just asking bc i’m bored, feel like reading things tomorrow, and who knows maybe i’ll find some good recs this way.
oh, i’m talking purely vkei personally, but i wouldn’t mind hearing about literally any other scene.
i could probably come up w/ some sorta answer for every year since '87, but for the sake of brevity, my most recent 10 would be…
'13- ギャロ, The Gallo
'14- The “420” Theatrical Roses, MEJIBRAY
'15- planetary secret, baroque
'16- 歌謡サスペンス劇場, ベル
'17- ADORATIO, Sukekiyo
'18- CHE DO A RA, DIMLIM
'19- Inferiority Complex & Narcissism - 蘭図
'20- MISC, DIMLIM
'21- 曼珠沙華, 己龍
'22- You don’t know yet how to taste seasonal change, Sugar in the Closet
'23- Nirvana, Ashmaze.
it’s interesting how some years felt like heavy competition, there were maybe five+ albums that all seemed outstanding to me but one outstood more
and some years i thought fifth place from other years would take first over that year’s releases…
lmk yours, tell me how my taste in albums is, and check them out if you haven’t heard them, bc at least one person (me) thinks they were better than EVERY other album that year
edit: ok fuck it here's my whole list
'87, Hurry Up Mode, Buck-Tick
'88, Seventh Heaven, Buck-Tick
'89, Blue Blood, X
'90, 悪の華, Buck-Tick
'91, 狂った太陽, Buck-Tick
'92, Image, Luna Sea
'93, Dune, l’Arc~en~Ciel
'94, Mother, Luna Sea
'95, 眩暈, Laputa
'96, Dahlia, X
'97- Hide and Seek, Plastic Tree
'98- Merveilles, Malice Mizer
'99- Gauze, Dir en grey
'00- Macabre, Dir en grey
'01- 痛絶, ムック
'02- 鬼葬, Dir en grey
'03- Ultimate Circus, ナイトメア
'04- リヴィド, ナイトメア
'05- Sphire Croid - Rentrer en Soi
'06- [anima], ナイトメア
'07- The World Ruler, ナイトメア
'08- Devils in Bedside, 9GOATS BLACK OUT
'09- Theater, Vistlip
'10- Birth / Love, DaizyStripper
'11- Revolution to New Age, Royz
'12- Inferiority Complex, lynch.
'13- ギャロ, The Gallo
'14- The “420” Theatrical Roses, MEJIBRAY
'15- planetary secret, baroque
'16- 歌謡サスペンス劇場, ベル
'17- ADORATIO, Sukekiyo
'18- CHE DO A RA, DIMLIM
'19- Inferiority Complex & Narcissism - 蘭図
'20- MISC, DIMLIM
'21- 曼珠沙華, 己龍
'22- You don’t know yet how to taste seasonal change, Sugar in the Closet
'23- Nirvana, Ashmaze.
'24- a connectiv sistem, tzkwym