TetsuAkira 289 Posted January 30, 2016 Eight - Illational Such a good album! 1 The Reverend reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mori 325 Posted January 31, 2016 In no particular order... 4 Jigsaw9, Senedjem, Bear and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bear 1817 Posted January 31, 2016 Discharge and Christian Death! Both releases could easily have been on my list another day. Fantastic! 1 mori reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flame-X 441 Posted January 31, 2016 Is there some user generated site that puts your 9 albums together or did you guys had to put it yourselves manually? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lestat 2167 Posted January 31, 2016 Is there some user generated site that puts your 9 albums together or did you guys had to put it yourselves manually? I used this; picmonkey.com/#go/collage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pretsy 1343 Posted January 31, 2016 Is there some user generated site that puts your 9 albums together or did you guys had to put it yourselves manually? http://collage.topsters.net/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted January 31, 2016 In no particular order... In all seriousness, though.. I guess these albums were probably the ''key albums'' in shaping my current taste.. Now, they might not exactly be in my list of ''all-time favorites'' anymore, but they were still pretty damn important in developing my taste 1. Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet: Basically the album that turned 10/11 year old me away from just listening to whatever was playing on MTV/TMF at the time. Made me realize ''holy shit, rock and roll is bangin' yo''... Although I didn't really fully understand the lyrics. 2. Malice Mizer - Merveilles: There was a period after that moment above where I somehow ended up listening almost solely to anime/tokusatsu/videogame OSTs, until I suddenly decided to start exploring japanese rock music more. Malice Mizer was one of the first bands I discovered while browsing around on the at that time still brand new Youtube, and basically it sort of kickstarted my interest in VK/Jrock. 3. FLOPPY - FLOPPY: Basically responsible for awakening my interest in all that bleep-bloop stuff, synthpop (and indirectly also my love for new wave and post-punk, i guess) 4. Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque: Not really feelin' this album anymore these days, but this sort of threw me back into trying out western music after goin' full weeaboo for a couple of years. 5. cali≠gari - Dai 6 Jikkenshitsu: dude cali≠gari lmao 6. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass: Although I started exploring more western stuff at this point, I was still basically unironically one of those ''u can't spell 'crap' without 'rap' xDDD'' people at that point, but after hearing the title track off this album and sampling some more of his stuff I started exploring hip-hop more. 7. Die Ärzte - Jazz ist Anders: Basically, I was listening only to either English or Japanese music at this point, and that changed when I discovered these guys. I started trying to find music in other languages, with varying degrees of succes. Another album I can't really enjoy anymore, outside of its nostalgic value I guess. 8. DJ Krush - Ki-Oku: Got me interested in instrumental hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo and all that chill stuff. Eventually also got me interested in IDM, ambient, stuff like that. 9. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet: My introduction to prog rock, prog metal and generally ''longer'' song structures. 2 qotka and Pretsy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koike 301 Posted February 1, 2016 Uggh this was hard... so many options. Surprisingly high percent of these are debut albums and/or Finnish. These aren't really in any particular order, but w/e. Kamelot - The Black Halo Pariisin Kevät - Meteoriitti Lapko - The Arms Machinae Supremacy - A View From the End of the World System Of A Down - Mezmerize Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun Rubik - Dada Bandits Sydän, sydän - Auto Callisto - True Nature Unfolds 2 ghost and qotka reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peffy 3568 Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) ...I put a lot of thought into this and it was really freaking hard to get my list down to 9. I've tried to pull from a wider variety of times and genres.. but this still skews heavily towards Japanese & rock. Click the spoiler for a short description and sample song! In chronological order.... 1. Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight [1999] Spoiler This Canadian band was basically the soundtrack of my high school years. They are, for me, the pinnacle of late 90's alt-rock. Frontman Matt Good wrote interesting cryptic lyrics, and had a great rock voice capable of sounding beautiful when needed. He was endlessly amusing outside of music for being a vocal cynic.. and his cynicism rubbed off on me. 2. fra-foa - 宙の淵 (Chuu no fuchi) [2001] Spoiler This band was shamefully short-lived and maybe under-appreciated. Mikami Chisako has very emotional raw vocals, ranging from weak/vulnerable to pained/powerful. I loved how she was not afraid to go off key. 3. 周杰倫 (Jay Chou) - 范特西 (Fantasy) [2001] Spoiler The only Chinese artist to make the list, Jay Chou stands out amongst the hordes of minimally-talented boring C-pop stars (or at least, he used to). He's perfectly capable of singing, rapping, and songwriting, and often puts out interesting stuff, such as this gothic horror-themed song (pls enjoy/ignore the hilariously low budget PV): 4. 椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) - 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 (Karuki, zaamen, kuri no hana) [2003] Spoiler The lady needs no introduction. This is her least accessible album, and it was an important moment for me when I learned to love it. The final track 葬列 (Souretsu) is particularly creepy and powerful. Couldn't find the album version on Youtube, so this Tokyo Jihen live version will suffice. 5. D'espairsRay - MIRROR [2007] Spoiler I waffled between MIRROR and [Coll:set] for a while. I loved some songs from [Coll:set] really REALLY hard, but as a whole album I liked MIRROR more. This band is THE VK band that made me obsessed with VK. Can't complain about this album, I loved every single song, and was really impressed with HIZUMI's vocal performance, especially in "Angeldust". 6. 安室奈美恵 (Amuro Namie) - PAST < FUTURE [2009] Spoiler Gorgeous voice, gorgeous style. This particular album, which has a lot of lavishly-produced catchy tunes, also contains a few "avant-garde" tracks that make it stand out from typical pop/R&B fare. ("WILD" is not my first choice for a sample song, but stuff from this album is really hard to find on Youtube.) 7. R指定 (R-Shitei) - 人間失格 (Ningen shikkaku) [2010] Spoiler Maybe the first album I fell in love with DESPITE the vocalist. Mamo doesn't have a great voice but I give him a pass because the songs are so strong. This is the first band I noticed using a Japanese military theme, and I really liked it. Of course, I am assuming they are critical of Japan's role in WW2, not glorifying it. I have interpreted "Gyokusai Melancholy" as being about the sad story of Kamikaze pilots going off to kill themselves, which gives this song a ton of weight. (maybe I'm wrong, don't tell me if I'm wrong) 8. Dolly - CAPSULE [2010] Spoiler Vocalist Mitsu has a beautiful voice and wrote beautiful lyrics that went along beautifully with beautiful songs. This is the pinnacle of pretty (re: no growl) VK music, with gorgeous ballads and catchy upbeat rock songs. 9. Crimson Shiva - PANDORA [2014] Spoiler Tokiya is a fascinating vocalist. (I mean, just listen to the first 30 seconds of 孤独二残ル,儚キ声…, which I sadly couldn't find on Youtube). I frequently feel like he's drunk/high when he sings, I'm really not sure why. He might be my favourite combination singer/growler. Anyhow, lots of great tracks on this album, some of which feel like old school VK to me. I don't even like old school VK, but I like the way this band does it. WOW I PUT WAY TOO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS. but it was an interesting mental exercise. Edited May 1, 2017 by peffy 4 Seimeisen, Seiji, violetchain and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dionysius 1296 Posted February 1, 2016 2 hyura and desparejo86 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desparejo86 160 Posted February 1, 2016 Hi im old. The Cure - Wish Luna Sea - Eden Die in Cries - Thankx Dead End - Shambara Prince - Purple Rain Killing Joke - Brighter Than 1000 Suns David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Malice Mizer - Memoire 2 Tokage and TetsuAkira reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiji 156 Posted February 1, 2016 Here's mine in no particular order.1. the god and death stars - DAWN of the god 2. あさき - 天庭 3. Klaus Nomi - Klaus Nomi 4. dredg - Catch Without Arms 5. the Cure - disintegration 6. Dir en Grey - Gauze 7. Malice Mizer - memoire 8. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle 9. Guniw Tools - Niwlun 4 desparejo86, Tokage, Pretsy and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Purlpi 79 Posted February 4, 2016 This was SO hard, but I wanted to try it. So here are my 9 albums. In no particular order... 1. D'espairsRay - [coll:set] 2. My Chemical Romance - I brought you my bullets, you brought me your love 3. L'Arc~en~Ciel - Tierra 4. DIR EN GREY - UROBOROS 5. The Used - In Love and Death 6. MUCC - T.R.E.N.D.Y. -Paradise from 1997- 7. Lacuna Coil - Karmacode 8. Apocalyptica - Apocalyptica 9. Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts 1 desparejo86 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiroki 5521 Posted February 4, 2016 this was so hard lol.. #私を構成する9枚 1 CAT5 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LIDL 692 Posted February 5, 2016 Mine 4 Jigsaw9, qotka, ghost and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peffy 3568 Posted February 7, 2016 I felt REALLY BAD about leaving certain albums off my original 9 and I can't stop thinking about it... so here are albums #10-18 Not in any particular order 1. 王菲 (Faye Wong) - 唱遊 (Sing and Play) 2. スネオヘアー (Suneohair) - a watercolor 3. HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT - VARY 4. ATTACK HAUS - W8 5. 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) - 教育 (Kyouiku) 6. REDЯUM - TOO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE 7. BUGY CRAXONE - NORTHERN HYMNS 8. グリーヴァ (Grieva) - 鬼ト影-オニトカゲ- (Oni to Kage) 9. ゴシップ (Gossip) - 出戻り鬼畜サイコ野郎(再犯) (Demodori kichiku psycho yarou (saihan)) Every single one of these is amazing for different reasons pls check them out kthx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chemicalpictures 1888 Posted February 7, 2016 No particular order: xTRiPx - Any verse bis - believe in style blink 182 - Take off your Pants and Jacket Pay money to my Pain - Remember the name baroque - Sug Life Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History The Strokes - Room on Fire J - Unstoppable Drive miyavi - miyaviuta 1 violetchain reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghost 2687 Posted February 8, 2016 I've got 2 lists. 9 albums that influenced my musical tastes at different points in my life I've ordered this list chronogically from middle school to now. 9 most favorite albums I've ordered this list in alphabetical order by artist 3 Tokage, Seimeisen and reminiscing2004 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetsu_sama69 1119 Posted February 8, 2016 This was too damn hard for me. Almost like I should have done a western list and then an Asian list.... In no particular order... L'Arc~en~Ciel - True blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Aliene Maφriage - Les Soiree Les Soirée Yoru no Butoukai-Danzai no Shou～Shinbatsuhen Kuroyume - Corkscrew Nega - Grave of the Sacrifice Kagerou - Rakushu Muse - Black Holes & Revelations Phantasmagoria - Splendor of Sanctuary Luna Sea - Style 1 violetchain reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herpes 1597 Posted February 9, 2016 L'arc - Tierra Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers Deshabillz - Kami Jusha Mariah Carey - Music Box Shakira - Donde Estan los Landrones? Marc Andre Hamelin - The People United Will Never Be Defeated Sef - De Leven Tokyo Jihen - Adult Judee Sill - Judee SIll 1 CAT5 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CAT5 9075 Posted February 9, 2016 L'arc - Tierra Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers Deshabillz - Kami Jusha Mariah Carey - Music Box Shakira - Donde Estan los Landrones? Marc Andre Hamelin - The People United Will Never Be Defeated Sef - De Leven Tokyo Jihen - Adult Judee Sill - Judee SIll No La'cryma or Valentine D.C? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takadanobabaalien 3607 Posted February 9, 2016 Choosing just 9 albums is difficult, but I think it turned out pretty good (no order): 1. LUNA SEA - MOTHER 2. Da'vid no shito:aL - Hoshi no hako 3. ANGEL+DUST - & Romance 4. Markus Krunegård - Markusevangeliet 5. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town 6. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt nåt nytt nåt lånat nåt blått 7. Deshabillz - Shinjuusha 8. BUCK-TICK - SEXUAL XXXXX 9. Kent - Du & jag döden 3 CELESTIAL CIEL, Tokage and qotka reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Traxan 148 Posted February 11, 2016 Hm. Gonna be all over the map here: 1) Pink Floyd - the Dark Side of the Moon 2) Rush - Snakes & Arrows 3) Motorhead - No Sleep till Hammersmith 4) Testament - The Gathering 5) Slayer - World Painted Blood 6) Shadow (JP) - s/t 7) Aldious - Deep Exceed Acroma - Orbitals (what happened to this band makes me sick) 9) Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herpes 1597 Posted February 11, 2016 No La'cryma or Valentine D.C? i love both but neither has a completely [100 emoji] like the others. also the website generator thing didn't have album art for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atreides 454 Posted February 21, 2016 For me in no particular order, they're all equal: 1. Malice Mizer - Mervailles 2. Due'le Quartz - Jisatsu Ganbou 3. Luna Sea - Mother 4. Soft Ballet - Earth Born 5. Dead End - Ghost of Romance 6. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape 7. Rush - Power Windows 8. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor 9. Siam Shade - Siam Shade II All of these albums to me are timeless, and I'll probably be listening to them for the rest of my life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
