jesusphobia

Meh just respect the band's wishes, not that hard

Yeah, not being allowed to take pics/record is a shitty rule and it should not be enforced. BUT, I really hate the "sea of cellphones" in some concerts... Dude, I want to watch the show, can you please get your fucking cellphone out of my way?

Launching my new Youtube channel, dedicated to Lycaon videos!
 
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Currently uploading a dozen PVs, including DAHLIA with @kyoselflove's blessing.

What is happening

^ this is happening
  
The Purple fever is happening

Like limit has reach, I'm like
 

What is happening

At least this time we're not hyping just the preview. 
 
ALSO BEHOLD
 
 

Para pls
 
(His one arm looks ultra buff, haha. That's what you get for spending 3 minutes on GIMP)

I didn't expect this to happen so soon after Lycaon's disbandment but I'm honestly not too surprised considering that Izumi overworks and underpays bands. I'm sure they're disbanding to escape him.
Signing with Shimizuya is basically a death sentence.
I hope Sibile doesn't meet the same fate but I wouldn't be surprised if they also disbanded within the next year or two.
 
Also Kaede will be retiring from vk.

Yes, on 4/20 we can all get Purple Stoned

[CD track list]
01.PARANOIA
02.拒絶(kyozetsu)
03.link (included in regular edition)
 
 
"拒絶(kyozetsu)" is composed by Gt.來堵(kuruto) and "link" is composed by Ba.祥平(shouhei)
 

Someone on Tanuki posted that Yoshiki is going to give me 50% of his money for my birthday

tanuki says every band will disband
tanuki says every bandman has a girlfriend / will get married / is married
tanuki says every bandman has an STD
tanuki says that all foreigners are stinky, have bad manners and shouldn't come to concerts
tanuki says a lot of things and sometimes it's right, sometimes it's partially right and sometimes it's wildly wrong
 
tbh if you can't read Japanese, I'd suggest not going on tanuki. There's so much slang and so many words that are used specifically for visual kei that translators will just botch it.
 
moreover you have to understand that more often than not people who are writing these things are people with a grudge taking advantage of how tanuki is anonymous. One person can write over and over pretending to be different people to make it sound more true. There are people who put their own name out there etc by themselves to get people to talk about them or to make others believe something (usually that they are "tsunagari"--have some sort of relationship with the band). 
 
the only reason to go on tanuki is for shits and giggles, not for reliable information

Mysterious new collab single called 月華❁乱れ牡丹, original single released on 02/01/2016 with Eve & Hatsune Miku, guessing the one with Yuuki, for his birthday? No idea.
 

VK/J-rock fans really have this hard on with slapping the "Dir en grey copy" card on any band that decides to change their style and go heavy.

People expecting "DIM 2.0" from DOGMA was probably one of the most illogical things I've seen in quite sometime. It really doesn't take a genius to figure out that since DIM came out, the GazettE has found a standard sound that they're (or should I say, Ruki) is "comfortable" with and alter as time goes by. Its more or less like a Lynch. album these days. You can always find those standard, updated staple songs. And then you'll find the juicy, new "wow" tracks that show growth. Surely, after TOXIC, DIVISION, and Beautiful Deformity, the hope would be that this would be realized. It's apparent that it wasn't.
 
I agree that DOGMA, while i enjoy it, had its flaws. There is a clear lack of Distinction between Aoi and Uruha's Guitar parts. Reita has faded into mediocrity, and the composition on a lot of the tracks has a samey feel to it. At the same time, there were pretty cool newer tracks such as DERACINE, GRUDGE, DOGMA, and OMINOUS.  I also feel like a lot of the backlash that the album gets is purely because it wasn't "DIM 2.0." If DOGMA did end up becoming DIM 2.0 then the criticism would be "its been done before." Its like people wanted the band to take a step back to 2009, just to please them. While everyone is entitled to their opinions, It doesn't work that way.
 
I'm actually pretty happy that DOGMA turned out the way it did because hopefully dreams of DIM 2.0 were shattered. If you want DIM, go listen to it. And hell, the band pretty much did everyone who enjoyed their previous works a HUGE favor by dropping that Fanclub live which features very well executed newer renditions of many of those songs. The DIM performances are amazing. 

As much as I love Meji, I'd honestly be in favor of them going on break of it meant something good would come out of it. Nepenthes was the last one that had me hooked and then they kind of lost me after that. I know it will be hard for a lot of the fans, especially since half the bands that go on break don't come out of it, but I'd be willing to wait for them to put out something great instead of more songs that sound just like the others. Or at the very least they could spend more time with each new release.
I don't know about everyone else, but I still see quite a bit of potential with them, but I guess we can only wait and see.

Lycaon disbanding pretty much broke me...and im still not over it

ケミカルピクチャーズ(chemical pictures) will revive for one-day at 寺子屋(terakoya) 10th anniversary event "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.勿忘草" at Kawasaki CLUB CITTA' at 2016/04/24
 
[live participating artists]
THE BLACK SWAN
えんそく(ensoku)
マイナス人生オーケストラ(minus jin-say orchestra)
NoGoD
LIPHLICH
SEX-ANDROID
heidi.
ADAPTER。
Mix Speaker's,Inc.
Bio-造形するバイオ- (ビリー(billy)?)
ケミカルピクチャーズ(chemical pictures)
 
 
other 寺子屋(terakoya) 10th anniversary event are as follows:
 
2016/05/01 at Sendai MACANA "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.萩" - THE BLACK SWAN / えんそく / マイナス人生オーケストラ 3-man live
2016/05/07 at Nagoya ell SIZE "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.杜若"
2016/05/13 at Hiroshima SECOND CRUTCH "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.紅葉" - THE BLACK SWAN / えんそく / マイナス人生オーケストラ 3-man live
2016/05/14 at Fukuoka DRUM SON "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.梅" - THE BLACK SWAN / えんそく / マイナス人生オーケストラ 3-man live
2016/05/22 at OSAKA MUSE "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.桜草"
2016/05/29 at Matsumoto ALECX "百花繚乱～Extravaganza for second bloom～Ver.桔梗"

it is announced at Royz one-man live at Zepp Tokyo at 2016/01/10 that their new full album "S.I.V.A" will be released at 2016/04/06 (2 TYPE)
 
TYPE A (3,780yen) will include CD (11 songs)+DVD (including "R.I.P" PV & making), and TYPE B (3,240yen) will include CD (12 songs) only
 
 
btw they will hold their one-man live tour "S.I.V.A" with tour final at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo at 2016/08/20 and their 7th anniversary one-man live "Seven Deadly Sins" at Nanba HATCH at 2016/09/28
 
 
SET-LIST at 2016/01/10:
 
01.Emotions
02.マーブルパレット(marble palette)
03.ブギーマン(boogieman)
04.囁姫遊女(shoukiyuujo)
05.疾風迅雷(shippuujinrai)
06.洗礼(senrei)
07.MASK
08.Always
09.Tear drop
10.ESTROUS SPIDER's
11.Lolita complex
12.FlashBack
13.FINAL
14.0
15.Supernova
 
EN1
01.ACROSS WORLD
02.Ms.Veronica
03.eve:r
04.THE BEGINNING
 

"Opening act of opening act" the inception

it is announced at アルルカン(arlequin) one-man live tour "「空」だから手を伸ばす(「sora」dakara te wo nobasu)" tour final 暁(aki) & 來堵(kuruto) birthday one-man live at TSUTAYA O-East at 2015/12/09 that their new maxi single "PARANOIA" will be released at 2016/03/02 (2 TYPE)
 
limited edition (2,160yen) will include CD (2 songs)+DVD (including "PARANOIA" PV & off-shot), and regular edition (1,620yen) will include CD (3 songs) only
 
 
btw they will hold their one-man live tour since Okayama CRAZY MAMA 2nd Room at 2016/03/03 and up to tour final "「傷」× ツケルTOUR FINAL-決別-" at Akasaka BLITZ at 2016/04/02
 
 
they will hold their live tour "「傷」×ツケルTOUR-呼び水-" as follows:
 
2016/02/28 at Ikebukuro EDGE with えんそく(ensoku) / マイナス人生オーケストラ(minus jin-say orchestra) / UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ
2016/03/09 at Takadanobaba AREA with SCAPEGOAT / REIGN / THE BLACK SWAN / Sel'm
2016/03/16 at Meguro Rock May Kan with グリーヴァ(Grieva) / 黒百合と影(kuroyuri to kage) / ギャロ(THE GALLO) / DADAROMA
2016/03/17 at Takadanobaba AREA with GOTCHAROCKA / HERO / FEST VAINQUEUR / IGGY

Lycaon, Nocturnal Bloodlust, Arlequin, Mejibray, GazettE, Dir en grey, Diaura, Dadaroma... Mostly heavier/less happy-sparkly bands.
And then Royz, my somewhat guilty pleasure, being the exception to that rule.