~2017 predictions~

[herpes 1597]

2016 was wild.

 

we lost so many beloved bandomen to drugs, death and evil underage fangirls who clearly should have known better and not tricked the easily lead middle aged men. and we gained some great new band! 

 

what do you think 2017 has in store for glorious visual kei?

 

 

 

 

(come back in a year and let's all lament that juka didn't reappear and gackt avoided justice once again)

[herpes 1597]

my predictions

- Yohio goes big. Like actual big time. Like oricon charting big time.
- Xaa-Xaa goes major.
- DEZERT goes major. 
- Asagi finally cuts his losses and goes solo, D disbands.
- NoGod, Keel, Gotcharocka and Nue disband. 
- Moi Dix Mois drops the album and it's surprisingly good.
- Kaito and Shinnosuke, the two most unique vk vocalists of the past decade, will return and it will be beautiful.
- Shazna returns, (Izam runs out of money).
- Rentrer en Soi returns - however it's just Satsuki and Shun. It's not good.
- Kisaki dodges his taxes again, gets investigated. He deletes his twitter three times.
- The X Japan album surprisingly appears, but with only 3 unreleased songs. 
- Plastic Tree takes a break. Ryutaro drops another album. It's ......ok.
 

[Tokage 5930]

* At least 1 of either Ryo's or Aie's current projects will bite the dust

* New Merry album

* New Metronome material

* DEZERT goes major [2] OR goes on hiatus/disbands

* X Japan album drops but it's just old songs but with English lyrics & 2 new piano SEs

* 1 or 2 new bands formed by Tenten, fold before the year ends

* One of the Ains bands disbands

* Kisaki """retires""" again

* Some literally who band nobody asked for makes a comeback

* Some literally who band nobody asked for goes to Europe

* At least one long lasting, well-established band will call it quits

* New Maximum the Hormone material

* New Dir en grey material

* Mana and Gackt get married

* Yayoi found dead in Miami

[vanivani 558]

* XAA-XAA goes major

 

I also worry they may disband / go on hiatus :/ lol

[Wakarimashita 317]

I like this little game we're playing here! Let's see:

 

- NoGoD disbands (yep, can see this happening anytime now)

- Mejibray disbands

- Kisaki's new band

- X delays new album further

- At least two bands will use the same background for some photoshoots (ex. this and this)

[Mamo 1172]

XAA-XAA goes major (maybe)

Dezert goes major (in someone's dreams maybe nope)

That Dir en grey greatest hits album

New Maximum the hormone material (unlikely but a boy can dream)

X Japan album hopefully, oh and S.K.I.N. willl actually be a thing. lol

 

Oh and finally like 200 random underground vk bands will form and disband and at least 1 established veteran vk band will too.

 

[Seimeisen 4406]

 - NEW FUCKING MERRY ALBUM

 - ザアザア will continue to kill it

 - DIR EN GREY will release a single with embarrassing excuses for b-sides

 - MEJIBRAY will release seven singles

 - 己龍 will release five singles

 - R指定 will release three singles

 - possible no announcement for cali≠gari 13 at the end of the year?

 - lynch. will release an album in September or October, this WILL happen, or else Earth as we know it will end

 - Plastic Tree will release a single that sounds like 瞳孔/落花/Silent Noise

 - we might get a lot of surprise albums, since pretty much all we got in 2016 was fucking singles

 

As for DEZERT ... well, I don't think they'll go major, but they will do things... they'll either:

 - Be super consistent and release some awesome shit, or

 - Lose another member in the midst of several upcoming releases, and then scrap all aforementioned releases for a short sub-par album

[herpes 1597]

16 minutes ago, Seimeisen said:

 - possible announcement for cali≠gari 13 at the end of the year?

 

 

i'd love this, but i have an awful feeling we're getting nothing at all from them for a very long while. goatbed are back on top form and i feel like aoi might start up the lab. again.

[CAT5 9075]

A few predictions.

• THE NOVEMBERS will release either a new single or an EP. I don't think they'll be quiet, whatever the case.
• 八十八ヶ所巡礼 will drop an actual full-length album to make up for leaving us musicless in 2016.
• cinema staff will release SOMETHING. these guys have been putting out music like crazy.
• 凛として時雨 hopefully put out something redeeming. maybe a new single?
• ....or 凛として時雨 return just to disappoint us again.
• TK makes another anime theme. This time, his most annoying yet!
• siraph will drop another amazing EP.
• another new lynch. album [2]
• downy goes back into hiding for another 3 years.

 

That's all I got for now. I do hope for new music from some lesser known bands that probably aren't worth mentioning, though.

[Tokage 5930]

11 minutes ago, herpes said:

 

i'd love this, but i have an awful feeling we're getting nothing at all from them for a very long while. goatbed are back on top form and i feel like aoi might start up the lab. again.

CUCKOO REVIVAL FUCKING WHEN???????????????

GIVE US THE UNRELEASED MATERIAL AO

[Seimeisen 4406]

2 minutes ago, CAT5 said:

A few predictions.

• THE NOVEMBERS will release another mini album
• 凛として時雨 show a sign of life?
• TK makes a 凛として時雨 song with extra squealing noises and calls it "his own"
• downy goes back into hiding for another 5 years.

Fixed and clarified a few things, there.

[herpes 1597]

4 minutes ago, Tokage said:

CUCKOO REVIVAL FUCKING WHEN???????????????

GIVE US THE UNRELEASED MATERIAL AO

 

lmao cuckoo, that was an exciting 3 months.

[Ro plz 1290]

New Dir en grey single which may or may not be great. *

Lynch may or may not drop new Material and Akinori may or may not get the boot.*

KEEL will still be active.*

Ryo (ex. Girugamesh) will hopefully release some original material

More solo/side projects.

SKIN will debut.

Satsuki will give up his solo career.

Yohio/Disreign will be the only Western VK act that people will pay attention to.

New Evanescence single/Album

Mejibray dropping another great single.

The Black swan dropping another great single.

Initial L will disband or fade into irrelevancy.

New Merry album/singles.

 

 

 

 

[CAT5 9075]

2 hours ago, herpes said:

- Rentrer en Soi returns - however it's just Satsuki and Shun. It's not good.

 

3 minutes ago, Ro plz said:

 

Satsuki will give up his solo career.

 

Satsuki?????????

 

[Ro plz 1290]

5 minutes ago, CAT5 said:

 

 

Satsuki?????????

 

 

Lmao Nigga you petty as hell for this hahahaha.

[MaikoMizu 167]

JILUKA releases a new mini-album or full length

A few new bands join Starwave Records and take on the heavy metal or power metal genre

Still waiting for someone on BP records or ユナイト to release a mini-album since the last few years.... 

See something with the XodiacK 

A mini-album for the GazttE

[Ro plz 1290]

2 minutes ago, MaikoMizu said:

 

A mini-album for the GazttE

 

As far fetched as this prediction is imo... I would like 2 see how the band in this day and age would tackle a mini. 

 

[emmny 4139]

if chiaki's inner workings are to be trusted, DEZERT will never go major, and as such i wont expect them to all of a sudden go major now given how much he hates that whole scene. then again if they money's right i think he'll sell his old self out without a smidge of remorse

BUT:

• DEZERT will go on hiatus toward the end of the year
• lynch. will continue without akinori, will recruit a replacement
• anfiel will sign to either speed-disk or danger crue (latter more likely) or better yet go major
• XAA-XAA are on a good enough label that they won't go major yet--maybe toward the end of the year if anything
• Sibilebashir will disband toward the end of the year
• D disbands within a few months
• dir en grey NA tour planned for november-december
• nothing the nagoya guys have going on is disbanding because they don't lose money playing lives with each other, TAG has been going on for years now and they have no fans outside of ryo gya; that said i think ryo isn't happy with where hollowgram are heading and the guys all have other avenues to explore. i think he saw it as another 9GBO scale venture but from what i've been reading attendance might not be what they expected. hollowgram is the most likely out of that scene to hit the dirt; KEEL aren't going anywhere, they are the most popular band in that circuit
• emmuree wont disband since sou put silence on hiatus and every other member has side projects keeping them happy
• DIMMDIVISION will be back if hollowgram gets canned
• hiro (ex-gossip, varyl) will be back
• matenrou opera hiatus after inability to fill anzi's place
• sukekiyo will release a live dvd of kyo fucking a chicken in geisha makeup for 27000yen, anyone worth their coin will buy the deluxe limited edition
• piglow in gloomy and raindia will snatch 2017
• scapegoat live dvd for their liquidroom oneman
• satsuki will become a full on manwhore for lil ukrainian lolitas; expect backpage ads
• temari will come with a new project
• all the 40+yo nagoya stans will gladly await a phobia or lamiel revival, it'll never happen because everyone is too fucking fat to get on stage
• mediena/malisend splice baby will form under ains
• ains will debut a new band, hopefully ex-melvel LMFAO EX-melvel actually came true and ains grabbed miztavlah and amanajaku
• initial'l will continue on flopping
• krad will disband
• come summer hitomi will FINALLY debut a new band and get a life

Edited December 17, 2017 by emmny
okay we got a few

[Hakoniwa 222]

lol this is fun.

• MAXIMUM THE HORMONE releases new material, but not before tricking us again with a fake PV (it's about time they release something new.....)
• NakamuraEmi releases another amazing amazing amazing album that will again top my AOTY list for 2017
• L'Arc~en~Ciel disappears again
• YOSHIKI announces new project. X JAPAN's album gets postponed. No Violet UK material. No S.K.I.N.
• A new best album is released under hide's name
• B'z releases best album because why not
• MUCC goes on hiatus

• 凛として時雨 goes on hiatus

• the HIATUS goes on hiatus (just kiddin')

• THE YELLOW MONKEY releases new album
• Superfly releases new album with a bunch of boring ballads and one good song
• Enon Kawatani ruins someone else's career
• Gesu no Kiwami Otome. disbands
• Indigo la end disbands
• JPOPSUKI FALLS
• Everyone cries

[Takadanobabaalien 3607]

One thing is for certain:

 

- new hide cover album

[Biopanda 2675]

The only thing I can predict is that Kiryu will be the first band to go whole hog and release a 26-type single A-Z.

[Duwang 676]

4 hours ago, herpes said:

- Xaa-Xaa goes major.

 

3 hours ago, sume7 said:

XAA-XAA goes major (maybe)

 

3 hours ago, vanivani said:

* XAA-XAA goes major

 

I also worry they may disband / go on hiatus :/ lol

 

I think you guys vastly overestimate how popular they are. 

[saishuu 3220]

41 minutes ago, Hakoniwa said:

B'z releases best album because why not

 

Not for another year (their 30th anniversary is in 2018). :B

 

- sakanaction announces their new album; bassist gets pregnant again; album gets postponed 3 more years

- Enon Kawatani gets arrested

- a big neo-VK band kaisans (Kiryu, DEZERT, Royz, R-Shitei, etc)

- Utada Hikaru gets pregnant once again

- art-kei dies

- Versailles ends activities again as revival doesn't get them any profit

- GOLDEN BOMBER disbands

- Chanty disbands because 2016 didn't suck enough

- obligatory 'new KISAKI scandal' entry

- Satsuki manages to tour Europe by performing in private birthday parties

 

 

[Ito 2438]

• X Japan Album doesn't come out
• Mako (of deadman) comes out of hiding, releases something small like some poems, and then goes back and hides again.
• D'espairsRay teases us again with a return, but it is only a single show
• Ryo of girugamesh continues to be a cocktease with his youtube stuff all year, finally announces something at the end of 2017
• toe does another North American tour
• aie starts a new band
• 2017 will be considered a much better year than 2016 for VK
• There will be more shitty drama on MH

[suji 8317]

some brief predictions:

-merry new album, plus it will take place in a cornfield I CALLED IT 🌽🌽🌽
-marco will disband and their label will go -kaput- after their 4th anniversary live since they barely do shit and are broke af
-kisaki new band will last for like, a year or two, then he'll retire again as he morphs into his final form - a horse - and gallops off into the sunset
-a couple of bandmen get arrested, and someone has to die
-megaromania revival plEASE GOD
-golden bomber pls disband
-mejibray releases like 10 singles and 2 albums and work themselves to exhaustion
-exist disgrace trace will disband

-elysion will join starwave; this isn't even a prediction, it's bound to happen

-starwave will go kaput before the year's over

 

-more juicy mh doramaz

-m*npha will rise from the dead and DESTROY US ALL

-yuri finally loses his anal virginity to victor

Edited December 16, 2016 by midi:nette