Kiyoharu is God

Time for a new album. Save us from HYDE solo

They're fucking great. Thought they were disbanded since I their website was down. Great news.

Except it isn't? I get bashing X or HYDE for the never coming album or recent music (VAMPS, that garbage solo single), but passing judgement on a 30 sec sample of a track is stupid. So far I still get VAMP-vibes... May as well be VAMPIRE'S LOVE (which I like). The anime nerds prob won't like it since it doesn't fit with the previous OPs. But those openings themes sucked anyway.

Wow, this is surreal. Dudemanguy already covered the history and so for that reason alone it's hard to believe... Just the longevity of the core group. One of the best Japanese bands ever. Really sad. I thought they would break up the group before doing something like this at this stage. Anyway, will be interesting to see how KIBA moves going forward.

Loved the album. I'd put it on the same level as anything they've released before. They just don't experiment enough that I can have any overly negative or overly positive reaction. Like... I read people talking about this album is better than Avantgarde or how GALLOWS is better than that, .etc. And I'm sitting here like... How can you tell? It all sounds the same. Don't get me wrong, I love them, and I understand preferring one album's tracklist over there other, but it's not like there's a drastic difference in quality imo. Anyway, FAITH is supposed to be a hommage to something? You read that and my first though was to go straight to '90s VK. But, the chorus' melody sorta sounds like KIYOHARU's LAST SONG?

Sounding really good!

Is Hyde going through a mid-life crisis?

Just lay off the auto-tune ::crosses fingers::

Well, I think he's still making them on artistic merits. And I base that simply on the sound of the last two (album) releases. The previous RHYTHMLESS releases (as far as I'm aware) were his worst selling albums. Like, they sold REALLLY poorly. Granted, I haven't followed the ORICON charts after UNDER THE SUN, but up to that point they sold the worst. I recall him saying that fans shouldn't worry since he expected as much. You would think based on that previous experience that they would be the only RHYTHMLESS releases of his career, and yet he released another one last year. Then he follows that up two months later with a freaking flamenco album (which I love). Maybe flamenco is big in Japan now, I don't know. But, it's not what I would have done if I wanted a well performing album. Even sads is in the same spot. Like, if he really was worried about sales he should have rehired the old guys and continued with the punk music, or pop stuff like Masquerade and BOUKYAKU NO SORA. Instead he returns with the technical/extreme metal of current sads... And that kind of music isn't going to have as big an appeal as more popular genres. Obviously he wants to make money like any business man, but I feel that when it comes to music he's authentic.... Yeah, the A/B/C singles release campaign seems to contradict this, but I believe that was more avex than him. I feel he reserves the businessman approach for everything else he promotes like the fashion, jewelry, vaping equipment, etc. And he's always released live-only releases. Like ALWAYS. So that isn't too diff from the norm imo... That said I feel a lot of what you're saying here may be right. I doubt he's getting lucrative advances like before... He's an old man. Like, very few of those old VK guys are at that level still. Maybe Hyde and Teru? His career def feels like it's at an odd crossroads right now. Think he was posting about album sales earlier in the month: https://twitter.com/ki_spring/status/1005041385030934528 https://twitter.com/ki_spring/status/1005045444425076736

https://kiyoharu.tokyo/info/サッズからのお知らせ/ Crude google translate of the message on Kiyo's website: Last year they got a new bassist and were starting activities again... And now the band is disbanding. Ok. Final album will still be released. Seems like it will first be sold at their 07月21日(土)　梅田CLUB QUATTRO live. The image with the info says "online sale coming soon"... Not sure why that would be written unless they're not planning a brick and mortar style release.

New song sounds great!

Liked the beautiful people part in the middle.

Yuck Sounds like VAMPS

DURAN 「FACE」 Release Date: 7/1/2018 01. WERISEAGAIN 02. TAKEMEHIGHER feat. Katsuma（coldrain） 03. SUPERLADY 04. READY4LOVE 05. ASIANLOVER feat. スガシカオ 06. BACKTOME feat. 清春 07. MYAUTUMNMYLOVE 08. YESWECAN 09. MYMISSINGPIECE

A previously unreleased version of HURRY GO ROUND will now be included on the album. hide | HURRY GO ROUND (hide vocal Take2) https://www.universal-music.co.jp/hide/products/upch-2162/ http://www.hide-city.com/information/detail.php?id=1690

Miyavi has gotten to the point where everything he does now sound the same as the last song. I usually appreciate when musicians really put their own flavor into a cover, but when the last 2-3 Miyavi albums sound too samey this just comes off as boring... Not to mention it's bad. The Dragon Ash, FLOW, Cocco, Takanori, and Granrodeo covers sound alright. I think if you're going to do a hide tribute at this point you have to cover songs that haven't been covered like 8 times or whatever it is now. Stuff like Junk Story, Oblaat, Honey blade, In Motion, Breeding, and Scanner etc. instead of Pink Spider cover #100.

『hide TRIBUTE IMPULSE』 2018年6月6日（水）発売 税込￥3,240（税抜￥3,000） [収録曲（曲順未定） / 参加アーティスト] BACTERIA / SEXFRiEND ※1 （作詞・作曲：hide） DOUBT / HISASHI × YOW-ROW （作詞・作曲：hide） D.O.D.（DRINK OR DIE） / FLOW （作詞・作曲：hide） ELECTRIC CUCUMBER ※2 / ACID ANDROID （作詞：McVEIGH / 作曲：hide） ever free / 西川貴教 （作詞・作曲：hide） EYES LOVE YOU / BREAKERZ （作詞：森 雪之丞 / 作曲：hide） GOOD BYE / Cocco （作詞・作曲：hide） ピンク スパイダー / MIYAVI （作詞・作曲：hide） ROCKET DIVE / Dragon Ash （作詞・作曲：hide） TELL ME / GRANRODEO （作詞・作曲：hide） hide | HURRY GO ROUND (hide vocal Take2) ※3 ※1 アイナ・ジ・エンド(BiSH)とUK(MOROHA)によるスペシャルユニット ※2 zilchのナンバー ※3 20th Memorial Track http://www.hide-city.com/information/detail.php?id=1647

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Asian and North American dates added

JYOCHO is releasing their first single 互いの宇宙 e.p (TAGAI NO UCHU e.p) next month. The title track 『互いの宇宙』 / 『A Parallel Universe』 is the ending theme to the Junji Ito Collection anime. The single will come in two versions: 【LIMITED EDITION CD+DVD)】NBPC-0049/50 | ¥1,800(+tax) | PAPER CASE 【REGULAR EDITION (CD)】NBPC-0051 | ¥1,200(+tax) 2018/3/21 Release 【CD】 1. 互いの宇宙 (TAGAI NO UCHU) 　*TVアニメ「伊藤潤二『コレクション』」エンディングテーマ 2. pure circle 3. ユークリッド (EUCLID) 4. 互いの定義 (TAGAI NO TEIGI) [初回限定盤 DVD収録内容] 「碧い家で僕ら暮らすツアー＠渋谷TSUTAYA O-CREST」LIVE 映像 And there's a bunch of stuff you can get for purchasing from specific retailers. That info is on their website. Limited Edition Regular Edition

Love it! Sounds great.

Super excited. Their last album was excellent.

DOMINATION is the lead song off their new album 「WORLD DOMINATION」 which is being released on 2/14.