Leaderboard

11 UGLY by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE UGLY 12 Camera Obscura by Lycaon Lycaon Camera Obscura http://i.imgur.com/Agk83BL.jpgpx;width:auto;" src="300" alt="Image" /> 13 REBELLION by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF REBELLION 14 TURBULENCE by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF TURBULENCE 15 reincarnation by Develop One's Faculties Develop One's Faculties reincarnation

Pay money To my Pain "Relive": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBkKb_sfco

This thread will have my picks from 2015, which will include a top 50 dedicated for my favorite songs, and a top 15 for albums and singles released that I most enjoyed. Do you liked it? Make a comment saying what do you enjoy on the list. Don't liked? Let me know by adding a comment with which song/release you missed here.

Individual Looks

It's cool to see someone else's top picks for 2015!! To be honest I don't care much for any of these artists except for XAA-XAA, but maybe this new year I will give these bands another listen!! Hard to come up with my own list... Not good with thinking of individual songs, because there's so many to choose from! But when it comes to releases, there are many that I loved from 2015 that really, in my opinion, brought me back into the visual kei scene... But they didn't seem to be popular with other fans here lol Like Dead Children's Haunted Vox and Devil Kitty's minialbum and both of GRIMOIRE's singles just to name a few.

6 銃創 by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 銃創 7 OVERTURE by vistlip vistlip OVERTURE 8 INAZUMA by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD INAZUMA 9 LAYOUT by vistlip vistlip LAYOUT 10 dadaism＃１ by DADAROMA DADAROMA dadaism＃１

I'm sorry, but what the hell is even going on here? Honestly, as long as a band doesn't say they no longer identify with the visual kei scene, like DIR EN GREY and L'Arc~en~Ciel did - if you start out in the scene and still keeps your roots in it, you are a VK band. Even GACKT every once in a while says he's a VK artist. I wish people would keep this in their minds more often. There's not an oshare-kei scene. Zeus said it perfectly - visual kei is a big umbrella that holds several different kinds of music and, for the most part, looks. AN CAFE, for example, started out in the scene, grew in popularity by playing in events with other VK bands and appearing in every kind of media directed to fans of the scene, were part of a VK label for years, etc. One of the cool things about VK for me was always the fact that there's always tons of different kinds of bands who, despite being completely different from each other, still play together for the same audience - the VK audience. Example: that huge visual kei festival (V-ROCK FESTIVAL) that took place years ago. Just check the list of artists who played there. tl;dr, it's not a matter of opinion, it's all VK.

all 6 songs of their new mini album "光(hikari)" will have PVs, for which 4 PVs will be produced by each of their members respectively

Monochrome Heaven Top 50 of 2015 #10-#1 10. "Enigmatic Feeling (2015 mix)" by 凛として時雨 (Ling Tosite Sigure) 9. "Red Carnation" by Jupiter 8. "戦-ikusa-" by 和楽器バンド (Wagakki Band) 7. "Foster Mother" by sukekiyo 6. "パレード (parade)" by KEEL 5. "蕾 (Tsubomi)" by SCAPEGOAT 4. "きれいな海へ (kirei na umi e)" by THE NOVEMBERS 3. "発火 (Hakka)" by KEEL 2. "Death in Reverse" by Mono 1. "EVOKE" by lynch. I hope you enjoyed reading the list and saw some familiar favorites along with some new faces! Tune in tomorrow for December's BNT!

Again, awesome list brah. Love that you took the time to do a big list with pictures and all. I really like pretty much everything on your list, my list shares some as well which you shall soon see, hehe. And it`s in numerical order, right? So 1 is your favorite of all? For me, the big surprises were the new challenger`s arriving with DiaWolf and Develop One`s Faculties. They create good, different music that has found many fans outside of a specific fanbase, I think they stand out as being a different style in your list, along with Moran. Also BORN really stepped up and killed it this year, too awesome. SCREW has some pretty cool tunes, I am not into them too much but they have some rocking songs like the one on your list. GAGA I have not listened to too much, I will check them out some more. BLACK GENE was also good, though they always change their style around. Anyway, thanks again for posting. It`s a lot of work, but it`s nice to look over when you are all done, like your own personal yearbook, huh?

God I fucking love this man, Yoshi for president, Taira for governor, and Jin for secretary <3 <3 Oh my lorrddddd this pv is great slayyy DADAROMA

New PV and look from DADAROMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyQGyWQP6Q

1 MIMIC by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND MIMIC 2 VENA by coldrain coldrain VENA 3 LIVE THE STALIN by BORN BORN LIVE THE STALIN 4 オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ by BORN BORN オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 5 夜明けを前に by Moran Moran 夜明けを前に

41 GODDESS by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE GODDESS from UGLY 42 UNCHAINED by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF UNCHAINED from TURBULENCE 43 マダラ蝶 by リライゾ リライゾ マダラ蝶 from 44 最終電車 by DADAROMA DADAROMA 最終電車 from 最終電車 45 睡蓮 by MUCC MUCC 睡蓮 from T.R.E.N.D.Y. 46 裏返り by Black Gene For The Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene 裏返り from 裏返り 47 LAST DANCE by Lycaon Lycaon LAST DANCE from LAST DANCE 48 COLD CASE by vistlip vistlip COLD CASE from COLD CASE 49 ジプシー by Lycaon Lycaon ジプシー from ジプシー 50 ANITYA by SCREW SCREW ANITYA from 昏睡

31 VICTIM by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF VICTIM from REBELLION 32 INCUBUS by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE INCUBUS from DOGMA 33 INFERNO by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF INFERNO from REBELLION 34 DERACINE by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE DERACINE from DOGMA 35 コドモセカイ by LOUD GRAPE LOUD GRAPE コドモセカイ from コドモセカイ 36 MIND by VRZEL VRZEL MIND from MIND MONSTER 37 And-O by XII-Destructive Agent if JAP XII-Destructive Agent if JAP And-O from And-O 38 籠絡 by GAGA GAGA 籠絡 from 籠絡 39 兆 by GAGA GAGA 兆 from 籠絡 40 BALLAD by Lycaon Lycaon BALLAD from ジプシー

21 逆卍より、愛をこめて by Black Gene For the Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene 逆卍より、愛をこめて from 逆卍より、愛をこめて 22 VS by LOUD GRAPE LOUD GRAPE VS from コドモセカイ 23 SHOOTING STAR by Black Gene For the Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene SHOOTING STAR from SHOOTING STAR 24 夜明けを前に by Moran Moran 夜明けを前に from 夜明けを前に 25 WHOLE by coldrain coldrain WHOLE from VENA 26 DIVINE by coldrain coldrain DIVINE from VENA 27 EVOIII by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD EVOIII from INAZUMA 28 PRETTY LITTLE LIAR by coldrain coldrain PRETTY LITTLE LIAR from VENA 29 モルヒネ＃２ by DADAROMA DADAROMA [ モルヒネ＃２ from dadaism＃１ 30 IGNIS HEART by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST IGNIS HEART from PROVIDENCE

11 灰色の森 My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND [ 灰色の森 from MIMIC 12 幸福についての尺度 Moran Moran 幸福についての尺度 from 夜明けを前に 13 PROVIDENCE by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST PROVIDENCE from PROVIDENCE 14 HEART OF THE YOUNG by coldrain coldrain HEART OF THE YOUNG from VENA 15 MONEY by DADAROMA DADAROMA MONEY from dadaism＃１ 16 MONOGRAM by vistlip vistlip MONOGRAM from OVERTURE 17 BABEL by vistlip vistlip BABEL from OVERTURE 18 未定 by Moran Moran 未定 from 夜明けを前に 19 INAZUMA by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD INAZUMA from INAZUMA 20 闇 by ザアザア ザアザア 闇 from 死にたい

1 REM SLEEP by vistlip vistlip REM SLEEP from LAYOUT 2 オルタナ by BORN BORN オルタナ from オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 3 REPEAR MIMIC by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND REAPER MIMIC from MIMIC 4 目覚める２分前 by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 目覚める２分前 from MIMIC 5 銃創 by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 銃創 from 銃創 6 嗚咽 by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 嗚咽 from MIMIC 7 坩堝 by BORN BORN 坩堝 from オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 8 GOD COLLAPSE by BORN BORN GOD COLLAPSE from GOD COLLAPSE 9 凶の世界/My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 凶の世界 from MIMIC 10 ネジレル/My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND ネジレル from MIMIC

The way I understood it, visual-kei is a big umbrella which has several sub-scenes, including but not limited to oshare-kei, nagoya-kei, kotekote-kei, etc. So for example all oshare bands are visual but not all visual bands are oshare. I just see them all as different flavors of visual-kei. I have heard of some more esoteric *-keis which describe the mannerisms of how they dress, but I have never heard anyone claim that these sub-kei's are completely separate from visual kei.

I love Frederic so here are some vids i uploaded on youtube for a friend.

Nice! Thanks for the Tempalay update, @seurong. I'll definitely need to check out their album. I'm pretty sure they are officially utilizing the love I have leftover from disappointment with 踊ってばかりの国's (odotte bakari no kuni) last two albums. Here's some nice 2014 gems that I don't believe have been posted yet. Ykiki Beat Just a grand indie pop anthem and interestingly enough, the singer almost has a Scottish accent! フレデリック (Frederic) I know @violetchain has posted about them a little, but here's their best video. So fun!

also the paellas. i think i might like this more than their album. #BELIEVE

Pretty good! The guitarist reminds me of MiA

session band "BDMC" has changed to new formal band "KILLANETH" at 2015/12/29, and they will hold their first live - KILLANETH×Lydiar 2-man live "偽ディオニシウスの鬱ぎ" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/02/25 "KILLANETH" members: Vo.丐(kai) (ex-Anfang-->VOID-->NOCTSCURE) Gt.Nihit (ex-DOGMA-->REDRUM(Hyuga)) Ba.ルシ(rushi) Dr.39(saku) (ex-VAASTU) their new maxi single "セラフ。(seraph)" will be released at 2016/02/17 (2 TYPE) limited edition (1,944yen) will include CD+DVD (including "セラフ。(seraph)" PV), and regular edition (1,620yen) will include CD only [CD track list] 01.セラフ。(seraph) 02.CODE[V] 03.MONOPOLIZE (included in regular edition) http://www.killaneth.com/

MH's Disappointments: Worst of 2015 Welcome to the ORZ spitroast where the only flavor is salty: far east dizain lycaon disbanding and nearly breaking the forum DIM 2.0 didn't happen Femme Fatale's name was too accurate Yohio/Disreign did Gazette better than Gazette R.I.P. art kei (Moran, yazzmad, etc. disbanding) mejibray's entire 2015 career Just Eiki... er.. Paradigm Paradox DECAYS' "secret mode" probably should have stayed a secret D's one-man venues keep getting smaller and smaller. By March, they'll be curb-side next to Maria Cross kisaki breaks another body part. fans ask for hospital records Another year, another one of Tenten's bands goes on hiatus... That one time Matenrou Opera tried and failed to rock body paint like Rihanna the best song released this year by nocturnal bloodlust was a cover of a taylor swift song Deathgaze breaking up and Tanuki's reaction was essentially "Just listen to Static-x" toe only being really good Haisuinonasa-induced blue balls ling tosite sigure's EP chouchou merged syrups. somehow being mind-numbingly marginal nestle x gackt collab announced next year DOAK happened How hard DuelJewel tried this year Kamelot released an album, which means a new Matenrou Opera album will soon follow DEVIL KITTY's mini-album calmando qual retired for duty Shiina Ringo thought using autotune was a good idea YUKI's PV for 'Sukitte Nandarou' looking like a trippy interpretation of BEYONCE's 'single ladies' and sounding even worse A.L.B.U.M.S -With Titles Like This- AKB48's "Halloween Night" was truly nightmare inducing the core of Jupiter broke apart this year. hizaki and teru promise to keep the music just as boring as before What were your disappointing moments of the year?

oops time2go

PARTY'S OVER. Hellspawn confirmed: Away with you!

Vo.文治(bunji) will join Artemis at their presents live "ArtemiStyle Ver-12.0～感孚風動～" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/01/14, and their new single (title not yet finalized) will be released in 2016/05, which will be sold in advance at their one-man live "Golden Lunar Eclipse～月蝕の夜に約束の砂浜で君に問う。今生破竹の日々なれど。今生変革変幻の日々なれど。泣き虫な君の居場所であらんことを。～" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/05/04, although details have not yet been announced

Wondering if they will play a LUNA SEA song or two (based on their name xD).

"NoName." SET-LIST at 2015/12/30: 01.シンセカイ 02.溺愛のフルーフ 03.かくれんぼ 04.とおりゃんせ 05.國立少年-ナショナルキッド- (R指定)

Currently watching Texhnolyze. I'm on episode 5 and the pacing is kinda slow but I'm enjoying so far.

Thanks!! Btw, I really appreciate all the likes from everyone. Anywhere else I post my art seems really dead so it makes me glad to see that my art is not getting ignored here.

I did notice that, but I feel like if they're gonna try on some late Lycaon-esque classiness they better put a dumpster or a garbage pile in the background to balance that shit out, you know what I mean?

The most mysterious kusomen to me is Rubik's vocalist Kei, who was released from the band in 2013 for "inhumane acts". Did we ever find out what that actually meant?

we need a 24/7 tanuki translator ever since mistress left the internet has been deprived of bandomen drama

Monochrome Heaven Top 50 of 2015 #20-#11 20. The GazettE - "OMINOUS" 19. PELICAN FANCLUB - "Chilico" 18. coldrain - "Words Of The Youth" 17. "Pairidaēza lost" by IX -NINE- 16. "灰色の森 (Haiiro no mori)" by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 15. Mouse on the Keys - "the lonely crowd" 14. Lament. - "The Screaming Pain" 13. DIV - "イケナイKISS (ikenai KISS)" 11. DADAROMA - "最終電車 (saishuu densha)" See you tomorrow for the next ten!

Did MiA left MEJIBRAY?... No... wait......

OMGGGGGGG!!!!! <3333333333333

Monochrome Heaven Top 50 of 2015 #30-#21 30. "終幕の芥 (shuumaku no akuta)" by 滅びの美学 或は、加虐偏愛者の調性の確立 (horobi no bigaku arui wa, kagyaku henaisha no chousei no kakuritsu) 29. "悲しくなる前に (Kanashiku Naru Mae ni)" by indigo la End 28. "Crepuscule" by Femme Fatale 27. "夢 (yume)" by THE MORTAL 26. "シャッタードール (Shutter Doll)" by ヒトリエ (Hitorie) 25. "World is mine." by vistlip 24. "Daze" by Cuushe 23. "Jesus Phobia" by ペンタゴン (Pentagon) 22. "アカペラ" (A capella) by ペンタゴン (Pentagon) 21. "marionette" by Lycaon See you tomorrow for the next ten!

This saddens me the most tbh. (before you start calling me an hater, let me remind you that I own every albums and EPs ok). I love D and their music, and I'm sad to see this plunge, which I understand, and sometimes not. Their comeback is for me the most frustrating moment of the year. They left with KINGDOM, which was a fabulous album (probably one of my most listened album of 2015), and after a long wait, they come back with 2 low-quality singles and an awful concept already done by them?? I don't understand. They've got a fabulous and unique voice, skilled musicians, they know how to write tunes, and they come back with this kind of songs? (oh I know, it's light and happy, we need to open our mind etc but we are talking about D, not a rookie band). Are they trying to appeal the new young vk public? I thought nonetheless they were doing good, according to the massive crowd from their latest live DVD?? Well, I guess it's like everything. The more you release bad stuff, the more the fans are leaving the boat. Even if I enjoyed both singles, in a whole it's totally disappointing. Where is D's savoir faire? I missed that. I don't care if they are surfing on the vampire kitsch / King & Queen stuff, at least it was good quality. tl;dr: the frustration is real. Wake up ffs!!

I feel bad for their fans, but personally I hope Kaya will get back to his solo career (and/or Schwarz Stein), and that the other members continue in other, more worthwhile projects. In theory this could've been an awesome band (see: Meties), but it was missing some good tunes imo.

That awesome moment when 9MUSES finally comes back with a nice song and MV to go along with it. This is a favorite already.

T/ssue's White~