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PANTHEON -PART 1- special website is now open http://matenrou-opera.jp/pantheon/

Tracklist:
01. PANTHEON
02. Curse Of Blood
03. ICARUS
04. Mammon Will Not Die
05. Excalibur
06. AM6:00に針路をとれ (AM6:00 ni shinro o tore)
07. SYMPOSION
08. 何度目かのプロローグ (nan dome ka no purorougu)
09. SHINE ON
10. 止まるんじゃねえ (tomaru n ja nee)

Hi. I think song lyrics are one of the hardest things to translate.  For a level reference I’ve passed N2 and have translated interviews from print materials, but I frequently find songs difficult to understand.
 
One of the things that’s especially difficult about Japanese is that so many words are left out which need to be included in English because of our grammar, and that’s even more common in song lyrics. English doesn’t let us leave the phrase as vague as it was in Japanese, so we have to get into the writer’s head and explicitly state what they’re only implying. The use of transitive and intransitive verbs, regular vs. passive form, formality level, etc, are important clues, and non-native speakers tend to have difficulty with this. I have trouble with them too, and it’s not uncommon for me not to be sure who did what to whom until I read an interview where it’s explained in plain everyday Japanese. And I’ve seen plenty of translations by other people where they got that who/whom part completely backwards. It happens a lot.
 
Anyway, my advice is to try to read or listen to interviews about the songs. It’s a lot easier if you know what the band meant to say before you try to translate their poetically incomplete phrases.

That's the "we don't have any money for new costumes" look lol 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

R指定 (R-Shitei) will release their new mini-album "日本アブノーマル協会 (Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai)" on 2017/04/05. More details TBA. In addition, they will hold a one-man tour from 2017/04/06 to 2017/05/19

 

Matenrou Opera will be performing across Europe this year's summer. More information will be released soon.

I am still a big fan of Japanese music and I keep checking new releases for the classic bands like Mucc, Dir en Grey, Merry, Matenrou Opera, nogod etc, but new stuff?

I just watched a top 100 video for the "best" vk songs of 2016, which I guess covered most relevant releases, and man everything was just horrible. 

Is this me just getting over VK, or is the quality lower than ever? Anyone else feeling the same?

If there's no thread here, that implies no one cared enough to listen to it. I don't want to speak for everyone on this forum, but YOHIO isn't popular here for many reasons and opening discussion won't make him more popular. Some just hate because he's living the dream. Others hate because he sounds like a transplant of poorly-done visual kei (note NOT a poorly-done visual kei transplant; if he actually sounded decent he might have fans). For me, it always seemed as if YOHIO wasn't popular more so because he took the rose-tinted glasses off the scene so we can see what caked-on foundation and desperation looks like and less because he sucks musically. The man can shred a guitar, select western audiences are becoming slightly more receptive to less traditional metal aesthetics, and I've heard worse visual kei bands stanned for less. Seremedy was hot garbage and I'm glad that's gone, and whatever side project that spawned off of the four leftover members is equally as irrelevant, but DISREIGN is proof of western scenes willing to accept visual kei for me; it's a budget The GazettE clone but no one minds because they're palatable enough to get by.

consider this my mini review of his entire career.

Get this sweet boy with sinews for hands something other to do than spend 40 minutes fortified in his toilet before he goes out

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST will sponsor the "IRIS & CRISIS Presents「The Royal War Vol.2」" event which will take place at LIQUIDROOM ebisu on 2017/03/05 (Sun)

Participating bands: 
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)
Initial’L

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST will sponsor the "IRIS & CRISIS Presents「The Royal War Vol.2」" event which will take place at LIQUIDROOM ebisu on 2017/03/05 (Sun)

Participating bands: 
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)
Initial’L

~Like every year the combination of images and videos is assaulting your web browser. Just give it a minute~
 
2016 was an ... interesting year. I came to grips with my status as a visual kei fan of shit turn of the century disbanded bands and ojisan rock, but found new comers convincing enough to keep me around. Albums I had been waiting on forever finally released and invigorated my passion for music halfway through the year like it always does. A few surprises were sprinkled throughout the year and while I felt that the year was lacking in great music looking back it's not so bad. This year certainly left a better impression on me musically than any year since 2011 - and that's saying a lot for me since that's the year that I started doing these lists.
 

 
Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP
 
 
 

 
THE BLACK SWAN - OUSIA
 
 
 
 

 
BUCK-TICK - アトム 未来派 No.9
 
 
 

 
The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
 
 
 

 
decays - baby who wanders
 
 
 
 

 
downy - 第六作品集『無題』
 
 
 


Flatbush Zombies: 3001 A Laced Odyssey
 
 
 

 
HIZAKI - Rosario
 
 
 

 
IX -NINE- - NIRDVANDVA
 
 
 

 
 
KEEL - Raison de etre et de sang
 
 
 

 
陰陽座 - 迦陵頻伽
 
 
 

 
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
 
 
 

 
Russian Circles - Guidance
 
 
 

 
有村 竜太朗 (Ryutaro Arimura) - 「デも／demo」
 
 
 

 
siraph - siraph
 
 


 
Vektor - Terminal Redux
 
 
 

 
Versailles - The Greatest Hits 2007-2016
 
 
 

 
ザアザア (Xaa-Xaa) - 中毒症状
 
 
 
 
Thanks for reading!

Actually so cool to see Diorama Wonderland up there. That song is a beast, hope to see t love someday myself. 

Nice set ! Diorama Wonderland and New Cinema Paradise !! It's unusual.

Outfits worn by Matenrou Opera at their  "X'Mas Night" gig tonight, and flyer detailing spring tour.  
 



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