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Wow - it's been a long time since this happened, but I remembered mentioning I'd write up a report and life has finally slowed down enough for me to try and do just that! This was a show I felt really lucky to be able to attend while I was there - it was the night before I was scheduled to leave Tokyo and had multiple acts I had hoped to see while I was in Japan. I'll get right to it (though this might be a bit "stream of consciousness" so bear with my antics and anecdotes) On this afternoon my wife and I were wandering Ikebukuro before we were going to go to 高田馬場AREA for this live. She doesn't have much interest in VK and we were nearing the end of our trip, so she planned on watching a band or two and heading back to our accommodations in Shinjuku. When we arrived, she saw the line (on an incline going down a hill) and basically said "yeah, no" so I took her back to the train station (where there was a ginormous R指定 banner hanging over the staircase) while we had time to spare. Funnily enough, I went to the restroom before returning to the venue and in that time she realized she left our wifi box in my bag, so she walked back to the venue to track me down. Somehow everyone was already inside and she assumed I had gone in, too -- but I also had her ticket (I wasn't thinking much this day...) She then attempted to track down "blonde gaijin" in broken Japanese with the gentleman running the door who reluctantly (yet surprisingly???) let her run into the live hall and find me. At this point I am walking back to the venue and see her on the sidewalk. I am very confused so she explains the whole silly scenario and basically says "fuck it, I'm here, buy me a drink and I'll hang out for a little." As we enter and declare our "favorites" to the doorman (DIMLIM and gulu gulu) we enter and hear music playing while we buy beers. I see video on the screen but I am a newbie and thought it was a recording. Turns out the opening band (billed as Aster) was actually finishing their set already. (the listed showtime hadn't even hit yet - I thought we were early, but oh well!) We wandered into the live hall to see them play about half a song before stepping off stage. There were still quite a few people watching them, though, especially for an early opener I had never heard of (and can't find any info on???) I discussed this with someone before going to the live and speculated this might actually be the band GLEN, who was set to release a maxi-single called "Aster" later that month and after hearing GLEN/seeing their visuals, I am now convinced this was in fact the case. They sounded very similar from what I experienced and the visuals strike me as the same or similar to the look in their video. Anyway... After curtains closed and reopened, we were greeted by some fairly heavy visuals -- a vocalist wearing a cloak covered in creepy white masks and a guitarist with the classic medical eye-patch. From what I knew, this appeared to be MonstlloW; I had watched a few of their videos to prepare myself as I wasn't too familiar. I was immediately taken by how...cool they looked. Very heavy visuals, just really professional from visuals to sound. Their instrumentals were extremely tight and the audience was really engaged, headbanging and dancing and shimmying from one side of the room to the other (probably my favorite thing to experience at a VK live in terms of audience interaction as I had never seen anything like it before.) I'll admit that I didn't find the videos I had watched to be too memorable so I wasn't sure what to expect, but they definitely won me over by the end. Definitely the kind of band that is worth seeing live to really appreciate. (My wife was quite taken with them, commenting on how strong the singer's vocals were and how impressed she was by their overall performance. She has some familiarity with VK from DIR EN GREY and my general interest, but she seemed much more drawn in than I anticipated.) They played a total of 5 songs and handed out setlist cards from their merch table after they finished. Monstllow setlist 1. 嘘泣キ少女 2. KERBEROS 3. ビッグマウス・マーチ 4. WE ARE LIAR 5. 劇薬U.S.O After this we grabbed a few more drinks and took a seat while we waited for the next act. We were very close to the back, right in front of MonstlloW and DIMLIM's merch tables. I was surprised to see that MonslloW's guitarist and bassist had actually come out and were hanging out behind their merch table. They appeared...very tall? Probably a combination of costume, hair, and the fact that they were on a platform above us, but it felt a bit imposing! (Haha.) After their merch sales concluded for the moment, I took a second to inventory enough of my Japanese language knowledge to basically say "I really like your band" and they seemed amused and appreciative. They handed us the setlist cards and actually hung around back there for the majority of the night. (I don't know why this shook me so much, I guess VK has been at such a distance my entire life that I never really expected them to be so casually...there??) The curtains opened again revealed the next band -- another four person act, guitarist in a white dress (iirc) and bassist with a long, spotted fur coat. It was their vocalist that clued me into who they were, though -- very slim, shirtless under an open jacket, strutting directly to the center of the stage. This was definitely Hueye. (Upon seeing them, my wife immediately exclaimed "oh, they're girls!!" I had to apologetically advise otherwise...) At this point, I had no real familiarity with their songs other than "優しく殺して," as I really hadn't listened to anything else at that point (and I don't think they had much else to listen to?) Nonetheless, I was very impressed once again. The first thing I noticed was their vocalist's harsh vocals compared to what I had heard on recordings -- they seemed much, much stronger live. Like, noticeably so, even to someone who had only heard one song. As their set continued on, I noticed exactly how proficient their guitarist was, too. I mean really, he can shred. My wife was laughing at the fact that my jaw kept dropping just watching his fingers, but she agreed with me either way. Again, I only really realized "優しく殺して," and I believe they closed with that track, but after going back and listening to more of their releases I'm pretty confident they played the other tracks from that single alongside a few others. Not sure what their other songs were, but I think they also played five like MonstlloW. (My wife commented she didn't like them as much as MonstlloW, but partially because she "had to keep looking at that man's body the whole time." 🤣) At this point, we once again grabbed some more beers and she asked me about the other bands that were playing (since she told the doorman she supported a particular one and realized she had no clue who they were). I explained that DIMLIM was my favorite, gulu gulu was a new band with familiar members. I wasn't sure the order of the performances at this time, but I was cut off at that point as the curtains opened again. As the electronics of "GROTESQUE" began twinkling, I stood to immediate attention and noticed the crowd filing in very quickly. I excitedly stated that this was DIMLIM and as the band appeared, I took note of their visuals compared to their most recent photos at the time. Sho was not in his "clown" look from "離人" and instead was wearing something much more similar to the suited look from their more current appearance, glasses on his face in a look that reminded me very much of DIR EN GREY's Kyo circa "ain't afraid to die." Retsu wore face makeup similar to that of the photos, but rather than the pleather bodysuit he was wearing a very long trenchcoat. Taishi and Hiroshi appeared to match their photoshoot looks, while Ryuya wore the same outfit but with his hair tied up in a messy bun. Halfway through the first song, my wife turns to me and just says "ok, yeah, these guys are fucking good." One of the most immediate things I noticed about DIMLIM in this setting compared to the other bands that had played, is that their performance felt quite a bit...rawer than what we had seen so far. From someone who grew up going to punk/metal shows in the states in a scene that heavily frowned upon any type of backing tracks or sounds outside of "just the instruments in front of you," one of the things I found immediately standout was how many bands used obvious backtracks to fill in their sound at this live. It doesn't bother me, I can see the purpose and the value in it as it does add a certain "fullness" to these bands' sounds, but it definitely stood out. This is not to say that DIMLIM did not also use these things, as their sound does incorporate a number of electronics and multiple tracks, but I will say that it felt much less prevalent during their set. They continued straight out of "GROTESQUE" into "Malformation," which is probably my favorite song on CHEDOARA, so I was very happy. Every member seemed confident and "dialed in," but it was very difficult to divert my attention from Sho. (My wife made a comment about Sho, stating "I believe this blonde boy was on the train with us???" - I didn't notice, but I suppose it's possible? Haha.) His vocals were rougher than they sound on recording, but not in a way that felt bad or like he was incapable, just much more emotive. He stood on a riser for the majority of the set and really gave it his all from beginning to end. I know many have stated that he inhales his screams, which is troubling from a health perspective, but I really feel like he was exhaling a lot of them during their set as some stood out as very loud and impassioned. If I had one criticism, it would be that Ryuya's guitar felt too quiet for most of their set (something I had also noticed in live videos?) and I think they would have sounded even better if he was a bit louder, but they still played a very strong set. I did notice that the room was quite full for them in comparison to the previous bands, with a noteworthy number of males in the audience specifically for them and girls literally throwing themselves over the barriers while headbanging. (Another thing that I had never seen before -- they were straight up pulling all the way back and like...launching their bodies. That's dedication and western audiences could learn a thing or two!!) Their set was intense and entrancing and everything I could have wanted -- I feel really lucky to have seen them with their full lineup, though I wish their set was longer! It felt shorter than MonstlloW and Hueye, though maybe because there was no MC, just song after song with no interruption. DIMLIM setlist (to the best of my memory) 1. GROTESQUE 2. Malformation 3. ...物狂ひ...なりて 4. vanitas 5. 「人」と「形」 (it was this or D.Hymnus, but I believe it was this if I recall correctly) At this point, we're technically four bands in (and coincidentally four drinks in, so we continued that trend -- the drinks were really light!!) I kind of tried to explain who the remaining bands were, but GRIMOIRE started shortly after DIMLIM was done so I stood back up to watch them. I like GRIMOIRE a fair bit and have listened to most of their releases. I think their heavy songs are really well composed with cool guitar work and I was excited to see them for this reason. Oddly enough, they emerged with a very toned down visual look -- essentially a suit look for most of the members. RyNK wasn't even wearing his signature blindfold which I was kind of shocked by. The audience seemed to have quite a few very dedicated fans at the front, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit worn out at this point after DIMLIM's set, which was a very different atmosphere. GRIMOIRE played a fun set that had a few of their "heavy bangers" with mostly lighter songs. That was a bit disappointing to me, but I still found them enjoyable overall, just a bit low energy compared to the other acts that evening. Unfortunately I don't remember their setlist! Things are starting to get blurry to me at this point, but I'm pretty sure MAMIRETA played next. I had told my wife that they were a pretty wild band and that she might like them (though in truth, I was kinda surprised she stuck around this long! She seemed to be pretty into every band that played save for GRIMOIRE who she didn't really watch.) I planned to buy some DIMLIM merch, but then realized I was almost out of cash after drinks so...I just bought more drinks instead. I will cut straight to the point before getting into detail, but MAMIRETA is hands down one of the best live bands I have ever seen. They tripled the energy of the previous acts (somehow) and played one of the most fun sets I've ever seen. I've argued this point a few times, but I really don't think MAMIRETA would be out of place in a western hardcore festival (except for the whole makeup thing, lol) Their music reminds me a lot of some of the nu-metal tinged western hardcore that has been a thing these past few years (Vein, Knocked Loose, etc.) Their look was pretty "low-visual" or "boy mode" as my wife started calling it through the evening. Just hoodies, jeans, and big hair. (basically the same as they wore in their "もしもし" PV) I have heard some less than savory things about Batsu, their vocalist, but all of that aside I'd be glad to call him one of the best frontmen I've seen perform. An absolutely unstoppable force of pure energy from the first notes played -- he stole the show and just went absolutely hog-wild the entire time. By the end he was breakdancing, jumping out into the crowd and running around, then he borrowed someone's purse and hairbow and pranced across the stage before their set ended. (Which looking back may have been part of the reason people have issue with him -- the audience member seemed fine with it, but I could see that going less than okay in other scenarios...) I've listened to a fair bit of their music, but don't really know their song titles other than "お邪魔します." This song was a ton of fun live, the entire crowd chanting the "お邪魔します" line on command. I started raising my beer for this point in the song and Batsu immediately singled my out and pointed, yelling "hey!!" I'd be lying if it didn't make me feel a bit special...(but I am a fairly tall blonde dude, so I maybe stood out a bit...) My wife and I were both very taken with their performance and if we were to go back to Japan I'm confident we'd go out of our way to catch them again. I really can't speak highly enough of their live show!! Before the next band we tried to scope out the merch booths a bit in between bathroom breaks (and more drinks...?) I noticed that DIMLIM's merch attendant was already packing up their goods while all of the other bands were out with their items at this point. (Guitarist and bassist of MonstlloW were still behind their booth, pretty much all of Hueye were behind their booth or watching the other bands near the back exit, and MAMIRETA's guitarist was back there now, too.) As the curtains opened, the audience was greeted by a giant "ぐるぐる" banner and the members of gulu gulu entered the stage to great fanfare from a packed crowd (maybe the biggest crowd of the night?) Their opening SE came to a close as Ai entered the stage and they blasted into "変なメリーゴーランド," which I immediately recognized from the PV teaser they had launched a few days prior. They wore their exact outfits that had been used to promote the single up to this point and this was one of their first shows as gulu gulu (they were actually billed as 烏名 鳴と不愉快な仲間達 only to be updated a few weeks prior coinciding with their announcement to begin activities as gulu gulu). They were also extremely high energy, with Ai slinging around a megaphone and shoving the entire microphone in his mouth. Lanju swayed his hair back and forth and drew a lot of my attention as my most immediate favorite from their lineup. ("This bassist fuckin' slaps," according to my wife and I absolutely agree.) Their set felt very much like a "headlining" set in every sense of the word -- whether that was intentional or not (and I don't really think it was). They felt very professional, but still fun and goofy. The audience for them was probably the most intense of the evening -- they all seemed really devoted and it was clear they had been waiting for them most of the night. They followed Ai's commands religiously. Musically I was glad to hear just how heavy they were, as this was the first time I had heard anything other than the sample of "変なメリーゴーランド." Their overall guitar/bass tone was really thick and despite the "fun" nature of their set, they still had a dark atmosphere that made them really stand out. They played "嗅覚障害" fourth for maybe...twice as long as the actual song? They held out a number of the sections, particularly the "la la la la la" parts what felt like an extra long time, Ai prancing back and forth on the stage as the band played the bouncy riff on repeat. Overall, their set cemented them as "the band to watch" and it's clear that they've maintained that reputation for very good reason. Of all the bands I saw this night (and in VK right now as a whole) they are probably the band I'm most interested in watching grow. After their set they were giving out "red paper" (which I believe later turned out to be a link to their first PV) to those who followed them on Twitter, but my wifi box was dead and I didn't even realize what was happening until it was too late. They posted the setlist that evening and now I recognize all of the songs except for the second, which I believe is still unreleased? gulu gulu setlist 1. 変なメリーゴーランド 2. 汚れた豚 3. 左手はスナッフフィルム 4. 嗅覚障害 5. 不味い麻酔 The last band on for the evening was The Guzmania. I'll admit that I was pretty exhausted at this point and had pretty much no vested interest in them (plus my dead wifi box was beginning to make me a bit nervous so I started to shuffle around the venue to see if I couldn't find an outlet to charge it for a few minutes...). My wife was pretty insistent on staying, to my surprise, and said she'd feel bad leaving these "nice boys who were trying hard" to play to such a small crowd. I agreed and we watched the rest of their set from the side of the hall. They had very few fans in the audience so it did make me feel a bit bad, but they are a very new band (I believe had just played their first live a few weeks prior). Their sound wasn't terribly memorable in my opinion, kind of jumped back and forth from pop-rock tunes to a few slightly heavier numbers. Their bassist did almost all of the MC and the rest of the band felt a bit shy. They took a bit of a long MC pause after two or three songs and almost made it seem like they were done for the night before they played three or four more, which surprised me as it made their set pretty long in comparison to some of the other bands. (Or maybe it just felt that way because it was the end of a long live?) After this we hit the road, hailed a cab back to Shinjuku to save some energy, ate some late night KFC, and passed out for the evening. Sorry for the super long post!! Like I said, it was kind of stream of consciousness and probably included a bunch of unnecessary details, but it was fun to "relive" the event in my head. I'm hoping I can swing more than two lives next time I make my way to Japan! Thanks for reading!

1. アドナト (Adonato) 2. Before Dawn 3. 怪物 (Kaibutsu, Monster) 4. 444 5. As You Are 6. Bullshit (Album Mix) 7. Lilith (Album Mix) 8. 葬列 (Souretsu, Funeral Procession, Album Mix) 9. Ice 10. Fantasia (Album Mix) By my estimation, Voice is the only track that didn't make the cut. This gives us 6 total new tracks. EDIT: Yummy didn't make it. Am sad.

@Zeus and I came up with an idea to archive information from VK-themed websites that contain valuable information but are dying/semi-abandoned/etc. The discussion originated about the dying Scape forums (and by extension Scape itself), but I hope it expands to other dying sources of information. If anyone would like to participate in the archive work, help organize it, or nominate a website, say it here.

Going to Japan for my very first time in February! I'm trying to visit as much concerts as possible. I would be pleased if anyone has suggestions for some must-see-VK-acts .

Heya everyone, name's Ashe! I've been on and off of this site for years getting information and just laughing at comments and I figured now was the perfect time to join since there's been so much new stuff. Lately I've been listening a lot to these new bands, I'm really really into ザアザア (fight me), DADAROMA, キズ, and gulu gulu. I started listening back when I found The GazettE with their Filth in the Beauty MV, which was years ago... haha. I don't listen to them as much now? Their newer stuff isn't doing it for me anymore. I'm really excited to see what's up for 2020 in all of this, I think it'll be cool to see how all of these bands improve. It's been fun watching these newer bands improve exponentially with each single, but it's also not always like that, and they fumble sometimes. Usually I like to look at instrumentals in the tracks, I'm really slow with singles and mini albums because I listen to them on loop for a day or so before I formulate my opinion. Either way, thanks for having me! Hope to have fun interacting with you all!

What I am envisioning we preserve are things like tabs, interviews, lyrics translations, etc. No one thing in particular, but everything and anything that may be of interest to a fan five years from now. What we know about the past is a result of what people did and didn't preserve, including information. One thing in particular I'm interested in finding was that expose from the whistleblower a decade back or so. Something like that would be interesting to dissect and compare to the scene today, but we can't do that unless we find the original article. Anything archived can be posted here or on another website such as vk.gy and linked here. I'm not too picky on how or where it's done, just as long as it's done.

Can't believe I'm alone when it comes to asunaki koufuku, koe naki asu. One of my favs. Anyway everything up to uroboros slaps.

I'm still baffled that they are OK with releasing shit like Dendrobium and then coming up with this. This is damn perfect, especially the guitars.

Hi Monochromians~ I’ll be parting with quite a few items that need a new home asap Distray - Fare Well: $5 Holyclock - Shinshokusareru tsuki kuro ni nijimu 218byoukan $7 Holyclock - Kuuhaku no Zankyou, 210-byoukan ga Tsumugu Kyogi no Hikari $5 Holyclock - Shinshou AQUARIUM-Shuuen no Wa ni Zanryuusuru Sunadokei- $12 Holyclock - Doukei to Renbin no Ryuuseigun $7 Kagrra, - Rin $10 Kagrra, - Omou $10 Kagrra, - Tsuki ni murakumo B $10 Kagrra, - Utakata A $12 Kagrra, - Utakata B $12 Shiki project album type B $40 SAVAGE - Kaibou FilmMini-album $15 SAVAGE - Mosaic $8 SAVAGE - Reiketsu na Komoriuta - Batsuban $10 SAVAGE - Reiketsu na Komoriuta - Tsumiban $10 SAVAGE - Watashi wa Kowareta Hi A $10 SAVAGE - Watashi wa Kowareta Hi B $10 SAVAGE - Tokumei san no Kubiwa $12 SAVAGE - Morphine $20 Do As Infinity - Do The Live CD: $12 Do As Infinity - Final live CD: $12 (the case is in bad condition but the 3 CDs are impeccable) Do As Infinity - Need Your Love (w/DVD) $20 Do As Infinity - Eternal Flame (w/DVD) $20 Do As Infinity - Eight (w/DVD) $20 Do As Infinity - Do the A Side (w/DVD) $25 Do As Infinity - Infinity 1 $5 Do as Infinity - Alive/Iron Hornet $5 Do As Infinity - Dive At It 2014 DVD + bluray + live CD $30 JILUKA - Metamorphose type B $20 JILUKA - Brave Antagonistic Letters Under Segregation $18 JILULA - Xtopia B $27 MORRIGAN - Necro $18 MORRIGAN - Moshimo Kuroi Tsubasa ga Hanaetara A $8 MORRIGAN - Pandora $30 MORRIGAN - Corpse Reviver $25 MORRIGAN - Black Russian $20 MORRIGAN - The Dawn Deep Dope $40 MORRIGAN - XISS $35 D - New Blood ~second impact~ $15 D - Huang Di ~yami ni umareta mukui~ B $15 D - Vampire Chronicle A $25 D - Mayutsuki no Hitsugi A $12 D - Mayutsuki no Hitsugi B $12 D - Mayutsuki no Hitsugi C $12 D - Yume Narishi Kuchu Teien $12 D - Mahiru no Koe ~synchronicity~ A $12 D - Mahiru no Koe ~synchronicity~ B $10 D - Shiroi Yoru $15 D - Yami yori kurai dokoku no acapella to bara yori akai jounetsu no aria A $12 D - Taiyou no Okuru Hi A $12 D - Ultimate Lovers first press $12 D - Dearest You A $12 D - Dearest You B $8 D - Ouka Saki Some ni Keri A $12 D - Ouka Saki Some ni Keri B $8 D - Schwarszchild A $12 D - Schwarszchild B $8 D - Birth B $7 D - Birth C $7 D - Yami no Kuni no Alice C $8 D - Tightrope A $12 D - Tightrope C $7 D - Day by Day A $12 D - Day by Day C $7 D - Akaki Hitsuji ni Yoru Bansankai A $12 D - Akaki Hitsuji ni Yoru Bansankai B $12 D - Akaki Hitsuji ni Yoru Bansankai C $7 D - In the name of Justice B $12 D - In the name of Justice C $7 D - Dying Message A $12 D - Dying Message B $12 D - Dying Message C $7 D - Danzai no Gunner A $12 D - Danzai no Gunner C $7 D - Bon Voyage! $15 D - Rosenstrauss A $12 D - Rosenstrauss B $10 D - Dark Wings A $12 D - Dark Wings C $8 D - Dark Wings D $5 D - Tsuki no Sakazuki A $12 D - Tsuki no Sakazuki B $10 D - Tsuki no Sakazuki C $7 D - Tsuki no Sakazuki D $5 D - Happy Unbirthday C $7 D - Happy Unbirthday D $5 D - Dark Fairy Tale C $7 D - Dark Fairy Tale D $5 Ruiza - Amenity Gain $12 Ruiza - Abyss $12 Ruiza - One A $15 Ruiza - One B $12 Asagi - Seventh Sense A $12 Asagi - Seventh Sense D $8 Asagi - Live DVD $35 Dying Message Oddisey $20 Rosenstrauss Documentary $20 I also have a bunch of cheki for sale (D, JILUKA and MORRIGAN, mainly), I can send photos if anyone is interested. I have several D photosets (very old ones) and merch like tote bags and accessories.

BUCK-TICK new maxi-single "堕天使" (Datenshi) will be released at 2020/01/29 (3 types) Limited SHM-CD+Blu-Ray edition (2380yen) Limited SHM-CD+DVD edition (1880yen) Regular SHM-CD edition (1000yen) [CD tracklist] 01. 堕天使 (Datenshi) 02. Luna Park 03. 「THE DAY IN QUESTION 2019」 LIVE TRACK (Limited edition only) [Blu-Ray/DVD tracklist] (limited edition only) ・「THE DAY IN QUESTION 2019」 LIVE TRACK収録 ・Blu-ray：「堕天使」MUSIC VIDEO収録 ・スペシャルデジパック仕様

ゴールデンボンバー(GOLDEN BOMBER) new album "もう紅白に出してくれない" will be released at 2019/12/28. [CD＋DVD] ¥3,300＋税 EAZZ-5017 [CDのみ] ¥2,700＋税 EAZZ-5018 TrackList: 01. 令和 02. 首が痛い 03. ガガガガガガガ 04. LINEのBGMにしてるとモテる曲 05. かまってちょうだい/// 06. ぼくの世界を守って 07. 振動 08. タツオ…嫁を俺にくれ 09. 私すっぴんブスだから 10. 君のスカートが短くて 11. つよいぞ！ロボヒップ 12. 暴れ曲 13. 犬じゃあるまいし 14. ぺしみずむ 15. さらば [おまけトラック] タツオ⋯嫁を俺にくれ(鬼龍院翔 Vocal ver.) DVD 01. 祝！紅白落選 イイ波乗りてぇ！人工波でサーフィンに挑戦！ 02. やったことないことやってみようシリーズ 催眠術ってホントにかかんのか！？「ザ・催眠」

Album sample:

LMAO, I love this PV so much ! It's hilarious and super relatable to those who enjoy heavier bands and they look great as a br00tal band. I also love the fact that they went to an actual VK live house and you can see all those posters for those indie bands on the walls. Truly, a masterpiece, like most of their PVS. Translations for the lyrics, anyone ? Pretty please.

The whole representation of DIMLIM seems so confusing at the Moment. lol But they wouldn't have bothered to build a whole new website if they've had plans to disband in a few weeks. I'm 100% sure that we will get this album and it will bang!

I think d.i.d. and ligro are completely different scenarios from dimlim considering both vocalists were well yeah lol

yep

Confusing as ever... So, my understanding is this is a single by "Sui" and not "David." For one... Then, the name of the single is Untitled Fallen. One version has three songs: Fallen, Abyss, Third Track. The second has three and a bonus CD: Fallen, Abyss, Third Track... Second disc has self-cover. Yes? Am I ballpark?

The new LITE PV is pretty dope and I like the track too. I should probably get around to listening to their new album at some point...

Can't blame the guy for leaving. Regardless - the guy is huge for Japanese standards. I don't think this fact influenced the band well considering that many fans choose a band for the looks. So for sure visual kei is not for him. The industry is not gonna change over one snowflake. As for the bullying part and such video even existing - well, the president of Bloom (the blond guy in the video) is a legendary kusoman who was supposedly involved in many shady things. What else could be expected from him?

I just want to say Because my mother's first language is Chinese, she gets her news from the Canadian Chinese TV channel and free Chinese newspapers distributed at Chinese grocery stores (Toronto suburbs). She is convinced that the American and British governments are paying all of the protesters. Also, because the footage shown on TV are the most extremely violent/disruptive acts perpetrated by protesters, she thinks they should all be arrested/imprisoned and would not be upset if the military rolled in and killed them all. I have to listen to her rant about this shit every day (because it is shown on TV every day). Attempts to set her straight are useless and only lead to more ranting. Propaganda is certainly.. a thing.. even here in Canada. I'm sure nobody is regulating those "news"papers. By the way, I also told her about how ridiculous it is that Xi Jinping banned Winnie the Pooh, and her response was "It should be banned! It is very insult! How would you like it if people compared you to a fat bear!" 🙄 Also, the sickening details about the treatment of Chinese Muslims is "fake news".

+1. Wake is super-underappreciated and the rework is amazing. I love it.

DIMLIM thangs that surprise me in light of the news:

Getting D.I.D. flashbacks.

Chikage (ex-Megaromania) plays guest guitar in the first track. 2nd track is confirmed as "Abyss". Third track must be a SE which must be why there's only 2 tracks in the sample...

https://www.last.fm/music/ドグマ散ル

weirdly enough I was led to this by tumblr, haven't heard it live before, gave me chills~

I'll provide pictures later, but this is my resent order Art Cube - 奇形箱～bad ass cube～ (Type A) Asriel - 月光蝶舞う深紅の花園 CHRONO SLIVER - ROCK A BOUND Cynthia - pink flyer DICE&JOKER - ETERNAL INSANITY DOG in the PWO - SEE ME ANYTIME towel Dear Rouge - Dye Red Than Rouge Dir en grey - Cage Poster Dir en grey - I'll flyer Dir en grey - TOUR 2000 The type of Deity Tapestry ElDorado - ElDorado x BLACK PEACE NOW tie GIGA SLAVE - sensual color GRENADIER - Cloudy Sky HYSTERIC BLAME - 2010 Hysteric - 色彩 Jin-Machine - 京都・神戸・大阪・仙台公演ご当地ソング「THE BEST OF Jin-Machine」 KAMIJO - Sang -Another Story- (Regular Edition) Kaya - TABOO Sealed LM.C - 2008 works (FC-limited DVD) La:Sadie's - 呪ワレタ楽園ノ影… La:sadie's blue flyer Lagna - Tear Lastier - SCENE L’Arc~en~Ciel - 25th Anniversary Rilakuma plush bear MILKY EMILY-みるえみ- - 彩色MILKTICAL Malice Mizer - merveilles pin set ROSE - VOL.1 Rkyu Harker - Tir-nan-og SectMa - ベルクィン Shiver - hypnosis V.A. - B.J.maniac V.A. - きわもの達の果実 [人格ラヂオ, いろは, ホタル, denno:oblaat, ドレミ團, カリメロ] Velladonna - フェルマータのフェルマー Vinett - ティンクル・ティンクル Ze零ro - 零戦開花 ギミック(Gimmick) - Minerals ゴールデンボンバー(Golden Bomber) - Obama White House Jersey ゴールデンボンバー(Golden Bomber) - “Love Kyan?” shirt シネマストリップ(Cinema[s'trip]) - MEMORY ヴィデオグラマァ(Video Glamour) - 第3セクター【検証版】 人格ラヂオ(Jinkaku Radio) - 一秒

Közi

DIMLIM was the first vkei band that I gave a try in a while... and now this. Good thing I didn't get too invested in them, I guess.

They will be pressing their first release into two physical CDs. Type A 1. 星にネがいを 2. 復讐 3. 怨返し Type B 1. 星にネがいを 2. 復讐 3. 嘘つき Additionally, they will be releasing a new single, "Hitori Bocchi" (ひとりぼっち) on October 10th for 500 yen.

MH kei is official

Were already their best friends nice

AZURMA Disband 18.08.2019 大阪 西天満MOERADO

Idk, would people want to read about it? I guess I can start piecing it together in my free time. Yeah, idk what's up with all that, seems like they've been cutting down on staff and production. Hide-Zou has been doing A LOT of production work these past few years. These album covers don't seem too bad for me though, they've done those photoshoots and included them as jacket-sized stickers on the albums before, it makes sense with the character concept. Less of a lazy move than putting their logos on a black background as a cover tbh.

kenji with tha man bun edit: why do I feel like I know the band theyre cosplaying

Why does RAZOR keeps releasing the same song over and over again? I must've heard at least 5 different iterations of 完全無欠, all of them boring AF

I'm interested as well! I myself tried few times to gather information about song order for characters and all the story line and I got some stuff, but without knowing Japanese it's not that easy and my story basically got cut on Daznai no Gunner where Carbuncle was tricked and kidnapped (That happen in Black Swan if I remember correctly) and got rescued by others. So, if Komorebi is still on I would gladly join you on putting the story together. EDIT: It was Luminous Flame not Black Swan that was about Carbuncle being tricked. I mixed them up, because both are about Odile, sorry.

Seems like the guys know about existence of MH, @Tokage