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Re:xist. Whatever happened to them? Did the singer do any other bands? Did any of their material come online? Other than the short PV above I can't find a single thing...

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Maybe just that at the end of the day all this is opinion and none of it counts for shit.

[09/11/2011] Mirrors. [06/06/2012] Inferiority Complex. [24/10/2012] Lightning [20/02/2013] Ballad. [13/07/2013] Anathema. [14/08/2013] Exodus. [09/04/2014] Gallows. [11/03/2015] 10th Anniversary 2004-2014 The Best. [05/08/2015] Evoke. [02/09/2015] Eternity. [07/10/2015] D.A.R.K. [14/09/2016] Avant Garde. lynch. Proof that frequent releases aren't always indicative of the material in regards to quality.

From the article on JPOPasia.

No Music? It's nice to see that people actually listen to Now, though, considering the backlash.

Hopefully there isn't another rollback, not sure I can type this out for a third time... Also, I branched out and went JP in general and not just VK. Miyano Mamoru - Rain. Gackt - Rain. SOPHIA - Rainbow Rain. Sever Black Paranoia - Life in the Rain. Keishi Tanaka/Fox Capture Plan - After Rain. Gengah - Cold Rain. heidi. - Star Rain. SiM - In the Rain. Sadie - Swallow Rain. Sadie - Rain Fall. OZ - Rain Delay. Nobodyknows+ - Under Rain ft. Primera. MERRY - Sayonara Rain. Mashiro Ayano - Rain. MAN WITH A MISSION - Rain of July. Awoi - Rain. Asobi Seksu - Blind Little Rain. LIX - Theme of LIX [rain]. I-Ai- - Acid Rain. Shonan no Kaze - Rainy. Awoi - Rainy Baby. Alice Nine - RAINBOWS. SOPHIA - Ame Nimo Makezu Ni. ClearVeil - Yasashii Ame. heidi. - Ame to Kissaten. Zonbi - Niwaka Ame. the GazettE - Namaatatakai ame to zaratsui ta jounetsu. Xaa Xaa - Mou sugu ame ga furu kara. Dir En Grey - Yokosu ni DREAMBOX/ arui wa seijuku no rinen to tsumetai ame. XodiacK - Kimi ni furu zetsubou no ame. Sakanaction - Ame. Sakanaction - Ame ga Kimagure. D'espairsRay - Hai to Ame. Deathgaze - Yami ni ame fuhai shita sekai. Back Number - Hoho wo nurasu ame no youni. Awoi - haikei, itoshikumo tsumetai zetsubou no ame. Clearveil - The Dropping Sky. LIA - Sky High. Lia - White Sky. Ai - Glass Sky. Sayaka Sasaki - Universal Sky. Han-Kun - Touch the Sky. Zwei - Brave the Sky (Zwei Vers.) SiM - Paint Sky Blue. SiM - Same Sky. OZ - Sky High. Eir Aoi - Cobalt Sky. Deathgaze - Glory Sky. Coldrain - Fire in the Sky. Blood - Lost Sky. Asobi Seksu - In the Sky. ACE - Vanilla Sky. XodiacK - Skyscraper Hypoxia. The GazettE - Kuroku Sunda Sora to Zangai to Katahane. Wagakki Band - Kyoshu no Sora. Eir Aoi - Sora wo Aruku. The Oral Cigarettes - Toorisugita Kisetsu no Sora de. Utada Hikaru - Blue. Gackt - Blue. The Cheserasera - Blue. KEYTALK - Blue Moon Light. Miyano Mamoru - Splash Blue. LUI FRONTiC AkabaneJapan - Second Blue. Gackt - Blue Lagoon. Dir En Grey - Increase Blue. DuelJewel - Never Blue. Girugamesh - Dirty Blue Blood. World Order - Blue Boundary. Wagakki Band - Perfect Blue. True - Blue Moon Child. SiM - Paint Sky Blue. Nightmare - List in Blue. Merry - Kanashimi Blue Train. BUCK-TICK - Misty Blue. Leo Ieiri - Little Blue. Eir Aoi - Avalon Blue. EAT YOU ALIVE - Atrocity and Blue. Alice Nine - Blue Planet. Alice Nine - Blue Flame. Merry - Bluescat. Merry - Bara to katasumi no blues. Maon Kurosaki - Cold Bullet Blues. Sakanaction - Aoi. Suicide Ali - Aoi okami ga mita zekkei. T.M.Revolution - White Breath. T.M.Revolution - Black or White. Lia - White Sky. Miyano Mamoru - Black or White. BoA - Mamoritai ~White Wishes~ UNDIVIDE - White Hole. OZ - White Pallet. Nightmare - White Room. THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S - White Soul. Mashiro Ayano - White Fell. MA WITH A MISSION - White World. GACKT - White Lovers. Gackt - White Eyes. Alice Nine - White Prayer. Ai - White Moon. T.M.Revolution - Black or White. RIDER CHIPS - Black Enemy. Miyano Mamoru - Black or White. Ai - Black Shadow. Maximum the Hormone - Black power G-man Spy. m:a.ture - Black box. Gackt - Black Stone. Deathgaze - Six Black Nine. Ace - Rhapsody in Black. Ace - Black Butterfly. XodiacK - Kuroi Taiyou. Merry - Kuroi Niji. Deathgaze - Useless Sun. The Hiatus - Waiting for the Sun. KEYTALK - Sunday Morning. BoA - Moon & Sunrise. DuelJewel - Sunset Riot. DuelJewel - Night to Suns. DuelJewel - Suns of Sanctuary. Utada Hikaru - Sunglasses. Sakanaction - Paradise of Sunny. Sakanaction - Mikazuki SUNSET. MAN WITH A MISSION - Chasing Sunrise. Girugamesh - Future. Gackt - Future. Clearveil - The Future of Despair. Hamasaki Ayumi - NO FUTURE. Wada Kouji - For the Future. Versailles - Antique in the Future. Sakanaction - Go to the Future. Merry - Retro Future. maon Kurosaki - Bright Future. Eir Aoi - Bright Future. Coldrain - The Future. Changin' My Life - New Future. INKT - Past & Future. Sophia - Mirai Otona Sengen. Leo Ieiri - Bokutachi no Mirai. Wada Kouji - Kimi Iro no Mirai (yume) SPYAIR - Anguro, Bokura wa Onaji Mirai o. Sambomaster - Kimi no Te ni Mirai no Hana. Eir Aoi - Kin Mirai Kokyokyoku. lynch - Moon. Mitsuru Matsuoka - Goodbye Little Moon. Lia - New Moon. KEYTALK - Blue Moon light. Gengah - Morning Moon. DuelJewel - Moon Struck. TRUE - Blue Moon Child. MAN WITH A MISSION - Dancing on the Moon. BUCK-TICK - Dizzy Moon. BoA - Moon & Sunrise. Ai - White Moon. Shonan no Kaze - Under the Moonlight at the Boardwalk. Clearveil - Jougen no Tsuki. Lia - Koujou no Tsuki. Lyu:Lyu - Tsuki no Tabibito. Defspiral - tsuki to VENUS. T.M.Revolution - Mizu ni Utsuru Tsuki. Dir En Grey - Itoshisa ha Fuhai ni Tsuki. DuelJewel - Tsuki to Tawamure. Sambomaster - Tsuki ni Saku Hana no Youni Naruno. Kohmi Hirose - Tuski no Shita de Aimoshou. Kain - Shin'en no Tsuki. I-Ai- - Tsuki. Gackt - Tsuki no Uta. D'espairsRay - Tsuki no Kioku. D'espairsRay - Oboro no Tsuki. The 3rd Birthday - Biran no Tsuki. Gackt -Akatsuki Tsukiyo. Spyair - Star. Clearveil - Blazing Star. Ai - Untrue Star. Sayaka Sasaki - Real Star. Zwei - Star Queen. Dueljewel - Bullet x Star. 2forPlanet - Star Luster. Shishido Kavka - Muteki no Rock Star. Changin' My Life - Star Dust. Alice Nine - Shooting Star. Han-Kun - Stars. Luzmelt - Under the Starlight. Sel'm - Stars. Maon Kurosaki - Starry x ray. Lynch - Starz. Lyu:Lyu - Oborodzukiyo ni Hoshi wa Naku. heidi. - Hoshi no Koe. Leo Ieiri - Kibou no Hoshi. Gackt - Hoshi no Suna. Wagakki Band - Hoshidzukiyo. Lia - Light in the Air. KEYTALK - Blue Moon Light. JAM Project - The Light of Life. World Order - Find the LIght. Sever Black Paranoia - Illuminate your Light. Sakanaction - Light Dance. One ok Rock - Be the Light. Miyavi - Ahead of the Light. Mashiro ayano - Ray of Light. MAN WITH A MISSION - Focus Light. Eat You Alive - Light Come, Light Go. Asobi Seksu - Familiar Light. The Oral Cigarettes - See the Lights. Utada Hikaru - Hikari. Miyano Mamoru - Hikari Hikaru. Sambomaster - Hikari no Rock. THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S - Hikari no Sekai. LIX - Hikari no Furu Sekai. Eir Aoi - Cynthia no Hikari. EAT YOU ALIVE - HIkari. The Cheserasera - Sayonara Hikari. BACK NUMBER - HIkari no Machi. Another Dimension - Kanashimi ni Shizunda Hikari. Lia - New World. KEYTALK - Our World. Golden Bomber - Tomorrow Never World. Hamasaki Ayumi - Mad World. Lyu:Lyu - Started World. heidi. - World Note. Miyano Mamoru - My WOrld. NAINE - Blind World. Sayaka Sasaki - Sympathetic World. LOKA - The World is Yours. Neko - Hello World. Nana Tanimura - Circus World. Girugamesh - Dead World. World Order - World Order. World Order - A Brave New World. Spyair - Rockin' the World. Spyair - My World. Shonan no Kaze - Another World. Sel'm - Illegal World. Sayaka Sasaki - Break Your World. Sakanaction - Inner World. Nobodyknows+ - New World. Nightmare - the World. Miyavi - Free World. Merry - Underworld. MAN WITH A MISSION - Welcome to the New WOrld. Maon Kurosaki - MagicWorld. MAN WITH A MISSION - White World. BUCK-TICK - The World is Yours. Leo Ieiri - Hello to the World. I-ai- - Brand New World. Gackt - Another World. D'espairsRay - Tainted World. Deathgaze - Evoke the World. D'espairsRay - The World in a Cage. Blood - From the Dead World. Alice Nine - Cosmic World. Alice Nine - Hello, World. Ace - Nu World. INKT - A Whole New World. Sayaka Sasaki - World's End. MAN WITH A MISSION - World's On Fire. Golden Bomber - Hirogaru Sekai. heidi. - Shinda Sekai. LUI FRONTiC AkabaneJapan - Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara. Xaa Xaa - Semete mo no Sekai. T.M.Revolution - Uruwashiki Sekai. BoA - Sekai no Katasumi de. Girugamesh - Kowarete iku Sekai. Sambomaster - Sekai wo Kaesasete Okureyo. Sambomaster - Sekai ha Sore Wo Ai To Yobundaze. Sakanaction - Atarashii Sekai. THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S - Hikari no Sekai. LIX - HIkaru no Furu Sekai. Eir Aoi - Ao no Sekai. Deathgaze - Yami ni Ame Fukaishita Sekai.

I must be one of the few who didn't like his early work and yet really dig the latest stuff... Guess there's someone in every bush, it seems...

On the other hand, without the fans then bands wouldn't be able to earn a living. If you treat your fans poorly then don't be surprised when the rug's pulled from underneath you. So, like I said. Little of column A, little of column B.

Oh that was an uncomfortable heart-sinking feeling...

Not a fan of fan-recorded lives, either through quality issues or principle. The literal only time I've watched a fan-recorded live seriously was those ones of kpop dance routines, for shits and giggles. The quality of those were dreadful, too. I had to mute them otherwise it would have been more unbearable for me than actually listening to kpop. So yeah, objection sustained? -- In regards to photos though, has anyone seen those pictures online of when bands themselves take a photo of them and the audience? Wish more bands did that, I'd much rather an event be remembered like that.

If that's the case then it's become apparent that as I age, I'm spending an incredibly less amount of time on the internet.

It's not really a stupid name, at least not in the sense it came about. Plus you have to take into account they're Japanese, expecting a proper, 'normal' English name is bad-play. But seriously, wanting to punch something when you hear just a name? That's an issue dude, should probably deal with it. And congratulations, the logic fallacy of "Hey I didn't like this, so it's bad". Not the first time I've seen it here, won't be the last.

Lil' of column A. Lil' of column B. Fans and live-goers should be understanding of bands and managements wishes and decisions. Bands should understand at least the basics of the culture they're playing in and take that into account when making their decisions. At the end of the day, they still get to wave-dick so if you don't like it? Get out. -- The one photo limit at VIP meets sort of sounds dodgy, but I can sort of understand if they wanted to keep pace. If people took too many photos then it'd slow down the process and would take too much time. Different if it's more of a hang-out, but the more general you make your argument the harder it is to be coherent and make a firm point. I've never been to one, but do they have professional photography? It'd suck if you were allowed one photo and it was a dodgy mobile picture, especially if you paid extra for it. My opinion, though, on the whole no phones at lives. Eh, I sort of agree. The kind of person I am, though, is that I'd rather enjoy the experience, I went there to hear the band play, you'd want to be in that moment. Sure it's nice to have a memento, but we're living in an age where we have to apparently document everything we do and it's just shallow. I have my memories and my experiences and I don't really need pictures to remind me of them or to show and brag to other people. It might be different for those young people who feel they need to validate themselves and their experiences online, through twitter or instagram, or whatever else, but personally I'm completely fine with the idea of no phones, no pictures.

Tie-ins only really bother me when it compromises the song and/or artist in some way due to the nature and constraints of the relationship. I listen to a couple pop artists who do a couple songs for anime and/or dramas here and there but when I listen to them, it still sounds like one of their songs that just got some outside use, rather than a song that was made for them to sing that sort of sits in an "uncanny valley" sort of place where it's the same artist but sounds slightly off. Plus you also get instances where songs made for other mediums and uses tend to want to follow the style. I remember a major 'weaboo' point was that they only listened to anime openings and other music like them, but personally I've never come across it in any of the artists I listen to often, off the top of my head at least.

Can't speak to whether Kyo actually did it, but for those who are doubting the possibility or plausibility of scratching the inside of your mouth, in my more younger, excessively emulating weeaboo days I definitely defaulted to that after another regretful phase which was 'cutting'. It produces more liquid than you'd expect but it's mostly because it's blood+saliva. I covered a shower wall with it easily. However, my mouth will never be the same because of it and it's an unfortunate reminder and lesson to not be a fucking idiot.

Don't artist topics on the artists board exist for this exact purpose? But sure, fan-wank on, w/e.

My shout out to GacktxKami - Regret. That duet is wonderful. Another nod to Gackt's Birdcage, from I believe the live was Jougen no Tsuki.

People are bitching him out for wanting people to not give away his shit for free? Fuck, you guys are cunts.

Why did this get so much more attention than it deserves?

I can't genuinely be the only one here who thought the preview was terrible? Man, and I thought people praising and enjoying the vocalist of Deathgaze was the weirdest thing to happen here...

Not his best look by far, but I can go with it. Loving the hell out of the dvd+cd cover though. Anyone have eyes on the "MOON TYPE SPECIAL JACKET"? That and the booklet if they're the only differences between editions drive up the price by a lot...

I only remember the title-track for ELECTRIGGER and whilst I thoroughly enjoyed it, it did feel and seem very "vee-kay" from what I can remember, which I've found in my later years to be more of a turn-off than anything. As for Initium, I'm not too sure on how everyone else felt. I only really enjoyed the title track and one another which was Lost Word but that's only 'cause I love the music that it opens with, the vocals of that one don't really do anything for me. Wasn't Hizumi involved in Initium somehow? That may have been cause for people's comments back then..

Anyone else have mind for Redrum? The one where the singer left for some other band with a stupid name that turned out to be terrible? After Initium I noticed at least here a couple of times they were remarked as a sort of follow-up D'espairsRay. Disappointing so see where it ended up.