know-it-all or just plain arrogant when I first met her, and it also appeared that she wasn't that bright, and that's a huge turn off for me!

For about half a year we just talked lightly when we saw each other, like acquaintances.
Say hi, smile, chat for a minute, then part. Neither of us had an interest in the other.
But then I found out she and I shared a hobby that we both REALLY enjoyed doing, and that's how I started
to spend more time with her and got to know her better.

As I start to get to know more about her I am becoming more and more
attracted, NOOOOO!  It turns out her attitude I felt at the beginning
was more of her being naive, rather than arrogance, how strange? I actually
find some degree of having a naive quality in a girl very cute and attractive too.
The girl clearly enjoys spending time around me, and I really have fun with her as well, the bond
feels amazing.
By coincidence I was able to spend more and more private time and it made my feelings grow like crazzyyy,
we laugh at the same things, share a lot more in common than i initially thought.

But I'm somewhat certain she still thinks of me the same way as how
the relationship was before. It feels like my feelings for her have increased by tenfold...while hers have stayed
the same.

If a girl doesn't like you, or doesn't show any apparent interest, is it even a good idea for me to tell her how I feel?
Or do I not say anything, and express through action?

The last time we hung out I tried to express my attraction by touching her; her back, her arms, shoulders even O_O
It honestly felt like a date; I was holding doors and my car door and always spoke up for her if she needed something lol.
She CLEARLY isn't getting it! she's so naive...! It's super cute but she doesn't understand the
attraction I'm trying to express

WTF do I do?????
Opinions from both genders please!!!


 

Sorry I don't have scanner, only took pictures of it.
Saw myself in the picture of fans. xD
 
 
 

BUCK-TICK Vo.櫻井敦司(sakurai atsushi) solo project "THE MORTAL" will hold their live tour "TOUR THE MORTAL 2015" at Osaka ORIX THEATER at 2015/11/17 and at Tokyo NHK HALL at 2015/11/25-11/26
 
 
his collector's box "愛の惑星 -Collector's Box-" will be released at 2015/09/30 (8,618yen)
 
[DISC 1]
・SHM-CD「愛の惑星～Original Album」(2015 Remastering)
[DISC 2]
・SHM-CD「愛の惑星～Single & Works」(2015 Remastering)
[DISC 3]
・SHM-CD「愛の惑星～Live at NHK HALL 21st July, 2004」
[DISC 4]
・Blu-ray Disc「-EXPLOSION-愛の惑星LIVE 2004」＋「Music Video (3 songs)」