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Definitely a Matrix reference! Yeah I’m glad he’s still making music too!

OMI (ex. TRA TRA TRA) has released his third digital single, "Nu World Order" It is available for streaming and download here: https://big-up.style/Qhw28oM1ny He has also posted the lyrics (Japanese and English) on YouTube:

They said they did it on purpose. Like a lot of people were like 'wtf is this' to their usagi thing but they did it with the new single in mind. rebirth?? or something like that. I forget the word/kanji they used (I wasn't 100% paying attention lol), but they def talked about it tonight and it was definitely planned.

No. It's not related to Ageha. The group is made of unrelated people (though I think some of the group are other ex-bandmen)

I've done some digging and from what I've gathered, it seems that he was involved in some kind of scam. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20191115-00427315-fnn-soci Omi (ex. TRA TRA TRA) has also tweeted about it

lololol its okay, I'm literally focused on the drummer and bassist for now. as long as you don't super, super hate them I'm pretty happy lololol

Thanks for the info! I don't really keep tabs on Nightbare (I literally don't know anything about them lolol), so idk the details, but I'm pretty impressed that a drummer can maintain such a loyal fanbase! Drummers usually have like NO fans lol

yay! I'm glad you think this band is good news! I don't know anything about Guts and Death or LSN >< I did a quick search and it seems like there's not much info about them on MH? I did a quick search and it seems even the GnD OHP doesn't offer much info lol if anyone has a source, I can try my hand at translating!

lol I've only ever heard him live (literally heard him for the first time tonight) and he seemed okay! I think a lot of VK vocalists actually sound much better live. Maybe you'll like him more in future, more polished releases of their songs! If not, hopefully you can get past his vocals and enjoy the music for what is >< no clue what you're talking about (nor do I really care lolol) but thanks for the info! I'll go do some research b(^▽^)d

Musicians change all the time, yes, but it's a different story if said musician is the vocalist (literally the face of the band). It's a lot more difficult to keep a band going once you lose a vocalist (but again, not sure if he's actually leaving LSN... I have literally never heard of them. Can anyone shed some light? Perhaps a different topic is necessary for this discussion?) In any case, this is borderline becoming off-topic lol. Anyone else have thoughts on this new band? Personally, I am pretty excited, despite their apparent copy/classic-rock style XD

Not sure lol I just checked LSN's OHP and it looks like they don't have anything in their schedule after 10/14. Maybe he's switching over and LSN will stop?

New band, アゲハ-AGEHA-, has had their first (unofficial) live tonight at Shibuya REX for Mokichi's birthday event. Their first official live will be held on October 19 (Fri.) at Shibuya Rex Members: Vocals: Yusa (ex. THE KIDDIE) [ twitter // instagram // blog ] Guitar: Saito Shinichiro (aka mokichi) (ex-12012) [ twitter // blog ] Bass: Yukia (ex-As If in the darkness-->てい☆おん (Teeon)-->Keith-->DOPES.(support)-->LINCS(support)-->BANSHEE:, TRA TRA TRA (support)) [ twitter // instagram ] Drums: Hiroki (ex. TRA TRA TRA) [ twitter // instagram ] Official Homepage: http://a-ge-ha.tokyo/ Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyznDlPwyq4O32OGlGu63Q Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/ageha_official Official Soundcloud: They will be releasing their first mini-album at their first live on 10/19 The Beginning Single 「AGEHA-UPPER SCHOOL-」 2,000 yen M1.NORMCORE Additional demo tracks (total of 6 tracks) ※ sold only at live houses ※ comes with cheki

零[Hz] announced that they will release a new single, 「REDRUM」, on August 22nd. They also had a couple of tour announcements for later this year: 「Breed of REDRUM」oneman tour 「ヘルキンTOUR」twoman tour with Babykingdom

oh! was there a demo version of the song? I didn't know that! but yeah, Keiya is definitely amazing live!! and idk how he sings like that while he dances like wtf?? lol

I'm actually a little disappointed that he became an official member. I've seen them a few times with him as support and his vocals don't really match their music and he can't quite hit the notes like their original vocalist could. I wonder if this will also mark a shift in their sound ><

Today was Purple Stone's fanmeeting oneman for Keiya's bday at Shinjuku Ruido K4!!! Setlist 1. ポイズンチョコレート 2. デサバ 3. Scar 4. 嘘つきピエロ 5. パニックパニック! 6. sakura. 7. River 8. 甘酸っぱいマンゴー 9. ミラーボール 10. キャットウォーク 11. 歌舞伎町バタフライ 12. ブラスターボルテージ 13. BLAME 14. 素晴らしきこの世界へ They let us record two of the songs during the live! It was originally just gonna be one, I think, but Keiya let us do two!! Someone uploaded the full thing to youtube! (they said to have fun uploading on twitter/instagram/sharing with friends and stuff so it wasn't meant to be a "only for the people who came here" kind of thing) you can find a bunch of pics/clips on twitter if you search 'purple stone' as well. people have been posting all night ^^ Panic panic It was super weird to have panic panic w/o anyone doing the furi lol in the MC after this song, Keiya said it felt lonely to do all the furi by himself and fuma commented how even on the clapping parts no one clapped lol some ppl who were recording would tap their wrist softly, but carefully so that they wouldn't make their phones shake too much haha all three of them were like 'this is the first time to see something like this during panic panic' and keiya and fuma kept imitating us staring through our phones to make sure we have a good video lol sakura I love this song <3333 I could stand there listening to Keiya sing all day <3333333 Keiya looked like he was enjoying the fuck out of himself all night <333 during one of the songs Gak altered the guitar solo to sound like a fancy happy bday melody and we sang happy birthday again... we sang happy bday to Keiya like three times tonight haha. once was a surprise from the fans. the drummer accidentally fucked up so we all started singing and popped our little poppers. the 2nd time was when Gak brought out the cake during the MC for the encore and the 3rd was the guitar solo part... except I can't remember which song that was so maybe it was before the encore... I can't remember T_T usually after a Purple Stone live, Keiya will go off stage first and Gak will death voice yell something in the mic and Fuma will copy him and we all yell and they leave, but since it's his bday, Keiya came back on stage and asked if he could do it too haha so the three of them did it and Gak said it was kinda embarrassing with all three of them haha I guess cos he had to stand there and watch Keiya and Fuma be idiots and realized he prob also looks like that lolol and then Fuma and Gak decided to leave Keiya on stage last since it's an event for him and we all screamed his name some more haha then on the count of three we all yelled 'omedetou' and he shouted back 'arigatou' and he left the stage. I love how much he smiles and waves at us as he's leaving haha <33333 KEIYAAAAAA <33333 These are the costumes they wore only one time for the 5th anniversary live, but it'll be their new look starting from today! Though they have a new look, they haven't said anything about any new releases yet, but it seems like they're working on something and will maybe have some kind of announcement soonish? They've mentioned vague stuff like that the past few times I've seen them. I'm excited for whatever they're working on!! o(*^▽^*)o~♪

I went to EVERSSIC's shidou live this past Saturday! They were AMAZING!!! I was surprised that they opened with DAYBREAK and SAIL AWAY cos they aren't the typical high energy, meant-to-get-the-crowd-going kind of songs, but omg they are amazing songs <333 DAYBREAK is so pretty!!!! I'm typically the type who likes to jump around and go crazy and w/e during lives, but I honestly wouldn't mind just standing there listening to EVERSSIC play songs like this for an entire oneman haha and masaya hitting those high notes in SAIL AWAY??? wtf. It was RIDICULOUS. when he finished the last note, I literally said "holy shit" out loud. could not help myself lolol he's insane. like what the actual fuck. haha. oh and later in their set, for one of the songs (I forget which one) he wanted us to do the repeat "whoa oh oh" type of thing, but seriously masaya?? we cannot hit those notes you want us to sing lolol and as much as I loved DAYBREAK and SAIL AWAY, I also super enjoyed their more high energy songs! they have a nice variety of sounds and it was a really fun live!! i'm super excited to see them again! also, not related, but I was surprised cos there was a group of large men in shimote haha. not something i'm used to seeing at a vk live lolol anyway, I hope more people support them! go buy their mini-album!! lol

There are three things that come to mind right away. The first is the first time I saw TRA TRA TRA. I wasn't even there to see them, I was actually there to see LOUD GRAPE before they disbanded lol. TRA happened to be the first band to play and the first song they played was Melt. Within the first few beats of the song my friend and I had exchanged looks like "omg yes." I liked them so much that I literally went up to some guy who was in saizen and asked him the name of the band cos I couldn't understand wtf Ryo said when he said their band name lol TRA changed EVERYTHING. They were the first band that I followed super closely, went to almost every live, my first satsuei, my first ensei... not to sound over-dramatic, but without them, I'm not sure I'd be living the way I do now. Hell, I might not even be in Japan still haha. I mean, I literally joined MH so that I could have a place to spazz about them cos I couldn't talk about them enough ahaha Another moment I'll never forget is when I saw 弾丸NO LIMIT (Dangan NO LIMIT) for the first time in a long time. I didn't have a very positive memory of them from the last time I saw them and wasn't expecting much tbh. But as their set continued I realized I really fucking liked them and had no idea why I remember disliking them the last time I saw them haha so I downed my beer so I could join in their set lol and during Sono Uso Honto, Miyuu got too excited and accidentally threw his towel into the crowd and I was lucky enough to catch it and I remember how fucking excited I was haha the whole experience of their set and my reaction and people I met after kind of had a huge affect on my going to lives experience lol And maybe the most special moment was when I saw FoLLoW for the first time. I almost didn't even go to that live for whatever reason I can't remember anymore. But @hiroki had recommended them to me and I must've had the ticket already cos I remember it being a very "I might as well go" kind of feeling and I was all the way in the back and didn't bother switching out with people to get closer or anything. Before the live I thought I'd be Maki gya cos he's hot af lolol but during the live I was super drawn to Masashi. Anyway, the special moment for me was when Masashi started singing Ningyo hime. Never before had I EVER been so affected by a song or live performance. It was insane. I've never felt so emotional at a live up till that point. And that one performance, that one moment, Masashi singing さよなら right before the last 「さよなら」さえ言えなくて line at the end of the song pretty much changed my VK experience. It's kind of impossible to explain what I felt that night haha I still don't quite understand it myself. It wasn't even like I had a strong connection with Masashi before or during that live. In fact, I could have just as well not been there at all and Masashi would have been none the wiser haha but it was definitely one of the most special moments I've experienced in all the lives I've been to. There are a lot of other really special and/or memorable moments I've had, but those three have had an especially huge impact on me and stand out really clearly in my memory.

I saw 零[Hz] (Zero Hertz) first live at Shinjuku Ruido K4!! IT WAS SO GOOD! SETLIST 1.ZIHARD 2.Mr.SWAGMAN 3.JOKER+28 (this is pronounced as "Joker." you don't say the "+28" part 4.パラフィリア (Paraphilia) MC 5.CONFLICT 6.トリップランド (Trip Land) 7.Velli SISTEM MC 8.勿忘草 (Wasurenagusa) 9.REAL MC 10.AGUL 11.DarthHerz 12.skeles me dop HEADz encore 13.モノクロ (Monochrome) 14.Mr.SWAGMAN 15.DarthHERZ 16.Ophelia I wrote a super long thing about it for people who are interested!! lolol but I realize I may have used some terms that not everyone is familiar with, but I can't be fucked to go back and edit out some of the terminology that I used lol, so for those who don't know: My experience/thoughts: MCs If you haven't yet, you should definitely go buy their album!!! It's super worth it!! I really hope this band does well!! Picspam!!! (from the members's twitter/official twitter/official blog):

i haven't heard anything about a new album yet. i doubt they'd have another one so soon haha

Thanks for making this thread!! I haven't seen them too many times since they've become AllS. They don't really play with VK bands anymore and I don't really care for the bands they play with now T_T plus the tickets are stupid expensive for a taiban sometimes T_T I've seen a couple of their onemans though! And the are just as amazing as I remember them <3 Maki's English has improved A LOT. it's almost as if he took the time during their hiatus to learn proper English or something haha maybe he did a study abroad program??? lolol I FUCKING LOVE YOSUKE!!!!! I love how he's still derpy af and they're still playing PEGGY-O!!! That's like the ultimate Yosuke song haha last time I saw them though, he totally fucked up the bass solo and he was so sad hahaha I haven't seen them recently though T_T I hope I can see them again soon!

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM!!!!EXCLAMATIONMARK!!!!! And I'm REALLY glad that they're all together and that they didn't go in a completely different direction musically :DDDD I noticed on their HP that they have a song called ゼロの戯愛 (idk how to read 戯愛 T_T). I wonder if it'll be a remake/rerecording of zero? they distributed that one for free at lives, so maybe??? But omg I just wish mio didn't change his name to miyavi... i can only think of miyavi miyavi when i think miyavi... as in MYV miyavi. lol and idk why yuno thought ei was a good idea for a name... miyavi and ei will be weird to yell for me haha i like that kaede is using the same kanji for his name that he used before though! i hope i can remember all their new names and don't accidentally call them by their old names >< omg they took down all the lux stuff on youtube??? I forgot to download everything T___T all of the sadness T____T