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I may have already cited these things elsewhere but to make up for possibly farfetched statements about ripoffs and all that shite, I will disclose what I found out about non-Dir album/song lyric references...by Dir en grey of course:
 
 
Reference 1: Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes (2012)
Where: "Revelation of Mankind" (2014), the last line screamed by Kyo
Coincidence or purely legit: Dir stans know that Kaoru "took the wheel" for penning and/or directing the most of ARCHE's songwriting process (credits are somewhere there, in our MH archives). Frankly enough, he also happens to be the most diverse person taste-wise, incl. downright admitting he is not always all about that metal and rock stuff - FlyLo is one of his fav "chill" artists as a case in point. So it is safe to say this is purely legit.
 
Reference 2: Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow (2009) - "More of Fire than Blood"
Where: "Yokusou..." a.k.a DREAMBOX (2011), the slow growly part by Kyo during the 2nd freakout
Coincidence or purely legit: firstly, thanks @Jigsaw9for your tip! I tried quite hard to find and confirm whether Anaal Nathrakh came up with this title by themselves or were they inspired by specific title in literature, movies etc., but I could barely find anything similar to this phrase/titling before Anaal's said album. I have no proof nor interview-related reference which may 100% clarify that either Kaoru, Kyo or someone else  is into grim stuff akin to Anaal. They are somewhat industrial-oriented too, no? The title itself does not sound like something Kyo could just accidentally generate through his Yahoo translator or idk. 50/50, I think.
 
Reference 3: Billy Talent - Billy Talent II (2006) - "Devil in a Midnight Mass"
Where: "Gaika..." (2008), outro/breakdown - the last line screamed by Kyo.
Coincidence or purely legit: So far I've found out that the only event connecting them in the past was the Taste of Chaos tour around the same time when Dir met their midlife crisis in the wake of their 10th anniversary and American roundabout hassling.  Calling 50/50 'coz I just have no other idea... their influence might be plausible though!
 
Edit: the more I google their oddly "coherent" English lines from MOAB/UROBOROS songs, the more metalcore results I get from YT for some reason...
 

Awesome! Looking forward to any new music. Out of all of Kiyoharu's ongoing or newly revived projects/bands, sads is still the best one imo.

If you are a knowledgeable fan of Miike, you should recognize the "horror" plot here
 
While not exactly being the most suitable horror PV candidate from these guys, rather simple albeit disturbing plot here (a child witnessing domestic abuse and exhibiting certain fascination with scissors, edgy stuff and shit, after reaching certain age she starts seducing and murdering dozens of clueless men for their organs and her own surprising cannibalistic tendencies) might make horror fans recall a few flicks from Japanese scene and a bit from western parts too.
 
I also recall NIN having a 20-min video rendition of "Broken" which I deemed to be horror-likely gruesome and something which may have inspired e.g. Dir and especially Kaoru to adopt those freaky aesthetics later on when writing /planning the script for "Obscure" PV.

looks like the government is finally cracking down on visual kei  

Look, there has been no proof on things like "rape" happening here - maybe you would like to share your own take w/ Nihongo mastery on what @hirokisaid? Only if you knew how apeshit crazy bangyas are really in general - to the point where, pardon, we may allow the explicit/chauvinistic phrase a la "They are asking for it" to be stated on reasonable grounds. Their intents have been nothing but the endgame of being shagged by their biases - was there something else than that? Something non-sexual? I doubt that could take place really,  unless you want to name one counter-example here.
 
So drop off that bias of "men are pigs, therefore VK bandomen are literally yakuza sexist cis-males" pseudo-theoretics and stick to all the available facts law officials have provided so far.

Look, there has been no proof on things like "rape" happening here - maybe you would like to share your own take w/ Nihongo mastery on what @hirokisaid? Only if you knew how apeshit crazy bangyas are really in general - to the point where, pardon, we may allow the explicit/chauvinistic phrase a la "They are asking for it" to be stated on reasonable grounds. Their intents have been nothing but the endgame of being shagged by their biases - was there something else than that? Something non-sexual? I doubt that could take place really,  unless you want to name one counter-example here.
 
So drop off that bias of "men are pigs, therefore VK bandomen are literally yakuza sexist cis-males" pseudo-theoretics and stick to all the available facts law officials have provided so far.

Look, there has been no proof on things like "rape" happening here - maybe you would like to share your own take w/ Nihongo mastery on what @hirokisaid? Only if you knew how apeshit crazy bangyas are really in general - to the point where, pardon, we may allow the explicit/chauvinistic phrase a la "They are asking for it" to be stated on reasonable grounds. Their intents have been nothing but the endgame of being shagged by their biases - was there something else than that? Something non-sexual? I doubt that could take place really,  unless you want to name one counter-example here.
 
So drop off that bias of "men are pigs, therefore VK bandomen are literally yakuza sexist cis-males" pseudo-theoretics and stick to all the available facts law officials have provided so far.

Okay guys, get your nihongo skills tested then - please pinpoint where exactly this official police statement (so far) legitimizes your claims on middle-ground visitors here being "rapist sympathizers". Should we call you "fake ID apologists" then? That would be much worse in fact - people from the states should be clearly aware of this btw.
 
@hirokiand @Komorebinailed the most biasless take on this issue - you need to bring both parties to account here.

except you can't be a rape apologist when there's no rape (other than in the little fantasy world you created for yourself when facts didn't go your way)
 

Which is exactly why they have the law and I think it's perfectly ok for parents to oversee who their irresponsible and immature kids are sleeping around with and legally enforce they can't be tricked and manipulated (so much or for so long) by an older person.
 
It hasn't been stated anywhere on the article that there was a rape scenario, stop taking things out of context to insult people.
 
Yes, I know what they're called. If you ever talked to me you'd probably know I don't approve any form of "casual sex". I was merely stating a fact, which is "most people can't keep it in their pants". If you can, and feel offended, then congratulations on being a little bit more evolved. 
 
Uh, because everyone else in Japan does. He's not above the law for being visual kei.
 
 
 
Can we admit she shares the blame now?

There has been no crucial piece of information called "rape scenario" either. If such thing ever happened IRL, they would definitely bring it up just like with other musician-related scandals.
 
So we could legitly speculate on their mutual consent, albeit manipulated one (i.e. "fuck-begging" claim cannot be debunked at this point)?

Exactly my point as well while I was making that previous post. I am not playing any kind of apologist game either, but we gotta also put the heavy emphasis on what @chemicalpicturessaid about crazy fans. These gals definitely have no clue what kind of potential serial maniacs-in-bandoman-disguise they are dealing with, but even with some mid/late-teen wits (I highly doubt girls below 15 or 16 practice bandgirling over there) and self-control they should at least know things like "caution" and slip away instead of falling into bandoman laps. The hell, knowing Japan and their views on things like dignity, "career-building" and all sorts of things these younglings have to yet witness in their lives, she will be most probably and subconsciously risking/wrecking her prospective educational/career status further if this escalates into such, should I say, "whoring".
 
So let this not be just an "anti-fuckboy" PSA for aspiring/current vk bandomen, but also for fangirls who should see "the line" instead of realizing hypersexual, perverse fantasies about getting shagged by Kisaki homunculi. AFAIK the article itself does not even name "the rape scenario" here - so technically there was a "consent", albeit from a person of illegal age, no? This chick should be therefore held responsible for fucking up as well. These bangyas and mitsus are no "mummy's lil' angels" anymore, lol.

Exactly my point as well while I was making that previous post. I am not playing any kind of apologist game either, but we gotta also put the heavy emphasis on what @chemicalpicturessaid about crazy fans. These gals definitely have no clue what kind of potential serial maniacs-in-bandoman-disguise they are dealing with, but even with some mid/late-teen wits (I highly doubt girls below 15 or 16 practice bandgirling over there) and self-control they should at least know things like "caution" and slip away instead of falling into bandoman laps. The hell, knowing Japan and their views on things like dignity, "career-building" and all sorts of things these younglings have to yet witness in their lives, she will be most probably and subconsciously risking/wrecking her prospective educational/career status further if this escalates into such, should I say, "whoring".
 
So let this not be just an "anti-fuckboy" PSA for aspiring/current vk bandomen, but also for fangirls who should see "the line" instead of realizing hypersexual, perverse fantasies about getting shagged by Kisaki homunculi. AFAIK the article itself does not even name "the rape scenario" here - so technically there was a "consent", albeit from a person of illegal age, no? This chick should be therefore held responsible for fucking up as well. These bangyas and mitsus are no "mummy's lil' angels" anymore, lol.

I didn't even know that guy before this thing exploded in his face XD
 
Yeah, everyone knows fucking underage girls is wrong, but how many guys can seriously say no when they have the teenager already panties down and rubbing her ass on them? In all honestly, how many dudes here could say no when the girl is already throwing herself at them?
 
That doesn't make it any less his fault, it's just that human nature is too prone to fall for stupid shit knowingly.
 
Not defending him, just saying sometimes the blame is shared.

The scene is KNOWN for having too many underage fans;
The fans are KNOWN for being crazy and doing creepy shit for their favorite musicians;
Japanese enforcers are KNOWN for taking this seriously;
There has been SEVERAL cases of colleages being fucked by this;
There is SEVERE consequences for the careers of those who are arrested;
 
When you see people making the same mistake for the 14098742109812th time, it stops being something to argue over, the stupidity on that level speaks for itself. If you really wanna bang that suspiciously young-looking girl that bad, ask for some ids and take pictures of it, for god's sake
 
 

(Double-post sorry) They would have signed a very yensome contract with PSC if that fuckboy only bothered to meet this (g)milf instead.
 
#thirstytomomi #doitlikevidoll
 

Let this remind those VK bandomen that it's safer for them to dive in dat obaa-san pussy instead of their own bangyas, mitsus etc.
 
You may never know with these chicks... (to be quite honest, I am also inclined to believe that he did not know anything about it - kinda given for those fangirls not to disclose their age with their crazy mad minds these days or so)

I think it's just his Osaka-ben slipping in for the most part (it's more obvious when he's being interviewed)

I want to see the whole take of Berry this time recorded on DVD or something like that (just how do they play the mid-part - is it the same as with Reiketsu?)
 
Edit: they are gonna disappoint bazillions of Macabre fans if they do not play original "Hydra" during their sets - 666 version would just sound so OFF in the middle tbqh.

I would not be surprised if bands in the future incorporate EDM influences or just become full-on DJ acts. They've already started to focus on electronics a bit more the past 5~6 years, but aside from dark-wave and chip-tune, there haven't been any fully electronic visual-kei acts with a concentration in dance music.
 
 

Wait a second...so now I realize why they are doing Missa and Kaede efforts like these RIGHT NOW:
 
 
MOAB legs were also meant to commemorate their 10 years together as a band and it was meant to be the kind of "most precise transition point" in their catalogue (six Ugly is not enough to mark the most obvious transition), hence these legs (just like MOAB + later tours incl. Dozing Green-themed one I think) also having some uncanny setlists/encores.
 
edit: so what I referenced was MOAB tour's Japanese leg and some specific surprises, including 2 premium lives back in the day:
 
(this is from one of their April shows in 2007)
They had two gigs starting out with an acoustic set before moving on to the actual set, so I wonder whether they will do the same during this mode-themed tour.

You bring up a good point about not playing the originals @Carmelzors, especially when they actually went out their way to play both versions of Tsumi to Batsu during the PSYCHONNECT run.

Same reason Kaishun and half of Six Ugly are on the Kisou live... because. 

One of my go-to albums in "Japanese equivalent to Fantomas" should be up your alley as well:
 
Kinda familiar sound if you know a bit about John Zorn's production and  maybe some other kinda-popular zeuhl outfits (does Bondage Fruit ring any bells? You should get familiar with the whole zeuhl genre since it is pretty much "Fantomas-core" - proggier yet similarly noisy)

To provide further examples on why you should seek things you cited in this genre: Tatsuya Yoshida's catalogue (Ruins, Koenjihyakkei etc. etc.) - very abrasive, noisy, at parts might be reminiscent of various acts - even Boris at some small parts.
If you seek Boris-tier sludgy, noisy stuff, consult these Steve Albini-approved noise metal guys:
 
These guys on the other hand are pretty much proto-Boris - the hell, their main Japanese influence I think?
 
I may have seen Aunt Sally and Cali-gari mentioned in the same context due to their frank similarity (well, influence or not, the hell I know), but you may enjoy Aunt Sally too:
 
 

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