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I tend to treat re-recordings and originals as two different songs.  It doesn't bother me when bands re-record their songs as long as it sounds somewhat different or the production is better.  But I honestly can't think of an re-recordings that are carbon copies of their original anyway.  I feel like it's always worth their time because it's probably less effort than writing a new song, and it's something they can put on their new album/single.  However of course that doesn't mean it's worth the fans time or money...
 
My favorite remakes are Etsu to Utsu and Kyoka Suigetsu from Kiryu's 2007-2017 album.  I don't listen to the originals of those songs anymore.  Etsu to Utsu was my favorite Kiryu song after it came out and I never thought they would top it, so I was pleasantly surprised when they did with the re-recording.  
I also love most of the songs from Liphlich's first acoustic album, and I think that's a great example of remaking songs with purpose.  Obviously a lot of changes had to go into making those songs acoustic and I don't think they were remade just to sound better or new. 

I tend to treat re-recordings and originals as two different songs.  It doesn't bother me when bands re-record their songs as long as it sounds somewhat different or the production is better.  But I honestly can't think of an re-recordings that are carbon copies of their original anyway.  I feel like it's always worth their time because it's probably less effort than writing a new song, and it's something they can put on their new album/single.  However of course that doesn't mean it's worth the fans time or money...
 
My favorite remakes are Etsu to Utsu and Kyoka Suigetsu from Kiryu's 2007-2017 album.  I don't listen to the originals of those songs anymore.  Etsu to Utsu was my favorite Kiryu song after it came out and I never thought they would top it, so I was pleasantly surprised when they did with the re-recording.  
I also love most of the songs from Liphlich's first acoustic album, and I think that's a great example of remaking songs with purpose.  Obviously a lot of changes had to go into making those songs acoustic and I don't think they were remade just to sound better or new. 

Signatures?  If you go into your account settings under the "Signatures" tab theres a switch you can flip to view them.  Hope this helps

NICOLAS - UMBRA
NICOLAS - CATEGORY - E
NICOLAS - Begonia -acoustic version- with signed photo
蘭図 - 九相図
蘭図 - cheki holder
らせん - 罪ト罰

I can't stand being twenty and never having had a paid job in my life. I've been looking for an apprenticeship lately cuz I thought that might be a bit easier to find than a proper job for the time being but of course, they either don't get back to you if you apply or they require you to have prior experience (which is fucking ridiculous because the whole point of an apprenticeship is to get trained in sth while making some money, as opposed to being fully qualified). My family keep telling me not to feel bad but it's difficult not to when I remember people in high school who weren't even adults who could somehow juggle school work and paid work (bear in mind I went to a hardass high school and it was difficult to even juggle school work with leisure time). It just makes me feel super inadequate and I feel like I'm gonna be on benefits for the rest of my life. Sometimes I consider just forgetting work altogether and trying to become an artist or singer or whatever so I don't have to go through getting rejected/not hearing back from an employer again but I know that wouldn't be sensible. The stagnation is making my insomnia worse to the point where I'll get a good night's sleep maybe once a month. Given how fucked 2020's been in general, I doubt it's gonna get any easier from here.

Their stuff is now available for overseas fans
 
 

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ゴミ漁り純恋歌 (Gomi Isari Junkoi Uta)
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囚人番号07番は愛した (Shuujin Bangou 07 Ban wa Aishita)
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ゴミ漁り純恋歌 (Gomi Isari Junkoi Uta)
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囚人番号07番は愛した (Shuujin Bangou 07 Ban wa Aishita)
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ゴミ漁り純恋歌 (Gomi Isari Junkoi Uta)
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囚人番号07番は愛した (Shuujin Bangou 07 Ban wa Aishita)
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ゴミ漁り純恋歌 (Gomi Isari Junkoi Uta)
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Man, the world is just so fucking weird. About 6-7 years ago I used to take the night bus home drunk and kept meeting the same guy, a "thrasher" who had similar taste to me, and we always talked about music, girls and whatever. And we usually joked about starting a thrash metal band together, inspired by Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust etc. But just as a joke of course. Over the past 3 months or, me and a very good friend, have had some of my good friend's friends play stuff for us as neither of us play any instruments (I've written the songs, but I can't play any instruments so we need session musicians). I know the drummer and bassist from before, but the guitarist, who is a friend of my friend, is someone I did not know who was. I do know his band and all, but not who he was. I did however meet the guitarist for the first time yesterday as we were filming some promo stuff and god damn it, it was the guy from 6+ years ago. And now he's playing with my band, playing thrash metal inspired by Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust etc. It's so fucking random and weird. How the hell? Hahaha! But fun of course. Always seemed like a really nice and cool guy, so that's a huge plus.

ARTiCLEAR 2nd ONLINE EP 「異形の夢想」 (igyou no musou) will be released in December 2020.
 
 

The band issued the following statement:
 
Thank you for your continued support of NAZARE.
 Since January of this year, Vo. Mio has requested to withdraw from the band due to family circumstances, and we have had discussions among the members many times.
 And this time, it was diagnosed by a doctor that Vo. Mio had worsening symptoms such as bipolar disorder and hysterical episodes that have been presenting before.
 We decided that it would be difficult to continue the band activities due to the two things overlapping, so we decided to wait for the NAZARE ONEMAN LIVE TOUR 2020 "NEMOPHILA" TOUR FINAL Shibuya WWWX performance on January 11, 2021 and stop activities.
 
 To all the fans who support NAZARE: we deeply apologize for the very disappointing news to those concerned who have been supporting us on a daily basis.
 
Member statements here: http://www.nazare-official.com/news/0/52628/
 

首輪教育のすすめ (Kubi wa Kyouiku no Susume)
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左手はスナッフフィルム (Hidarite wa Snuff Film)
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I sort mine by most favorite to least favorite.  It's more convenient for me to have what I listen to the most at the top of my rack.  I've tried alphabetical before but I just get lazy about it when I acquire new CD's. 
I keep my western and Japanese CD's separate, mostly just due to spacing issues and my aforementioned laziness.  I bought most of my western CD's before any of my Japanese ones and kept them on one rack.  I only really started buying Japanese CD's once that rack was already full, and I just didn't wanna reorganize them tbh

During the livestream they're doing right now, they showed the teaser for their new mini-album. They played the first, third and fifth songs on the show.
 
Release date: 15/7
 
Tracklist:
1 - 銃声 が 消えた この 街 で (Juusei ga kieta kono machi de)
2 - Virtual ego
3 - クソッタレ イズ バック (Kusottare is back)
4 - 奇想 天外 ブラインド ラブ (Kisou tengai blind love)
5 - 終末 時計 (Shuumatsu tokei)
 

The japaneses have a very odd use of music tags and genre calling so i don't expect the song to literally be a speed metal one haha but sounds interesting tho! i'm hyped

If my translation is correct, than the website says that Ray is directing all the vocals on Angel's Cry and that it's their first melodic speed metal song.  Well I don't exactly know what melodic speed metal is tbh, but I'm excited now and really hoping this turns out well.
 
The website also says that Keisuke composed Devil's Calling and Daiki composed Angel's Cry, and they're based off of demos they received from a musician they respect. 

The single will now release on July 22 and reservations have begun again. However, it looks like if you pre-ordered before and paid via convenience store, you don't need to reserve it again.
 
 

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Develop One's Faculties' drummer Johannes always has one eye covered with a contraption of his making. Does that count?
 


 

Just now I saw TOKIYA wearing an eye patch and now I'm wondering about all of the artists with eye patches. Off the top of my head, HAKUEI almost always wears one, I  believe Kyo (DIR EN GREY) has, I think Kirito has, but not sure. Any visual examples with pictures would be great too.

TOKIYA (SHIVA ex . Crimson Shiva)

HAKUEI (PENICILLIN, machine, etc)

Off the top of my head:
Whats-his-face from OROCHI would always be wearing one in their band photos, don't think I've ever seen him without one

While not always covering one of his eyes, Hora is famous for having these interesting fashion pieces that stretch the definition of an "eye-patch"

And having one member wearing an eyepatch is the standard for Iryou Kei bands
Lulu:

+ISOLATION

Nightinggeil:

When Tsunehito (ex-SCISSOR, D bassist) was in +ISOLATION (Tomozo's Sequence Records pet project session band thing), he had an eyepatch.