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Sounds like a nice start from the trailer. Never been able to get into "D" but Asagi's solo stuff is usually pretty top notch.

Looks pretty awesome to me, will probably have to get this at some point. Kizu always do a killer show and the setlist is pretty sweet as well.

I really loved Choke1 and Choke2 (minus all the weird rap/dj stuff) but this single I just can't get into at all, just too all over the place and no real catchy riffs or groove to get into which is a shame. However this 2nd single trailer seems a little more promising.

I would love it if his name was "tooru" as he is actually proper short.

Just to add to this, I noticed in their latest mini album credits that "DYNAMITE TOMMY" is the executive producer, which is a name any Dir fan must have seen at least once, so if they're on the same label and being produced by the same guy who's been behind Dir en Grey for the majority of their career makes me very curious about the future of this band and if they will ever amount to Dir levels of success in the future. Of course, that doesn't happen overnight, but still, it's piqued my interest somewhat.

I forgot these guys were on spotify, gonna be giving this a listen later, cheers for the heads up!

I just don't get why they feel a need to keep re-recording songs that were already great as they were. Like the deeper vileness, has been changed minimally and every one of those changes in my opinion isn't as good as the original and basically same with Clever Sleazoid, why fix what's not broken ya know? If they want to re-record really old songs with better production and a more modern touch that sounds fine but at this rate, we will have re-recordings of their whole discography and the originals will never be heard live again. 😛 + I got to admit, I am a sucker for the original Hydra and is a shame they probably wont ever play that again.

Haha I don't seriously expect that to happen, I was basically just saying that I think the songs sound better live than the studio versions. As was previously mentioned basically all the songs are available live through other releases so would be possible to make your own live version of the album by ripping those. 😛

Wow, not everyone has to think everything a band releases is great ya know? I've been a fan of Jiluka for a while and have basically all their releases and just feel that this one song is very sub-par compared to their previous stuff and actually feel that it has lost some of the Jiluka vibes that made them stand out to begin with. But that's just my opinion, if you enjoy the song then great but just because you do, doesn't mean everyone else has to. 😛 Although I'm still looking forward to the EP that's meant to be out later this year, hoping they step the game back up for it.

Am I the only one who thinks this song is extremely average and forgettable based on the standards these guys have set for themselves?

Yep, I already mentioned the World of Mercy videos. + When I saw them in London last they played the whole album and it sounds sooooo much better live so I'd be all over a live release of this album. But damn, am gutted that I'm going to be missing out on the physical version of Ochita.... Guess we're going to have to hunt down extremely over-priced second hand versions. Or just cross fingers and hope they basically release the same thing later down the rest of the line for the rest of us. Does seem like an odd move to only release a physical version for those who were going to attend a show, but hell, Japanese bands marketing themselves these days.... nothing surprises me too much. haha.

Can they just re-release the Insulated World as a live album? Fucking love the sound of followers live from this single + the live videos on The World of Mercy sounded killer too. + I'm not really too into the whole "music video collection" thing, but that idea for the latest singles does get me somewhat curious.

Yeah, I really don't get how it got approved to be released... lol. Especially when he has had some pretty awesome videos in the past, why make something worse? Maybe a budget thing? And yeah, agree with all that tbh. Sad times really, but guess we can still enjoy the classic albums so isn't all bad!

Wow, I am all over that! Definitely keen to try and get those, how does it work though? You got a link with more info or something? The 100 yen a page thing sounds a little dumb.

New slightly longer clip uploaded.

I was expecting this to be a black metal thread for a second. haha.

Haha your comment got my curiosity so had to watch the video, and yep, probably one of the worst music videos I've ever seen. 😛 As for the song itself, I have to agree with the above comment really, nothing particularly special about it. I miss the old days of MM when it was pure bangers and actual chaos. Like this song is called "we are chaos" but the song is far from chaotic. haha.

Why am I getting bad feelings about the future of this band? lol.

I guess RIP SARIGIA, hello unwanted bastard child SALIGIA.

Still never going to be as good as the Cazqui days, that guy is not only a mad good guitarist but an amazing song writer as well. That's just my opinion anyway, nothing they've done since he's left has come close to the "hits" from those days.

"It Knows" on amazon prime and it was wank, now you all know too. haha. I legitimately feel like the idea of the film is actually pretty interesting but just had such terrible execution, give it to Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto or Sion Sono and it would probably be amazing.

I didn't have any problems either. 😕 Not really sure what to make of this, ok to listen to through once I guess but not a huge deal. I am however interested to see where it goes in the future with these ambient projects.

Exactly what I was thinking. I know they've had some pretty weird titles but this is taking the piss. haha.

The lyrics are so childish. haha.

We can hope. I'd rather buy a physical version of the release than stream online or buy digitally.