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We're actually living in the fictional reality of the X Files series and it was actually Agent Scully investigating whether the new X JAPAN album really existed or just a hoax (plot twist: it's a government cover-up to draw attention away from UFO sightings). Mulder still wants to believe.

Dear Yoshiki, here I gift you the new X album cover, so you can release it. IT'S FOR FREE! No need to thank me. xoxo

GODDAMN LIBERALS AT IT AGA--*squints eyes* ohhhhh...

yoshiki doing just about anything (besides releasing that album) to stay relevant in these trying times

From a recent photoshoot

Flyer giving me peak "random band with one ad in a 2006 FOOL'S MATE never to be heard from again" vibes.

it was an announcement for merch lol. why did they announce such a thing at 10pm...was hoping for a new song or something ngl

X files....... X... you get it.

How ironic. Excuse me if I sound harsh, because you seem young and like the kind of people who are used to their cozy social media "safe spaces" and haven't really experienced classic forum culture. But people having opinions you don't agree with is normal and I personally like that MH is one of the last places where people can share their thoughts, as controversial as they may be, without getting flamed, doxxed or "cancelled". It's a shame that you read this as "toxicity". Also like suji said: the world isn't going to end just because someone says something on the web. And MH, while petty at times, is relatively well behaved corner of the net. Anyway, I probably don't add much here, since nowadays I am just a mere silent reader and rarely participate anymore. But I came back and saw that the forum discussions were revived and just wanted to say thanks, because it has been some time since this forum had interesting, engaging topics to offer. It would be silly if you leave the place just because you feel offended, but do what you wanna do.

Yoshiki socking the queen in the face today with a silk scarf is the best thing ever

Yoshiki's scarf attack on Queen Elizabeth is a Brexit protest

That scarf could have a mind of it's own. I wouldn't be surprised if that scarf was brought in for questioning, possibly scenes for the return season of X-Files with Yoshiki starring in it. FUUUUCK he could be creating the new OP Theme for it LOL

That old lady is so lucky, The Legend Yoskiki's scarf slapped her face 😭✨

When will they ever match their foundation with their necks- I can't even- 😂

So I believe in chance/luck more than ever now. On Sunday my gf and I were hungry for Ramen, so we decided between two Ramen Shops (within very close vicinity of each other, and the latter had just opened), so we did a coin toss to decide. So since it landed on tails, we went to the new one. We walk in and immediately I recognize a nice Asian waitress I had already met months prior at another shop (although she apparently had left the business so I never saw her there again), and then she introduces me to her husband, who is the sushi chef. Well guess what? I had already met this guy before at another sushi restaurant almost a year ago (it was only once, and when I went back there again like half a year later he had already left). The look on eachother's faces when we both realized we had already met haha we were laughing about how uncanny this coincidence was and we spent the entire time catching up. So I literally ran into the same two people I had already met before, and these same 2 people were married and working in their new restaurant they opened up haha. A fucking coin toss decided this. Holy shit.

I think I can see the change now, he looks gross

The rivalry between 0,1 g no gosan and Mathilda is just hilarious.

If anyone's curious, looks like one of the single's songs was already released under the おぎゃー name:

Didn't you just make a new topic, like, just a few minutes ago? Nevermind that, it's sad to see you go this quickly. Thank you for reviving discussion on MH with your threads, especially since you're a newbie who has lots of questions and there's nothing wrong with that. There hasn't been a lot of discussion on certain subjects before you came and posted about them, so I commend you for that; it really helps other newbies navigate this weird world of visual kei through a newbie's standpoint, followed along by replies of longtime fans with years of experience (which largely makes up the majority of this forum) However, you must also realize that this is an open forum, where anybody is free to dish out their opinion, whether it be good or bad. You don't have to agree with it, but you have to deal with it; that is reality. I know you're young and you stand by your opinions, but I used to be like you, blowing up when someone said something negative about someone or something I care about, and it escalated to the point where I suffered consequences and basically had to grow up and redeem myself. That's basically how it is in the real world; sometimes you can't convince people that you're always right, and they stand by their own ideals no matter what. What's most important however is at the end of the day, their way of thinking shouldn't matter to you. You live your life by your own principles and your own beliefs, and you alone are in charge of that, not anyone else. All I'm saying is, don't let these people get in your head, and you'll be ok. Hope to see you again soon!

To cap off their 25th anniversary celebrations, cali≠gari is releasing a new EP titled "この雨に撃たれて" (Kono ame ni utarete) on 2019/08/28. It will have the theme of "rain trilogy", i.e. the songs will be connected to rain. Except for the title track, the rest will be previously released songs but in newly recorded versions. Interesting tidbit, the EP will be released under Victor Entertainment. The release will come in two types: 2CD "Yuudachi-ban" edition and CD+DVD "Akisame-ban" edition. 夕立盤 (Yuudachi-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) 【特典】特別教材1週間でマスター！ボーカリスト養成講座 課題／M5.この雨に撃たれて　自由曲／M6.冷たい雨　M7.続、冷たい雨 (I have no idea what this last part is, something about teaching vocals? Maybe karaoke versions of the songs?) 【Disc-2】10-Rebuild- (remixed and re-recorded version of the "10" album that was released 10 years ago) M1. ママゴトセンター M2. マッキーナ M3. 偶然嵐 M4. -踏- M5. ハラショー！めくるめく倒錯 M6. 月光ドライブ M7. 飛蝗者読誦 M8. 混沌の猿 M9. シャ.ナ.ナ M10. スクールゾーン M11. 電気睡蓮 秋雨盤 (Akisame-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) M5. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM short ver.) M6. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM long ver.) 【Disc-2】映像集 ※“この雨に撃たれて”に関する様々な映像の予定です。乞うご期待！ (I guess this will be music video(s) or compilation of images connected to the title track?)

Their contract will end on 2019.08.31. https://lineblog.me/zerohz_official/archives/1812600.html According to the link, they have known it since 2019.04.30 but they only chose to reveal it today.

Wow, reading this thread is like realizing that almost every big band of the scene is filled with deep hate between their members lol Now I want to hear about that fight between Toshiya and Shinya

Yeah that's gotta be bad editing, he doesn't look like Mahiro at all

A piano version of the original theme, complete with vocalisations

its a shame for bp to lose such a gem. they'll still have a good set of bands, but nonetheless that's a waste.

Actually Leo is known for being a great composer, they don't use ghostwriters

Same.

Thank you 😃

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really like all the samples! fuck dimlim and kizu, this is where it's at tbh

❤️ Sorry for the late reply seems I hadn't hit the notify of replies 😂 Yeah, I can't promise exactly when tho! The lyrics at least they have in the video, I tossed it on my request list, making a topic never hurts - who knows someone else could get it done before me

From my knowledge, and from info that was taken on the board, Satsuki and the bassist of RES definitely hated one another. The guitarist of Nega/Lack-co is a KNOWN philanderer. Sakito/Hitsugi don't get along either, yeah. It's because of the egos in the way. Hitsugi wanted more solos, where as Sakito loves to rip off Sugizo when ever he can. Someone needs to dish on DEG's The Manipulated Life Tour --- apparently Shinya/Toshiya had SERIOUS issues with one another during this period, which led to the band almost disbanding.

WHY?

Their contract will be terminated in August.

When I got into vk and Japanese music overall, I was in high school, I start to get some real friends once I asked my parents to put me in Japanese classes, there were people who liked japanese music there, I also had friends online, since I've always lived in small Latin America countries, it's not like there are big chances of finding big groups who enjoy good music at all lol, and I remember in my class, some classmates who were not into Jmusic found gackt interesting, and they thought he was handsome I remember lol so I was successful getting some people into Jmusic thanks to Gackt's good looks XDDD but overall, some of my bests friends I met online, they were from other countries, later when I got old and became a working adult, I had to travel to one of those countries often due to work (Mexico) and we met in person, and it was awesome, last year we even went together to the Plastic Tree concert in Mexico and it was a great experience, so I am very grateful to Internet and the wonderful people that I've been able to meet through it.

nice. I saw Nuru Live last year on a halloween session (Dezert Cover Band) and I am glad he's back with a band ^^ He's awesomely good live!

@Tokage It's run by Reiko Arakawa who has close ties and does a lot of different work with aie, maco, ryo (DALLE/HOLLOWGRAM), emmuree, etc.

Videogame ''journalism'' is almost as much of a joke as music ''journalism'' is these days. In fact, I'd argue videogame journalism is probably the worst off of the two, although the majority of the big players in both fields have at this point fallen to the level of Vice or Buzzfeed-tier corporate-sponsored woke garbage, to the point where it's probably more productive in the end to just check out commentary free gameplay videos and trailers when they eventually drop on YT and staying the fuck away from literally everything else connected to that industry

I'm a fan of all of their stuff from 2009-2015, but after that point, with AVANT-GARDE and since I just can't. It all sounds the same to me now, especially when I listen to their stuff sequentially.

Setlist of the gig in question: 01. OBVIOUS 02. THIRTEEN 03. GROTESQUE 04. JØKER 05. CREATURE 06. MIRRORS 07. JUDGEMENT 08. LIE 09. RENATUS 10. AMBLE 11. SENSE OF EMPTINESS 12. D.A.R.K 13. GALLOWS 14. EXIST 15. EVIDENCE 16. FAITH 17. pulse_ 18. FIVE 19. A FOOL ENCORE 1 01. BLØOD 02. GHOST 03. ALL THIS I'LL GIVE YOU 04. ADORE ENCORE 2 01. THIRTEEN 02. TIAMAT

YAY loved ゴア so this can't be anything but good.

The gig in Munich has been amazing!!! The crowd was wild and the setlist was very good! I loved how Kai apologized for the little hiccup made by him during 'Ugly' ("Sorry, my mistake!"), made my entire week! 😂 (Even TOMORROW NEVER DIES is enjoyable live!)

Rammstein! XD

the best day of my life !

I'd say Yoshiki but I'm unsure if he knows how to make good music anymore, hasn't made anything worthwhile since the 90s.

Hey, no need to generalize anyone with that kind of mindset. Liberals and Conservatives alike are still people and you don't need to be all "Hur dee dur LIBTARDS" about it. I'm tired of seeing people calling left-leaning people "snowflakes" or just saying that there offended to everything. Ya know it's ok to be offended? It's a normal response. Ugh, whatever. Tired of seeing people shit on this guy. I could defend him all day but I'm not gonna even start a riot in here.

Been a minute since I've shown my mug around here

I'm not sure if anyone's really influenced my hair, but I've noticed it's kinda similar to Masashi from Versailles'. My makeup sometimes changes, but not drastically. I just like studying VK makeup and finding things I like by accident... and even then, my makeup's not really that VK, anyways. Rip. Oh, well. At least I always make sure to put that obligatory pale stripe down the bridge of my nose. As for my clothes, I want to be a tanbi kei goth-loli. I have a big wish list on Lolitashow, but my bank account says "no" at the moment. Right now, I'd say I'm closer to otome kei than anything. My hair's kinda VK, but everything else just screams "otome". Not that I mind. If I play otoge, I may as well look otokei. Also, I know you can't see it in that picture, but there's a massive black bow on the back of my head, just as there always is. Just the way I like it.