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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AFERNI-KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!

Here's me doing my best Paradoxal cosplay :v
 

阿部真央(abe mao) has announced at 2015/03/03 that she has been pregnant for 3 months, and her live tour since 2015/03/10 and up to 2015/05/31 will be unaffected

That was fast xDD after her marriage debut january, now this lmao. Congrats anw!

a drawing of my gold fish
 
 
 
fanart of Chespin & Swirlix from Pokémon X Y
 
 
 
dragon & fishs
 

 
and my character Cღddles The Clღwn / カドルスღ ピエロ
 
 

Selfie taking skills = 0, the lighting is horribad as usual, but here we are:

Acid Black Cherry 4th album. A release which is better than my first exceptions.
This album came in 3 versions; I’ll decided to review only the CD only (itunes) version.
Acid Black Cherry, “Janne Da Arc” vocalist yasu solo project is around our hearts for many years already. He creates good music he creates perfect music. This release brings you more calmer songs with a taste of heavy rock.
With “L” yasu proves again that he is a true musician who can write true music. Music which is written with the heart. Music which has a story. Music which is written with time.
 
What about the already released tracks?
On this album again there are only 4 songs which we already know, for myself I didn’t like 3 of them. Well I liked INCUBUS but, INCUBUS felt as it was not “ready”, not finished. Since it was an introduction to this album. I really did do like GREED GREED GREED, which has such cool rock feeling. The 2 others, Kimi ga inai, ano hi kara… and Kuro neko ~adult black cat~ didn’t get my attention at all, when they where released as a “single”. I didn’t like them.
 
But are the single songs now enjoyable?
My answer is “YES”. Somehow this album made all 4 single songs good songs. songs who flow easy inside the album. songs who you won’t put off, even if they aren’t liked as “single” songs. It’s a bit strange, but this is what happens more often if you listen to the work of Acid Black Cherry.
 
What about the new songs? are they enjoyable?
Of course they are, I’m glad that yasu did choose to create more calm rock songs. The music is a bit more lighter. But still with a beautiful rocking sound. There is only 1 new songs which I don’t really like and that song is “Versus G”.
I truly love; Round & Round “L-Eru”, liar or LIAR, Loves, &You. Those lyrics and sound are splendid, very beautiful, songs which really though your heart. And who really made me fall for this album. Also it was a very good choice to put “Round & Round” as the first track on this album. It introduce you calm but with a rock sound inside this album. You won’t get enough of this album after you put this one on!
 
How does the album really feel?
Even if some of us prefer more the harder rock songs, I still think that everyone can enjoy this album highly. Since this album has so much inside. hard rock, light rock also a slight of pop sound. It has cheerful tunes, it has sad tunes. The lyrics are sad, are happy, it can let you cry, it can let you smile. It is a love album. Some tracks even let you remember of “Janne Da Arc”, but that’s cool! Since some of us really miss them and it always gives a good feeling when those tunes turn up. Also yasu’s voice, it really though your heart in this release. Those who didn’t bought this album, really will regret it.
 
A slight detail to the sound, song by song:
♪♪♪ heavy rock | ♪♪ hard rock | ♪ soft rock
♪ 01.Round & Round
♪♪ 02.liar or LIAR?
♪♪♪ 03.S&M
♪ 04.Kimi ga Inai, Ano Hi kara…
♪ 05.L-Eru-
♪♪♪ 06.Greed Greed Greed
♪ 07.7 Colors
♪ 08.~Le Chat Noir~
♪♪♪ 09.Kuro Neko 〜Adult Black Cat〜
♪♪♪ 10.Versus G
♪ 11.Nemurenu Yoru
♪♪ 12.Incubus
♪ 13.Loves
♪ 14.& You
As you can notice it is a very calm album with a few more heavy rock tracks.
This album has also not the “electric rock sound” which many visual kei and other kind of bands add to their music. Which I’m really happy with. Because creating an album which sound like “L” is much more special and showing your fans that you really can “create” music.
Which I also did notice by listen to this album over and over is when “& You” ends it actually flows again inside the first track “Round & Round”. You don’t really notice that the album has ended. Which also makes it impossible to put the album off, because if flows over and over.
 
Album rating:
♥♥♥♥♥
I never did expect such great album after I did listen to the 4 previous singles. I never thought that this album could be so great. Its the best work yasu has given us in his solo carreer. Acid Black Cherry did it again, to publish a great album. It’s not strange that more and more people will like them, because they deliver again and again good music.
 
Also posted at Japanese Music Strike

Oh holy celery. X'D I have too much lovin' many likes to give. If only there was a like transfer bank or something..

I really do need more liking power. Wow. Have run out again and I just got it back for the day. ^^;;

Oh holy celery. X'D I have too much lovin' many likes to give. If only there was a like transfer bank or something..

yea, enjoy this song, and tell you that this song is one of the few, very few better songs from her latest album....it's almost like it's not made by the same person, y'know. A 360° far away from her teenage pop hit. she can do it anw, but as you said, she had no idea of what she wants to be, she's too inconsistent. Dancing around while wearing green doesn't help her credibility for example. it's a good idea to release it, but it's too late now (she's been quiet for so long : she announced the release on MARCH 2014 xD), plus this MV doesn't capture the essence, the sensuality of the song at all...it's gonna feature in the upcoming film Babysitter's Black Book (epic title). but it's still better than the WYWH massacre anw (a crying Avril in a bathtub wasn't a good idea at all xDDD it was embarrasing).
 
I'm glad you're finally responding without insulting me xD I was afraid of hurting you (I have been insulted on a french forum for exposing the facts by a butthurt fan, not cool). I'm not bashing Av, I just wanna talk ;-;
yes, it's disappointing to see her regress (and that she's fine with it). Doesn't she seen that she's on the decline on everything? this really bugs me.
Plus, we all know that she admires Alanis Morissette, she should watch how she's doing with her career. You can thrive, be RnR and still be sincere (like PJ Harvey). Av don't. Even her clone Fefe Dobson surpasses her and made better mature songs than Av. xD
I guess we will have to wait the next era...it'll be crucial for her career. She needs to reinvent herself and made better mature songs. And to stop the crappy teenage hits ffs. she made better title songs when she was 17-19 ffs!

February is over and it's time to reveal your favourite albums of the month. The thread for january wasn't exactly a success, but I'll give it a new try anyway.
 
 
The concept is simple: pick 3 releases (albums, EPs, singles or compilations), write why you like the album/why people should check it out and be cool. As you hear new albums of the month feel free to quote yourself, remove one and add the newest one instead of it. At the end of the month I'll make a new thread for the previous month. That's all.
 
Rules:
Post three albums each
Add a linke to your favourite track of the album. Do NOT embed youtube videos. Just link to the best song. Not everyone have decent computers to handle all the videos.
 
And that is basically it. Ask if there's something you're curious about.
 
 
 
Go on, guys!

Best New Tracks: February 2015

Best New Tracks is a new series brought to you by MH's review crew! 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!

@Zeus's picks:
"戦-ikusa-" by 和楽器バンド (Wagakki Band)

"marionette" by Lycaon

@fitear1590's picks:
"For You" by Czecho No Republic

"ツキナミ (tsukinami)" by 分島花音 (Kanon Wakeshima)

"endless" by ねごと (NEGOTO)
Watch the PV
"マーブル (marble)" by ユナイト (UNiTE.)

's picks:
"Paper Planes" by ONE OK ROCK

"Seven Deadly Sins" by MAN WITH A MISSION

"実験前" (Jikkenmae) by indigo la End

"Kawareru" by theCharmPark

"アカペラ" (A capella) by ペンタゴン (Pentagon)

"なくならない" (Nakunaranai) by 左右 (Sayuu)

@beni's picks:
"marionette" by Lycaon

"夜明けの街 (Yoake no Machi)" by CICADA

"そつぎょう (Sotsugyou)" by daoko

"へその緒 (Hesonoo)" by 黒百合と影 (Kuroyuri to Kage)

"Future,Super Duper,Nova" by X4

"TWO HEARTS" by 家入レオ (Leo Ieiri)

"さんすくみ (Sansukumi)" by 分島花音 (Kanon Wakeshima)

"至上の人生 (Shijou no Jinsei)" by 椎名林檎 (Sheena Ringo)

"WING to HEAVEN" by DIV

@CAT5's picks:
"all is white" by Anoice

"Ground" by CARD

"街の底" by eastern youth

"ンスターペアレンツ (Monster Parents)" - Jin-Machine

"Rep(110)%4" by loqto

"君を壊すガラスの衝動 (Kimi o kowasu garasu no shoudou)" by Lycaon

"Gengar" by Sel'm

"Foster Mother" by sukekiyo

"game over" by 大橋トリオ (Ohashi Trio)

"Setting Sun" by 疋田哲也(Tetsuya Hikita)+NIL

Me with Kuroyuri to kage^^ 

FryPan/フライパン is the singer for the visual kei band The Pumpkin Head
 

Game/Spam Topic - '5 disbanded bands, which should've never disbanded'
I knew I answered a similar thread! x'D
 
Just stating in here too by quoting mine from there;
 

Game/Spam Topic - '5 disbanded bands, which should've never disbanded'
I knew I answered a similar thread! x'D
 
Just stating in here too by quoting mine from there;
 

It's the name I desire to be addressed as. I am... simples~ xP Shout out to okaasan for not agreeing to it! ;-;

Your birthday is so close to mine x)
#sorryforgoingofftopic
That's a really clever and interesting username approach and idea!