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A little report from Warsaw yesterday. After taking a bit of a lax approach in actually getting to the venue instead of just drinking, myself & the other MH representative meat and her husband finally manage to get to the venue about 10-15 short of the show starting. Doing dispo things I naturally que up to the line for drinks inside hall and about halfway through that morass the new intro kicks off and the band gets on stage to a strangely lukewarm reception. Going into a little bit of panic, I manage to convince a fine local man in front of me to get me my two shots and then right away I start shuffling towards the best spots I can find while Utafumi is only about a halfway over. The first thing me, and more or less everyone I talked to later on ( I must've chatted up to a good 20 people by the end of it ) noticed was the audience was very lame. A lot of the crowd that must've listened to j-rock five to ten years back, and now they've shown up as a contractual obligation to the past with their dumb boyfriend filming the show in tow. It was up until about Uroko that the audience just straight up fucking sucked, and the way this stuff works is that the confusion and lack of enthusiasm is just as infectious as the reverse, and it was only after that first genuine surprise when the actual fans decided to start disregarding the bores around them. The bottom was reached after Fukai when the band fucked off from the stage and staff started running around, and some people even wondered whether it was due to the reaction they received, or lack thereof. Anyway, the band comes back eventually and it was slow, but sure forward momentum after that and during Keibetsu Hajimari there was even an attempt at a moshpit which I joined instantly and thoroughly enjoyed as long as it lasted. The band definitely started winning the audience over as the show went on, and not even surprised because this is the best Dir en grey I've seen live. Kyo is absolutely killing it from beginning to end, like it's a marvel to actually see him in person and from fairly close as well doing all the theatrical stuff he has brought back/and from Sukekiyo where I suppose he was more free to do himself. Blossoming Beelzebub was something else with Kyo doing the same thing he did for the Mode of DSS live where his face is projected on the screen in real time, and he's just sort of drooling while giving the best rendition of the song I've hear so far. On all the ballads and stuff that might've been harder for him to pull off eight, nine years back he performs pretty much flawlessly from the start of the show 'till the end of it. It's mind blowing just how much he has improved and how many faults he's addressed even after seemingly permanent damage. If I have to find a negative here, my friend complained about Shinya sounding sloppy during the show in Finland, and even if I became inclined to agree due to self-suggestion or some sort, I'm still going with it. The lack of intensity on his part was made apparent also by the fairly quiet sound of the venue, which was definitely surprising after having been there a few days back and everything sounded great and hit fucking hard. I quite liked the new songs live, even Values of Madness that I don't particularly care for I enjoyed and the band seemed to enjoy playing as well. Keibetsu hajimari and Devote My Life should have had a pit, and shoulders and fists should've hit the idiots standing still and filming in the face; there was this one dude who looked super offended that I featured myself in his video by growling the To Die In part in Devote, like fuck off watch them off of youtube or something instead. Ranunculus got the people in my part of the audience hype, which I definitely didn't expect. Really good live tho. After the initial set ends your boi goes for more shots to be able to actually go through the entire fake encore routine that I still maintain is the most awkward thing ever, especially when you're in a country where people are struggling whether to pronounce the word encore either in their native way, the english way or the japanese one. At this point I'm finally getting kind of tipsy so I go along with it, and the band comes back to play The Final, Sustain the Untruth and Rasetsukoku. The first two were awesome with the all the audience participation and this made me enjoy Sustain the untruth for the first time in my life! So that's definitely something... and I mean obviously The Final always goes over well. While I might have wanted to hear Kodou instead, I can't say that would have been as good of a time as singing along to the The Final even if it has so far happened at every Deg show I've been to. Rasetsukoku got a good, energetic performance that unfortunately didn't have anything for me to do, lol. I was still clamouring for that pit that just never came, and you might find me doing three shots at once, but there are levels I don't stoop down to and that's swinging my hands up in the air like an asshole. Rasetsukoku has this weird rhythm anyway that doesn't really lend itself to jumping or anything like that, but a circle pit would totally work. The band leaves and the audience gets loud. They throw some stuff in the crowd and people cheer. I drink some more and then end up chatting to anyone with a pulse while waiting for the band outside (as an ironic nod to the weeaboo culture, just so you know) and wondering whether Kyo ate a giant pizza really fast because the box that went in came out in no time while it was just him there. Quite a lot of people travelling from other countries, with some even going to multiple shows, and of course some of the Japanese fans were there as well and we broke some cultural boundaries together trying to figure out what transport to take back to town. In the end I stumble upon this group of greek people and off we go for some beers, and one thing leads to another and now I'm here, hungover and writing this while wondering how I'm still alive living this lifestyle. Great show despite the initial difficulties from the venue and the audience. The band is undeniably in peak form right now, so if you got a chance to see them then I say go and hopefully the audience you get is a little better than mine. I'm too trashed to proofread this but i hope it makes sense for ya guize!!

headshot for my new oshare kei band: 鼻くそMOUSE

People taking photos of band they like, news at 11...

i thought i was gonna off myself but i found this thread and also found my will to live...the will to watch satsuki hit rock bottom over n over again also tbh i think people overlook how mediocre RES were in the greater scheme of things, especially considering they were a fkin FREE WILL band but they best they managed was shibuya quattro. I think yukari/whoever at free will really tried to push them hard, but as far as i see it, they were unlikeable outside of their core fanbase. Their music had some good moments, but honestly most of it was sloppy musicianship over some good melodies--satsuki isnt even a good singer, just has a pretty voice. When they were good, they were awesome but when they flopped it was awful lmfao. comparing them to kagerou, DEG, merry etc, RES kind of are a joke. That said, I think the band were just an awful fit with poor management. They were more or less assembled by yukari to do his thing, but once they had to make their own image and sound, I dont think any of them (free will mgmt included) really had a good sense of taste or vision. Its not to say they werent talented, considering the amazing work mika and takumi are doing now (tbh the gag is that those are the only talented members they had), but it certainly didn't come across in their music all that often. This is coming from someone who used to LOVE RES. I wonder how much satsuki flopping has coloured my thoughts on their music hahaha

my dude you have an entire wiki dedicated to the band, numerous entries at vk.gy that detailed describe members history since the early 90's, occasionally seem to tweet past band members of the members to get info about the dudes, claim to be the 6th member of the band. did i miss anything?

They will stream a live on their Facebook page ! It will happen on 2018.10.14 at around 6.25 pm (Japanese time). You can check the times zones through the link provided by the band. They still do not know how long the stream will stay online.

nnnnn u r so wrong for this good sister, FWD threw money at this shit: like nbd, while ReS got a shitty PV collection filmed with a VHS cam and that was the swan-song of their promobudgets back in 2004 as if Luvie did, like, significantly better under same label/same producer. the decline in merry promotional effort ever since they signed with FWD is also really telling. it's super obvious d tommy will never properly promote another band as long as they're sharing the spotlight with his beloved washed-up brainchild that is Deg yukari left his ass for resistar and even 12012 got the narrative they were heading into swift and built their own label before flopping for good.

This saga keeps reaching new lows

heh , another SHALLOW fan with Nnothing to say abo ut the music. heres why yuou're wrong, Bitch:,

saying this about a vk band seems a tad off base 😉

There are some really creepy DEG fans on Tumblr that write paragraphs long descriptions of “omg Toshiya-kun made eye contact with me!!!1 I LiVE 4 this Feeling! I’m gonna buy extra merch just 4 u!” and whatnot so it’s pretty ironic. I shit you not this one girl baked a birthday cake for Toshiya and then ate it without him because obviously he doesn’t even know who she is. It was legitimately depressing.

Yeah, you missed the difference between being interested in a band and their music and being interested in the band members and their personal lives. I wrote "radically invested" for a reason. Being invested in the band to the point of fetishizing its members is definitely no normal fan behaviour. Or would you say that wondering if Toshiya was in D+L or GOSICK first is the same kind of interest as wondering if he'd bone me after their show? And since you're not the first to mention the 6th member thing, it's something the band called their fans in the past, as far as I'm aware. Besides, it's long gone from my signature. I think it's more about the where, when and how.

Someone (or multiple people) took pictures of the band at a train station. I'm actually a bit surprised nobody has posted them here already.

What does non venue stalker means?

Man, tumblr-DEG is in uproar about the non-venue "stalker" photos and taking photos at the band's concerts... Why do people get so radically invested in this band (or bands in general)? They're just some dudes who play music.

The singer アルト(Alto) from Ballad will hold a live on 2018.12.01 at NAMBA Mele ! If I am correct, as it will be his birthday at this date, if you give him a present, he will give you a CD with 2 songs on it.

The death/black metal band Outre have revealed a new track from their new album "Hollow Earth" ! The album will come out on 2018.10.26 ! Tracklist: 01. Spheres within 02. The Order of Abhorrence 03. Combustion 04. Let the earth be silent 05. Distant Daylight 06. Aberrations 07. Hollow Earth

their new live-limited single "sheeple" (1000 yen) will be released on November 7 at their 17th anniversary performance at Ebisu Liquidroom.

@colorfuljinsei Rape and sexual violence are real. It happens. Simply drop the anime if it isn't your thing, no need to cause a shit storm. I guess a warning at the start would've helped but alas, Japan isn't known for that sort of thing lol. I didn't think it was distasteful, it served a purpose in that setting. I've also seen a few people complaining that it was being edgy for the sake of shock value, but I disagree. Although it doesn't offend me, I don't really enjoy gore or extreme violence so I'll approach the next episodes with that warning in mind.

According to this: https://www.kyakusitsu.com/msp/content1/?&no=JeV0SNFHsCfGsd3SSPSgc2C It’s re-recording the demo tape and unreleased song It also said that 狂イ月夜 will change to 悪夢 if they unable to find the original lyrics

So their tour just started and according to fans' tweets, they've already debuted a new song called "sheeple". Gara also mentioned a live-limited single but i don't know if it'll be sold during this tour or what. I'm pissed but I look forward to seeing it on closetchild for 30 bucks x edit: this is the flyer that was distributed at the live...what a LOOK.

Here you go: https://imgur.com/a/NPrl4mk

That has to be the most creative thing Yoshiki has done in years ... a true artist at work

Why can't we keep this Diaura instead tho? I prefer 90's homage Diaura to the Diaura we've had, Unmei Kaika is the best thing I've heard from Diaura

my spirit animal

The Disk Union exclusive version of the album will come with a bonus DVD-R "Disk Union for Mr.Moonlight" featuring live footage from the following gigs (5 songs in total, though this is still subject to change): ・2018/6/16 VAVA AREA ・2018/7/13 CHOP DOME (zombie lolita makeup-style gig) ・2018/9/10 苦LOVE KINOTO Also, here's a decent-sized version of the cover art:

Everyone's praising X for playing to an empty stadium during a storm, but Satsuki has been playing at empty venues for years

DIR EN GREY was great yesterday!

it's actually photoshopped to his head #graphic_design_is_my_passion

I'm wondering if nikalenina_official is going to lipsynch some rentrer en soi classics while wearing angel wings and a tiara to impress the guest x

There you go!

Got this today! - てんさい。ペルソナイフ (Type A+B+C) - SARIGIA - AGARTHA + signed photosets

All of these lost members should just form a supergroup that randomly doesn’t show up to lives.

Ancient Rain - Regular Edition SCREW Photosets, photo cards, sticker, and comment DVDs Rock & Read 061

I went to a wedding recently and stayed in a fancy hotel

SARIGIA live limited pack SARIGIA - AGARTHA both versions + comment DVD

Man, what really saddens me is that if this album come out someday, it will be definitely their last as X. It would take another 20 years gap (plus 10 years of just making it) for them to do another one. They're like what, on their mid 50s? Plus, everyone knows that everything points to a trainwreck. It couldn't be a worse final chapter for a band with such importance as X Japan. I don't think you can blame the non-Yoshiki members though for the direction things took though. Maybe for still being associated with him or maybe for refusing to call Yoshiki out? I think they are all doing well with their solo careers and other projects. Especially Toshi, the musicians he plays with are always really good and the setlists are on-point.

it's probably quite literally the only japanese musician to drop by those ex-USSR countries besides maybe Sana or HITT so i'm pretty sure every single remaining weeb there will collect their pocket money to attend

grrrl ha concerts are packed!!!!!! it's safe to say that idk kiev crowd is mostly vk/anime weebs; I'm not sure if the real goths of Kremenchug are dropping by now that the japanese sensation went trap with her sound.

LET'S SELL THIS OUT KING

queen of the former soviet states when will ur fav literally ever x

Didn't want to make a new topic, so I drop it here. Satsuki has announced REBOOT tour part 2 for October and November. He will tour with SnakeZ Agency. Shows are planned in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and more.

today i went on another Vk "nostalgia-trip" including NAINE, B.C and DELACROIX and fuck - they were such incredible phenomenal bands!!!!!!

fucc off he's mine x

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