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My very first love, and one of the first bands I discovered when I was exploring visual kei for the first time, was Due le quartz. I loved their look and their costumes, and I remember watching their PVs all the time. I think they really embodied what attracted me to visual kei at the time, especially in terms of visuals (so I do find it sad that there isn't so much of that to be found these days). I liked their sound, too, of course; it's hard to pick among their discography, but I think Re:plica is probably my favorite song. D'espairsRay gets a special shoutout for writing amazing music and always being a wonderful live experience. I liked their music a lot even before seeing them at a show for the first time, but seeing them live kicked my love for them up to a whole new level. They really held a special place in my heart for many years because of that, and I was very sad to see them go because I won't get a chance to do that again. I love the entire discography of the GazettE, and I don't care what anyone else thinks about them.

Reviving this thread, because I like answering such things... 1: Do you buy multiple versions of releases, or buy at all? (Judgement-Free-Zone) For my favorite band, I'll buy all releases and versions because I really like collecting things, and occasionally multiple copies for privileges etc. For others, I buy some releases here and there, but not 100% of them. 2: Do you collect cheki or other non-music related items from bands? I think cheki are expensive af for tiny little polaroids, but at the same time the collector in me wants to have them too, so I've compromised with myself by collecting them only for one band. I do like collecting photosets. As for other merch, I'll rarely buy it unless I'm at a live; I have some t-shirts/towels/posters I've gotten that way. 3: Follow them on Ameblo, Twitter? Yes. 4: Would you follow them on the street? No. 5: Dig through their trash? (Judgment-Free-Zone) lol, no. 6: Does Visual Kei or other forms of your musical taste influence your style or personal life? Not really. 7: Desire to move or visit Japan influenced by music? Yes! I've visited, and there were many factors that motivated me to do it, including music. 8: Do you read dirt-sheets of bands, like rumours, gossip, etc...? From time to time I'll do it, for the lulz. 9: Ever fantasize about being friends with band members? (JFZ) No. 10: Do you want to be in a Visual Kei band (or any other kind of band)? Nope!

Thank you both for the help/clarification! The lyrics sounded different to me also (so I guess we won't get official lyrics for these either, hah...)

Okay, that's good to know. It probably is supposed to be a different version of the omnibus song and I'm just being awful at recognizing it.

I hope this forum is ok to post it in, but I'm trying to sort out the details of the privilege CDs for the Ankoku Sekai wa Yami omnibus. The details are given on the AINS' bands websites/blogs, so here is Gossip's post for example. A half dozen shops have these bonus CDs, and all I can get out of this post is "別暗黒世界ハ闇" - another(?) Ankoku Sekai wa Yami, with a different version for each band. For reference, I got my package from Brand X today, and I got the Kuroyuri to Kage disc. Unfortunately I don't know their discography very well so I was afraid I wouldn't recognize the track if it was a re-recording or something like that, but once I listened to it, the first few notes/melody sound just like the intro to the 暗黒世界ハ闇 track on the omnibus. After that though, it sounds different to me. I guess it's just some original track recorded as a bonus? Basically, I'm confused about what exactly these CDs are supposed to be, and I don't know if there were details/explanation of them posted anywhere else, so maybe someone more knowledgeable can clarify. If you want to hear the Kuroyuri to Kage track, it's here. I don't want to post it in Downloads or something until I'm sure of a decent way to tag it (right now the track title is just 暗黒世界ハ闇 since I don't know what else to put).

Looking for: - any CDs by JyuLie - ゴシップ/Gossip flyers (2014-2015)

I recognize a few things from that list, though I can't really put sounds to song names since I didn't listen to UnsraW for long and I never followed Nightmare very closely either. I definitely have to go with Force as my favorite, I love -OZ-. 1. Kagrra, - Hi no moto 2. Miyavi - Shindemo Boogie-Woogie 3. Shirou Sagisu - 2EM01_B01 "At The Very Beginning" 4. The Dreamside - Get Away 5. Akeboshi - Sky in the Pond 6. Tarja Turunen - You Would Have Loved This 7. Koda Kumi - Birthday Eve 8. Neuroticfish - It's Not Me 9. The Lion King - I Just Can't Wait to Be King 10. Sadie - MAD-ROID Well... that is all over the place, and I think managed to cover almost every genre that I listen to, it even got a Disney song... don't judge me Many good options here, Shindemo Boogie-Woogie is so catchy, but I'm picking the one instrumental track as my favorite because I am unapologetic Evangelion trash (it's from one of the Rebuild soundtracks).

Sorry, I couldn't think of anything else to say; but I will happily answer questions! I'm from the USA. As for how I got into vk... I really don't remember clearly, but I stumbled across some websites that had PVs for download, so I discovered stuff by Dlq, Noir Fleurir, Dir en grey, La'cryma Christi, Kagrra, etc. I really liked the visuals (and the music!) so I started looking for more stuff, and it grew from there. And about Monochrome Heaven - I feel like I've probably stumbled here on accident in the past? But this time I found it from a link on the We Love UCP website. I like lynch. too, by the way! Hazuki is an amazing singer.

Hi, new member here. I guess a brief introduction is in order? I've been listening to visual kei since 2003 or so; my all-time favorite bands are Due le quartz, Rentrer en Soi, D'espairsRay, and the GazettE. My favorites among newer bands are Gossip, Mejibray, and Morrigan. I'm glad to find a little corner of the Internet filled with other people who share my love of this awesome genre. Anyway, I'm not very chatty, so I'll leave it at that, but it's nice to meet all of you!

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I would like the second copy, if it's still available?