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  1. I have to admit that when I checked it out earlier today I never expected it to be THIS heavy but here we are.

     

    I was supposed to see them live last week but their flight got delayed (and some other stuff happened) so they never arrived on time to play their set. I did get to talk to Ryo when I went to get some merch but seeing the apologetic nice guy in front of me - no taller than I am - in comparison with this almost feels like a huge mindfuck.


  2. 1 hour ago, Ro plz said:

    The best way to enjoy ONE OK ROCK is to not listen to any of their material and see them as they tour with other bands. Surprisingly enough these Neighbors are stellar live. Im seeing em in March so ill peep this song then. 

     

    Last time I saw them live that was basically me with their latest album. I listened to it once, forgot all about it, saw them live and thought the songs weren't half bad because of them performing them as they do with all their other stuff. It has nowhere near the same energy nor feel as their older work, but at least it's manageable when there's good songs across the setlist anyway. (Sadly those will get less and less the more bland things they release)

     

    Used to love them and grew older with them (I'm the same age as Taka) but at this point I got to say lil bro's band is far more interesting and I hope they stay that way. OOR fell victim to the blandness of a lot of the American bands they tour with and those on their American label 😕


  3. 3 hours ago, nekkichi said:

    so a glass of what appears to be red wine for breakfast doesn't raise questions from The Monochromians, but a stylistic choice did that? interesting

    It looks like steak with fries and ketchup, with a glass of red wine on the side. Doubt this is breakfast and if it is then... you do you, Shinya!


  4. 51 minutes ago, Saishu said:

    I remember his hair flowing about when I saw them ten years ago! There was a point around the DSS era where he cut it shorter, so maybe that’s why it wasn’t as noticeable. 

    It's mostly been flowy indeed, but right now it was just more the whole package of his poses + the really long hair atm going everywhere. Seen them about 6 times since the Dozing Green Tour in 2007 so I've seen a few hairstyles pass I guess? He's definitely had it shorter than it is now during that time. And I guess styles do a lot as well, since they look somewhat different for every single tour anyway.

     

    Which reminds me, it feels like Kaoru is de-aging or something. Must be the cut + blue in his hair.


  5. 17 hours ago, Saishu said:

    Die’s poser act? Did I miss something?

    Not really. It just felt like he was trying too hard to be cool and awesome in comparison to the times I've seen them before! The whole hair-waving thing doesn't help much for me. :D But yeah, I'm not hating or anything. It made me laugh more than anything.


  6. 1 minute ago, AwesomeNyappy said:

    Oh no, i was talking about the queue outside (which did not exist at half past 7 anymore). I was there at around six. I also queued for the toilet, the wardrobe and the merch booth, so there were already lots of people standing there. So we also made our way through some people to find a good spot, but it was so crowded already that we did not want to move in further to annoy people (I'm also used to concerts where things are different, but I wasn't sure about the way diru fans would take that.)

     

    But I was actually quite satisfied with where I was because I had sooo much space. I could jump around and headbang, it was super fun!

     

    About Die: I also find it crinchy af, but for me, that's the fun of it (or maybe I'm just too magnetised by his wavy hair, who knows lol). 

    Aha, yeah, assumed you mentioned that queue! But I didn't see any of that indeed. We queued for the merch for a bit for my friends but that went fairly easy too.

     

    I get the feeling of "not wanting to annoy" people but at the same time it's not like we pushed our way through (wouldn't do that since I don't like that myself either). Just used the open bits in-between people before the gig started and then went along with the movement of the crowd as soon as it did start. I was a bit uncertain as well at first since it's the first time I saw Diru in Germany but in London or Paris it hasn't ever really been an issue. Don't remember much of Utrecht years ago but that was a boring crowd back then anyway.

     

    As long as you were happy where you were it's all fine, isn't it? :D Everyone has their own gig habits anyway.


  7. 2 minutes ago, AwesomeNyappy said:

    Me too! Was never a big Toshiya fan, but he left an impression on me. 

    I find Die's "poser" act pretty hilarious tbh (probably not what he was going for), and I never want it to stop :D

     

    It's super funny that you two were standing so close to each other!

    I was standing way more in the back for once, but that was okay. I arrived quite late (because deutsche bahn), and the queue was already waaaaay too long. But I met some super nice people that I ended up spending the concert with, so I'm actually glad I was so late haha.

    Die's act is borderline cringe tbh. It's just too much. :D

     

    We got in really late too tbh. We knew they were starting at 8 and I think we got there little after half past 7. I don't even know what queue you're talking about! I'm used to going to metalcore gigs and such so we just made our way through the crowd/pit as usual heheh :)


  8. 1 minute ago, Seelentau said:

    Yeah, the twins with beards and no hair, right? They were next to me on the right, in front of me was the tall girl with red hair and left to her was the Kyokyokyo girl. While we waited for the show to start, someone sat down right behind me. And over the course of the concert, of course the crowd moved a lot, but sadly I didn't manage to get further towards the stage. Couldn't grab anything either, didn't even see Kaoru's picks due to the lighting.

    Ah! We were right behind those seated just before the concert started, and then moved to the left of the kyokyokyo girl so it's very possible I was right next to you at some point. The twins (if we're talking about the same dudes with the same tourshirts on) ended up in the pit near the end as well and ended to my left side. I was right in-between the pit and the people staying put for most of the gig!


  9. 8 hours ago, Seelentau said:

    Where were you located in the crowd? I was right behind that girl who growled Kyokyokyo a couple times. In front of Shinya, in the middle of the pack. Didn't see or catch anything this time, was hoping for a second drum stick. :D

    And I wondered about Die's hair as well, how is he doing that? Are there vents in his mic stand?

     

    2 hours ago, Seelentau said:

    I was in front of Shinya, in the middle of the crowd. Right where two of the tallest people stood, obstructing my view lots of times.

    But you can actually see my right arm on Toshiya's instagram picture :D

     

    I was probably veeeery close to you then. Actually got behind two very tall dudes (they basically looked like twins?) as well but moved around with the moshpit's side from time to time.😛 The Kyokyokyo girl got on my nerves though (and some of the other ones absolutely disregarding everyone near because they wanted to just dance and jump and mosh whether there was space or not). Also, did you mention you had to wait 70min? Website said Diru started playing at 8 though! (though they were late anyway...)

     

    Nothing will ever beat the 2007 Dozing Green gig for me but this was one hell of a gig as well. Kyo was great as usual and I finally realized I actually do quite like Toshiya. (Die can drop his whole poser act though, pls)


  10. Watching very little this summer somehow and hardly anything can keep my attention fully as well.

     

    Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger and Banana Fish are being really consistent at least. Definite faves of the season.

     

    Satsuriku no Tenshi is a fun surprise. Even if I'm mainly watching to hear Zack's VA go batshit as usual (as if he isn't yelling enough as Bakugo in BNHA yet)

     

    Will I ever understand the hype for SNK? I doubt it. I just wish someone would eat Eren and Mikasa already so Levi can be the lead he deserves to be.


  11. Speaking from the pov of someone who's interviewed lots of western bands + is European: you don't "break" into the European scene. People just happen to pick up your music or they don't unless you're with some bigass label that pushes it towards mediaplatforms. The recordlabels in Europe that have Japanese bands signed are mainly responsible for distribution of the CDs, as well as getting them venues/promo when they come to Europe for tours. They don't promo them with a big PLAY THESE DUDES PLS. Rockbands in these type of genres get around by touring, not by getting played on a radiostation or anything.

     

    As for the US. I've heard it a lot from the bands I've spoken to, but it's more of a thing in the US than it is over here. We simply don't care much about language since we have loads of them in our surroundings. It doesn't NEED to be English. The US is simply more chauvinistic in that way where they want all their media to be English. Look at all the dubbing of anime, for instance. Sure, it happens in some countries here too but overall it's fairly tame in comparison + only for the children's shows. Or whenever they find some interesting European or Asian movie that isn't in English they feel the need to remake it with the idea that "people won't bother with subtitles" or something of the likes (They've done it with some of our local productions and then horribly failed). So there's part explanation in that too.

     

    Imo OOR would have done way better if they'd have just stuck to their original thing of mixing English and Japanese. Now they just sound like any other basic overproduced Fueled by Ramen band. Also, whether Diru sings in English or Japanese you wouldn't recognize it anyway so I'd highly doubt that being any indication as to why they charted or not.

     

    Additionally, Crossfaith, coldrain, Fact, and many other Japanese bands also have releases in the US and Europe, but since their genre isn't all that widely spread, neither will the sales of their stuff. Doesn't mean they don't have the fans to back the tours of course. I see this all the time since I'm a big post-hardcore/metalcore/whatever fan as well. The forum where I get my western stuff have coldrain/crossfaith/diru and are equally hyped for those than they are for the other releases. Crossfaith's been coming to a huge local festival for 3 or 4 years now and always has a huge crowd.

     

    If we're solely talking VK then I'm sure it's not a surprise it never "broke through". I mean, it's VK.

     

    Wanted to add that Japanese is also a very difficult language to get used to, so if people hardly ever hear it they'll always perceive it as "weird sounding". Meanwhile we're all used to Spanish, French, English and the likes so it's not as hard to adapt to songs sung in such languages.


  12. 10 hours ago, YuyoDrift said:

    So I'm following up on EP 14 and holy shit the drama online regarding how the episode went down is beyond belief lol.

    Never seen a subreddit as salty as this one rn. Fuckers even sent hate tweets to the creators of the show with their outrage haha.

    I hope they don't cancel it from these acts of ignorance.

    Honestly, I saw the comments before I watched the episode and after watching it I just want to slap them all on the head. Sure, I got annoyed as well but imo it all fits their story and current life/convictions. We can only wait and see what they'll do with it.


  13. 11 minutes ago, geist said:

     

    1. Start with Kodou

    2. Ask yourself "Do I want something heavier, or lighter?"

    3. The Former: listen to Withering to Death - Arche

    4. The Latter: listen to Missa - Vulgar

     

    When I first started listening to the band, roughly when Withering to Death came out, I didn't listen to their older material until YEARS later. That also probably explains why I'm not really fond of their older releases compared to everything they've done from W2D and on.

    I second this tbh. (Though I'd probably start with Vulgar.) I'd known Diru for a while but got into them right before Withering came out. Since it aligned with my music taste at the time it was easy to get into, and from there on they continued releasing things in a fairly logical diru-evolution (along with my own). I've always liked Vulgar as well but the ones before I've never been able to link with. Maybe if I'd gotten into them earlier.

     

     


  14. 35 minutes ago, Chi said:

    I've been bamboozled this season so far. The anime I thought I was gonna enjoy (like new CCS and Violet Evergarden) are unable to truly get my attention while A Place Further than the Universe has managed to steal their spotlight for me

    meanwhile pop team epic and saiki kusuo have been consistent in quality...and ito junji collection is just a rollercoaster that goes from bad to alright every now and then

    Saiki always great tbh. I started watching back during its first season with no expectations but honestly, it remains solid.

     

    Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens has been amusing me as well. Though I'll admit a great deal of that is the killer voice cast. Hell, I'm even anticipating some random webanime I found out about more than most airing this season.

     

    (are you on mal? do I already have you on mal?)


  15. 19 minutes ago, Chi said:

    I just finished Shiki and surprisingly liked it despite the crazy character design and some flaws i felt in the story but overall it was enjoyable

    I remember watching it as it aired years ago and having the same feeling overall. Then at the end I just felt it was pretty good though to this day I still can't quite explain.

     

     

    Current season? Darling in the FRANXX has been entertaining me. Aside from that and a few others it's a really calm season. KyoAni's Violet Evergarden is pretty underwhelming tbh.


  16. 1 hour ago, Seelentau said:

    didnt they have a screamer?

    Yusuke, yeah. Screamer/Rapper/Vocalist.

     

    Last thing I know he was in some kind of band with dual vocals. Forgot the name but seeing as I forgot it it must mean they didn't really get anywhere. (Just went to look it up. It was Vanity Sicks)

     

    This is one hell of a nostalgia trip though. Wow. Also makes me wonder what they could have been by now if she'd never left in the first place. I'm kind of amused the guys just up and came back to form a band with her after she was basically the reason they lost their label and popularity.

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