anakuro

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.

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.

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.

ahh i'm waiting for my copy (little hearts is unbelievably slow..). yes i've heard the preview and it's certainly closer to Belmosaic than the last mini album! still not really a fan of the aesthetics i've gotta say ._. i'll wait till i hear the whole thing before i can say what i think XD
 
anyway here's the thing about Xaa-Xaa: i might not be able to get into the stuff they're doing right now but i'm elated to see the attention they're getting. one thing i can't really understand is how often you hear people say of a band they used to like 'oh shit the band just went in a direction i hate - i hope they disband soon' - as if the raison detre of a band is to create music for that one individual. if you like them, great; if not, move on to something else. there's too much music out there to be listened to and too little time to waste on useless complaining.

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).

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.

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).

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).

ahh, wish i had my copy of baroque's Clip Collection here.
I wonder if it's on my external HD...
 
 
okay so I want to preface this with
7 of these were straight up given to me and 2 were half price
1 i traded old cheki for
Ok and then yes the rest were bought.

 
my favorite of the bunch:

I need to ask roji when the 67th month is and possibly buy him a calendar. 

ahh, wish i had my copy of baroque's Clip Collection here.
I wonder if it's on my external HD...
 
 
okay so I want to preface this with
7 of these were straight up given to me and 2 were half price
1 i traded old cheki for
Ok and then yes the rest were bought.

 
my favorite of the bunch:

I need to ask roji when the 67th month is and possibly buy him a calendar. 

Selfie with XAA-XAA's Roji at their oneman on Wednesday.
We did better this time at the taking a picture together thing.
I should note that I pulled atari cheki so this was my ~prize~

Don't think I've ever posted in this thread...
Just showing off my VK CDs, most of my non-Japanese CDs are not special or really noteworthy.
I usually keep everything in my wall mounted shelves, which you can find pics of in the "Show Your Room" thread.
I was planning to do a pic with just all my rare/special stuff that I treasure most, but I'm burnt out on pulling CDs out of my shelves and putting them all back, so maybe I'll take that pic another time...

Selfie with XAA-XAA's Roji at their oneman on Wednesday.
We did better this time at the taking a picture together thing.
I should note that I pulled atari cheki so this was my ~prize~

Selfie with XAA-XAA's Roji at their oneman on Wednesday.
We did better this time at the taking a picture together thing.
I should note that I pulled atari cheki so this was my ~prize~

Selfie with XAA-XAA's Roji at their oneman on Wednesday.
We did better this time at the taking a picture together thing.
I should note that I pulled atari cheki so this was my ~prize~

Ordered a bunch of old things.
 
baroque - Clip Collection
Black:List - MELANCHOLY
Homura - 儚クモ底ヘ
SCISSOR - Number Cut #3
tosinn - Undesirable Guest
tosinn - 問う心
ZODIA - IN THE DARK
ZODIA - 慟哭
ZODIA - 果て無き絶望、朽ち果てる太陽
 
might order more things soon...Dx

[track list]
01.脱法ニュウラライザー / えんそく & マイナス人生オーケストラ
02.劇場版「痴呆少女どぐら☆マグラ」 / えんそく
03.被・改造人間「人間改造ニンゲン」 / マイナス人生オーケストラ
04.USJ / えんそく
05.見捨てられマン / マイナス人生オーケストラ

Ryo(ex-EVE) & maya(ex-Belmosaic) new unit "Cocoon" has participated in omnibus album "妖幻鏡 -WEST- Vol.2 ～大阪・名古屋連合～(yougenkyou -WEST- Vol.2 ～Osaka・Nagoya rengou～)" to be released at 2015/08/05

The CD made by GIGAMOUS and Oneness for the twoman they had.
The theme song for Syuma and Rai is hilarious and adorable I love it. 
The sticker was free and we got it by going.

Can you tell I'm a Rai and Syuma fan...? 

The CD made by GIGAMOUS and Oneness for the twoman they had.
The theme song for Syuma and Rai is hilarious and adorable I love it. 
The sticker was free and we got it by going.

Can you tell I'm a Rai and Syuma fan...? 

[track list]
01.ハロー・ゴッド・モーニング
※GUEST ARTIST:SEX-ANDROID
02.581c
※GUEST ARTIST:ADAPTER。
03.鋼鉄のMACHIKO～惑星マンダラ戒律地獄篇～
※GUEST ARTIST:NoGoD
04.BABY I LOVE YOU
※GUEST ARTIST:最鋭輝
05.ししゃもアワー
※GUEST ARTIST:Jin-Machine
06.流星雨～Method of [ABSOLUTE HAPPINESS]～
※GUEST ARTIST:The Benjamin
07.花火(スターマイン)
※GUEST ARTIST:ADAPTER。
08.日々、宇宙色
※GUEST ARTIST:犬神サアカス團
09.湘南ギャラクシィナイト
※GUEST ARTIST:The Benjamin
10.アンテナマン
※GUEST ARTIST:マイナス人生オーケストラ
11.仏TV～狂気(バカ)が電波に乗ってくる!!～
※GUEST ARTIST:SEX-ANDROID
12.大銀河戦艦ナガト～After The End～
※GUEST ARTIST:犬神サアカス團
13.新世界光響曲【from new seven billion worlds】
※GUEST ARTIST:NoGoD
 

I went to 3/4 of XAA-XAA's in stores on Sunday
 
 
...And I've come to the conclusion me and Roji are incapable of taking good pictures together

XAA-XAA cheki from the in stores on Sunday and it's mostly Roji because I am 500% trash

i think he meant to say that he has no business pleasing someone just cuz he/she is a foreigner.
anyway, some context to issei's tweet 'threatening' to get people fined for 5k yen. it was actually in response to a fangirl who tweeted him to say that she heard the song and didn't like it at all. she then told him 'welcome to the internet darling' and that all their fans will now get to hear the demo.
i mean, no matter what, it's bad form to do what she did. not sure if she expected to get a pat on the back for gleefully taunting him or what, but it was plain silly.

No problem! They have a pretty clear pattern for release: Dec. 1st, March 1st, June 1st... So I'm guessing it'll be a release on September 1st.