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「 」 -まっしろ- is love. 😍
The album(s) are awesome! And I'm relieved that they didn't loose quality in their music since Kazari left. As Himeaimichu states he wasn't that involved in song wirting.

NEW DIGITAL SINGLE THIS SUMMER

They are really trying to save money
 

Im shocked kaoru didnt pull sustain the untruth

After a few listens the song has rather grown on me.
^ The chorus is awesome!

Omg that's so fucking sad. 😥
We still blast Lovesongs (They kill me) at every party.

It has been announced by guitarist Yu that keyboardist/backing vocalist Luminor, formerly of German band Cinema Bizarre from 2005-2008, has passed away on April 12. He was one of the founding members of the band, and he had later departed due to health issues. 
 
 
Luminor's passing was first brought up last week, without official confirmation, so understandably it was thought to be a rumor - even by his former bandmates, like Strify and Yu who had put up official statements due to the barrage of comments on their social media. It doesn't help that the fanbase - even 10 years on after their disbandment which is fucking sad btw - likes to spread rumors and speculate the cause of death, which I won't get into further. 
 
As everyone else stanned Seremedy or Tokio Hotel back in the day, Cinema Bizarre was a band that was close to my heart as they were one of my faves back in middle school. I can never forget Luminor's uniquely smooth deep voice that blended well with Strify's, and he made Cinema Bizarre for me imo; they were never the same after he left. As someone who wanted to believe it was all a hoax, the fact that this is actually true just fucking sucks. May he rest in peace.
 

 

Here is an old gem from German TV.
It is a cringeworthy story about a German girl who is obsessed with Mao from Sadie and runs away from home to find and marry him.
This is from a German "reality" show which was broadcasted on a big channel.
The broadcast is such obscure as I never ever saw something VK related on German TV.
 
Beware of watching this shit.. you will develop a desire to destroy something afterwards.. XD

Here is an old gem from German TV.
It is a cringeworthy story about a German girl who is obsessed with Mao from Sadie and runs away from home to find and marry him.
This is from a German "reality" show which was broadcasted on a big channel.
The broadcast is such obscure as I never ever saw something VK related on German TV.
 
Beware of watching this shit.. you will develop a desire to destroy something afterwards.. XD

Here is an old gem from German TV.
It is a cringeworthy story about a German girl who is obsessed with Mao from Sadie and runs away from home to find and marry him.
This is from a German "reality" show which was broadcasted on a big channel.
The broadcast is such obscure as I never ever saw something VK related on German TV.
 
Beware of watching this shit.. you will develop a desire to destroy something afterwards.. XD

https://natalie.mu/music/news/375436
 
They've also opened their instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lunaseaofficial/

[..kissing in the cosmos, Face to Face ..]
 
My absolute favorite Luna Sea song, on my absolute favorite album. I feel the album was a step up in not only in musical quality and production, but in that it provided something more. It provided a narrative akin to a space opera. When I hear Ryuichi go into the chorus with the words "Face to face..", I picture scenes from.. not quite Blade Runner, but something close, yet more abstract and spiritual. I feel like I'm on a journey through space that is both sad and lonely, yet hopeful and fulfulling.
 
It's weird. Not many albums make me picture scenes so vivid as MOTHER does. Then again, I'm a total scifi romantikku freak so that might play in as well of course. Still, I feel that it represents them wanting to step up their game and present something more than just an album. It's a journey to the future, while still being absolutely grounded in both time and place with it's very stylized 90's pop-rock, and I fucking absolutely love it.

Here is an old gem from German TV.
It is a cringeworthy story about a German girl who is obsessed with Mao from Sadie and runs away from home to find and marry him.
This is from a German "reality" show which was broadcasted on a big channel.
The broadcast is such obscure as I never ever saw something VK related on German TV.
 
Beware of watching this shit.. you will develop a desire to destroy something afterwards.. XD

I have to admit that I'm also not that fond of their post-reunion releases (Even though there are many treasures like Lost World, Yamibi, Rouge, etc..)
Their music got kinda slow and not that over-creative as before but it is nevertheless still on a high level.
 
But what I really love about this band is that they never forget/ban an era of them. They try to give every album a spotlight in their liveshows and blend the new songs perfectly in that. Heck they even play some obscure demo songs as their Lunacy alter ego (And Ryuichi still pulls that SEARCH FOR REASON scream like 30 years ago).
 
So they never bomb us with their new songs but expand their perfect back cataloge with them and I think that is the best what they can do in this state of the band.

I honestly wanted to like this album but the outcome made it impossible for me.
Misc is one messy beast and a really unsettling listening experience. The whole thing sounds as confusing and random as Retsu's social media slapping over the last weeks. I really don't know who they (he) want to aim with this sound.

Some of you also stated the electronic samples. Yeah, cringy is the perfect description for them. Especially the SEs are freaking annoying.
Three quarters of the album sound the same (Which isn't always something bad as CHEDOARA had a stringent structure, too) and songs like MIST or Funny World are kinda bland and forgettable. I rather not start talking about fucking Lament.. 
What's up? for me is the only highlight followed by before it's too late and Tick Tak.
 
This state of the band really is a waste of talent and I hope that Sho will leave this sinking ship soon and joins a banging VK combo again. He is too talented for draining in a J-Pop band.

I'm curious of how well this album will be embraced and if they will gain new fans with their new sound. But it is with a tearing eye that one of my (our) VK hopes left the arena and will definitely not come back. 

Thank you for creating this thread! There is definitely too less love for Luna Sea in this forum.
This album is clearly a VK-masterpiece which everyone who is interested in this scene should have listened to at least once.
As Mother is not my favourite album by them (the self-titled it is) it has a nearly perfect balanced tracklist and I never grow tired of listening it from front to back.
 
Finding specific highlights is very difficult but I would choose IN FUTURE (RUDE BOY!), LOVELESS and MOTHER.

Music streaming Album「クリプトス」has started distribution from today (3rd April 2020)



[Track List]
1 殺害に至る病
2 オナニー
3 Omen
4 disparition macabre
5 夜伽
6 テオフィルス
7 プルガトリオ

Available everywhere on the internet including amazon music , OTOTOY , spotify , itunes , apple MUSIC ,  KKBOX... and more.

Have a feeling I'm really going to love this album. Really liked everything I heard in this trailer.