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it was announced at their oneman live "No.13" at 2019/12/01 at Shibuya club asia that アクメ (ACME) indies best-album "WE ARE VISUALKEI" will be released at their live and through their official webshop at 2020/01/22  (3000 yen)
 
[tracklist]
01. マグロ解体チェーンソー
02. 激ヤミセレナーデ
03. ROTTEN ORANGE
04. Barguest
05. CALL MY NAME
06. 絶唱謳歌
07. RUN
08. ADVENTURE TIME
09. ラストワンショー
10. 激ヤマセルロイド
11. 放課後の飼育
12. モノノケレクイエム (Album Version)
13. 腐敗蜜柑
 
their new maxi-single "嘘顔" (Usogao) will be released at their lives and through their official webshop at 2020/03/04 (1000yen)
 
[tracklist]
01. 嘘顔
02. You are my LOVE
 
they will hold their 3rd anniversary oneman live tour "WE ARE VISUALKEI" since 2020/03/15 to 2020/05/10 at Takadanobaba AREA
 
they will hold their US tour "ACME US WEST COAST COLLISION　TOUR" since 2020/01/05 to 2020/01/12
 






 

The more I read everyone's comments, the more I understand why you guys can't never listen to Angelo properly, everyone is just bitter about Pierrot disband and can't move on and accept the fact that Angelo is a different band with different ideas, even if you insist on complaining, Pierrot is in the past now and it will not come back.  It's a very selfish way of thinking, Kirito and his bandmates are doing the music they want to convey now, and they deserve respect and for people to have proper listen to the material they are doing today. I guess the Japanese fans are more understanding because their concerts are always full and with great energy, and I don't see this whining when I go there.
 
About Angelo favorite album that someone asked previously,  it's difficult for me to choose between PSYCHE, RETINA, FAITH and CORD, these 4 albums are absolutely amazing, great balance, music and furthermore lyrics, Kirito's lyrics have gotten better and better, he's a more mature man now and we can see that in his lyrics, specially in PSYCHE that focuses on leaving the past behind and looking toward the future  (but American Pierrot fanboys will not bother to read these lyrics and will be in denial mostly)  XD   Don't get me wrong, I started as a PIERROT fan too, and I started listening to them around 1998-99, I've been in this for a while. But I don't like to live in the past, and I embrace the good things that the present have.
 
And I love the new song "A Monologue by Mephisto"  as others mentioned, there is a strong change when it transitions to the chorus, but that contrast sounds amazing, they do this very often, and the chorus gives that deep ethereal feeling that Kirito knows very well how to do ^^  there's a particular guitar sound in there I like very much, the voices harmonies give a rich sound too, and the drumming..!!  Takeo has gotten so good, he has become a master at those off beat rhythms, the guitar solo is very cool too, simple but nice just before the a capella part, great way to introduce to it, I can't wait to listen to this song in concert ^^

You ever have it where you've known a song for years but you just now can't stop listening to it? I was listening to this a little while back and for some reason I can't stop.
 

Rediscovered N.E.R.D. not too long ago. Damn, I forgot how good this song is xD

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DaizyStripper new album "INFINITY" will be released at 2020
 
they will hold their oneman live tour "DaizyStripper 2020 TOUR INFINITY CHALLENGER 〜正解じゃなく新しい答えを探そう〜" since 2020/03/01 to 2020/05/23
 

MEIDARA will Disband on 24.12.2019 after Live at Higashi Koenji 20,000 Voltaje
 
This after discussions between members for the departure of Guitarrista 玲旺 Leo (れお)
 
https://meidara.jp/news/meidaraから大切なお知らせ-2/
 
Last Mini Album 「残響」(Zankyou)
2019.12.18
CD
1.鬼火 (Onibi)
2.ココロナシ (Kokoro Nashi)
3.悪足餓鬼 (Waru ashi gaki) (New song)
4.水仙 (Suisen)
5.鬼の目にも (Oni no me ni mo)
6.生命の聲 (Seimei no sei) (New song)
 
Track 3 & 6 New songs
Track 1,2,4 & 5 Re-recorded
 

Spotify has it!!

Spotify has it!!

I was recently reminded of how much I liked Genkai Haretsu and it's one of those things I remember every 3 years and wonder if it really was that good and am always reminded that yes it was, So I am listening to all of Psyence this time and yeah ... it blows. I am his newest fan and this is my newest favorite album  
 
 
 

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

It's on Spotify!!!
 

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

The "X JAPAN references in Spawn" saga continues! In issue #87 I caught the romaji lyrics of "Forever Love" in a corner on a laptop screen, lmao.
 

Had to do a double take when I saw this one at the mall. I never found a 1:1 reference picture for it but it obviously takes very liberal inspiration from "No Pains No Gains" Mana
 

Look who I found in issue #84 (June 1999) of Spawn... McFarlane must've been really into X JAPAN those days, lol.
 

 

Found another one from Mr. McFarlane, this time it's Spawn issue #78 (so just after the previous "X whiskey sighting").
 

 
Funny thing: as the story of the comics progresses, sometimes we are treated to a page of three news anchor talking heads (like the above) commenting on current events happening in the world of the comic book. The first two characters are always seen with the same TV channel logo, but this third guy is such a don't-give-a-shit loudmouth that he constantly has to keep switching jobs at different TV stations it seems, as he is seen with a different backdrop/logo every time, lol.

I don't have a picture but in the anime Nana, in Nana's room there's a poster of Luna sea from their first album. 

Did you ever just go about your life as usual, and suddenly saw a picture of a visual kei musician/band where you least expected to? Or did you notice an intentional (or unintentional) reference to J-rock somewhere totally out-of-place? I find it pretty fascinating whenever I come across something like this out of its usual subcultural bubble, makes me think whether the person who dropped that bit of VK in there did it knowingly or did it just happen by random.
 
Here, I'll show you what I mean:
 
In 2005 a Hungarian publishing house released a collection of short stories from Russian author Yuri Buyda (Юрий Буйда), titled "Porosz menyasszony" (Прусская невеста/Prussian Bride). The cover ended up being a photo of Mana (MALICE MIZER, Moi dix Mois) somehow...?
 

 
Issue #77 (October, 1998) of Todd McFarlane's famous comic book series Spawn apparently features a reference to X JAPAN on a whiskey bottle. I tried checking online whether this product was actually a thing, but I came up empty. Anyway, looks like ol' Todd might know a thing or two about Yoshiki & co.  
 
 
 

 
I totally stole this idea from a metal forum, but I thought it would be fun to do with visual kei too.
 
Mods: if a thread like this already exists, pls delete this one and merge my post into it.

The THIRTEEN new album "ENIGMA" will be released at 2020/01/29 (2 types)
 
Limited edition (3700yen) will include CD (13 songs) and DVD including "karma-カルマ-" PV)
Regular edition (3200yen) will include CD (13 songs) only
 
[partial tracklist]
・BITES THE BLACK
・アリア-Aria-
・Lament
・サイレン-siren-
・瞳孔
・karma-カルマ-