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The album will also be released through Like an Edison on 2017/02/15, so you can grab a copy via a shopping service

VAMPS will release a new single named "Calling" RELEASE DATE: 2017/03/22 ●LIMITED EDITON PRICE: ￥1,944 TRACKLIST M1. CALLING M2. TBA (LIVE SONG) M4. TBA (LIVE SONG) M5. TBA (LIVE SONG) ●REGULAR EDITON PRICE: ￥1,080 TRACKLISTL M1. CALLING M2. カヴァー曲予定 http://www.vampsxxx.com/contents/4052 https://twitter.com/VAMPS_JPN

Taking all the b-sides in a compilation and calling it "COUPLING BEST" is dumb. A lot of those tracks are junk! The only one I'd say is worth being referred to as a "coupling best" is Monopoly, which should have just been thrown in on "THE END OF THE WORLD." I never listened to the remixes, I'm sure those are junk, too. As for the BEST OF MUCC II discs, it's nice that they include Diorama, 暁, and those three songs that came with the live DVDs, but everything is in exact chronological order, which is lazy af. Wanna do a best-of compilation, do it right! Get your shit together (lol) Also, "yens" is not a word. The plural for yen is actually yen. Better yet, just use the actual yen symbol (¥), as in: ¥6,920+tax

CLØWD new single "バタフライ・エフェクト(butterfly effect)" (3 types) will be released on 2017/04/12. Limited Edition A ＜CD＞ 1. バタフライ・エフェクト 2. NEVER ENDING STORY ＜DVD＞ 1.RUDENESS RESORT（LIVE at 日本武道館「JACK IN THE BOX 2016」) 2.CLØWD 1st ONEMAN TOUR 「Happy Birthday 2 You」 FINAL at Zirco Tokyo密着ドキュメント Limited Edition B ＜CD＞ 1. バタフライ・エフェクト 2. 息吹 ＜DVD＞ 1.CLØWD Theater Regular Edition ＜CD＞ 1. バタフライ・エフェクト 2. エルゴ領域 3. バタフライ・エフェクト（KØULess Ver.）

lmao of course

2017/02/05 【山口県】 スターピアくだまつ 01. New Intro 02. BUGABOO 03. 慟哭と去りぬ / Doukoku To Sarinu 04. DOZING GREEN 05. 蜷局 / Toguro 06. 咀嚼 / Soshaku 07. 禍夜想 / Magayasou 08. GLASS SKIN 09. VINUSHKA 10. INCONVENIENT IDEAL (With an Unplugged Ver. intro) 11. 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃 / Gaika, Chinmoku Ga Nemuru Koro 12. 冷血なりせば / Reiketsu Nariseba 13. Revelation Of Mankind Encore 14. 空谷の跫音 / Kukoku No Kyouon 15. RED SOIL 16. STUCK MAN 17. Sustain The Untruth 18. 詩踏み / Utafumi

For me personally aside from otherwise "relaxing" flow and other phonetic mumblejumble it was also about unorthodox vocal-arrangement combinations in otherwise rather casual genres (who would think that fitting baritone/nasal-ish vox with symphonic/power metal would work well as a case in point?) AND allow me to recap myself: (Carm's note: you gotta thank folks like Beatles and earlier black Jazz musician figures for playing around with this progression - as we speak, gospel music often plays around with same chording ideas, funny huh?) Skip the intro and check the ending - there's a huge pool of subtopics related to this subject Friedman was discussing what I would call "Japanese progression". Not saying this would be literally EVERYWHERE (e.g. my standom for Pura merely started out from Britpop fanboying and affinity for special phonetic stuff) but I could honestly say nowadays that this pretty much separates my "palatable japanese taste" from "palatable western (my culture) taste". Speaking of some western figures usually slamming us into "deluded, closed-minded listeners" because of such affinity - lemme counter this with my own take: Japanese way of conveying otherwise "western" genres helped me to look and keep my *EAR* on nuances I usually either missed or never paid attention to in otherwise very "familiar, palatable" english/mother tongue-based music. But then again, that is if you allow yourself to evolve with your tastes per se (whether you "progress" in your taste or not is not dependent on whether you represent the "weeb" culture or otherwise "palatable" culture). I could go on and on about this variety of examples that reformed my musical aficionado self into more "curious" one but that would be just pure thread derailing. So to summarize in a bit more coherent way, two things: 1) "unorthodox, yet oddly palatable" approach in regards to flow, pop songwriting 2) "Same, familiar basis but different interpretation and nuances". I might express my thoughts rather oddly as some may point it out but I am hands down sure at least some "matured " (not to belittle younger generations ofc) J-music listeners get what I am saying...

I'm just curious if they still have the 5k dedicated stans to buy that AYCE edition alone, considering their physical sales been plummeting a.f., and best-of releases typically sell shit in comparison to the actual albums. those other 2 types are legit direct2landfill material, I hope their label invested into some biodegradable plastics for this release batch.

Despite having filed for bankrupcy last year, the magazine just announced the issue of a special edition featuring Nightmare and Plastic Tree on the cover, to come out on February 14th. Other featured bands are MUCC・Angelo・vistlip・D・アンティック-珈琲店-・DaizyStripper・HERO・ユナイト・RAZOR・ザアザア・The Benjamin・グリモア Source: http://shoxx.jp/ Let's remember that Shoxx was one of the biggest and longest-lasting VK magazines in the scene and their bankrupcy was seen as a clear sign of the industry's decline. If even Shoxx is rising from the ashes it's hopefully a sing that VK isn't dead yet and that 2017 will be a better year than 2016.

9GOATS fans on twitter thirsty af

I started trying to work on my Rentrer en Soi mixtape, but mostly it's just been me sitting in front of my computer and crying... T_T

The way the thread OP was worded made me think they'd come back to do a 'very special episode' dedicated to spreading anti-drugs awareness or some shit tbh....

Just to be honest.... i'm a fan since the beginnging and i have 0 hopes.

i cook a lot for my family.. here are some stuff we had for lunch/dinner this past week

LOL exactly, or he could make his goons carry him around the stage all concert like he did in his solo this was hilarious the first time I saw it

I think I 'd like to point out something everyone here has seem to have overlooked. This is a Japanese music forum correct? Could this be a reason for the preferences and biases mentioned in this thread? Also from my personal experience American's tend to do the same with music of other languages and almost seem to only enjoy a band if they speak English but as mentioned here perhaps that in itself is also merely a "phonetic" preference on their part. But let's assume we were on an American music forum. Would you not expect the same type of biases?

Cheers.

Why not just make your own? All you need is glitter and drapes.

because sometimes technical proficiency isn't the most important reason, and definitely isn't the only reason, why people listen to the music they listen to and fall in love with the bands they fall in love with. this thing we call "taste" is nothing but an amorphous placeholder for an incredibly complex web of factors including instincts and temperament, environmental and psychological factors, linguistic/cultural affiliations, etc. that no amount of theoretical analysis can ever hope to untangle. even in the extremely rare instance that you can find another person who agrees with you on every single point you make about a band both of you mutually enjoy, i'm willing to bet that the basis for your value judgments about the band will still diverge, simply because, if nothing else, you are two different people. if i'm to push this even further: many people seem to think that 'technical proficiency' is a clear-cut term that requires no further explication. that's far from true. while it's the case that fans would be deeply relieved to find their favorite singers hitting the notes they're supposed to hit and their guitarists executing their tremolos and harmonics competently, it's too easy to name instances where artists who do things generally not recognized as 'proficient' actually making a difference. the pianist claudio arrau, when he was still alive, was constantly ridiculed by musicologists and critics for how slowly he plays his beethoven sonatas (check out his "walden" for starters), but he's now posthumously credited with reading beethoven insightfully with an introspection no beethoven specialist had possessed. likewise, in the realm of art, when henri matisse became bound to his wheelchair in the later part of his life and could no longer hold a paintbrush, he began making 'cut-outs' as art (hardly the pinnacle of artistic virtuosity, you would think...), yet on hindsight his technique directly spawned at least three different art movements in the mid-late 20th century. so if there isn't even a ahistorical standard of what qualifies as 'technical proficiency' in the realm of high art where you'd think experts would have come to some sort of agreement after centuries of bickering debate, attempting to hold it up as some governing authority that ought to adjudicate people's tastes in popular music seems to me rather presumptuous. but to quote you again: and with this you basically just answered your own question. even though music traverses linguistic boundaries, its cultural influences remain unique. musically that's definitely the case (just look at how prevalent the major 7th chord is in japanese pop, compared to western pop). then there's the issue of language that comes into play. it would take a separate long post for me to defend why some people find lyrics to be important, but suffice to say, a song by definition has words, so unless we are going to pretend that all songs are operatic arias in disguise, it's only to be expected that some prefer how meaning is communicated in one language to another (which again has to do with a whole bunch of linguistic features: syntax, structure of address, sociopragmatics, and so on). you might not find the words in the song to be particularly important to your enjoyment of the music (and ofc there's no reason why you should), but it shouldn't be alarming that there are people who attend to that aspect of the song because it's important to them. there's also the phonetic aspect that some people above have already mentioned.

They should re-release COVER PARADE, but as a general release this time. Could probably toss in a bunch of their other covers since I doubt people want to buy every single tribute album. That would have made a cooler disc 4 than a bunch of remixes.

I'm not so sure about the release guys. I read the announcement as 'We were originally planning to release an album', but can't because of Akane's health and the member changes. With the hiatus this will be postponed. I also read this as 'We were originally planning to continue with Shinya as a member, but as of now, can't continue at all' -> therefore, hiatus. I don't expect D.I.D. to be back very soon, then they wouldn't call it an indefinite hiatus. And no band releases an album during their hiatus, without any promotion or tour going along. My Japanese is rusty, but I really wouldn't get my hopes up at all.

Few minutes ago zoisite posted to their twitter 2 previously unreleased photos of deadman! They also mentioned that they hadn't forgotten about the new photobook. The work is going so slow because of the huge number of photos. Moreover, they are going to add not only live photos to the book.

Here's an easy guide to tricking gya into giving you their turborarez (it's worked for me in the past) (sorry its in japanese) STEP 1: 私が踊ったとき、彼らは私を時限式:uadjet 「碧落の暁り」 そして、SPECIAL FRIEND彼らが言う大男ブエナ 彼らはすべCDて私を欲しい 彼らは私を持つこtwitterとができない だから彼らはすべて私のそばに来て踊る STEP 2: 私と一MIKE TYSON緒に移動 私と一緒にチャントwwwwwww あなたの善が私と一DVD緒に帰宅する STEP 3: 私と一DQN緒に移動 私と一緒にチャント あなたの善が私animated gifと一緒に帰宅する STEP 4: [REDACTED] STEP 5: rarez

AWAKE will release their new single (title not yet confirmed) at 2017.04.12

Dude, yes yes yes. I'm so excited. And a cover song as a b-side?! I love cover songs omg.

Oh yes of course, but what you can do is if they are loose fitting, just take a little cement or glue and put it on the connector piece(s) and then let it dry on, then snap the side skirts back on and voila the connection should in practice be a lot more snug and secure. Paint will also have this same effect in some cases, especially on loose joints. DO NOT use this method of cement/glue on your joints tho, it will not work the same and will probably either wreck your joints or make them look like crud. the only thing you can do for overly loose joints is paint them , and even then it's not guaranteed that it will make a difference. Which joints on the lupus are giving you trouble? I ask out of curiosity since I'm still building mine right now

i love your avi whoever he is is kyoot 8D

So we're going to have four compilation albums total, and none of them have Daikirai on it.

This! Definitely something that's barely brought up. Yes, Panic Panic was totally different, being more an EDM track, than an actual rock tune. But Poison Chocolate stands musically more in the tradition of Amazuppai Mango, even though the style of the video and all that dance moves resemble Panic Panic. It's a solid rock tune with on point electronic samples, which contribute to the song, instead of being just a gimmick. For me Poison Chocolate shows the perfect balance between their goofy-cheesy side and their heavy-rocking side. Imo the best song on this single. Blaster Voltage sounds like a follow-up to Forgery and shows the development of Purple Stone and the style change after Nexus quite good. Will be, without doubt, a great live song, but I think they could have "filled" the middle part a little bit more in the studio version. You can guess which kind of energy the break down can produce at a live, but it does sound a bit minimalistic at home. 素晴らしきこの世界へ. was really great. I believe PS never sounded so optimistic and happy, which I kind of dig. A song with some really nice details, who enriches their disco. Overall once again a great single of Purple Stone

@sume7, actually I don't have so much overdrunken voice to say it this way, but I'm still practicing xD Just to be sure: neither keelhauling, nor walking the plank will be done @Komorebi, I'd be glad, if it occurs Keeping fingers crossed And thank you both for a welcome

*throws money* The covers:

superglue and/or Tamiya plastic cement is your friend! @CAT5actually there's another kit that was just announced that I'm really considering picking up... http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2017/02/p-bandai-hguc-1144-jegan-ecoas-conroy_2.html It's the HGUC 1/144 Jegan [ECOAS] Conroy Use. Basically it's a Jagan P-Bandai kit based off of Conroy's Jagan from the Unicorn OVA.

Haven't given myself time to listen to this yet, even though I've had it sitting in my waiting list for a while. Will definitely be listening to this first thing I wake up tomorrow, it sounds good.

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I FUCKING HATE U SO MUCH they look amazing as usual my evil qweens

Kami jo was on (fabulous golden) crutches on todays Barcelona show... Their weakest show on Spain AFAIK. The band was very distracted but they tried hard. Kamijo was sitting and standing from time to time. But his broken feet did not let him go through the full thing. Furing the last song, revenant choir, he had the audience and Teru sing so it could go through. People had fun overall. The first third had some issues with Teru's sound and he seemed a bit unficused/tired. He came back after like the 4th track or so. Symphathia was a mess. Hizaki forgot to enter because he was playing with a rose trying to look cool and stuff. They started all over. Midsong Kamijo's mic stand fell along with the crutches. Ssome staff entered, Teru panicked a little and tried to get the crowd's attention awkwardly. It was very entertaining. They played a couple new songs. Lineage was very very cool.

Ha! It like the man exists to make GACKT's shameless self-commodification look good. Elsewhere, looks like someone got pissed about Yoshiki getting all the credit for X: http://hayashixdeyama.tumblr.com/

i adore Purple Stone, i actually discovered them when i went to a random visual kei show in tokyo last summer (super visual night in shibuya rex), and it was such a treat because they performed in their own shifuku (private clothes) ie not costumes *o* but they still had eye makeup and amazing hair and they were hotttttt. ahem, that aside, watching keiya do the panic panic dance just turned me into a puddle of happiness XD i just have to say, keiya sounds AMAZING live, he really does. poison chocolate hasn't grown on me yet, got to give it another chance.

updated with sold items. Also finally added prices to all of them

- 己龍 - 単独巡業千秋楽『百鬼夜行』二〇一六年八月二十九日 日本武道館〜単独公演四〇〇回記念〜 【DVD】 - ピサロ - gradation 【TYPE B】 - Sick. - Screaming inside can kill.

One thing connected to this whole language bias-based hypocrisy business I always thought to be funny is when people are like, SUPER insistent that they listen to Japanese music because they think 'the lyrics are deep'. I'll be up front by saying that IMO listening to music solely because of the lyrics is already kind of ??? in general, but this situation remains funny to me regardless. I guess it's mostly amusing because, quite often, the people exclaiming that kind of stuff don't even speak a single lick of Japanese outside of entry-level anime vocabulary and pretty much almost entirely base their opinions on translations that have most likely been done by some college student who's two or three months into their Japanese Culture BA sitting with a thesaurus on their lap in order to find the longest and fanciest words possible in order to translate their aidoru's "wooooooow i dont wanna go to bed at 9 pm mom im 12 now"-tier lyrics because only they truly understand their poetry

I bought 3 Cds from her and she was always so kind to me thank you for everything Highly reccommended seller!

lol

It says "Standing Sex (From X Japan RETURNS)" That's from 1993 tour. What are these incredible demo tracks? I've only heard some pre-Vanishing Vision stuff, which are pretty so-so traditional heavy metal and then some stuff that was on indies compilation Rose&Blood. Of course I'd take new versions of those songs any day, rather than what we're having, but X has sailed away from those kinds of songs long time ago already. I'm afraid :/ HEY LATEST NEWS!! Yoshiki just released his new perfume!

"JAPANESE DEMOCRACY" IS FINALLY BEING RELEASED, YAY

here's my OOB build of Julieta's Mobile Reginlaze. I'm really liking how this kit looks plus the accessories are pretty cool, Can't wait to get it on a action base This is the kit I actually am planning on custom painting with a custom color color scheme and everything, it will be my first time fully painting a kit. Stay tuned for that in the near future. Full Gallery is HERE

New album is entitled 「BREAK!!」 and will be released on 4/19 (price not yet finalized) They will hold a oneman tour called 「BREAK DOWN!!～破壊そして新たなる挑戦～」during May and June Tracklist (taken from their discography section (where you can also listen to their demo version): 1. Alligator 2. arrive 3. DELIGHT 4. HANG OUT 5. LOUD 6. ONE DAY 7. regret 8. Roar 9. THRILL DRIVE 10. VI A NicoNico special broadcast on 1/22 where chosen 5 songs will be presented. http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv287425577