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I'm too lazy to create a new thread, so here it goes
 
Apparently, MiA is in a new band called "Sugar or Dry", which is the corniest shit I've seen in a long time:
 
members:
 
vo. JOHN
gt. MiA
ba. tenchim
key. MARI
dr. SOY
 
https://twitter.com/SugarOrDry
https://www.instagram.com/sugar_or_dry_official/
 
 
 
Song preview:
 
 
The vocalist is a brazilian dude that has a really unknown gameplay channel, and released a video explaining that he was a fan of Mejibray and one day asked MiA to have dinner with him, he accepted, they somewhat became friends and that's the story.
 
Surprised nobody is talking about this, or have I missed something?

the vocalist being non japanese is weird,ok.but i'm talking about every single thing on this.simply doesn't make sense
I never liked MiA anyway,but c'mon man,don't waste your fucking talent in this shit,i thought he would come up with a killer band
 
 

MiA Make-a-Wish Foundation
 
In all seriousness, the vocalist isn't terrible, but this is a really bizarre mish-mash of personalities.
If they succeed, good on them.

I want ryohei instead of yumehito

They should change their name to DADACLOWN/CLOWNROMA or something like that (Tomo looks awesome,btw)

I'm not sure about that. I don't think the band has lost anything. I get the opposite impression actually, that the band is still trying to find a new sound but they are a few places removed from where they want to be. There's definitely a certain sound and aesthetic that they are chasing, but what that is I could not tell you. I also think it's really hard to come to a conclusion on one track + a re-recording + a live performance of the last single. Dir en grey are really good about keeping their cards close to their chest until they release a full album or EP, so I wouldn't lose faith until the entire next album pisses you off.

Maybe it's the green lighting they used in their promo pictures, but this kind of sounds like early early AvelCain to me.

I can't speak for anyone who quoted my post, but I prefer albums over singles. I'd rather get 12 songs that all go together as one unit every 1-3 years, instead of one song with three random b-sides every 3-4 months.
 
This will be their fifth single since WOLFMAN. Since BP bands always only put 11 tracks on an album (plus one bonus track), and each album usually includes every recent single, an entire half of the album will (most likely) be singles.

Is there any need for an album when they release 4 new songs every 3 months?!

Is there any need for an album when they release 4 new songs every 3 months?!

This was the first time I've ever bought something in good faith without hearing it beforehand...and I ain't disappointed.
 
Can't wait to listen to it with actual bass.
I love Batsu's voice and his really fuckin goofy dancing, I hope that never changes.
 

Well, he probably can, but in a really small capacity. His harsh vocals seem really weak and they have to be heavily distorted and increased in volume to mitigate that. But he'll definitely get beter with time.
 
Good song, nevertheless, glad that it's shorter. Their previous A-sides didn't benefit from being 3/4+ minutes

A New band in the 90's style like Grieva or La'Veil Mizeria would fit so damn well with Mei's deep voice.He can't come up with a crap band...

DEZERT new album will be released at 2018 summer (not further details announced yet)
 
they will hold their 2-day live tour "What is ”Today”?" since 2018/08/18-19 at Osaka CLUB QUATTRO to 2018/09/23-24 at Sapporo cube garden
 
they will hold their "【This Is The “FACT”】TOUR 2018 -FINAL" at 2018/08/11 at Liquidroom Ebisu with NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST and アルルカン (Arlequin)
 

Jesus Christ,they have already released a new look and a new single yesterday. Someone give a break to these guys,they deserve at least half a year of vacation.Cant even speak about my expectations for this single,cuz I feel like there's zero need to release more stuff right now.And poor mahiro...

Jesus Christ,they have already released a new look and a new single yesterday. Someone give a break to these guys,they deserve at least half a year of vacation.Cant even speak about my expectations for this single,cuz I feel like there's zero need to release more stuff right now.And poor mahiro...

Agree with everything said above. 
Also,I started to notice the natural talent of Seiya, all of them are really talented,but speaking about Seiya,I just realized that he's having fun writing these tracks, and his talent for this genre of metal is real, he's not just one more guy playing there. Release by release he's developing his own style of composition,till the point you can close your eyes and listen to some new track by them and say "yeah,this is definitely Deviloof".

Also I actually think they sound fuckin' awesome live! Hopefully Danger Crue 9th will try to put them onto Wacken Open Air or something similar in the future because they could definitely have an audience there and they did get girugamesh there before and they never were anywhere near as heavy as Deviloof even at their heaviest.  Working with Яyo could offer a lot of advantages and one of those advantages so far has been production quality which was actually really high. I have high hopes for Deviloof, I've been saying that since they signed with Danger Crue 9th but I it was confirmed with 開花(Kaika).
 
Regardless of whether they continue to get hate or not they have improved vastly and I honestly think they've proven themselves now with this latest release. I think they can even be popular among a western audience with just a little more exposure, Wacken would definitely be a good starting point. They also would do well to put their music on Spotify because a lot of European metal heads would love Deviloof's sound and maybe even American metal heads(although less likely I can tell you from MANY experiences). This band has the potiential to appeal to an actual heavy metal audience and not just a Visual kei market. But all of this I suppose would all be up to their management, label, or whoever decides these things for them lol. I would do a European Tour with Deviloof and Jiluka and toss a Wacken date in there somewhere. lol 
 
All of this is unlikely but I guarantee you if attempted would actually be possible but let's see if the label or Яyo, or even Deviloof themselves would ever even think to go that direction. *sigh* would be nice though. #hire_me_deviloof

Also, just to let you guys know, at the tour finale Mahiro was talking about his Retinitis pigmentosa getting worse and was basically hinting that he'll have to stop doing band activities one day.
I don't think it'll be any time really soon but a lot of the girls were crying at the live because of that...
 

Ains should promote a new instead instea of recycling DIAURA members like that...

Yes. 開花 is perfect.and the B side track completes it.I was really pleased with the  production of this single, they've reached such a good guitar tone.Their full album was very well produced and well written but when we talk about brutal stuff
and i mean really good brutal stuff,it needs to be a bit "raw" ,imo.And this single brought the rawness needed to make everything more "legit" as mentioned above.
Devil's Proof is thick and punchy just like MONSTER from Girugamesh,but at the same time too polished.
and those melodic/pop moments in the album kinda blurred the "image" that they've built with the  PURGE EP.
Devils Proof was something like "Hey,these are all the different things we can do".But with 開花 ,they seem like "with the feet back on the ground"
knowing well in what direction they wanna go with their music. 10/10,keep it.
 
(Btw,Seiya and Keisuke listen to Chelsea Grin and they even posted a guitar cover of the song Recreant.And the production of this single reminds a little bit this awesome EP)
 

The chorus to kodoku shi is catchy af, so I couldn't help but transcribe it. Romanized Kaika to the best of my hearing abilities - corrections and translations are welcome. 
 
1. 「開花」
MUSIC: Seiya, Keisuke
LYRICS: Keisuke
 
Kanji:

Romaji:


2. 孤独死
MUSIC: Seiya, Keisuke
LYRICS: Keisuke
 
Kanji: 

Romaji:

 

Deviloof's  開花 is my favorite release by them now it looks like signing with Danger Crue 9th Records and teaming up with Яyo Trackmaker (aka Яyo ex. girugamesh) as a producer was genius even though it wasn't really reflected in Devil's Proof as much, it seems with 開花 they worked out the kinks and have created some very legit brutal and fantastic quality music. Easily their best release and 10/10 on the new songs.

A New band in the 90's style like Grieva or La'Veil Mizeria would fit so damn well with Mei's deep voice.He can't come up with a crap band...

I don't particularly mind Rap Metal/Rapping Nu Metal (I mean, Cuartet did it pretty well for those 3 songs they did) but this..
Mei, don't do this to yourself. Rap Metal just doesn't fit you. Not unless you can make it like really dark, like Dir en Grey did with some of their Nu Metal songs 
(In fact, I'd like to see more Diru vulgar era worship from him. Like the Memento Mori song MERRY CHAINSAW, which is a tribute to IIID Empire by Dir en Grey)