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R指定 (R-Shitei) new single "魅惑のサマーキラーズ (Miwaku no Summer Killers)" will be released at 2017/7/12 (3 tracks, 1 TYPE, 1500 yen). [track list] 1.魅惑のサマーキラーズ (Miwaku no Summer Killers) 2.哀々傘(再録ver.) (Aiai Kasa (re-recorded ver.)) 3.学級崩壊(再録ver.) (Gakkyuu Houkai (re-recorded ver.))

I WILL NVR B ABLE TO HEAR THIS IN FULL BUT I STILL LOVE HIM SO MUCH

""""""world""""""

i realized WHY exactly i hate this shit so much...its cuz he sounds like hatsune miku's man cousin

To be honest, I quit caring about the bands endeavors six years ago after Jade. Yoshiki really knows how to milk the hype and it's honestly disgusting at this point - it is no longer fun, that is if it ever was and no longer a game. I'm completely done. He's over dramatic with his constant hospitalizations and studio sessions. I hate to say this about anyone but he truly is a horrible person. I don't wish him the worst but I wish he would just man the fuck up and give the fans what they want. The more he crafts his "new album" the worse it's going to be.

btw. for those who care about such info according to the CD inlay all songs of "VARIOUS" (live limited version) are written by drummer Issei.

please post more Middle-Aged Mom Facebook Post X-Japan images.... PLEASE......

In an effort to get them to just get this over with already, I will keep sharing embarrassing X-related macro-images.

"World" as in countries that had fans who used all their money to house and pay for travel costs for them to come to their country.

You know you are a MUCC fan when you pre-order 脈拍 vinyl edition without having a record player.

my depression is back. also i may have been focusing on 3rd row gaijin the entire time because i read the thread before watching the video.

Yah, she probably moves her body randomly at that point. Anything to save her but Peppermint did better

I was on the way to Bled Fest at the time this photo was taken. What was ahead that day was nothing but riveting moments found in independent music.

am i the only one who thought alexis' lipsync dance was like watching a soccer mom dance in the club???

I don't even care about the album anymore tbh, as long as I can listen to stuff like this Not even sure I want it to ever be released. We all know it's going to be shite anyway.

First I thought that was the actual cover Then I thought it was something peace made as a joke ... and then I realised it was made by someone without a hint of irony

Oh Jesus, I thought that was the cover art for a ballad compilation for a second.

HAIL LORD YOSHIKI possible tracklist: 1. Intro~X 2. Triple EX 3. A Head Full of XXXXXXXXXX 4. Adventure of Lifetime 5. Hymn For The Weekend 6. A Sky Full of Stars 7. We are XXX 8. Yoshiki Solo 9. Yoshiki Drum XXX 10. How to play piano like me 11. Dominate of X 12. Self Proclaimed 13. Forever never disband HAIL!

New band "CHOKE" will hold their first live at Shinjuku CLUB SCIENCE at 2017/5/5. Deluxe edition of their album "CHOKE1" is available through their web shop, which includes CD+DVD+T-shirt (6000 yen, limited 100) [track list] 1.under ground 2.Act.1 3.Slash and burn 4.Stay high 5.MAYDAY 6.Rainy 7.BOOMIN' 8.Nightmare Vo.REON (ex-RUVISH) Gu.KVYA NONO (ex-JOKER-->HeaRt-->ν[NEU]-->ニンジャマンジャパン(NINJAMAN JAPAN), DragonWAPPPPPPER-->サウイフモノ(souiumono)) Ba.B5 (ex-ANTI-KRANKE-->蜂-biene--->白黒キネマ(monokuro kinema)(support)-->DragonWAPPPPPPER(support)-->Medi@lize(support)-->PLUNKLOCK) Dr.TOSSY (ex-我羇道(GAKIDO)-->SERIAL⇔NUMBER) http://choke.tokyo/

Tracklist: Okinotayuu (オキノタユウ) Yukiyo Mai Chire Sochira ni Mukete (雪よ舞い散れ其方に向けて) Valkyrie -Senotome- (Valkyrie-戦乙女-) Kishikaisei (起死回生) Mi・Ra・I (ミ・ラ・イ) Strong Fate Ukiyo heavy life (浮世heavy life) Ryuusei (流星) Hotarubi (蛍火) Sora no Kiwami e (空の極みへ) Tori no You ni (鳥のように) Mochizuki (望月) Watashi Shijou Shugi (ワタシ・至上主義) CLEAN Howling MOON SHINE Children Record (チルドレンレコード) (Bonus Track) | Fad fatigue or the overstaying of a shallow, constricting musical direction? You decide. The sophomore slump is a term I've adopted to describe the enormous amount of pressure placed on a musician or band for their second album. The first album is poised as the mountain beyond which lies the valley of greatness, but once an artist reaches the peak what they see is the second album, a mountain in the distance that's just as large. 和楽器バンド (Wagakki-Band) is merely the latest prey to this phenomenon. 四季彩-shikisai- as an album aims to deliver everything 八奏絵巻 (Yasouemaki) did and more, but at some point diminishing returns means the result doesn't scale well. For starters, I don't think going all in helps a band with such a dense sound. Less is more. Listening fatigue is an issue. 四季彩-shikisai- clocks in a hefty 16 tracks and 68 minutes. That is too long for my limited attention span, and at points the album retraces its steps in a way that reeks more of desperation and less at a motif. On top of that, it lacks flow, sounding more like a collection of good tracks than a cohesive concept. "Strong Fate" and "Valkyrie-戦乙女-" are awesome singles, but there is no analogue to "暁ノ糸", and there is no epic track to define the album. The music is still their niche of traditional ethnic themes fused with rock with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the groin. The band holds no punches with opener "起死回生", a four minute summary of their sound that's quickly forgotten as the album hustles forward. This is my primary beef with 四季彩-shikisai-. 和楽器バンド have the capability to completely change their sound from one track to another, but they are unable to differentiate similar sounding tracks. When all tracks go full force with the traditional concept, it feels like one long track with various ideas sprinkled throughout. By the end, I barely remember what I heard. I have to give a shout out to the engineers who produced this album, because it's as good as ever, and is a bright spot on what is otherwise a faceless album to me. For the record, I don't think 四季彩-shikisai- is terrible, but it's definitely too much of one thing at once. If you need a summary, consider this: I've been working on wording my thoughts since this album was released, and not only do I not have any more to add, but I'm not even compelled to return to it! Something is missing from the equation, but it is beyond my capabilities to say what. Despite my initial misgivings, I eventually did warm up to the album. And by that I mean I've changed my opinion from "complete dog shit" to "something listenable". I appreciate them not fleecing wallets the visual kei way, but this could have easily been an eleven track album and a five track mini and both would have been better, more focused cuts for it. Risky propositions like "ワタシ・至上主義", or the infectious digital tune "蛍火" are the tracks I see myself returning to in the future, and maybe with time I'll fall in love with it. But right now, it's just not the type of album I was hoping to experience. Support the band! iTunes | cdJapan

Slay, kings.

Some things are better off not googling to find. This was the song you were thinking of, Poetic Assassin - Inverti in Darkness. It is like if the cookie monster decided to try and sing. The person in the background is reacting about how I would.

Just noticed the group your account is in. You need to have certain post count to enable signature on your profile. This is just how we deal with spammers putting external links on their profiles without any posts.

You know how sometimes you go years turning a blind eye on bullshit and drama-queendom and then something seemingly not out of the ordinary makes you flip? So this tweet. I know a lot of vkei is people being really emotionally invested in bands and their narratives, but this is just BAD. I don't wanna think about how some of the people who are TRULY invested in this might react if something happens.

Had a long drive over the weekend and noticed this album was on Spotify so finally gave it a listen (the tracklist is completely different on Spotify for some reason). Basically my biggest complaint. Their sound is novel and cool in small doses... but over an entire album almost becomes a gimmick. The vocalist's unrelenting vibrato on some tracks can wear on you. Agreed the production is great though. This band would be a great candidate to just eschew the concept of a full album in general. If they released a single a season with a cool video (as they definitely have the capability of making) they'd probably be one of my favorite bands. I wouldn't even consider just releasing single songs (or maybe singles with a b-side) as 'fleecing' since they put their shit online. A $5 single four times a year probably makes the people who buy physical copies happier in a 'have a bigger collection of *things* for the same price' way and the people who aren't buying their albums anyway don't get tired of the slog through an album and forget about them the rest of the year. These record labels really need to hire me and let me enact my vision for a perfect world

Nothing new. Sakito said on twitter that the extra song for regular editiom was poorly recorded so it would not be included... but it existence wasn't announced so the latest piece of news is actually non-news.

do u think kiwamu will force fellow starwave bandomen to chip in/scam some old ladies and purchase those (and a follow-up bleaching/distressing job to pass them off as ~nostalgic but brand new~ clothing creations)???

I like them. at least something different. Screams were weak sure, but you gotta start somewhere I suppose...

Hitomi needs to stop fucking around with these bullshit nostalgia gigs and form a new band. GAWD.

I went to Bled Fest, located at the Hartland Performing Arts Center in Howell, MI on Saturday, May 27. First act I saw was Heart Attack Man; the Cleveland duo, with a support bassist and a support guitarist, started the day right for me. Check out this interview, with vocalist/guitarist Eric Egan, about how close the duo were to rerecording the entirety of their recently released album: http://modern-vinyl.com/2017/03/03/interview-eric-egan-heart-attack-man/ Eighth act was Koji. The Pennsylvanian man of Filipino-Japanese descent shared a few stories throughout his set regarding his personal life, career and political activities; one of them was his couchsurfing days, ongoing at the time of speaking, because of him being denied of housing after arriving at a Brooklyn apartment complex and him finding all of belongings stolen from the trunk of his car during early 2017. Despite those happenings, he was optimistic of his future being free from consumerism and materialism. The set ended with a cover of Pete Seeger's We Shall Overcome. Final act was La Dispute. The Grand Rapids, Michigan band performed, from front to back, their sophomore album Wildlife, with an encore consisting of two songs from their most recent album Rooms of the House and two songs from their debut album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair. If you want to see what passion fans display for a band, especially with the vocalist's lyrics often written as if they are spoken word pieces, this is the band to go see live. They've done, in my eyes, the West Michigan music scene proud. If you would like to learn more about their history, do consider buying or streaming their documentary film Tiny Dots.

ZEUS IM CALLING U OUT M8

Trinity is resuscitating VK in the west all by herself, her impact tho

Ikr? I got X Japan vibes from her hair & makeup on her cop look. 👏

i do what i want, dad!

How do people unironically like this vocalist? The music itself and the look are fine, but the vocalist is seriously Pinokiwo or Elektel Shiki-tier

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy theeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee, long time no see, right? xD

Yoshiki just had a major operation, one he's been pushing off for a while, so it's not happening. He's delayed the album for lesser things as we know. http://www.yoshiki.net/YoshikiSurgery.html Until that fateful day, here's a teaser from more than 2 years ago that really got the fans excited that release day was near: http://jrock247.com/2015/02/yoshiki-teases-new-x-japan-album/

My partner just ordered me Adramelech by MIZTAVLA and I'm super super happy about it x3

Just a half-offtopic heads-up for the curious: the We Are X movie is ~out~ ~there~ ~if~ ~you~ ~know~ ~where~ ~to~ ~look~ ;3

that's Kendal Jenner. naito are beautiful and emanate sex appeal.