beni

2015.03.18 (Wed) 藤原さくら / à la carte

￥1,800＋TAX　VICL-64288
01. Walking on the clouds
02. Cigarette butts
03. My Heartthrob
04. Just one girl ( Original Ver. )
05. We are You are
06. ありがとうが言える
 
Through Speedstar Records, let's see how this girl can survive in the major scene~
 
sample available here http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A024887/VICL-64288.html

i wanna see yuuki cover this in his gossip outfit

Haven't seen much plug action happening for a bit recently. Been busy with coursework and such so I've missed doing the daily plug session statuses as of late. Am up for a free session today so, any other takers? 

Haven't seen much plug action happening for a bit recently. Been busy with coursework and such so I've missed doing the daily plug session statuses as of late. Am up for a free session today so, any other takers? 

This was drawn by someone I have never met or talked to before...not sure how to feel...lmao 

Artist: Vermillion-D Alice Syndrome Album: 鴉/IX Score: Surprisingly lackluster, despite all the effort put into it.
Setsuna is one ambitious guy for sure.

He started in his basement playing unremarkable trance music themed after Dante's Inferno until he was enraptured by the allure of the guitar, and has been inching towards metal since 2008. Every release from the now defunct 黒夜葬 got darker, heavier, and more melodic as Setsuna improved his metal sensibilities and dropped his trance ones. He achieved his greatest wish in finding a vocalist, and in one motion cut some ties with the doujin scene by forming VDAS. Despite the fact that they cover no themes from any franchise, there were still pictures of anime girls on the covers of their last three releases and they faithfully showed up at all the events to sell their merchandise.

In a way, 鴉/IX represents a total split from the scene it was birthed from. All doujin imagery has been eliminated from this album in an effort to appear as a serious metal band. Unfortunately for them, there are too many problems with 鴉/IX to consider their transition complete. Without the guiding light of ZUN, the duo have forgotten what made their music so interesting in the first place.

Let's start from the beginning: there is too much going on within each song. On one hand, this is the best production and mastering job that VDAS has ever had. On the other hand, there are enough riffs for three albums shoved into one. It's great when artists hold nothing back and can engross the listener entirely in their style, but 鴉/IX is suffocating. The result is a disaster. Each song feels like an album on it's own; with the exception of closer "And Then There Was None", every song goes on for over eight minutes. There are some cool moments in each, but it's inevitably ruined by another, more questionable inclusion. In comparison to previous works by these two, both together and separately, they expressed more with less musical brushstrokes. This sounds like they tried too hard to be progressive and failed. It's difficult to highlight a standout track because they all have the same problems. It's been a while since I wanted to shut off an album because I felt like I heard everything by track four.

This is how a band can fail by doing too much. Setsuna has always been guilty of throwing in everything but the kitchen sink, but this is the first time where it hurts more than it helps. By incorporating more deathcore, more symphonic and gothic elements, more solos, and more operatic vocals, Setsuna and RIB have challenged themselves to be something greater. But neither know how to balance their aggressive moments with their more tranquil moments, and 鴉/IX quickly loses all sense of dynamics. Most tracks start from an ominous, foreboding intro and explode into a flurry of deathcore and pop choruses. Since each track has so much content, the first three tracks provide so much listening material that the last four tracks don't have enough individuality to distinguish themselves.

VDAS could have condensed 鴉/IX into a more listenable experience by shaving a few minutes off of each track. The largest offender here is the penultimate track "零ノ柩", which also happens to be the longest track clocking in at an almost insufferable thirteen minutes. Roughly half of it is spent listening to RIB's whiny, nasally falsetto, which does nothing to make the time pass faster. It's a shame too, because when he isn't straining himself RIB's style bears more than a passing resemblance to the visual kei scene. This could be a draw to many metal fans here who don't mind less than stellar vocals. If you're anything like me and prefer impeccable vocal performances, this is simply going to annoy you on multiple levels.

The more one pushes against musical boundaries, the more those boundaries push back. Vermillion-D Alice Syndrome was eager to push themselves, but they were not able to keep their creative influences balanced properly. As a result, their sophomore effort is a complete mess. It shows some promise, but overall I feel their concept was executed better on previous releases. I would recommend this to only the hardcore metal lovers that don't mind nasal cleans betwixt their growling. Everyone else can safely skip this album.

Alll Types <3
 

New Look 
 

 
<3 I loved
 
I already buy ,So excited to get all types <3 

Awesome work guys! I'm definitely gonna have to check out some of this stuff when I have more time

Hey!  blackdoll asked me to translate Lycaon's new album lyrics then here i'm.
 
I must say my english REALLY sucks, my vocabulary is limited so i ask for your patience. If you're kind enough to correct my english and make the lyrics seems beautiful, please send me your corrections through DM, i'd be really glad.
 
I thouhgt it would be better to make a new topic for the translations, but if the moderators think its not you can move it to the one where the lyrics in kanji are, and sorry for the trouble.
 
So......Here we go!
 

 
01 Camera Obscura -SE- 02 追憶 03 Dark Night 04 Liar 05 shadow 06 暗室 -SE- 07 marionette 08 君を壊すガラスの衝動 09 くちづけ -SE- 10 Rouge 11 馬鹿ね。 12 アネモネ 13 売女 -SE- 14 悪女の微笑 15 ILLUSION 16 メランコリック 17 ジプシー 18 endroll -SE-  

I HAVE MADE THE MEME!

Since a lot of people on here are quite keen on Last.fm, I thought it would be fun for everybody to post their weekly charts here once their seven-day timer on Last.fm ends. You could either post your top three or your top five as I think those will be most relevant to someone's charts. I use a nifty add-on on my Twitter that generates my top three every Sunday evening called Tweekly.fm and it's quite enjoyable to watch it pop-up every week. It's nice for a change for people who don't often check out their profiles to keep more track of their statistics too.
 
I'll start, this is the one from the ending of last week.
アヲイ (1044) WHITEBLACK (448) DEATHGAZE (343) 

Awesome idea, thanks for making this thread! This'll keep me looking back at my totals for once, aha. You just gotta love Last.fm!
 
From the previous 7 days, total of 5 musician listing, starting point for these statistics keeping;
 
PLASTICZOOMS / 15
Kimberely / 13
凛として時雨 / 9
Plastic Tree / 6
2NE1 / 6
 
PLASTICZOOMS 5ever number uno pls, hai, thanking you~ ...Wow, I really need to tag everything correctly and listen more. xD

This is a very cool concept. Would've been eve cooler if it was a best albums/EPs, but still a cool concept. Will check out all the songs in OP later this week.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW GUYS <3
 
ender-ender I loved  
 
Benibana very good 
 
Fitear1590 I loved tooo
 
CAT5 OMG <3 AWESOME, I loved, start looking about about this new releases !!!!
 
Great job guys, im so excited to this month febuary

This list inspired me to give SEKAI NO OWARI a chance in the end, lol (I really need to get over their "Japanese Owl City" stigma) - thanks beni for a convincing sample
 
Your lists look cool in general but...Cat, where did you get that Yoshie song from? The album didn't even leak (yet)

Best New Tracks: January 2015

Best New Tracks is a new series brought to you by MH's Official Reviewer team! Every month we'll be highlighting brand-new Japanese songs worth checking out, so stay tuned! Feel free to comment or discuss any of this month's picks and even offer your own as well!

's picks:
"Abyss" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

"A HUNDRED SUNS" by BOOM BOOM SATELLITES

"KAKUMEI" by Silent Siren

"Closer" by Silhouette From The Skylit

"緑閃光 (midori senkou)" by LAMP IN TERREN

's picks: "Moonlight Station" by SEKAI NO OWARI

"Flowerwall" by Kenshi Yonezu

@fitear1590's picks: ネモフィラ (nemophila) by イツエ (itsue)

"Red Carnation" by Jupiter

"ストッキング (stocking)" by 吉澤嘉代子 (Kayoko Yoshizawa)

"アイリス (iris)" by 新川忠 (Tadashi Shinkawa)

@CAT5's picks:
"Enigmatic Feeling (2015 mix)" by 凛として時雨 (Ling Tosite Sigure)

"MEBIUS" by FEAR FROM THE HATE

"笑うドッペルゲンガー (warau doppleganger)" by 東京カランコロン (Tokyo Karankoron)

"月曜のメランコリー (getsuyo no melancholy)" by BOMI

"四角のトモダチ (Shikaku no tomodachi)" by 中納良恵 (Nakano Yoshie)

"想い想われ (omoiomoware)" by 福原希己江 (Fukuhara Kimie)

I have had issues with piercings. This is because they were done with a gun when I was a kid (like 12 or something?) and didn't know better. I've had to get them repierced as an adult and it went so much better since a proper needle was used. There's also a family history of sensitivity to metals in jewellry, which is why I wear stainless steel or glass plugs for the most part.
 
DO NOT get pierced with a piercing gun. Or anything you cannot autoclave (safety pins, sewing needles, etc.) These things cannot be properly cleaned/autoclaved and rip through the skin, where as a piercing needle will make a clean hole and will only be used once. (The end of a proper piercing needle is hollow and sharpened. They also come pre-sterlized and sealed.)
 
If your family has a history of bad reactions like allergies, tell the person that's doing your piercing. There are other things you can have as initial jewellry that shouldn't give you an allergic reaction. As for your brother's piercing growth, it's more than likely poor caring/cleaning or bad jewellry. But can't say for sure.
 
Hopefully some of this info helps.
 
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On topic though:
I currently have two ear piercings, and previously had two lip piercings. My ears are currently at 0g and 10g respectivly and I have no intents on stretching further. I retired the lip piercings a while back. I did have an eyebrow ring as well, but an accident nearly ripped it out. (Someone accidently swung a pair of jeans at my face and it caught.) I don't have pictures because I don't take pictures of myself.
I plan on getting my ears done again in the future. No timeframe laid out.
I may get a septum, but I'd never hear the end of it if I did.

Chara is going to have her new, 18th album called "Secret Garden" out  @4/3/2015. The album is going to carry on with Chara's "motherly instincts/love" theme from her earlier post-2010s albums and will feature a vast number of participating artists - including those who have been quite familiar in her songwriting process
 
Cover:

Tracklist:
 
01. スーパーセンチメンタル
02. 恋は目を閉じて
03. ひかりの匂い
04. Secret Garden
05. hug
06. はちみつ
07. 恋は危険さ
08. ラッキーガール
09. 不器用
10. 愛が素敵なものに惹かれていくだけだよ
11. せつなくてごめんね
12. 恋文（Bonus Track）
13. Rainbow（Bonus Track）
 
DVD:
 
01. 「hug」Music Video
02. 「恋文」Music Video
03. 「せつなくてごめんね」Music Video
04. 「Heaven」fromチャラモバ Limited Chara Debut 23rd Anniversary Live（2014/09/21）
 
Participating artists/guests:
 
Agraph
THE NOVEMBERS (the vocalist/leader is one of Chara's current "staple writers")
mabanua
Curly Giraffe
Maki kitada (syrup16g)
Yukio Nagoshi
Kan Sano
Ruike Shinpei
Tomohiko Gondo
Olivia Burrell
Shindo Sekiguchi
Takaaki Mino (Toe)
etc.
 
Source: natalie.mu

Don't hate yourself beni, you're too awesome, okay? ;;
 
 
I'm down for a little session if anyone is online?

I was thinking about this some while watching a live streaming concert this morning. Would anybody be interested in doing a semi-regular(once a week maybe?) "concert" plug? Like loading up a whole concert on youtube and playing the whole thing while chatting. I've got like a million concerts and stuff(though I don't have to always be the one doing this), so if people were interested then I think we could maybe pick one and set a time/date. I always end up buying DVDs, but never watching them, so this would help me get though my huge backlog as well XD Any bites?

I would very much love to have a septum piercing (the bull one discussed by sai on page 2, see here for pic) and/or a labret piercing (the one I instantly fell in love with due to Naruto's Kanon character having one. The one Des on page 1 said she likes, see here for pic)
I have no idea if this goes here too, but because of MEJIBRAY's Tsuzuku, I've become ever so fond of the split tongue. 
 
The only problem is, not only due to my mum and nan's discontent with trying to get any of these done, my family have had bad reactions to just ear piercings. It was only recently my older brother had a massive scar tissue, a growth on his ear, from just having a stud. That could just be due to bad caring of it, I haven't spoken about it with him in depth since no one in my family are interesting in any kind of piercings. I'd love to have any facial piercings to be honest. I'm not worried about the pain and I don't mind waiting until I move out to get them. It's just if I do have some kind of reaction to it bothers me. Maybe starting off with just piercing my ears is for the best...
I also have to question is they'd even suit me. I don't care what others think, I personally believe I'd feel I'd look appealing with piercings. I'm rather plain looking aha. I'm sure many of you already know what I look like, but if not, I can link to the 'Show Yourself' thread. I did post about 4 pics there in recent posts, lmao. But the above thought is my main concern for now.
 
Also, guys, your piercings are so incredible! Very jelly~ ;w;

An upvote for this one, please — it shows all the members in the library whereas the other one (which people somehow seem to prefer) doesn't http://www.last.fm/music/lynch./+images/43625929

Nightmare is a good choice (: