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  1. Posted

    14 hours ago, patientZERO said:

    Can confirm. They're one of the best live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. RIcko is always on key, they have such good chemistry with each other and their energy is always on point.

    Yep, last time I was in Japan and caught them, they were definitely one of the highlights!

    Haha, they're seriously releasing two different versions of the DVD with a couple of different encore tracks on them??? Doing that with the CDs in one thing, but with DVDs as well? C'mon.... haha, only in VK.

  2. Posted

    Does it actually say that the single will be released "digital only" as there is quite a considerable difference between something being released "digitally" and "digitally only" haha. It doesn't seem like DeGs style to release something digital only so I'm backing you guys who say it's likely a physical version will come later down the line, probably putting it out digitally first as that was the plan to release it around summer, so best to stick to that. But of course due to the current situation, promotional events and whatnot would be difficult to do, so guess they'll wait til things calm down and they can do promo events where fans will turn up in their billions and buy 50 copies of each version. :)

     

    + Of course they wont put the World of Mercy on the next album, it's epic length. I know they have other 10 minutes songs and other pretty long songs on their albums but 10mins is a pretty large amount of running time gone in one song that you could fit two or three other songs in.

  4. Posted

    21 hours ago, sleepy coffee said:

    I agree people are gonna mostly rely on the main track when judging a work but I mean at the end of the day for me it's just a single track from an entire release. I do think in terms of ballads it is very average, the ballads on Steroid and Heisei were much better, but I still think the bsides on kuroi ame show the band still has talent and potential because for some reason people seem to have written them off in the past year and think they had some steep decline after 0.

    Totally agree, for me it was more, not written them off or think they've become less talented or whatever but it was just very generic compared to what is usually expected from them so me and guess a lot of other people just felt really underwhelmed by it. I did skip that release but doesn't mean I'm turning my back on them and never supporting them ever again, just hoping for them to deliver more fuel to keep that fire burning.

  8. Posted

    On 2/17/2020 at 5:32 PM, Jigsaw9 said:

    Welcome to 95% of VK I guess. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

    Yep. It's the reason I skip the majority of new bands and just stick with those that are a bit different and continue doing cool stuff (for the most part), so unless a band really starts making waves and gaining popularity they'll more than likely be passed here. However, at the few VK shows I've been to, that's actually a nice way to discover the bands as well, something about seeing the performances sometimes can make a band that bit more interesting even if the music isn't that special. Like "well I enjoyed watching them so I'll get a CD" or whatever.

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  9. Posted

    On 2/17/2020 at 1:47 PM, sleepy coffee said:

    I feel like people exaggerate the last single being bad because kuroi ame was a ballad and black rain was a mistake. As far as typical good kizu tracks go 銃声 and 息のできる死骸 are right up there. 

    kuroi ame also was not even a good ballad. I listen to anything music wise, so ballads/slow songs do not mean bad for me, but kuroi ame was a bit of a bore. + I don't know if I've been misunderstanding music for sometime, but isn't the single supposed to be the main song on a single release? Meaning if you put out a video etc and promote the hell out of that one song and it doesn't hold up, that people will not even be interested enough in the single release to buy it to even hear the b-sides. "息のできる死骸" was certainly a banger! I posted somewhere in another thread that this should have been the single, I really feel if it was, "kuroi ame" would just have been brushed off like, "the single track is wicked and that b-side ballad is meh" and the single overall wouldn't have got so much flack.

  13. Posted · Edited by Kabukichoatmidnight

    Finally got round to listening to this album and I think "underwhelming" really is the best word to describe it. I literally can't even choose one song as a favourite that stand out, it's all just very mediocre, at least compared to what we know DIMLIM can actually do. It just feels like Retsu has had a load of random ideas and just mashed them all together in some incoherent way to form songs and eventually a full album with these "compositions". As much as I love Sho as a vocalist, at least the first album, I feel would have actually been better as instrumentals, not because Sho's vocals don't work or whatever but the songs just feel like they're better suited to the vibes of an instrumental in my opinion. + I don't really get the comments about the lack of bass, I can hear it clear enough for the most part but it does sound pretty synthesised as opposed to an actual bass though which is a shame, but maybe this was done for a more "poppy"/electronic effect. But anyway, think overall I'm happy sticking with the previous releases and forgetting this exists except for maybe the odd spin as background music here and there. + Why do the electronic parts for the most part sound so low quality and stupid? If they used decent synths maybe that would've helped a bit. Retsu needs to steer clear of electronics I think. haha.

  14. Posted

    9 hours ago, sleepy coffee said:

    i mean it still amounts to 10-12 songs a year so i think its fine, but i do think the gap between the last single and whatever comes next will be the longest so maybe whatever is next will be a mini of full length album 

    Hopefully it'll be better than the last single as well.... lol. Apparently they've always said they have a disliking towards full length albums at least, but tbh a mini or full length would be welcomed with open arms I'm sure.

  17. Posted

    On 2/2/2020 at 12:38 PM, Komorebi said:

    The guy spammed for four years over a $17 dollar DVD of a band he claims to “love so much” and tbh it’s insulting at this rate. If he saved a few coins instead of complaining he could have bough the DVD he wanted so desperately by now. 
    It’s a shitty excuse if you love a band as much as he claims. This is no longer “checking stuff up”, he’s been pestering everyone for free better quality stuff of things already available on youtube. If he needs the higher quality and can’t be happy with the free version why do we have to provide it for him?

    It’s not even about how he spends his money, it’s about the spam that has annoyed us (me and a few other lurking fans) for a while. I’ve had it, officially. 

    I live in Latin America and on under 400 dollars a month to support bands I want to keep around on the scene so save me the lecture on “we overseas fans pay more mimimi”, will you? Some of us make actual sacrifices and are sick and tired of “fans” demanding we give them stuff and throwing tantrums when we don’t.

     

    Pro tip: regular tracked shipping for a CD from Japan to SA (most expensive rate, other continents are cheaper) is $7 and if you have CD Japan mark the parcel as a gift, customs won’t tax you for importing merchandise.

    Fair point about the guy spamming  and just trying to get free stuff, it isn't hard to put a bit of money aside for buying music so yeah that is a bit shitty and yep, you're not under any obligation to share stuff you have paid good money for if you do not wish to.

     

    But yeah, the point regardless is still fact, that it DOES cost more to get Japanese stuff from overseas, and the point I was making that for the same price you can get a lot more bang for the buck so the fact the CDs are overpriced in the first place (yes I know they're all generally 20 somethings trying to make a living and its helping keep them "in the scene" etc.... so no need to go there) is just difficult to justify, £20 for a full length album, £10/15 for a two/three song single or £30/40 for a live DVD..... c'mon..... As I said, for bands I do really love I will still support them and buy the stuff, but I just personally find it hard to justify when you can get way more for the same prices not from Japan. haha.

     

    + Just on an ending note, you have a crappy attitude in general (at least the way you portray yourself through this forum), so you may need to look at keeping that in check. Just saying. lol.

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  18. Posted

    Already got my pre-order on the way so am late to the party as usual, but looking forward to it. The EPs have all had some great stuff on so can't see why this would be any worse. Though did really like the cover for the limited version over the regular one, but don't really care about a music video DVD so.....

  20. Posted · Edited by Kabukichoatmidnight

    11 hours ago, IGM_Oficial said:

    And maybe you should understand that not all people have money like you have, but I think that's hard to get. It's not because you can buy stuff that I can too. Also, it seems that I'm not the only one "pestering" the forum because of that. I'm not fighting over this matter, but getting happy because a band I love is being more successful.

    Even if you have money it's hard to justify buying stuff all the time if you live overseas as 1, prices for this stuff is proper high for what it actually is.... 2, postage costs and 3, FUCKING CUSTOMS CHARGES 4, remember we don't all live in Japan so this stuff isn't so easily accessible to all of us. So with all that added together, sometimes buying a single CD will cost like 40/50 quid. I personally do try to get hard-copies for the bands I really like but have cut back a lot on "let's get this to check it out" or "I liked the one song off the single so will buy the whole CD and hope it's actually good." buys as it's all just getting too much money wise. I can afford to, but am just unable to justify it tbh. Especially when I can buy other music I like and get like 6/7 albums or more for the price of like two from VK bands, those two CD's could also be singles that equal 20/30mins of stuff, so why would I pay that when I can get a handful of full length albums for the same price? Just sayin.... haha.

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  21. Posted

    6 hours ago, DIBIDABUA said:

    I don´t think so, I feel like it´s probably PV related or something like that.

    Or just Retsu being an overly emotional headcase obsessed with "sad boi rap" trying to make statements again. haha.

  22. Posted

    On 1/27/2020 at 11:24 PM, EvilHippy said:


    About "immersion breaking"... Dunno. I don't pay attention to other people, and when I want to hangbang - I usually close my eyes, so there is only me and the music. At least it works for me.

    You will pay attention to them when they're all holding their phones up in front of your face and you can't see jack all of the show you've paid to see...

  25. Posted

    This actually isn't half as shit as I expected it to be. Don't have itunes so haven't heard the samples which some of you guys have said raises some alarms, but I was hoping that this was the most commercial song on the album and there was going to be some of the classic DIMLIM sound we're used to in the other songs.... Guess that's out the window? lol.

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