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deadman were definitely one of the greats. I love the god and death stars and KEEL, but man...I wish deadman would make a comeback and a couple more albums. blue badge, himawari, rem. and in media are still on heavy rotation for me to this day.

I remember them being well liked when I was first getting into the scene way back in like 2002ish. I had my favourites then so I didn't pay too much attention, but I do remember finding them pretty unique and experimental. I also remember goatbed being a pretty interesting band, too.

Now that I'm older I think I appreciate them a lot more now. 14 is a solid effort.

Yeah this is really good. I think the production is more on point than other recent kotokei bands. That guitar tone and the bass is really great how they mix in and out of each other. Good start to 2019.

I'm not familiar with AvelCain or Karma, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the mini-album. As others have said, the piano instrumentals were great. So hauntingly melodic and beautiful. Really enjoying the guitar work in the songs as well. Will have to give this a few more listens to develop a more thorough opinion. Either way, love it!

now it's official,i'm absolutely in love with this mini.
loved the characteristic 90's guitar tone,and the  riffs are familiar but yet pretty original.the hypnotic and effective bass lines,
the lonely/melancholic atmosphere...even Karma's whiny vocals fits perfectly with the tight and smooth production
the piano as first and last track gave it an elegant touch just like the album artwork,i enjoyed that.
seriously,i didn't expect it to be so accessible and catchy.

The songs labeled as "xxx" were not revealed yet?
 
inb4 they are SEs filled with porn samples

So true that I got a little emotional.
 
Thanks for this. 

Oh man am I excited for this. He looks so good, too! 

Ruiza will release a new mini-album called "refrain". It will be first sold at his live taking place at Shinjuku Ruido K4 on 2019.02.17, and will then be available by mail-order starting from 2019.02.20. It will cost 2,100 yen (tax included) and will contain four tracks.
 
Source: http://www.d-gcr.com/profile/solo_ruiza.html

Vo.業-karma- (ex.AvelCain)
Gu.拓也-takuya-
Ba.誠-makoto-
Dr.和樹-kazuki-
 

Random find on German mini ebay: DIR EN GREY - The Insulated World Limited DVD version
Finally

The live was so nostalgic...

Please... don't.

Love them, METEOR is such a good minialbum.

I didn't see a thread for them but I was researching around and remembered them. I don't believe they had many releases.

Here's a bit of info about them: https://www.vkdb.jp/Cannival+Method.html#gsc.tab=0

I remember at least two mini albums for sure. Anywho anyone else remember them? Let's reminisce.

Edit: https://vk.gy/releases/cannival-method/  Well a single, mini album and omnibus track it seems.
 
 

The band will release their first album on 2019.03.20.
 
 

I remember hearing their stuff here and there and enjoying it. It's actually been one of those bands I've been meaning to get to but never did

ヴァージュ(Virge) 1st Full Album "Gracia-ガラシャ-" will be released at 2019/05/22. (3,240yen)
 

 
 
 

i miss them so much♡
 
btw what rena is doing now? it's obvious from his twitter he keeps playing bass but i don't know what band he's in or is he participating in random projects or whatever

After THE BLACK SWAN disbanded in May he has only done random session appearances, if I understand it correctly. However, he recently tweeted that he'll do lots of music stuff in 2019, so who knows, maybe he'll start/join a full-time band again.

What if he's done this all purposely and the first person to confront him about it wins a UCP special bag + official bootleg DVDs and (another) copy of Phantasmagoria's Dejavu??
 
This is my moment

I have to revive this old thread to say they were one of the most underrated bands of their time. This album is crazy good.