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Hello let's talk about HONE YOUR SENSE again Yesterday was Kenta's last live and HYS' first oneman they played all of their songs Including my personal favorite: No one can stop my bath They mentioned yesterday that a new guitarist was decided and officially announced today that Hiro is their new guitarist. His twitter: https://twitter.com/Jts_mt And newest photo: I'm still shocked at Satoshi cutting his hair Anyway I wonder if this will change their sound at all or not🤔 Oh yeah and they're putting forward a compilation album with like 17 bands total for 1000yen it's gonna be pretty sweet👌

Not counting cheki... gigamous, souiumono, roji from XAA-XAA, GARAK'S. I was never really able to go to many signing in stores now that I think about it I had a signed shounenki cheki file but that's been sold lol

@jduv86 Actually, they're not VK! I think Mr. Merry said something about how he made the MV himself. And once again it's not for $"Casper but for him doing the opening act at Shiki's birthday

I think this should be included for reference: Mr. Merry's doing an OA for Shiki's birthday event. That's all it's for as far as I know.

personally I wouldn't say them not looking at you is snubbing you Also I was always fond of sitting on the floor and headbanging. I think that's one thing I will miss from VK haha I think my fav non-VK experience was Bara from HONE YOUR SENSE handing me a beer from the stage😂 As for VK.... I can't count catching picks/drum sticks/etc as special, like them looking at me, talking directly to me or being given the mic to say something/scream at a live because that's honestly not that unusual. I've gone to like 200 VK lives so under a spoiler because there's a lot of little things (and this is the condensed version)

back when i was bangya and had the time and money to travel for concerts i was still generally stuck on only being able to go on saturdays, since i lived in shimane and there was no way i could get back if it was a sunday. So basically i chose the dates that were on saturdays and went for it--I never went off of honshu mostly because of the time and money it would take to go somewhere outside of the hiroshima~tokyo area. Depending on where I went determined my method of transportation. Tokyo: cheapest was overnight bus but because of foot swelling issues and the fact that it was 11hrs, etc etc I went for the second cheapest option which was flying Nagoya: before the foot swelling really happened I would bus there then shinkansen back. Eventually I stopped going to Nagoya. Hiroshima~Osaka: bus(es) As for accommodations I would generally go for the business hotel route too. Hostels would be cheaper but I dont want to share a room with strangers, basically. Also I wanted my own bathroom. After a while I would just stay with friends in whatever city I went to. And to be honest if I have any piece of advice it is that: stay with friends. Cutting out the cost of hotels/accommodations can make an otherwise expensive trip reasonable. Eventually I moved to Osaka and stopped enseiing. I just went to lives there, which is still mostly true since I just go to metalcore and hardcore now instead of VK. I would also recommend using sites like bushikaku.net to compare bus prices. Also: as an ex-bangya I regret how much money I spent on cheki before. they're useless. get a towel or something instead.

I didn't buy the CD and haven't been going to VK lives so I honestly don't have anything to contribute right now as for in stores... a lot of people leave buying the CD for the in store until last might so generally you don't have to worry about it... just if you do that you'll probably get a shit number and have to stand at the back. A lot of these places don't ship overseas and even if they have the option for letting you pick it up in stores AND reserve an in store ticket at the same time they'll only hold it for you for like a week. Like an Edison holds CDs for one month. Unless the CD isn't out yet you shouldn't even have to fill out anything to get an in store ticket. The CD order forms that you are given you just have to fill out 1. your name 2. your address 3. your phone number and then the CD info but tbh the shop staff normally fills out the CD info for me. If the CD is out you just go buy it and say you want to participate in the in store and they just give you the ticket right then and there. I'm not as up to date on stores in Tokyo or internet mail order forms since I live in Osaka and can just go to the stores myself these days but all the stores methods are just variations on a theme

@doombox yeah i really appreciate BDP when it comes to the composition. I prefer BDP live honestly...probably because I can appreciate the instrumental bits more w @itsukoii yeah while some screaming types are not my cup of tea, i do appreciate range... on the other hand I still love Bara (HONE YOUR SENSE's vocalist). I appreciate the fact that he's screaming so clearly so I can make out a lot of it lol Plus unrelated to his style of singing he's incredibly nice 👌 To be honest, HYS in general is full of some pretty great guys. Anyway! Glad you liked like a corpse too. Their stage presence is very similar to suggestions, actually. One time the other day the bassist got off the stage and just laid on the (dirty) floor playing while staring up at the ceiling ww Here's another video of suggestions where he legit tosses himself over the rail for your viewing pleasure It definitely leaves an impression www but it's shit like that that I love. He's so committed on stage to this persona 👌 If you ever come to Japan and get a chance to see them you should. it's an experience 👌 Plus they're actually quite nice ww

@itsukoii no problem I go to a lot of metalcore now which as you can imagine means i end up seeing a lot of deathcore too HOTOKE was pretty great live and tbh so is BDP. I think the recording lost a lot of the quality for BDP because the composition is actually quite good--the vocals arent my thing, though, as i mentioned before. They're young and have been around for like two? months so they just need time You might want to check out suggestions & like a corpse too if you havent. I think like a corpse calls themselves deathcore. suggestions is actually downtempo deathcore and as they like to say "sadcore" I posted a different video of suggestions before so here's a different one the vocalist of suggestions is very committed to creating the atmosphere ( @doombox I found a video of it) like a corpse has a very similar stage presence

btw i just realized you didn't mention HOTOKE so I saw them with HYS, LDD & IOG so I'd put them in that group. Idk if you already know them or not. Betrayer Death Penalty is pretty new but definitely worth checking out the fucking geezer part always cracks me up. their bassist is insane. the singer is at like literally ever live i ever go to; I always see him around lol his screams arent really my thing but deathcore i'm pretty picky about in general for that reason💁

My favorite live houses would have to be like Shinsaibashi DROP, Shinsaibashi VARON or Umeda Zeela. They're in a group of sister live houses and the atmosphere is just super chill. It's good that I like them because my lives are almost exclusively at these three live houses these days lol... I also like Hiroshima's Second Clutch for no particular reason. On the other hand I'm not too terribly fond of most Tokyo live houses. Live houses I have a problem with: AREA & Edge because of staff. Also AREA's bathrooms are gross and the sound is bad. FANJ twice: long, narrow, stage is incredibly high (which is goodish if you're in the back but up front not so much), the rail is horrible, etc Kitahorie Pan Koujo: long, narrow, the stage is so low that if you're in the back you can't see ANYTHING. They don't give you bread anymore!! Minamihorie Socore Factory: it's the same as pan koujo Any live house like Live House D, Namba Rockets (RIP), and duo music exchange that has huge freaking columns in the middle of it

@doomboxwill do! Suggestions is an e x p e r i e n c e live and the fact that they call themselves sadcore makes me love them a little more :') but yeah I really like BmW too. At first I was kinda meh about them but they grew on me ww Yeah it's no problem! Give me the deets on facebook ok?? Right :'( but I will go to tokyo if I can spare the money for it too. I already told sable hills & abstracts's guitarist about my predicament lmao

@doombox i've just been going around seeing LDD and HYS and getting exposed to all these random bands along the way without knowing who the f they are haha i guess maybe I should start giving you recommendations from the super indies bands I keep seeing then👌 (if so: Breathe my Words, Sable Hills, Suggestions) Actually the earthists live I'll go to is their release party. did you need me to grab you their CD while I'm there?? Yeah, I really like abstracts' melodic version of djent; it's so chill. I'm so frustrated that they're playing with Sable Hills in Osaka on May 21st and May 21st is also HYS' first oneman in Tokyo. I can't be in two places at once!!!

@doomboxthanks bro!! tokage recommended abstracts and mildrage to me too which both get a thumb up. i like abstracts' take on djent and the guitarist is pretty cool👌which i mean i've known about abstracts for 50 years because of hikari but i never got around to looking into them really for that whole time, oops I saw paledusk recently and thought they were all right, definitely something to keep an eye on. I've also seen FOAD twice and they were pretty good👌 I'm actually going to be seeing EARTHISTS on saturday iirc when going to see Suggestions & Devil's Inlay, so I'll definitely be keeping my eye open for them. I like the MV !! I'm really feelin Graupel !!

I've bought quite a few CDs this year but mostly stuff that was released in previous years... ★★★★★ リムキャット - ナミダノイロ Basically grading one song since the other two are remixes and I really like that one song. Sable Hills - ABSOLUTE These guys are just so good 👌 I really like the Ghosts which is featuring Satoken from Abstracts ★★★★☆ ReVision of Sence - 布教用 4/5 songs were released before and are some of my favorite songs by them so I would put it at 5 stars but this is based solely on the new song. ★★★☆☆ Shinigami - The Arcane Order It's pretty good but it's not my style so I never go out of my way to listen to it. シェルミィ - 優しい世界 There are parts that I really like but it's probably their weakest release. ★★☆☆☆ GARAK'S - 革命 It's not bad. It's just boring. ★☆☆☆☆ nothing yet

Sable Hills' ABSOLUTE & RESURRECTION Suggestions' Confine Your Tongue ft. random stuff i got at the live along with it all I also was finally able to grab ReVision of Sence's 布教用 for dat new song👌

@Tokage not exactly what I was lookin for but you know I love your recommendations and stuff with hardcore influence 👌 thanks!

JET has the best pay and support but will stick you anywhere. Recently they added a crap ton of Tokyo locations so there's a good chance of Tokyo now. But you had to apply last fall/winter in order to go this August. A lot of those big companies that hire overseas you should be wary of because they are considered "black companies." Use websites like glassdoor to check for reviews on specific companies. Generally you want to avoid eikaiwa. Do not come on a tourist visa and try to find a job it is stressful and frankly extremely difficult. Likewise: don't work on a tourist visa. One of the best sites to check for job listings is gaijinpot. It's honestly practically the only one.

so itsukoii was looking for deathcore and has a very similar point of reference to me but I guess I'd say i'm looking for more on the metalcore end of things. I'm cool with deathcore, but more in the setting of a live than listening at home. For example, I really love seeing Inception of Genocide but listening to them recorded...pass here's a list of basically where i'm starting--basically bands I go to see or have seen and/or already have CDs of. I don't necessarily need clean vocals but I dont want the screaming to be overbearing lol HONE YOUR SENSE Last Day Dream おはようございます Sable Hills Breathe my Words Crystal Lake Suggestions So what's the recommendation for someone with these as a starting point?? HONE YOUR SENSE and Last Day Dream wont be so active for a while so I need something to fill my time🙃

Breathe my Words - The King EP Decided to go to GARAK'S in store so I grabbed the CD Got a copy of Shinigami's The Arcane Order Up next will be that ReVision of Sence fukyou you CD Sable Hills' and Suggestions' CDs

I love rimcat i hate digital releases, tho. but I guess I'll have to get over that to grab the album when it's released namida no ato is a really great song👌 I wonder if it'll be any different from the live house only version they sold during their tour earlier this year