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@Jigsaw9 yeee boiiii you'll need to message me your address at some point you know lmao it should arrive on the 29th according to amazon i'll send you those spicy tracks once the CDs arrive of course 👍

yep, the tracklist was also revealed with the names for the 2 new songs: 『ブルーフィルム -Revival-』 01. Sex On The Beach　 02. エロトピア 03. ミルクセヰキ　 04. ポラロイド遊戯 05. 音セックス2020 06. デリヘルボーイズ！デリヘルガールズ！　(ニュウ！作詞作曲：桜井青 ) 07. 真空回廊 08. 原色エレガント 09. さかしま　(ニュウ！作詞作曲：石井秀仁) 10. ブルーフィルム 6 -> deriheru boys! deriheru girls! // prostitute boys! prostitute girls! (ao song) 9. -> sakashima // reverse or upside down (shuuji song) 6..9....nice

kat

After reading this thread I think we deserve a 'vomit' reaction, 'yikes' and 'wtf' aren't enough

The new look: Shou: Hiroto: Tora: Saga: Nao:

The music video for "Minami" is out That's how the single looks like

The first single "愛スル故ノ束縛ト、嫉妬カラ為ル独占欲。" can now be reserved until August 17. TrackList: 1.桜 2.愛スル故ノ束縛ト、嫉妬カラ為ル独占欲。 3.星空

The lyrics for their new song. The "kowareta joukei..." part is also sung in the beginning. Original: Romaji: Credits: the band, for making the text available on the music video, and me, for transcribing it.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2IB95rYghUQNEo7pgmgxpG?si=PDESFERfQo-dRadVLdP0Qg - new ambient stuff

Wow I guess they are desesperados

Wtf is with bandmen going ghost instead of letting them know they quit, I didn't really care before but it's just so... embarrassing and honestly kind of depressing to see the other members having to post this shit when they clearly want to continue making music

LEGO BIG MORL played all of the songs from their new album in order, and they left an archive up. They decided to do it without a support drummer though, which was kind of an odd choice. (I mean, they explain that since it's their first album as a trio they wanted to do the first show together as a trio, but it still feels kinda strange.) It's really pretty-looking for a free livestream though. Great lighting.

those fucking weddings are killing the scene

Dreams about your favourite bands are pretty cool! And I just happened to have had a dream that I saw Plastic Tree hold the worst ever concert. would I still stan? the answer is yes One of Kenken's drum sticks went flying and some gya screamed in joy or pain when she realized that it hit her/she got to keep it forever. Akira held a note too long but he played it cool, though Tadashi stopped playing altogether and looked really confused before he kept playing on. Ryutaro tried to keep carrying the song but he looked mildly panicked lmao. The biggest offender was Ryutaro though. Ryutaro kept forgetting the lyrics, mumbling his way through them hoping that his usual speech tic of talking like he's gotta bunch of marbles in his mouth would cover him. When they hit the English part of Gentle.Light.And.Soul he sounded like he was speaking some sorta fucked up dialect of Southern-American spoken through a Chinese accent. He also kept tripping over himself. At one point he just fell down face-up and one of the audience members gave him a head pat while he stared upwards, dead inside. And then he ate a bad parfait with the rest of the gang and couldn't go to the back stage VIP meetings because he was holed up in the bathroom. My dream ended there. God, I wish I could've recorded this dream and shown it here because it was the funniest shit ever.

Full album trailer now up with samples of all the songs~ Don't wanna jinx it, but so far this sounds like another highpoint in B-T's discography for me (after "Arui wa Anarchy").

I realize i didnt even have a file claiming to be from the outo/oyasuminasai now lmao i just had them labeled separately but those two are probably from dai2 and mislabeled. incidentally my copy of outo/oyasuminasai arrived TODAY and all i can say is n i c e

Gotta love all the people back in the day mixing up their files trying to give birth to releases they didn't own.... :')))) tfw you're a fan for almost 15 years and you just now hear something you thought you did all along. This version is awesome btw.

I'm considering making a blogspot for Visual Kei downloads, a-la evil-en-lucifer, because I'm gonna be real, MH is probably gonna die and those 10+ years of hard to find vkei downloads could disappear. So I was wondering if any old-school collectors would want to help with my project. I have a lot of Vkei CDs I inherited from my ex who doesn't like Vkei anymore, so I can start it off, but this is gonna have to be a group project.

Ao covered both LAB.THE BASEMENT and cali gari in the stream the other day. It was very good 👌 My copy of 死刑台のエレベーター has been delivered. There's a long interview in the booklet that I couldnt be bothered to read lol It came with a little present of a memo pad, which Ao expains on twitter he made because there was left over paper from the booklet printing and he didnt want to waste the paper Anyway last update: there will be additional sales of 死刑台のエレベーター (last chance!) The pipe burst actually had ruined some copies and Ao hadnt realized until it was time to ship that the paper sleeves had started to get mold on them. Thus, some peoples' copies still haven't been shipped yet. So, it is being reprinted (exactly the same as the original) and will be put up on Ao's shop again. Apparently he's planning to ship them in October.

Yeah, this is the one famous pic. Although it's taken inside a store kyo still looks very surprised. The bangyas at tanuki mainly hated on his girl for being a kuso gaijin uwu

On the Juka scat story: his ex who was also a MDM staff member was a customer of mine when I was a host in kabukicho, she told me lots of things but nothing ever with scat haha.

As far as I can remember, most of this drama was due to Yumehito getting married, engaged, or whatevs. Looks like his wife (who's an idol) gave him delusions of grandeur or some shit. He then formed Belle, which's dope IMO, but never attempted to sing again. I heard fans used to bully him for his singing. Intetsu said he'd retire by then but acted as a support member and composed for WING WORKS and Piko as well as composing some stuff for Sanrio and some game OSTs. Just like Aoi, KENZO also tried a solo carreer and some other projects but they all flopped. Takehito is the only one that never tried anything not related to Ayabie and their current revival is his idea, so there's that.

the following list has included the bandmen as real brothers (those being bold are known as elder brother): Dr.ヤガミトール(yagami tooru)(樋口隆/higuchi takashi)(BUCK-TICK) & Gt.樋口豊(higuchi yutaka)(BUCK-TICK) Vo.キリト(kirito)(村田信也/murata shinya)(Angelo) & Ba.KOHTA(村田康太/murata kouta)(Angelo) Gt.弐(nii)(松枝武/matsugae takeshi)(girugamesh) & Dr.Яyo(松枝亮/matsugae ryou)(girugamesh) Ba.&Vo.瞬火(matatabi)(陰陽座(Onmyo-za)) & Gt.招鬼(maneki)(陰陽座(Onmyo-za)) Vo.&Gt.&Prog.石井秀仁(ishii shuuji)(cali≠gari, GOATBED) & 石井雄次(ishii yuuji)(GOATBED) Vo.TOTTO(ex-L,DEAR) & Dr.YOU-SUKE(ex-L,DEAR) Ba.Chiyu(SuG) & Gt.TSUKASA(ex-ZUCK) Ba.Zill(朝倉進五/asakura shingo)(Moran) & Gt.shia.(朝倉あき/asakura aki)(Chanty) Dr.前田一知(maeda kazutomo)(ex-グルグル映畫館(guruguru eigakan)) & Vo.CUTT(前田一人/maeda kazuhito)(ex-SHAME) Vo.哀憂(aiyu)(浅川隆/asakawa ryuu)(ex-Eile de Mu, now Double River Record president, NAGOYA HOLIDAY NEXT manager) & Ba.壱成(issei)(ex-Dali-->LOST NAME) Gt.氷龍-hiryu-(KOUHEI)(ex-Neo) & Dr.MW(ex-DOWNER) Dr.ライ(rai)(GIGAMOUS) & Dr.秀馬-syuma-(ワンネス(Oneness)) Vo.You(緑川裕宇/midorikawa yuu)(ex-LucaRia) & Gt.Taku(緑川拓/midorikawa taku)(ex-LucaRia, now Call Me(support)) Gt.アキ(aki)(パノラマ虚構ゼノン(XENON)) & Ba.テツヤ(tetsuya)(パノラマ虚構ゼノン(XENON)) (twin) Gt.黒-kuro-(黒百合と影(kuroyuri to kage)) & Ba.K(黒百合と影(kuroyuri to kage)) (twin) Vo.寛-HIRO-(加藤寛密/katou hiromitsu)(ex-V-last., now in Twins☆) & Gt.義-yoshi-(加藤義密/katou yoshimitsu)(ex-V-last., now in Twins☆) (twin) Vo.Yo-shiT(xTRiPx) & Dr.ena(xTRiPx) & Dr.正人(masato)(ベル(belle)) Dr.秋田高輔(akita kousuke)(ex-レミング(remming)) & Ba.たきる(takiru)(ex-超時空アンドロイド-PIECE-) Ba.ちか(chika)(弾丸 NO LIMIT(dangan NO LIMIT)) & Gt.大河(taiga)(My Fairytale) Vo.&Gt.RYOJI(篠本竜司/shinomoto ryoji)(GYZE) & Dr.SHUJI(GYZE) Vo.隆介(ryuusuke)(上村隆介/uemura ryuusuke)(慟哭～doukoku～) & Gt.文哉(fumiya)(上村文哉/uemura fumiya)(慟哭～doukoku～) Gt.NARUMI(LOG-ログ-) & Gt.RUMINA(LOG-ログ-) Gt.石川嘉彦(ishikawa yoshihiko)(ex-WERKMARE-->SONS OF NEW SCHOOL) & Vo.石川芳規(ishikawa yoshinori)(ex-SONS OF NEW SCHOOL) Gt.仲程信恒(nakahodo nobutsune)(Raptor 9) & Vo.仲程信理(nakahodo nobumichi)(Raptor 9) Gt.みる。(miru)(ex-メルヴェル(melvel)) & Gt.みるも。(mirumo)(メルヴェル(melvel)) (twin) Dr.雀(suzume)(ex-ハイパーポケット(hyper pocket)) & Gt.かなた(kanata)(uni-ユニ-)

I wrote a brief summary (below) in another thread. It doesn't have specific quotes etc but I've lived through this tragedy if that helps? XD --- -Everyone ditched Aoi (because the music was getting lame) and made a new band, creatively named AYABIE. Aoi stayed on the record label out of a sense of duty? -Aoi did a poppy solo album and some boring side projects. -AYABIE released some pretty good shiz. People hate on Yumehito's singing but he's a'ight. -Everyone left AYABIE except Takehito for various reasons. Maybe it was because of that keyboardist they took on? I think Intetsu quit music altogether? -I assume Takehito called it a day too. -They all came back together (including Aoi) to do some one off gig I think? Sans keyboardist I assume. They later announced they were coming back and recently brought out an incredibly forgettable album.

Just a random picture, I think. Here's a terrible rumor about the all-mighty Tsuzuku because I know you all just love him, lol: I remember people saying he's emotionally abusive and would self-harm in front of girlfriends to manipulate them. I almost hope it's true because I can't imagine anyone being sick in the head enough to make that one up. Some Tanuki users would say that he hits his (former) bandmates. If it's not true, it makes me wonder why some people have it out for him enough to say shit like that.

I believe that is called fanfiction

Don't forget they said that he has so many [STDs] that his dick looks like cabbage.

My favorite is that Ryuutarou from plastic tree has a raging fetish for smelling the scalp of women he sleeps with. Also Meto and another member from a band I can't remember started fighting or smth and fell out of a window together??

I pray for someday heteronormativity just erases off from the vk scene. It's just so weird that every musician within it pretend to be full cis-straight in a scene where the basic dress-code is actually cross-dressing. I guess heteronormativity could never look so stupid itself.

Here I am with another piece of information only I can be bothered with contribute with probably. Ex-EVE Takeru (and now CLACK inc.) has two twin brothers (named Yuu and Kaname) who are also vocalists. They're currently a pop-rock duo called TWiN PARADOX, but they've been in several indie rock bands in the Osaka scene, such as 80/TRACK, which had a techno/dance/rock sound and somewhat a vk-ish aesthetic. They opened for EVE a couple times, even though they of course used to deny their relationship (not fooling anyone most likely since they look like a triplet almost lol) Here's the three brothers back in the EVE/80/TRACK DAYS: And them in their most recent picture:

I can't say that any of these are 100% surely true since my sources are just guesses and speculations found on some tanuki threads haha But I'm pretty sure Ryo (Virge, ex-Mediena) is 27 (born on 1991) As for the other ex-mediena members, I think Rei is the same age as Ryo, Keito and Mizuki were born either 1992 or 1993 and Tooka 1994. As for the other Virge members, I think Aru is around 24 (1993 or 1994?). About Shin and Sizuki I'm not sure, but I think they once mentioned that Shin is older than Sizuki and that Ryo would be younger than them (though the way they said it was quite questionable so I can't be too sure about that)

In case anyone was interested in a translation of the blog post @Takadanobabaalienlinked, or at least the part relevant to MALICE MIZER. After that there isn't any other mention of MM, just more details about his early solo career.

Because he was mizerable.

Gackt was just one of three different singers Malice Mizer had, he had nothing to do with their breakup. Never heard that rumor before; 100% started by a western fan who was pulling stuff out of her ass. Anyone with a musical ear can tell that Mana and Kozi had no hand in writing Gackt's solo material. Apples and Oranges. Gackt was likely not at Kamis funeral for the reason listed in my reply below. I don't know what official statements Gackt, Mana, or Kozi have made because we don't really need to, ya know? None of them will tell you what occam's razor will, because it's not flattering to either party. Nippon Columbia decided that Malice Mizer were small potatoes and Gackt was the star. And they were right! Gackt wrote the highest charting single on Mervilles, Le Ciel, which also happened to be the most commercial song on the album. Gackt had the great voice, incredible looks, a legion of female fans and he wrote the biggest hit on the album. He was poised for stardom, Malice Mizer could hold him back. So Nippon Columbia put their money on Gackt solo and ditched the band, and their gamble paid off in spades. People tend to gloss over/forget, possibly due to Kamis death, that not only did Malice Mizer's label give Gackt a solo deal, but they dropped Malice Mizer. That wasn't a coincidence. It is what it is. I hate Gackt solo, but wouldn't trade Bara no Seidou or the Klaha singles for anything. I just wish we'd get one more album out of MM.... instrumental, with Klaha, a new singer... I don't care.

Yo-shiT & 正人(masato) & ena:

和楽器バンド(Wagakki Band) new album "TOKYO SINGING" will be released at 2020/10/14. Tracklist: ---CD (Regular Edition)--- ---CD 1--- Calling Ignite reload load Ikitoshi Ikeru Hana (生きとしいける花) Sakura Rising with Amy Lee of EVANESCENCE Guernica (ゲルニカ) Tokyo Sensation Origami-ism (オリガミイズム) Atena no nai Tegami (宛名のない手紙) Nichirin (日輪) Eclipse Singin' for... Roki (ロキ) (Digital Edition only Bonus Track) ---CD only Edition CD 2--- Instrumentals ---Live Edition Blu-ray/DVD--- From "Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 ~Live & Orchestra in Osaka Castle Hall~" "Overture" "Okinotayuu" (オキノタユウ) "Sasameyuki" (細雪) "Hakanaku mo Utsukushii no wa" (儚くも美しいのは) "Sabaku no Komoriuta" (砂漠の子守唄) "Doppo" (独歩) "Amenochi Kanjouron" (雨のち感情論) "Hana Ichimonme" (花一匁) "Ignite" "ikusa" (戦-ikusa-) "Yoshiwara Lament" (吉原ラメント) "Hotarubi" (蛍火) "Bring Me To Life with Amy Lee of EVANESCENCE" "Senbonzakura with Amy Lee of EVANESCENCE" (千本桜) Encore "IZANA" Encore "Ryuusei" (流星) ---Limited Book Edition--- (144pages) ---Fan-Club Edition Blu-ray--- From "Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -Shinshou-" TOUR FINAL at Yokosuka Art Theater "Overture ~ReAct~" "Amenochi Kanjouron" (雨のち感情論) "Tengaku" (天樂) "Yoshiwara Lament" (吉原ラメント) "Kagerou" (蜉蝣) "Strong Fate" "Sasameyuki" (細雪) "Kyouka Suigetsu" (鏡花水月) "Tsuki ni Sakebu Yoru" (月に叫ぶ夜) "Nadeshikozakura" (なでしこ桜) "Synchronicity" (シンクロニシティ) "Kyokugen Souda" (極限双打) "Yuki Kageboushi" (雪影ぼうし) "Akatsuki no Ito" (暁ノ糸) "Appare ga Seigi." (あっぱれが正義。) Encore "Ignite" Encore "Senbonzakura" (千本桜)

dai3's rip w/ shuuji 2 on two tracks & like 2 tracks being from kaiteiban, with only 1 track actually being dai 3.. was the #1 reason I started buying up cali cds to replace all my tracks a friend had sent years ago. Dai3 is actually noticeably different from kaitei too, since even I can tell lmao... Iirc there was a 37564 that had shuuji 2 when it was labeled as shuuji 1 going around at one point. I trashed all the old rips so I can't confirm though.

I have no idea if the age of Karin (ex-NoGod, Roman Kyuko) was known. You will not find the year on his twitter, he screenshoted the photo downstars and you can find the tweet here https://twitter.com/karin_bassist/status/1233796351411933184/photo/1

Wow i haven't been active on here in awhile. Just coming out of hibernation & dropping by to say that by sheer accident I happened to find out that the rip of the Outo/Oyasuminasai demotape that's been making the rounds online for all these years is FAKE! I stumbled upon YT uploads of the two tracks and these versions sound completely different from the Dai 2 tape versions - both have the trademark Ao Keyboards and Outo has some kind of sax or other tooting instrument in it. Wild.

Interesting. I found this article http://www.worldfolksong.com/sp/songbook/japan/warabeuta/onisan-kochira.html Apparently it comes from a game where one kid is blindfolded and tries to tag the rest of the kids, and they call the blindfolded kid “oni” and use this phrase/song. Also according to this article this phrase or a variation of it is used in movies/TV/etc. by thieves taunting the cops who are chasing them.

because VK is also for children : )

I ain't saying anything... but pictures don't lie.

You can take this as a rumor I guess but it actually happened. Whether the staff person who told us all this was telling the truth or not I don't know, but I don't really see why they would lie lol. This was over 10 years ago so I might have some details wrong but this is what happened to the best of my memory. So at Oni-con in Houston, TX in 2008 Dio -distraught overlord- and Sugar played. On Friday the bands played and on Saturday the bands were supposed to have Q&A panels and the Dio one went great, but the Sugar one kept getting delayed as we all waited outside the room for ages. A friend of mine and I started asking staff what was going on and this staff person for the convention started quietly telling us about the previous night and what was going on that day. Basically the night before, after the concert, the bands got really rowdy drunk and Loki (vocalist of Sugar) started causing all kinds of shenanigans and problems. They said he was flirting with male staff (really awkwardly because they were not reciprocating) and that apparently he forgot what hotel room number was his because he started walking around and knocking on every single hotel room door on that floor trying to figure out which one was his. ... Anyway, as if the staff's control of this situation couldn't get any worse, somehow Loki escaped before they had to do the Q&A and was apparently wandering around Houston and they had yet to find him. The panel ended up getting cancelled and the rest of the band apologized as far as I can remember. Not sure what happened after that. The whole thing was a messsssss.

Pretty sure that was something made up by foreign gya and/or taken from some fucked up rapefic. But other rumors about KISAKI..? TLDR: He's a shitty person who ends up always giving STDs because he never wears condoms.

Are there any other rumors beside that? I remember hearing one about Kaoru being raped by Kisaki.

idk if this counts but i once read on wikipedia that DIO - Distraught Overlord's Mikaru once bit some guys' balls during a live.