11-11-2016, 12:31 PM
This thread is a dumping ground for news, videos, new releases, etc for all Japanese non-metal music from 2017. The remainder of 2016 is ok to discuss here too. If a band already has a thread in this sub-forum, please use that one for discussion. This thread can cover those bands, but in more general terms. If you're unsure if a band is metal or not, feel free to put them in here (some J-Rock can get pretty confusing).
Please be considerate with youtube embeds (it slows things to a crawl for some users). So maybe one video per 4 posts or something. Just use direct links if there's a bunch of PVs you want to share.
Anyway, for this year I'm looking forward to:
指先ノハク (Yubisaki-Nohaku) "Full Range" - all-female math rock. One of my favorite bands at the moment. Their new mini-album comes out on December 21st, so I hope the xmas rush won't interfere in me getting it. I made a thread for them here.
Qaijff will be releasing their new single "Snow Traveller" on December 7th. I have 3 other CDs of theirs on order and should be getting them soon. The few PVs I've heard impressed me a lot, so my expectations for this are really high. I may create a thread for them soon (but I'd like to get familiar with their discography first.
For next year:
Band-Maid "Just Bring It" - hopefully they continue the trend of taking over the songwriting. If someone wants to do a thread for them in the News forum, go for it. Enough people here listen to them to warrant one (and they're borderline enough to musically qualify).
I-Rabbits has a new MCD out on January 11th as well. I believe it was crowd-funded. They play a neat brand of piano rock. One of the older Japanese non-metal bands I got into (discovered them under Gacharic Spin's similar artists list on last.fm - funny, they don't sound alike at all).
Ghost Harlem - Killer Rebirth. Fairly aggressive J-Rock which borderlines on metal. If someone confused them for metal I wouldn't be bothered (they tour with metal bands too). I own a few previous CDs and they're not bad. I'll post videos here whenever something is released.
Please be considerate with youtube embeds (it slows things to a crawl for some users). So maybe one video per 4 posts or something. Just use direct links if there's a bunch of PVs you want to share.
Anyway, for this year I'm looking forward to:
指先ノハク (Yubisaki-Nohaku) "Full Range" - all-female math rock. One of my favorite bands at the moment. Their new mini-album comes out on December 21st, so I hope the xmas rush won't interfere in me getting it. I made a thread for them here.
Qaijff will be releasing their new single "Snow Traveller" on December 7th. I have 3 other CDs of theirs on order and should be getting them soon. The few PVs I've heard impressed me a lot, so my expectations for this are really high. I may create a thread for them soon (but I'd like to get familiar with their discography first.
For next year:
Band-Maid "Just Bring It" - hopefully they continue the trend of taking over the songwriting. If someone wants to do a thread for them in the News forum, go for it. Enough people here listen to them to warrant one (and they're borderline enough to musically qualify).
I-Rabbits has a new MCD out on January 11th as well. I believe it was crowd-funded. They play a neat brand of piano rock. One of the older Japanese non-metal bands I got into (discovered them under Gacharic Spin's similar artists list on last.fm - funny, they don't sound alike at all).
Ghost Harlem - Killer Rebirth. Fairly aggressive J-Rock which borderlines on metal. If someone confused them for metal I wouldn't be bothered (they tour with metal bands too). I own a few previous CDs and they're not bad. I'll post videos here whenever something is released.
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