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9 points
Goodbye for now
SakuraFox512 and 8 others reacted to suji for a post in a topic
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! -
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cali≠gari new EP "この雨に撃たれて" (Kono ame ni utarete) release
returnal and 4 others reacted to Jigsaw9 for a post in a topic
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?) -
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random thoughts thread
Seimeisen and 2 others reacted to platy for a post in a topic
Crushing on people is hard cuz I would straight up just tell them if it was up to me but u know... societal boundaries. -
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new band "どく" (doku) has formed
Aferni and 2 others reacted to Jigsaw9 for a post in a topic
If anyone's curious, looks like one of the single's songs was already released under the おぎゃー name: -
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Kaya new special project, "Road to 15th Anniversary" + new cover album, "DRESS" release
ricchubunny and 2 others reacted to Kaya-Rose-Addict for a post in a topic
Today is the day of the release of the new album Kaya「DRESS」23/6, listen on digital platforms!!! 😍💙 Global distribution start with various download sites and streaming services! Online music distribution is available worldwide from June 23, 2019 !! Delivery list: https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/Kaya_Dress -
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Goodbye for now
Karma’s Hat and one other reacted to Ikna for a post in a topic
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. -
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bands that FUCKING hate each other (aka band beef thread)
Komorebi and one other reacted to IGM_Oficial for a post in a topic
The rivalry between 0,1 g no gosan and Mathilda is just hilarious. -
2 pointsDoku どく is ex おぎゃー OGYAA 1st Single『クイ』(Kui) 24.07.2019 M-1 : クイ (Kui) M-2 : 少数派迫害帝国日 (Shousuu-ha hakugai teikoku-bi) M-3 : 餌 (Esa) M-4 : 劇 (Geki) Vo.しん sin (ex Nuru ぬる in ゴア Gore, おぎゃー OGYAA) Gt.いのり inori (ex ゴア Gore, おぎゃー OGYAA) Ba.はくや hakuya (ex CLACK Inc., おぎゃー OGYAA) http://doku.website/ https://twitter.com/doku_offi 2nd TRAILER
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Video Game News Outlets Outraged Over Tifa Lockhart's Breast Size in FFVII Remake
nullmoon and one other reacted to Zeus for a post in a topic
It is okay to have strong female characters who kick ass and have large tits. -
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bands that FUCKING hate each other (aka band beef thread)
Miku70 and one other reacted to Lereku for a post in a topic
Not only between J and Sugizo during 2000 summer all the members hated each others, in autumn the situation became critical between them, they not speak to each others after the concerts, each depart from their sides etc... J hated Inoran for few times coz during this time Inoran said ""I'm going back to Tokyo because I'm not well" while in reality he leaving for record his album. Until theirs comeback in 2007 they not speak to each others except Inoran and Ryuichi. -
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8P-SB new album, "future past" release
Xerath and one other reacted to -NOVA- for a post in a topic
no one: @suji : -
2 pointsthread idea: ''bandmen you could probably take on in a fight and how you would fight them''
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Study Finds 80% of NES Characters Believe Earth is Flat, Only Moves to the Right
reminiscing2004 and one other reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/study-finds-80-nes-characters-believe-earth-flat-moves-right/ This is just so great. 😂 -
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Goodbye for now
Komorebi and one other reacted to psychonnect_rozen for a post in a topic
My last comment. Aww, thank you 😭 Honestly, out of like maybe 7 or 8 people on this place, your legit one of the most chill on MH. I honestly tolerate you than some of the more annoying ones one here. You seem nice and pretty awesome. I’d love to talk to you once I get back. ありがとうございます! -
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8P-SB new album, "future past" release
Cereal Killer 13 and one other reacted to jon_jonz for a post in a topic
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Feminism and Video Games
suji and one other reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
1.The Era of women's suffrage, the flappers, all that jazz was good feminism. However, this modern-day crusade on a strawman is quite frankly bullshit. 2. People generalize everything, so of course they do. 3. Male feminists are, and excuse my French..pussy starved (can't believe I'm saying this, but I find no other words to describe it) beta males and it's being uncovered now that a big swath of them are pedophiles. 4.Feminazis make real feminists look bad, but the feminists are eating themselves as they battle with the identitarians over identity politics. 1.It's okay to be anything excluding a murderer and a baby rapist, you do you, but don't expect everyone to follow you to the gates of oblivion. 2.There are plenty of legit girl gamers and they're respected for the most part unless someone is just a dick or a thirsty 12 year old. There are also gaming thots who just want attention and money by using their bodies to coax horny pre/teens too young for Skinemax. That being said the gaming landscape until recently due to Xbox throwing the hammer down on free speech, has been a place of public discourse, there are the LGBT and racists and everything else, but that's fine because gamers come from all walks of life. 3.Female characters should be whatever the creators want them to be, they're art, not real and they could be a little girl or a full grown woman with DDDs, horns, muscles and a tail. -
1 pointVK was remotely popular where I live at the time I was in High school, so there were some "cool kids" that liked it and i know there were some meet ups in the local scene. But being shy and introverted I never went there. And at Anime+Manga Cons I only ever stared at the VK cosplayers, never interacted with them. At my school there was one class above me that had three girls who self identified as "Visus". That was when VK and Anime reached peak hype in the German speaking lands, so I guess between 2006 and 2008/9-ish. Youth magazines really tried hard to sell it as a subcultural movement thing, so you had people walking around saying that they are "Visus" and these three girls were fully into it, dressing in mid 00s grb and with way too much eyeliner every single day, bags donned with hundreds of band buttons and weaboo shit and whatnot. I kinda admired it and envied that they had the guts to look like that. Nowadays I find it kinda silly though… most of those early attempts of foreigners to dress VK looked really shit (and more like Emo or Scene). And same with them. But they tried, I guess. So people at my school knew what it was, but apart from those "Visu" kiddos no one really cared that much and nowadays I doubt there's anyone but very few people left in this country who do. Ok, some of my classmates were mallgoths (and so were I), and they kinda thought Mana looked amazing, but they still preferred to listen to Cradle of Filth and Marylin Manson, lol.
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∧ucifer (Lucifer)
secret_no_03 reacted to Flame-X for a post in a topic
I still listen to these guys sometimes Mainly just 1 song, Regret. The main guitarist, Yuki, has been playing in many other bands such as Acid Black Cherry and Rayflower. The only other band I know that was formed just to promote an anime was Chrome Shelled. It was a song called Silent Talk. I don't know how long they lasted or if they had other songs but that's all I think can of on top of my head. -
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Anyone remember Daichi Kuroda? What's he doing today?
Ada Suilen reacted to seikun for a status update
Anyone remember Daichi Kuroda? What's he doing today? -
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new band "どく" (doku) has formed
Nighttime Jae reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
Love everything about this. I've been listening to Gore and Ogyaa today and I really like Sin's voice. Can't wait for the whole thing and more. -
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What are you listening to 2?
platy reacted to monkeybanana4 for a post in a topic
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1 pointI've been trying to wrap my head around that for quite a few minutes now lol Ao looks fabulous, as always!
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未完成アリス (Mikansei Alice) new look and new mini-album,『Stargazer』, release
Serox reacted to monkeybanana4 for a post in a topic
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1 pointAlready been done, friend. Some annoying, cuckoo feminazi who makes video essays on misogyny in video games (I forgot her name but she's very famous for her dumb shenanigans). Apparently Bayonetta is a nothing but a male fantasy, blah blah demeaning to women and completely unrealistic blah. If she took off her conspiracy glasses she would see that Bayo is actually the best case of female empowerment in games. I will fight anyone who says otherwise because she is what we were always waiting for lol
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bands that FUCKING hate each other (aka band beef thread)
avaritonista reacted to sleepy coffee for a post in a topic
the only ones im aware of is basically hiro and possibly other ncbl members with daichi/cazqui and then theres retsu/issei stuff but idk if we know the reasoning behind that -
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deadman to hold a oneman live in September 2019
emmny reacted to HotaruFilth for a post in a topic
For me Sakura to Ame was the best. It moved me so much, i cried T_T And they said they would be active for 1 year. -
1 pointTo celebrate their 15th anniversary and their 10th anniversary for being major, the band will release a CD called 「狂王」(Kyou ou) ! Two editions will be available : Special limited edition : gift for those attending their live on 2018.12.21 at 豊洲PIT(Toyosu PIT) CD : 1.組曲「狂王」第一番 ~灯火(とうか)の雄馬~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daiichi ban tôka no ouma) 2.組曲「狂王」第二番 ~死の影を運ぶ鳥~ (Kumikyouku kyou oudaini ban shi no kage o hakobu tori) 3.組曲「狂王」第三番 ~美醜なる不死の獣~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daisan ban bishû naru fushi no kemono) 4.組曲「狂王」第夢番 ~旅鼠(レミング)の行進~ (Kumikyouku Kyou ou daiyume ban tabinezumi no kôshin) 5.組曲「狂王」第幻番 ~死出虫の舞踏会~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daigen ban shide mushi no butô kai) 6.組曲「狂王」第四番 ~黒羊は忠誠の夢を見る~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daiyon ban kuro hitsuji wa chûsei no yume o miru) 7.組曲「狂王」第五番 ~落陽に哭(な)く蝙蝠~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daigo ban rakuyô ni naku kawahori) Regular edition : 2500 yen ; it will also be released at their live on 2018.12.21 and you can also order via http://www.rosen-kranz.jp/shop/ from 2018.12.22 at noon. CD : 1.組曲「狂王」第一番 ~灯火(とうか)の雄馬~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daiichi ban tôka no ouma) 2.組曲「狂王」第二番 ~死の影を運ぶ鳥~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daini ban shi no kage o hakobu tori) 3.組曲「狂王」第三番 ~美醜なる不死の獣~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daisan ban bishû naru fushi no kemono) 4.組曲「狂王」第四番 ~黒羊は忠誠の夢を見る~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daiyon ban kuro hitsuji wa chûsei no yume o miru) 5.組曲「狂王」第五番 ~落陽に哭(な)く蝙蝠~ (Kumikyouku kyou ou daigo ban rakuyô ni naku kawahori)
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蘭図 (Rands) new single, "Solaris" release
platy reacted to IGM_Oficial for a post in a topic
If only their music was as good as the visuals... -
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Feminism and Video Games
Gesu reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
Sena is like if Lightning had a brother or a sex change, just blows the mind. -
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Feminists Outraged Over Long Airport Restroom Lines
Komorebi reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
This General section, specifically Current events is about what's going on in the world. General on the Japanese Rock is about VK. Intellectual discussions and open debate are useful and healthy. -
1 pointAlso over her thighs being "less thicc" lolol Favorite joke regarding FF cup size: https://mobile.twitter.com/LVGHSTmusic/status/1141740190656077825
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A Rapid Increase in Domestic Violence Against Men in Japan
Euronymous reacted to God for a post in a topic
honestly, i can only speak from my own experiences from existing within a marginalized group. the only thing i really want is to be able to survive and not be mocked or made fun of for trying to be content with my survival. but, yeah, i get it. some people do take it really far and assume things that don’t seem like attacks (to me anyway) are. although, this isn’t me saying that jokes about trans folk are funny. i think it depends on the joke itself and the implication? like i have a friend who is fat, so she calls herself a trans fat sometimes and that’s p funny. -
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R指定 (R-Shitei) new PV DVD "映像盤。肆" (Eizou-ban. 4) and LIVE DVD "映像盤。伍" (Eizou-ban. 5) release
TheZigzagoon reacted to Kiryu999 for a post in a topic
Because of their band name and some of their songs that are talking about death and suicide, they were forbidden to play at budokan -
1 pointnokubura finally stink and now nazare and dimlim can claim the spot as heavy kei kings
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1 pointKaya - 愛の讃歌 / Edith Piaf (美輪明宏訳詞 (Akihiro Miwa ver)) PV I guess Kaya's major again~
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1 pointYou are correct in that Kizu targets females as they do a lot of instores and interact with fans, like most vk bands. I don't think DIMLIM particularly targets males, though. Rather they just don't really do instores or interact with fans that much cause they're all awkward af. Not doing instores/eigyou is a no-go for a lot of bangya. In addition, they don't play often (1-3 times a month), they manage themselves, they don't really have money or a lot of connections, Sho doesn't use SNS and the others are bad at it (another turn off for bangya as well as overseas fans), and they're not consistent with releases. The quality of their releases post-Issei have been top notch, but in the past year they've only put out a 10 song/2 SE album and a two song single with a 10 month gap between them. Also I don't think they would achieve more if they dropped VK (tbh they're barely vk as it is). There's no money in metal in Japan unless you make it big and very few bands do. I like both bands a lot, but I stan DIMLIM (no surprise there) They're kinda clueless and not very consistent about certain things, but they're doing their best with their limited resources and I really respect/appreciate that, and their improvement post-Issei is honestly incredible. I love Kizu's music and they put on great shows. I had a lot of good times seeing them in 2017, but there were so many crazy/desperate/violent people at their liquidroom oneman last year. My friends and I were being kicked by the people in front of us for 90% of the time🙄 I haven't gone since because I don't want to deal with that crap anymore. It's a real shame they have such terrible fans cause the guys really are good at what they do. As for DIMLIM's lives, they are a lot more chill.
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La'Vistier has begun and ended a new era + new unit {mid:night} has formed --> will disband
yurameki24 reacted to Kaya-Rose-Addict for a post in a topic
However La'Vistier remastered his songs! 【悲愴の花束 un bouquet de pathétique 収録曲】 1. 白昼夢 (Remaster) 2. 悲劇の十字架〜Ashes〜 (Remaster) 3. 華〜Love in Flower〜 (Remaster) 4. Janne Mary (Remaster) 5. 慚愧〜刹那の快楽〜 (Remaster) 6. 雪月花 (Remaster) 7. 月ノ欠片 (Remaster) -
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A Rapid Increase in Domestic Violence Against Men in Japan
Komorebi reacted to Euronymous for a post in a topic
when it comes to such horrible cases,feminists or the movement sympathizers always say stuff like: "oh,these or extreme cases" or "feminism is not like that",etc. the thing is way more complex than we can imagine,and there's also the whole left-wing political agenda in it, they dominate the mainstream media,they will do their best to deliver the news the way they think it's best. -
1 pointwhat? your argument is just that the article doesn't mention feminism? the murder case is DIRECTLY linked to feminism. just like @Euronymous mentioned, what feminists does nowadays is just spread confusion and the demonization of male,this movement fell into a state of misandry. i had the displeasure to frequent university with some feminist girls and they openly adimited that if they had an "unplanned" child they'd just go for the abortion. There you can sense all the craziness of this movement. You said yourself that the killers did what they did only because the kid resembled the biological father. Well,isn't that the worldview of the feminists? hating on male? i'm not saying that every feminist is a murder (even though abortion is murder),but when you spread the hate,like they do,you end up creating these monsters,and consequetly victims. @Euronymous is absolutely right.
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Show Yourself (again)
suji reacted to secret_no_03 for a post in a topic
A picture of the girlfriend and I from last year, my hair changed colors three times last year, but I haven't dyed it since last July or so. I'll have to figure out what I want to do with it. 😅 -
1 pointThis is where you lost me. Let me explain why. We're on a college campus and we want to create a group focused around celebrating culture and ethnicity. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian clubs? Good. Black club? Great. Hispanic club? Awesome. White club? No no no, can't support white supremacy here. Maybe instead we want to create spaces for underserved populations. Let's make women only scholarships, black only scholarships, latinx scholarships, etc. and that's seen as being progressive. There's a scholarship for being left handed even! But let's find a scholarship out there where the only qualification is that you have to be white, or that you have to be a man, and suddenly it's regressive and sexist. Do you see what I'm getting at here? Feminism as an ideology is fundamentally flawed because it views the relationships between men, women, and those not on the traditional gender spectrum as a zero sum game where one group must lose in order for another group to gain. This is a flaw deeply ingrained in human psychology. Within this distorted view, the "oppressor" group gaining any ground must come at the expense of the "oppressed", because those resources the "oppressors" have could have been put towards "the oppressed". When men try to stand up for themselves and bring light to their own issues, we are often dismissed by men and women. Our situation is so fractured and fucked that we're not given the vocabulary to discuss it, which is what feminism has empowered women with: a voice. I call this phenomenon spreadsheet equality, because on the surface everything looks as fair as it can be, but fairness and justice are two different concepts that should not be confused. If I sound like an alt-right lunatic, that's because the alt-right is fueled mostly by angry white men who see their opportunities being snatched away from them, unfairly or not. Angry. White. Men. The very group that is blatantly told that they're not allowed to complain because they live life on easy mode, as if life on easy mode doesn't have any challenges at all. They have a point to a point, and much like "the left" (I hate that phrase) they have an agenda, and their agenda is white supremacy, but absolutely no one is taking the time to dissect the points that make sense from the lunacy that doesn't, and we just disregard their points entirely, which kick starts the vicious cycle that sends a vast majority of disillusioned men down the echo chamber that is the alt-right pipeline. Every move made and talking point espoused by anyone anywhere is to further a personal agenda to better their current position in the rat race that is capitalism. Feminists have one. White supremacists have one. Even I have one. Propaganda is a weapon stronger than the nuclear arsenals of the world combined, because it's much harder to kill a belief than a person. And as long as our society continues to believe this "inferior"/"superior" crap in any dimension, we're never going to come to the table and talk as equals. And I say this as someone who has six eggs in one basket and half a dozen eggs in the other.
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#120: llll-Ligro- - 弔 (Tomurai)
Wakarimashita reacted to Zeus for a post in a topic
Three things in life are inevitable as a visual kei fan: death, taxes, and your favorite band ending activities. If you are a fan of llll-Ligro- , then you experienced all three at the same time when they announced their second disbandment. I wasn't super into the band at the time of both of their disbandments, although they were on my radar and not on my shit list, so I can sympathize with fans who had to deal with heart break twice. Fans of yesteryear went through a similar phase with UnsraW's vocalist Yuuki, and depending on who you talk to he still hasn't gotten back to his prime ten years later. The similarities are so striking it's hard to resist the comparison. But this review isn't about UnsraW, it's about llll-Ligro- and their unreleased second album 弔 (Tomurai). The three tracks that managed to survive stand as a reminder for what could have been, and what should have been. Before its cancellation, 弔 was announced for a 2018-05-30 release. Artwork and booklets were probably designed and pressed, but no scans other than the front exist. A track list was released but we don't know how many of the nine unreleased songs were finished. The album was delayed multiple times due to Hinata and Kazari's habit of postponing releases for the sake of quality, but Hinata's refusal to finish recording his parts due to acute chorditis implies that at least some of these songs were unfinished. As is, it will be impossible to give a full review of it, but there are several tracks we can reflect on. Those tracks are comeback single "INVICTA", live distributed single "basket case", and other promotional single "INVISIBLE INDIVIDUAL". "深閑ガラス" (Shinkan Glass) is a track played at their last live but no recording of it exists. 弔 (Tomurai) 1. Blame me (SE) 2. INVISIBLE INDIVIDUAL 3. basket case 4. Shinkan Glass (深閑ガラス) 5. Kuroneko wa Kaku Katariki (黒猫は斯く語りき) 6. Ratai Are Hateta Hyou (裸体荒れ果てた標) 7. DIRGE OF INFECTION 8. HIRAETH 9. INVICTA 10. Mist 11. DEEP SIX 12. Seija no Koushin (聖者の行進) 13. Kanransha wa Adabana to (観覧車は徒花と) 14. Isho (遺書) Despite all the material released as a part of llll-Ligro- 's first phase, "INVICTA" isn't the ball scorching metalcore banger I was expecting. The unassuming opening does a lot to disarm the listener, and on the first listen I thought this was going to be a ballad, but before long the song ratchets up the complexity and the aggression. The band dips their toes into the progressive metal waters with this one, as everything from synthesized piano keys to acoustic guitars and a generous amount of toms and cymbal crashes makes an appearance. Hinata's vocals are one of the most striking elements of the track, featuring his signature skill of deftly switching between harsh growls and pig squeals. Sometimes the transitions are so fast I'm not sure if it's all natural or studio magic, but having to perform that live is absolutely killer. It's a seven minute trip far more realized than most of their contemporaries. If every band has their magnum opus, "INVICTA" could be theirs. This must have been a product of their time as 時限式:uadjet (jigenshiki:uadjet). "INVISIBLE INDIVIDUAL" is a much more straightforward track, and would have been the first track on the album after "Blame me", which is an SE so I don't count it. There are a lot of cool ideas here. I think my ultimate favorite part is around 3 minutes, where Hinata's clean singing is laid over his screaming, creating a great dynamic tension to push the song into it's last section. The piano motif returns again, which makes me suspect that we would have gotten at least one piano ballad on the album. There's also some pretty dope bass slaps before the eagle scream halfway through where I expected a breakdown to appear, which is what cemented my opinion of this track as an above average metalcore dirge. The last track that was released was "basket case", a live distributed teaser that ended up becoming their last official release. This would have followed "INVISIBLE INDIVIDUAL" and does a good job providing contrast to the first track. This wasn't uploaded anywhere else, so I'll try to give a good description of how the track sounds. "basket case" opens up with a short, distorted riff into a chorus with clean vocals with a straightforward, 'four to the floor' drum beat. The main guitar riff of the song sounds mental and the song moves at a frantic yet restrained pace, alluding to the title. Most of the singing is clean and takes place with Hinata's higher register, but mid range barks, growls, and a pig squeal makes an appearance shortly after the second verse. There's a strong emphasis on twin guitar melody for this song. The chorus has a very stereotypical visual kei melodic progression, so much so that I feel like I can place at least the first few notes of "basket case" from another song, but I can't figure out which one it is yet. "basket case" descends into thirty seconds of noise as the track winds down to an end, and I find myself feeling saddened that the album will never be released in its entirety, and that I'll never get to hear "深閑ガラス" (Shinkan Glass). llll-Ligro- hold the crown for visual kei bands with one of the most promising yet unfulfilled musical development arcs of all time, and that's not a title I'm keen on reassigning any time soon. Based on what I've heard, 弔 would have been the album that made a fan out of me. I just know there's a copy of the unfinished masters sitting in a vault in Japan somewhere, and perhaps a second or third copy on a hard drive, but the odds that we'll ever get to see or hear any more of this album are slim to none. At this point, I'd even take a mini-album of whatever is fit enough to be released. A lot of unknowns remain around the members and the state of the band. Can Hinata ever sing again? Is the relationship between Hinata and Kazari too strained to imagine a third reunion? Do they even want to try or will they both move on to new, separate projects? I am reluctant to stoke the fires of hope for the remaining llll-Ligro- fans out there, because that's just cruel, but the scene has shown with both HIZUMI (D'espairsRay) and Yuuki (UnsraW) that there's always a chance for Hinata to return. -
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What are you listening to 2?
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Found the "Yukari Telepath" album ages ago via one of the /wsg/ Japanese Music threads. I've been sorting through my hard drive again and decided to revisit them. I feel like I could pick out a couple of consistent MH members on the threads, but I could be mistaken, lol. -
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La'Vistier has begun and ended a new era + new unit {mid:night} has formed --> will disband
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La'Vistier has begun and ended a new era + new unit {mid:night} has formed --> will disband
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Gt.Ko'ki and Dr.Gunnar have officially joined {mid:night} on April 23 -
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D new LIVE DVD, "D TOUR 2018 「Deadly sin」Grand Final 2018.12.21 at 豊洲PIT" release
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[tracklist] 【収録曲】 ■DISC1 ーOPENING SEー In the name of justice 弾丸 メテオ ~夢寐の刻~ Revive ~荒廃都市~ Next Generation エトワール ~白き異端者~ Lapis lazuli ~君を思うほど僕は欲しくなる~ STAR SAPPHIRE Crystal Crown The Secret Rose Garden 微熱~雨の幻想曲(ファンタジア)~ Another Kingdom 千夜一夜のダラブッカ Quartet ~真夜中の四重奏~ Ghost in the mirror 花惑 ■DISC2 鬨の声 Deadly sin ザハブを継ぐ者(Dr.solo) Blood war Stray children 組曲「狂王」 第一番 ~灯火(とうか)の雄馬~ 第二番 ~死の影を運ぶ鳥~ 第三番 ~美醜なる不死の獣~ 第夢番 ~旅鼠(レミング)の行進~ 第幻番 ~死出虫の舞踏会~ 第四番 ~黒羊は忠誠の夢を見る~ 第五番 ~落陽に哭(な)く蝙蝠~