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My preorder came just today morning: Tracklist: 1. SE (World Anthem, piano ver.) 2. Angel 3. Hero 4. Born to be free 5. Beneath the skin (acoustic instrumental) 6. Jade 7. Angel (Japanese ver.) 8. Hero (Japanese ver.) Bonus Tracks: 9. Sakuracon 2009 commercial (feat. Mick Jagger) I like the throwback to Blue Blood era with the World Anthem.

We are all the new X Japan album.

I can't believe they actually got Mick Jagger to recite the entire Sakuracon 2009 commercial on the bonus track

🇺🇸 9 more days till their debut 🇺🇸

Smileberry new lineup: They will release their new maxi single "絶対LOVER" (2 types) on 2017/08/09 [Tracklist] M1.絶対LOVER M2.モノクロ片想い

Please Aikaryu come back to us, the VK scene needs its saviors once more.

The new X-Japan album was inside you all along.

Gu.遥 (Haruka) (ex-DAISY-->Villain-->VELGREED-->Diverse glare in Riot-->カルディア (Cardia)), Ba.暮橋 夕羽 (Kurehashi You) (ex-Gosick-->Kronos Cat-->Link) and Dr.Rye (ex-HigherEND-->VIVALET(DAIKI)) have joined DIEALO.

This video has been posted in another thread, but the news deserves its own topic. All of the original members except for Teru.

remember when vkei was fake-deep?

Setlist @ 6/29:

So tonight's MUCC live felt for the first time like a real rock concert. Idk how to explain it? It was in a tiny club, they were cosplaying themselves from 18 years ago but it didn't have that... v-kei pretentiousness? Which I usually dig, don't get me wrong. But this was a lot more like a 'western' rock concert at a local shitty run-down club, where the toilets are full of posters to hide the peeling walls. I never thought I would get to see them like that, and even when I got the ticket I still didn't think it would feel authentic. But it did. Setlist from Twitter this time because I'm busy healing my soul and my shoulders (my punishment for being that tall gaijin standing up front is obviously to lift all the short girls when they wanna crowdsurf):

Miya just showed the artbook for both releases> Look pretty nice

Looks like me when I tried to do vkei.

does white people-kei count

so what is the point of those collabs again other than presenting an opportunity to squeeze out more gya dollaryens & fishing dried-up bandoman corpses out of the sea? none of the ones released so far really add anything other than that ''oh hey, it's that guy'' novelty that fades after like a minute or so

is this real

Ay. New single from Crossfaith coming out on August 2nd in two types. It'll be called FREEDOM. Disc 1 (Reg) 1300yen 1. Freedom (ft. Rou Reynolds from ENTER SHIKARI) 2. Rockstar Steady (ft. JESSE from RIZE / The BONEZ) 3. Diavolos Disc 2 ( LTD Edition only) 1600yen 1. Revolution (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) 2. Kill ‘Em All (Shikari Sound System Remix) 3. Rx Overdrive (TeddyLoid Remix)

NOW 1st single "Dirty money" will be released 2017.07.26 TrackList: 1. Dirty money 2. 1月14日

I think it's the latter. I can remember some of his moments that have amazed me the most: the first time I heard his deep growls in Vinushka, the chanting bit in Juuyoku, those insane headtones in the Macabre remake, things like that. He does so many things and he does them so well, but I think he does them too much. Sometimes I just want a song where he stays in his powerful midrange for the most part, then whips out a trick as a surprise. Otherwise it's just not special anymore.

Kei (ex-Eliphas Levi, Vinett) recently made an Instagram, and along with that, he started showing his face again!! ✨

When Crack Brain revived, Hizaki skipped it too. Revivals are rarely all of the original members unless they're all retired salarymen

obviously, fuck Teru butttttt

A tiny umbrella AND a tiny hat? The forbidden combo reveals itself.

s/o strawberry switchblade tho

I still like the Merry one.

Hello there! ^ww^ I've been lurking around shyly for like.. a year, and I finally decided to write this little introduction! I'm 26 years old, living in Stockholm (in the country the sun mostly forgets) and currently studying to become a pastry chef & baker. Besides making (and eating) sweet things I love animals, ball jointed dolls and different kinds of crafts - and of course Japan and visual kei! I've been listening to VK for like... 14-15 something years now, with too many favs to count. I "grew" up with Dir en grey, hide & X-japan, L'arc en ciel and the Gazette among others, but now I'm pretty varied in my tastes. I'm mostly disturbing my neighbours with Mejibray, vamps, Acid black cherry... and Initial L/lycaon, Kaya, Pentagon and well, many, many others.. (I'm also a fan of classical music, expecially Yoshikazu Mera (not because of Mononoke hime) and catchy pirate-songs). When I'm not at the bakery I'm mostly bugging my cat or my bestfriend with pictures of cats, playing videogames (mass effect!!!!), cooking or constantly procastinating important stuff... I think playing magikarp jump for three hours straight is totally acceptable. I'm always up for chats and making new friends, so if you ever wanna talk please send me a message, haha! I'm looking forward to learn more about everything MH has to offer and to meet all of you on this technological wonder called internet lol <3 Hope you all have a great day!

nope i only got the version with "2 for loveless" (probably my favorite song of 2017 so far? lol) i only realized there were 2 types after i ordered so i'd probably grab the other one sometime in the near future..

What do people base themselves on when they call a VK band influential? Gut feeling? Observation? Or something sourced from actual members of the visual kei scene back in the day? You can draw parallels between La'mule and early 2000's bands all you want but how much of it is actually rooted in VK history?

Didnt they say before the concerts that no recordings are allowed? (at least in the 3 lives Ive seen in Tokyo it was like that) And I have the feeling that while doing all the recording etc. etc. stuff ppl misses a big part of the show, they have to be quiet to not ruin the audio, still to have a good image, checking the phone from time to time to see everything is ok...Dunno, I just miss the times when you went to a concert and nobody was holding a cellphone or similar...just a few traditional small cameras to take a couple of pics.

you had me thinking it was actually out for a hot second LOOOOOL actually no from now on since it's now june 30th let's all act like it's actually out now

this era of ryuutaro is literally unbeatable i cant listen to any future pura releases knowing he literally crushed the end of 2016 and the first half of 2017 with this fkin ART

what a muricabooo

If he was a real AMERIKAJIN he would have debuted on July 4th.

he named it USA because it's gonna be a Versailles' official rival just like Trump (USA) vs Macron (France).

Oh man I can't wait for America-Butt-Rock-kei to take Japan by storm. Now that VK bands with French and German names/themes are worn out, we need some good ol' MURRICA worshiping.

yes

Happy b-day Freesia! <3

the new members are Ba.NoA and Dr.理緒 (Rio) (ex-T@Planet-->GAGA)

For some reason the Kiwamu topic came to my mind after reading this...

Airish new maxi-single "SUNRISE / 哀愁ロンド" has been released at 2017/06/28 (2 songs, 1080Y) [tracklist] 01. SUNRISE 02. 哀愁ロンド

Oops, i forgot to emphasize recording audio only; I just put my mobile phone in my breast pocket & let it record and then enjoy myself at the gig heh. Afterwards keep the audio recording as sort of a souvenir and some turn out good, mostly due to the acoustics of the venue.

I need to spin it more, I found it to be a very interesting album and it definitely needs you to take your time with it. I totally disregarded that disc 2 though, lmfao.

Necrousaika, toverit! Koska Heikki ja kumppanit floppasivat muuten aika pahasti Suomi kartalle-homman kanssa visuaaliskenessä (Ruotsi edelleen se länsivissujen kunkku on~), eräät ja mahdollisesti lähetystön sponssaamat PR-heput Nipponin mailla päättivät puuttua Suomipromo-ongelmaan: http://aramajapan.com/news/music/dempagumi-inc-member-pinky-forms-new-unit-finnish-idols-nora-petra/77261/ (Ei ole edelleen visual kei mutta mikäli Vanamot ynnä vastaavat toivot salaa takaisin kymmenien vuosien kaappiernuilusta niin don't swipe left, jatka lukemista, ja tätähän siis näemmä ne suomidipat nipponissa promoaa tosissaan, Dempagumi-yhtye tässä tekstissä on muuten aika suosittu animehörhöidoliyhtye sielläpäin ja voin paikanpäällisen kokemuksen kautta taata että tälle tulee jonkin tason valtavirtaexposurea) Eli mikäli ruottalaisia emme voita visual keissä, niin ehkä revanssi hoituu ainakin tämän tason ernuilussa. Hip hip hurraa eloveena-idoleille... P.S. Helsinki on todellakin kaukana kaikesta "Koi Suru"-ttamisesta.

Even though I consider myself an X Japan fan, I agree with your points.. I wouldn't ever attend an X Japan concert on it's own anyway, because of the crappy theatrics. Also, it's not the same without Hide. (Though, I do think that Hide is horribly misunderstood by Vkei fans. He was more than a sad guy, he was unstable, and needed therapy). Heck, X Japan themselves aren't as important as they're hyped up to be. I mean, Saver Tiger formed first, and D'erlanger and Dead End got popular way before X. Also, ToshI got his famous look from Kyo of D'erlanger. Before that, X looked much different. Heck, X even copied a few riffs from their fellow indie bands (Blue Blood taking their intro from Crows in Black by Rosenfeld) and they weren't any more than another indie early Vkei band until Hide came along. Heck, apparently, the term "Crime of Visual Shock" came from another band, though someone will have to confirm that for me. And while Extasy bands did go on to major labels and all, not even the labels prevented Zi:Kill and Glay from breaking up, and I don't ever hear about Tokyo Yankees anymore. Gilles de Rais was a failure too. The only former/current Extasy bands that still preform that I can think of on the top of my head are Luna Sea, X, Tokyo Yankees and Glay. Ultimately, Dynamite Tommy's Free Will label was more successful in the end, because they're still a driving force. While X may have been one of the first Vkei bands to go major, that isn't nearly as important as the driving force in the indie scene, as Vkei is built from the ground up. The indie bands are the backbone. I'm going on a soapbox here, but I felt this needed to be said.