48-family:

sae48:

Ohori Megumi’s Election Video

A good wife, I’ll always come back. I’m good at staying at home alone, I am Ohori Megumi. There are two reasons why I decided to participate in this year’s election. One is to show that even as a wife I can hold dreams, and the second is to act as a catalyst to light a fire under them. 

This is like wishing for the largest castle from a stalk of bamboo. In order to ensure the further development of AKB and myself, I would like to do this tataki ritual. 

Thank you for your growth.

Ohori Megumi:

even as a wife I can hold dreams

What a profound thing to say in the context of idols.

jrocknyc:

METAL! 

(Compressorhead - “Ace of Spades”)

via reddit

Metal in its truest sense…

paralleluniverse48:

Matsui Sakiko played “My Graduation” by SPEED in TEPPEN January 5th, 2013.

holly mother of skills….

Holy mother of skills indeed.

However, I feel as if she’s on the edge of something. The way she plays her piano shows a ferocity that is less palpable in her AKB48 performances. The thing about that ferocity, is that it makes her piano playing sound rather aggressive. 

(via watanabe-miyuki)

allthingsmetalofficial:

Quo Vadis - Silence Calls the Storm

from the album “Defiant Imagination”

O Canada, thou art the land of awesome intellectual-sounding metal. 

This is one of those songs that brings me back home to metal.

(via fuckyeahextrememetal)

krunchie:

Goosehouse did a cover of Gingham Check

A fitting cover to a song that has a heartful core. I think this is a splendid rebuke to those who think Gingham Check isn’t good. 
That being said, I think they should have played it more up-tempo. 

juurina:

AKB48 UZA 後半 Perfomance @ Janken Taikai 2012

To my knowledge, this is possibly the first time AKB48 has done anything like this musically. It doesn’t sound like a typical idol song. And the dance interlude in this performance is arguably outside of idol territory (though it’s unmistakably pop). The black-dominated theme and some of the English lyrics aspire to a poetic edge.

That being said, if you take out the AKB48 tag from this song, it can feel middle of the road. 

I’m holding out for the PV so I can discern the music a little better since the PA system (especially the live mixing) didn’t do a good job of delivering the sound IMO. 

But with all that said, I’m actually happy with the direction AKS is taking with this single. 

(via krunchie)

gacharicspinfans:

2012.6.27 発売 Gacharic Spin　4thシングル「ヌーディリズム」LIVE ver

Now that they’ve lost their previous vocalist, they have a much richer sound. It’s rock, it’s metal, it’s… whatever. It’s spazz!

(And it’s called Nudism.)