Kelrya

Good lord he looks stupid. Everyone else looks cool though.

At least it’s better than gangsta Kyo.

12 days and still nothing. Gan-Shin told me that "it's up to the band", not sure how to understand that.
To me it sounds like they don't know more about possible teasers either.
But a band like DEG, their 10th album and NO teasers? Unimaginable.

I almost shit my pants when I saw the samples pop up at the top of my YouTube feed just now.
 
 
 
 
Then I realized they were the samples for DSS Live at Nippon Budokan

They’ve performed multiple versions of this song live with different lengths so who knows what the final version is like.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

I accidentally wrote tougher when I meant rougher, I edited the original post.
 
IIRC Kaoru used the word 荒い which to me is a word I would use to describe TMOAB.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Here is my summarized translation of Kaoru’s recent magazine interview. This is my first time doing this and some things are difficult to say perfectly in English but here it is.
 
The final tracklist wasn’t decided until the end of June. They are pushing this one close to the deadline.
Arche was made to be easy to understand.
People they have showed the album to have had various impressions or feelings of it (okay...).
They wanted to try to not overthink things this time with The Insulated World and make an album that is a bit rawer and more conducive to live shows. 
TIW is a bit rougher and has a feeling of momentum while still feeling like DEG.
Kaoru said he tries not to think too much about the future and his age and make every album as if it were the last, even though that’s not the plan.
When writing his songs for TIW, he tried more than usual to not make songs too Kaoru-ish and think more of the other members.
The interviewer was surprised that Ranunculus was written by Kaoru. Kaoru said he tried to suppress his personal style and write something different but doesn’t know how different it really is as it’s hard to judge for himself as the artist.
With DSS they tweaked and tinkered with the songs until they felt like they were perfect, but this time they tried to not do this too much and have the album have a more live feel.
The interviewer wanted to ask why he couldn’t listen to the full album (lol) but said that Ranunculus is so good that he can wait a little bit longer.

Huh?

The daigakuimo french fries they had at Japanese McDonalds last year were so good.
(Hopefully my comment won’t get moved to the McDonalds Kei thread.)

I remember an interviewer asking Kyo where he likes to eat when on tour, saying it’s probably something expensive. And then Kyo said McDonalds lol. Oh and he likes to take it back to his hotel and eat it while in the bath.

I got the magazine with Kaoru’s interview about the new album. I will try to translate the main points tomorrow.

He actually did an interview about this either last year or early this year. Idk if there is an English translation out there. Basically there are two reasons, and they extend to WtD as well. The first is that he didn’t want to play the simplistic rock/hardcore/metal drumming style that the rest of the band asked him to play for those records. He wanted to be more creative but they said it didn’t fit the style they were going for or something like that. The other reason is that they decided during that period when they were trying to break into the Western market to stop wearing makeup during performances. Shinya was the one member that was super against this and he nearly quit the band over it because he told himself from the beginning that he wouldn’t be in a band that doesn’t wear makeup. Obviously they have since gone back to wearing makeup. He said he was able to enjoy these albums more for what they are during the “mode of” tours but it remains his least favorite chapter in the bands history.

He actually did an interview about this either last year or early this year. Idk if there is an English translation out there. Basically there are two reasons, and they extend to WtD as well. The first is that he didn’t want to play the simplistic rock/hardcore/metal drumming style that the rest of the band asked him to play for those records. He wanted to be more creative but they said it didn’t fit the style they were going for or something like that. The other reason is that they decided during that period when they were trying to break into the Western market to stop wearing makeup during performances. Shinya was the one member that was super against this and he nearly quit the band over it because he told himself from the beginning that he wouldn’t be in a band that doesn’t wear makeup. Obviously they have since gone back to wearing makeup. He said he was able to enjoy these albums more for what they are during the “mode of” tours but it remains his least favorite chapter in the bands history.

He actually did an interview about this either last year or early this year. Idk if there is an English translation out there. Basically there are two reasons, and they extend to WtD as well. The first is that he didn’t want to play the simplistic rock/hardcore/metal drumming style that the rest of the band asked him to play for those records. He wanted to be more creative but they said it didn’t fit the style they were going for or something like that. The other reason is that they decided during that period when they were trying to break into the Western market to stop wearing makeup during performances. Shinya was the one member that was super against this and he nearly quit the band over it because he told himself from the beginning that he wouldn’t be in a band that doesn’t wear makeup. Obviously they have since gone back to wearing makeup. He said he was able to enjoy these albums more for what they are during the “mode of” tours but it remains his least favorite chapter in the bands history.

I think Arche leaked like two days early or something like that. Btw Kaoru did an interview with Ongaku to Hito. I haven’t read it but I was reading the 2ch thread and it sounds like the album is gonna be a cross between Arche and TMOAB.

I couldn't possibly be any more erect right now

Where the fuuuuuck are the samples...

Just wait for the album. It will come with previews for the samples.

I want a jumpscare teaser where there's just a screen with some japanese text and then out of nowhere some really heavy stuff and Kyo screeching at the top of his lungs (think of the "Reiketsu Nariseba" ending) starts playing with the album cover flashing on the screen (come on, it's pretty freaky, it could work well)