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  1. Posted · Edited by Kiyoharu is God

    On 7/20/2018 at 7:33 AM, madygrain said:

     

    Holy shit this is bad

     

    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.

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  2. Posted

    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.

  3. Posted

    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?

  7. Posted · Edited by Kiyoharu is God

    20 hours ago, carddass said:

    You really have to wonder, after the early 10's where he was doing solo / Kuroyume / Sads all at the same time, and the subsequent fallout of the kuroyume brand/licensing, that none of his decisions are being made on artistic merits anymore. He pretty much whored out the kuroyume name and, effectively, it went bankrupt from bad deals or promises he couldn't deliver.

    Do you think kiyoharu / his management are getting as lucrative advances and deals like he did in the 00s where he was cranking out solo albums once or twice a year and countless A-B-C type singles (thanks Avex!) ? He doesn't have the marketability anymore...he released the last single through live shows and has consistently always tried to pump up live ticket sales by offering live-only CD releases. That's more money directly to him.

    And as much as I love his solo rhythmless work, it almost feels like he couldn't, or didn't want to pay a full band to back him up in his solo act. The rhythmless setup allows him to be a lean himself + 2 other people. And  when he does full band solo shows, gone are the 30-40 song setlists which in the past was quite an amazing feat. Long setlists cost rehearsal time or money and instead he's doing more normal 20-something song setlists. That Rhythmless residency from last year or the year before usually means an artist wants to earn with consistent gigs without having to travel and tour like crazy. And he shut down his official website last year...I mean...who shuts down a website with over 15 years of history/brand recognition for a website that isn't even maintained and updated!?! https://www.kiyoharu.tokyo/pre/

    So this Sads hiatus, mere months after starting up again, doesn't surprise me...sounds like another head-scratcher in the long line questionable moves.

    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

     

  8. Posted

    https://kiyoharu.tokyo/info/サッズからのお知らせ/

     

    Crude google translate of the message on Kiyo's website:

     

    Quote

    We celebrated the seventh anniversary of the restart by the new system We will suspend our activities in 2018 this year.
    I am thankful to all the fans who supported me for about 20 years since my debut in 1999.
    Performance venue will be preliminary release We hope that the original last album "FALLING" and the nationwide tour "FALLING" announced today will be the last treasure for Sads.

     

    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.

  14. Posted · Edited by Kiyoharu is God

    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.

  15. Posted · Edited by Kiyoharu is God

    『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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  18. Posted

    On 1/12/2019 at 11:50 AM, Jigsaw9 said:

    Special website has been opened for the upcoming album "光る曠野" (Hikaru kouya): http://morrie.jp/shiningwilderness/

     

    It will be first available on 4th March at the tour final, and general sale will start on 2019/04/19. The exact tracklist is unknown at this point, but the album will contain 11 tracks, including the following titles: 神髄 (Shinzui), Melancholia Ⅲ, Danger Game, Angelic Night, Crusader

     

    On the website they mention a 2CD version (album + instrumental) but I'm not sure whether this means that all editions will come this way, or if there will be two versions (regular and double-disc).

     

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  19. Posted · Edited by Kiyoharu is God

     

    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.

     

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    Limited Edition

     

    20180214210531reg7os60.jpg

    Regular Edition

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