orange~

Wow those b-sides were pretty cool! I especially liked the ballad. And the single has definitely grown on me more. I don't think the chorus comes out of nowhere anymore, there are similar hooks and cues in the pre-chorus-thing that tie it together.

Got my Copys + Comment DVDs today.
There Comment DVDs are kinda...weird af?
Like Chaos is speaking but they used some weird af effect on his vocals and it's hard to understand him lel. 
But well they look beautiful af so yeah~ Worth it haha.

the guy on the left isn't that tall compared to meji, but the other one...
 

 
but yeah i think koichi is average
meto is TINY

I felt that mejibray was getting stale with 420 theatrical roses already (apart from few cool songs) but since then they've done more interesting stuff and I've really liked stuff like eiki and secret no 3 (which seems to be disliked here lol) i like this new song as well, it's got some new elements and the members seem to be playing to their strengths.

HA!!!
 
Sou still does ohaguro <33
 

There was a time when I would have paid anything to see these guys live. Now I don't really care all that much. Lucky me, as otherwise I would have extra tickets for a flight to London for no reason. I remember back in '08 (or '07?) when they got back together I was already preparing for a trip to Paris to see them, but even that shit got postponed for like 4 years or something lol
 
I love hide and Taiji, but otherwise X are really testing the limits of my fandom

The singer had such an unique look before with the black teeth and all. Not anymore I guess. Still excited as hell. The look is classy too, just not what I expected

Well said. Yoshiki spent the week or so just chilling at Sundance for promotions for the doc schmoozing with random celebs. He hardly looked like a guy trying to make an album deadline. Considering his supposed perfectionist qualities, you think he'd be behind the mixing desk everyday for the last few months stressing about their first album in 20 years!
But any X fan who's been following the band knows this is what happens time and again. So while unfortunate for Pata, you damn well know the delays they use in his name have nothing to do with him really. They could've still released the album if it existed but as most of us said above, it mostly was never close to being done.
And it's long been said that Yoshiki burned alot of bridges when he forcible broke out of the Sony contact. You member how they went major with a big splash with blue blood? Well most bands sign a record contact for multiple albums. How many did X release with Sony? Just two. Blue blood and jealousy. Of course he tried to sell art of life as an whole album of music but sony wouldn't accept that. Then yoshiki and x had dreams of being international or breaking into America with art of life, remember the Rockefeller center NY press conference, so they forcibly got out of the Sony contact and switched labels to go to Atlantic. Since then they've been somewhat blacklisted and known for being a difficult band. Rock music doesn't sell that much in Japan anymore, physical album sales are a fraction of what they were, so it didn't surprise me that they haven't found a label for all of these reasons. Who wants to sign a contract for what every music company knows will only be for one album with a difficult diva-musician?

yeaa AvelCain's ballads are really great!! I usually feel like many VK bands, and other bands around the world too really, make ballads just for the sake of having them in their setlist, but that's not the case with these guys. Karma is really able to put a lot of emotion into their songs.
揺り籠 is my favourite song of them and I get chills every time I listen to it.
 
 
EDIT: oh, I read your post again yakihiko... I guess MOON and 夜光虫 got pretty unique sound as far as their ballads go and can't think of others alike, but still you should give their other songs a chance too!

yeaa AvelCain's ballads are really great!! I usually feel like many VK bands, and other bands around the world too really, make ballads just for the sake of having them in their setlist, but that's not the case with these guys. Karma is really able to put a lot of emotion into their songs.
揺り籠 is my favourite song of them and I get chills every time I listen to it.
 
 
EDIT: oh, I read your post again yakihiko... I guess MOON and 夜光虫 got pretty unique sound as far as their ballads go and can't think of others alike, but still you should give their other songs a chance too!

For me, "Oni to kage" was god-tier, "Shuuen" was meh-tier, and mostly everything they released after "Shuuen" was good-tier. High hopes for this new album, but it's gonna be damn hard to surpass the first one.

Koichi and Meto always invest a lot in their promo looks so I think it is natural and expected that fans would be disappointed @ MiA who doesn't seem to keep up with MEJIBRAY in that sense. Nothing to do with his skills. 
(tzk can look good too but koichi/meto always have the most drastic changes)

I hope they continue to make heavy songs because they were one of the few vkei bands doing it right.

I've now been listening them past week and they're definitely one of the more interesting bands atm. They got pretty traditional VK sound but still manage to sound really fresh. Vocals especially are real great. I need to check that SHEDIA too

Thanks for the recommendations, I'm liking this place already!
 
Plastic Tree was very different from what I remembered. A bit slower music than what I usually listen to but it gave a nice tranquil feeling... or maybe it was the alcohol that did that?
 
DADAROMA I had heard before. I listened to their halloween song some time ago and it was pretty bad imo But luckily I gave them a new shot. They're cool. definitely need to listen some more.
 
MUCC is cool and all, but not my cup of tea