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Some weaboo got super creative insulting me today and said I look so disgusting if Mana saw me he would probably show an expression for the first time in his life and barf.

I'm still laughing.

I was never really a fan of Diaura,but their latest pv,daamn ;-;

Some weaboo got super creative insulting me today and said I look so disgusting if Mana saw me he would probably show an expression for the first time in his life and barf.

I'm still laughing.

Some weaboo got super creative insulting me today and said I look so disgusting if Mana saw me he would probably show an expression for the first time in his life and barf.

I'm still laughing.

Some weaboo got super creative insulting me today and said I look so disgusting if Mana saw me he would probably show an expression for the first time in his life and barf.

I'm still laughing.

Some weaboo got super creative insulting me today and said I look so disgusting if Mana saw me he would probably show an expression for the first time in his life and barf.

I'm still laughing.

It's your birthday, and I hope you'll die. Or your fav bands will disband, and your fav bandoman will hate you and you'll be blacklisted. 

i wonder whats the deciding factor for most people when choosing between several types for a release, is it the cover artwork, the bonus dvd with a music video/other behind the scenes footage, or exclusive tracks 

A Diaura masterpiece for you people...
 

I love January/February. It's the couple of months I mostly get paid for watching Netflix at the office.

It's great when you're allowed to listen to JRock while being at work. ❤️ 
 
Using headphones though. 

Unpopular opinion: Popeye is the best oldtime Western cartoon ever.

I heard that AINS may be bought out by some company. Is that true?

This is going to be a really long post, but I literally lost sleep last night thinking about this haha. 
 
I really also don't know why I'm posting this. Maybe I just need to post it somewhere where people will understand. The community that I love so much.
 
Music really has a way to change us, mold us, and destroy us. 
 
I was super into Versailles when they formed. I had always liked Kamijo, and followed him pretty extensively through his Lareine career; although I had to do it through my friend who liked him, she would get mad if I liked him. But that's a different story.
 
I had been a fan of Versailles since the day they started. I fell in love with "The Revenant Choir" instantly. And I fell even more in love with Jasmine You, the beautiful, talented bassist. 
 
I ended up spending all of the money from my first job on Versailles and D stuff. To the point where I made stupid mistakes and overdrafted my account and my parents had to bail me out hah. But I knew that I had found something amazing. Versailles touched my heart in so many ways. 
 
I ended up owning (and still do), their entire discography up through Jubilee. Including rare live-only cds and things I had to use shopping services to purchase. I had to have it, I had to support this amazingly talented band. 
 
And then it hit me like a bag of bricks. Jasmine You had passed away. As quickly as they had come, they were gone. And I couldn't handle it. I was such a huge fan of his, I lost it. I had never cried over a celebrity death before, but I literally played "Episode" over 1,000 times, my grief was very strong. I didn't know how to deal with the fact that a musician that I loved so dearly was gone from the world. 
 
I didn't touch Versailles for years. I wouldn't follow them, wouldn't buy their other cds. I was grieving in that way. I didn't want to hear Versailles without Jasmine in it. And whenever any of their Jasmine-included songs would play, I would skip it, as it would upset me to the point of tears. I just couldn't do it.
 
Last night, I was watching some Kamijo videos. I can listen to his solo stuff just fine. And Lareine, too. Lareine is one of my favorite older bands; so I'm okay with them. On youtube, I was just clicking around. Watching Kamijo video after video. And then I saw it. 
 
"Remember Forever." 
 
A song dedicated to Jasmine, that I had never listened to, because it was on a cd that I had never bought. That I didn't know existed, because I had excluded myself from the world of Versailles. It was a live video, so I clicked on it.
 
I was not expecting the emotional ride that I went on. Purple lights on the stage; lights for him. For my bassist. And a song that was so beautiful, I started bawling my eyes out. It was written for him, and you could tell. The quietness of the audience made it even more real. But it was beautiful.
 
After I had finished watching it, I spent a lot of time just listening to Versailles. Thinking about Jasmine, and how happy he had made me when he was alive. And I realized that I shouldn't be afraid of change. I should continue to go on, even if something sad, or horrible happens. And that I should continue on. 
 
Jasmine is a beautiful person, a memory that should never be forgotten. And I never will forget about him. It'll be 10 years in November since his passing. And I think I'm brave enough to play Versailles again. To REALLY enjoy them again. 
 
For Jasmine's sake. 
 
 

Do people still listen to D? Because I just was gifted their newest single and it's really beautiful. 

The results for the MH JRock Awards have been published!
 
Check it out.
 

bandoman pls, 0th isn't a thing. who the fuck even came up with that lmao

just gotta drop my 2 cents in a more visible place:

i'm of the opinion that visual kei has been dying for a good minute. but rock "died" in mainstream american music too and its still around. vk will have the same fate. as long as there's japanese people willing to be visual kei, and international english speaking fans willing to listen, then mh will always be here. and even if you have fallen out of love with japanese music, we are still here for you too. at some point, we've grown beyond a site for music and we've become a community and a family, and that is the secret sauce that has allowed us to outlive all our competition.

An online relationship was the most morbid thing that could ever happen in my life. Can't forget her even with real girls.She's a fuckin ghost

Some cab driver told my gfs mom that Slipknot is a Christian band.  She's super into Christian music, so naturally she was interested.  Then she saw a picture of them.  She looked like she felt kind of sick and asked if the masks are their real faces. 😂😂😂

I'm being "publicly shamed" by foreign gyas in Japan for dressing VK/goth for gigs and events instead of... however Japanese gyas dress. 
It's the most ridiculous thing I have EVER heard.

To make it official: JILUKA's 1st full length Metamorphose as an absolute Brutal系 essential!! 
its most likely the most brutal and technical release ever done by a Vk band as of now and every song is perfect in every single way.
great electronics in some songs, and Ricko got some new "moves" as well. ;D like he does some pigsqueals for the first time (i think) although only just in the first few songs and some of his growls got a quite guttural tone to them which is sick!
and although i was kinda worried about the last song i only can say its a beautiful masterpiece as well - will definitly have that song on repeat for days too!

The amount of “wannabe Dir en Grey” comments I see in any video from a heavy VK band are so annoying. Of course at this point it should be obvious Diru inspired many of these new bands, but also almost none sound EXACTLY like Diru? Idk, I’m just tired of seeing these comments

DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

This new trend of harassing the 14-year old Millie Bobby Brown is just disgusting. Are people thát jealous that they have to fake an uprising actress being a racist, homophobic bully and causing her to shut down from social media? Honestly, the internet is getting more pathetic every day. These people are genuinely excited about bullying a teenager in her most vulnerable stage of life. This will scar her for life, great job everyone.