Seimeisen

In cases like this, I recommend using PayPal and having your checking accounts/credit cards linked up to it. By doing this, you won't have to worry about stupid Verified By Visa bullshit (or at least, you shouldn't).

I've never bothered to order from them because they charge ridiculous prices that are comparable to flippers on Facebook (one example: they're selling a used GazettE single for ¥5,900 that you can get on closet-child for ¥1,130). Did you choose EMS for shipping or Air Mail small packet? According to their website, they don't offer registered Air Mail with tracking.

'bout fuckin' time

Fixed I have no idea how to translate it. I can translate the individual words, but the grammar is confusing, particularly the "心臓を君に" part.

If I see one more comment that's not related to MEJIBRAY's new release, I'm locking the topic and handing out warnings! @frayed @Gichi Gichi @rvrgf @sheepprincessgara I don't know if you've heard, but there is a function on this forum that allows users to send private messages (PM) that aren't posted publicly for everyone to see. So if you wanna call each other idiots, argue about using the words "homosexual" and "pedophile" in the same sentence, you now have a fun new secret place that doesn't derail a thread from its topic. How insane is that? @CarmelzorsIs there ever a time you don't make some half-witted attempt at "calling out the staff" for "not doing their jobs?" Here's a super fun, amazing, awesome idea: if you see problematic shit, report it! Does that idea just blow your mind or what?! Another cool idea: if you have any "suggestions" for how us staffers should do our jobs, take that "suggestion" to us directly, and if it's not a wall of text, we'll take it into consideration.

Bitches

None of that surprises me. I've read in the past that all of their shows are pretty much musical funerals: everyone is required to wear all black and be silent as fuck, and if anyone's making any noise, kyo will yell at the audience to shut up. I honestly don't get this "funeral show" theme. The only thing not beautiful or pleasant about their music is kyo's dumb screeching. I love me some VK metalcore with all the screaming and such, but I'd love to hear math rock/post-rock incorporated into VK

Please upvote this and downvote the rest, thank you!

Why does a song called "Go to the Bathroom" have a music video about a girl preparing to eat her ex? At least that's what I'm assuming is going on. Which raises another question, why do I even bother trying to make sense out of VK music videos? Confusion aside, I dig it. And also getting pre-hiatus vibes. The bass sorta reminds me of マグロ from 7.

I don't believe it! It's an April Fool's joke, I'm calling it. What would they even announce at this "one-day revival?"

Not gonna lie, when I read the initial draft, I thought it was gonna be an April Fool's joke. Guess the Zess is all about unpopular GazettE opinions... Before this release, I never really cared for tracks like Cassis, reila, 白き優鬱, or 絲, but I'm really starting to like these new versions, and they all work well on this album. The reason I never really liked 白き優鬱 is because it just didn't work well with the other tracks on DIM (I think WITHOUT A TRACE or 暪し would have fit better), but it works just fine here so I'm able to enjoy it more. My favourites are 枯詩, D.L.N., 体温, and maybe 絲. If I haven't said it enough times, new 体温 is my everything! This track proves that they should do another re-recording set that consists of heavier, more live-oriented material. My main complaints about this release are the mixing/mastering job, and RUKI's vocals (some of the time). One example is PLEDGE; I prefer his deeper vocals on the original TOXIC version. On this new version, he kind of sounds like he's auditioning for an oshare-kei band. There are a few other moments in other songs where I think he sounded better in the original, but I've grown used to the new versions, so again, I can enjoy them more. And regarding the mixing/mastering, I do hope they would have brought a professional on board to do the job better (or that they'd have at least consulted someone), or used high quality equipment for testing. I might edit this with more thoughts...

Well geeee, that sounds an awful lot like censorship...

Wow... really? I used to keep up with the set lists from the first two DOGMATIC tours, and they all had HEADACHE MAN, even the setlists I checked for the ANOTHER FATE tour, so I just assumed they'd include it in every set list (lol)... ETA: I just checked the set list for the DOGMATIC FINALE Blu-ray and that song isn't even there. I've made a false assumption here 😅 That'd be nice! Not sure if it's something we should expect. We did get a DVD for the 10th anniversary, but I don't think we got one for the 13th. Guess we'll have to wait and see...

Shit, now I'm thinking of postponing my trip to Japan for an entire month so I can catch this show

That's gotta be the first set they've played in years that didn't include HEADACHE MAN. Seriously wishing I made plans to attend that show

A few of the iTunes previews are growing on me. Absolutely loving new-体温, and loving how butthurt people are about the lyrics being Japanese. The previews I'm not digging are the ones for CALM ENVY, UNTITLED, 紅蓮, 白き憂鬱, and PLEDGE, and my main problem with those tracks is how RUKI sounds (except 白き憂鬱, he sounds fine, I just don't care for that song). Cassis and reila are growing on me, surprise surprise, but I still think 送り火 would have been a better choice over reila, since reila always kinda bored me. This may be presumptuous, as I haven't even heard full versions of any song yet, but... Here's what I think the tracklist should have been: 枯詩 Cassis D.L.N. Bathroom 泣ヶ原 花言葉 WITHOUT A TRACE 紅蓮 (vocals from original version) 千鶴 おくりび 絲 体温

Man, they must be obsessed with the Xavier Institute of Social Service. I mean, how many song titles of theirs have "XISS" in it? 10?

Okay, so this is not so much a "xenophobia conspiracy" thing, but more of a "we really are the stupidest fucking people on planet earth" kind of thing?

Okay I just listened to the previews... half of these songs are wrecked (PLEDGE included). This is just sad that they chose to celebrate their fifteenth anniversary with this poor selection of (mostly) poorly re-recorded songs. They could have done better than this. 体温 and 枯詩 sounded great, though. I hope whoever leaks this buys the limited edition...

Still haven't heard these 'cause I need to fire up my proxy (fuck you) and download this, but you know you're in for some god-awfulness when people are commenting on a poor mixing job and saying they'd rather have an UNRAVELING treatment. 😟 PLEDGE is one of my favourite GazettE ballads so I cannot be okay with them ruining it (lol). Like, I'm a total GazettE-stan (nothing is more obvious) and even I'm worried...

B-side titles confirmed by Amazon.co.jp All types: 病病 (yama-yama; Sickness) C Type bonus track: butterfly D Type bonus track: 変食家 (Henshoku-ka; The Eclectician) Doesn't really matter yet since we don't have audio previews of them, buuuut... y'know, at least I added the personal touch of translating the titles