Seimeisen

I was gonna re-watch LOST, but... one day, a few months ago, I was sick, felt like watching something I haven't seen before, so I started watching Buffy... and then my life went away

 

For a week or two, I didn't feel like starting season 7, because I just felt like things could have ended as they were at the end of season 6. Now, I'm about two episodes into season 7 and it's actually good. There was just a certain character dynamic development that, during seasons 4 and 5, I really liked, but in season 6 it all went straight to hell.

 

 

I'll probably finish up season 7 after I get through season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

And then I'll need to re-watch how to get away with murder season 2

And I'll be binging Archer in between on the side, because that show is everything

And then I need to watch The Office (US) because one of my friends told me I have to

And then ...... I'll think of something to watch ...... oh, maybe I'll watch Angel.

Is there something else? I feel like there's something else...

I wouldn't be surprised if ARROW OF THE LIGHT was a re-recording. Although it'd be cool if they just remastered the demo version.

 

As for the anthology release, I'm SO GLAD they're doing this release! Now I won't have to hunt down that 5th press of 自責の筵. Only thing missing will be the album version of 死化粧, 夢宴, and all those intro tracks. Although, I think the way they handled the tracklist was kinda weird with the s/t album tracks.

 

I'm really hoping someone gets the limited edition and ups the DVD. I just plan on getting the regular version. I don't feel like spending an extra $100 for a t-shirt I'm never gonna wear. :/

In addition to their anthology release, they will also release one last single on June 23rd, 2016.

『輪廻転生』(The Circle of Transmigration)

 

 

There will be a live-limited version limited to 1,000 copies, and a nationwide version limited to 500 copies. Both versions will have different artwork, but will have the same content, and will both cost ¥2,160 (¥2,000 before tax).

 

Tracklist

1. 輪廻転生
2. 残像 
3. Bloody Mary
4. ARROW OF THE LIGHT

 

Source for news: http://ameblo.jp/karma-avelcain/entry-12150699898.html

AvelCain will release a 3 disc anthology, entitled:『六道輪廻』親愛なる従者たちへ…

"The Circle of Transmigration"

Dear Servants...,

 

Release date is set for May 25th, 2016

 

 

 

There will be a standard edition available in select shops (fiveStars, 自主盤倶楽部, ライカエジソン, Brand X, etc.) that will be limited to 1,000 copies, and cost ¥4,104 (¥3,800 before tax). Ordering bonus will be a set of buttons designed by 業 -karma-.

 

There will also be a special limited edition box that includes everything from the standard edition, plus: a DVD (with music videos, the short film for 片想い, and something extra), a band pamphlet, and a t-shirt designed by 業 -karma-. This version will be limited to 500 copies, cost ¥14,904 (¥13,800 before tax), and will only be sold by mail order (Shimizuya shop, I presume).

 

The tracklist is as follows:

DISC 1
蛇と姑獲鳥, 懺悔、寡黙ナル君ニ…, 籠目歌ノ呪縛

月蝕, 裁

囁, 自責, 手首の切り方, 赫い部屋, 揺り籠

DEVIL’S SANCTUARY, 狐狗狸, 花一匁, 手鞠唄
ID, 病, 彼岸花

DISC 2
PSYCHO -サイコ-, 喪失
彩虜-あやとり-, 操り人形, 嘘つき, 千羽鶴, 鋏
死化粧, いろはにほへと, 空蝉
踏切少女, 猫又, 蟷螂
BELIEVE, 御手紙, 蛾
折り紙, 雪女

DISC 3
片想い, 相合傘, 午前二時, おやすみなさい
紅-べに-, 過食症
月-MOON-, 影, 夜光虫
蘇-よみがえり-, 罠, 弟切草
ヒマワリノウタ

 

DVD (exclusive to special box edition)

ID (MV), 片想い (MV), 月-MOON- (MV), 蘇-よみがえり- (MV)
メンバー出演短編映画『片想い』(short film starring band members)

etc…

 

Source for news: http://ameblo.jp/karma-avelcain/entry-12150699119.html

OMG O___O

 

*resists temptation to listen*

 

must ... wait ... until I get my copy ... :agh:

6 hours ago, paradoxal said:

 

What, they removed a street team???

 

They weren't a real street team, they just called themselves that. I mentioned this before, but I had no problem with their YT channel being taken down, since all they did was repost stuff that was readily available elsewhere (on the label's official channel; other fan's YT channels; etc.; and the reposts were shit quality) and wound up getting 2x more views. They had nothing to offer that wasn't available somewhere else on YouTube.

 

On the other hand, getting videos taken down that weren't  already available elsewhere (i.e. your and kyo's Lycaon PVs) pisses me off! Especially the DAHLIA PV.

@peffy yeah, they're in the scans section, on the first page, one of the first few threads.

Um... yeah, I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see anyone's comments and wait for my copy to arrive. Already pre-ordered the standard edition.

HQ artwork for THE END just hit Amazon. And as usual, TYPE C is blank with logo text.

At least I don't need to photoshop MiA out this time

Just dropping in to say I'm getting on a huge NOVEMBERS kick! Dumb ramblings to follow:

 

Gave Elegance a couple spins in the past day. Loving it more and more. My favourite is probably the last track, I just can't get it out of my head! (am I the only one who gets a total '80s vibe from the mini?)

 

The others I've listened to are GIFT, zeitgeist, and Rhapsody in Beauty. I love that all four of those releases have a different sound/concept but aren't too different (omg does that even make sense). While I wasn't too fond of the "noise rock/being on an airplane" approach from Rhapsody, the album grew on me and might become a favourite of mine.

 

I don't have any of their other stuff, but I just got a 7CD lot of their first several releases (from ST to GIFT), which I'm SUPER EXCITED to have shipped to me and to listen to all of those. And I'll probably be scanning the booklets so someone can transcribe the lyrics.

 

As of now my current favourites are: Moirè, We, Meursault, [that number song from Rhapsody], dumb (also stuck in my head every second of my life), 出る傷を探す血, and maybe 心一つ待ちきれないまま.

The Content-Aware Scale feature at its finest:

I jinxed it by saying they were the only good Starwave band that was still going strong

If they reform as a new band, hopefully it won't be on Starwave.

己龍:

月ノ姫 [TYPE I don't know the internet is saying one thing the obi is saaying something else what is reality]

水無桜 [TYPE D]

屡流 [TYPE C]

鬼祭 [TYPE C]

叫声 [TYPE B]

九尾 [TYPE H? IDK There's too many to keep track lol]

Royz:

Яevolution to New AGE [TYPE B]

NOAH [TYPE B]

Starry HEAVEN [TYPE C]

INNOCENCE [TYPE C]

All of them did include obi strips, but most of them had the TYPE B/TYPE L/TYPE Q squares cut out, so I'm just gonna throw those out.

Oh, and I don't think I have room to put any of these

Which is bad, because I'm gonna have about 10 more CDs on the way in a few weeks >.>

I'm not, lol. I'm just waiting for the full album. XD

I know it'll be amaaaaaaaazing!

Already previewed a few tracks from the dispersed compilation, so I think I'm gonna skip the preview vid and just preorder the album already!

Album is available on iTunes (JP only)

Samples:

01. VAMPIRE

02. 絶頂マスカレード

03. 魔法

04. 想像グラフィティ

05. イピカイエ

06. 方舟

07. 時を越えて

08. キラー・クラウン

09. カミサマの言う通り

10. 光

11. 桃源郷へようこそ

Opinion: not impressed, but curious to hear the last two songs.

^Amazing work @Seimeisen thats my new wallpaper Thanks For Making This <3

I think these two would be more suitable as wallpapers:

Did a high-res stitch-up of the three covers. Tried my best to make it seamless, three exact squares (1534px each), and all that junk.

Such blatant use of the studio vocal track on the PA system. Whenever the singer bothered to sing along with it, he sounded god awful. The rest of the band themselves seemed to do fine from what I could tell. Maybe I'd see them live if they played a show without the singer (or they just kicked him out of the band lol).

I think there was only a brief period in one of the songs where it was just him singing horribly with no vocal background track.

Trying to translate the paragraph of text on the album page. It looks like TYPE A's running time will be ~60 minutes, TYPE B's running time will be over 70 minutes, RECEPTRIX is supposedly going to be an intro track (but hopefully it's more than that), and 想白の季雪 is a ballad.

And apparently, both types have completely different tracklist arrangements because they want the listener to get two completely different impressions when listening to the album, and to set it apart from other "mere multiple type releases".

I used Google Translate, so this is probably 100% false.

Kind of agreeing with emmny, I think at least TYPE B could survive without THE HOPELESS and sTRIPPER.

Yup, Type B it is! That transition from 失い to 赫音-finis- is gonna be magic! Type A tracklist looks kind of strange.

Resurrect-A-Didilly 'cause I had no clue there was a thread for this band

This post was gonna be a wall of text. I might write a Reflection for the review section once I've listened to all their stuff.

So far, my favourites of theirs are 夕暮れの謝罪, 迷走本能, holy needle, 裸眼, 淋しさと眠れ, and 腐った海で溺れかけてる僕を救ってくれた君.

I think my favourite album of theirs is 落首; while the songs on the album might be same-y at first, they grew on me.

落首 has the heaviness that 愚弄色 seems to lack, and has the substance that the self-titled lacks.

Also, I hate 闇に笑う黒; I even replaced it with 説教38.5℃ (b-side from 過去形真実).

I still haven't really listened to 黒旗, except for 儚き激情 and 腐った海で･･･, and I've previewed other tracks. From what I can tell, it seems like their heavy (metal) influences have entirely worn off, and I'm expecting to hear more of an indie-rock/punk kind of sound.

For some strange reason, I've been in a super fucking pissed off mood today, so... I'm gonna get some of the hate out of my system!

I fucking hate Kpop so fucking much. I don't just hate it because I hate pop music, but because it's everywhere. I used to be okay with the boybands existing, just because I thought the guys were hot, but now I just think they're ALL obnoxious tools.

 

I find it very odd that this type of Kpop has become so popular in Western countries. I know so many people who don't give a shit about non-English music BUT they somehow know all about BIG BANG etc and post that shit all over facebook/twitter.

Yep, pretty much this.

Also, idol-group girls (AKB, SKE, NMB, XKZ, AKC, DKF) make me fucking puke.

 

I don't get the hype behind X Japan.

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because probably there's no band in the world I hate as much as Assking Alexandria.

I really gave this bunch of screaming kids a try. lots of tries.

ended up closing ALL videos at around half mark.

I don't even bother checking out Asking Alexandria because their name is fucking stupid.

Let's see, who else I can hate on??

Oh, I know! Kiwamu: the run-down hooker of faux-gawf veekay!

I blame him for suicide ali's disbandment (I ranted about it here), and will probably always blame/hate him for it. I'm also blaming him for umbrella "leaving" Starwave (my conspiracy theory is that Kiwi kicked them off the label for being a great sounding band that didn't have poser goth beep-boops). I was also unhappy that he deleted the band's back catalogue from distributors, as if the releases never happened. Not sure if I can scapegoat him for lix.'s so-called hiatus. Tokami is the only band on that label that's got a good sound and is going strong. Pretty much every other band on that label either sucks or simply doesn't interest me. Oh, and I think BLOOD is stupid.

I haven't really been keeping up with new music lately, buuuuuuuut...

SUPER PSYCHED

Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts (the wait is seriously gonna fucking kill me omg)

the GazettE - UNDYING

DIAURA - ENIGMA

THE BLACK SWAN - OUSIA

Looking forward to:

Royz - S.I.V.A.

グリーヴァ - 混沌の匣 (Box of Chaos)

AvelCain - supposed final album (if it's for real)

I think SUICIDE SILENCE are planning a new album for this year?

darkest hour's crowdfunded album would go in the "super psyched" tier, except their last album totally sucked!

1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 all stood out. Glad Subaru hasn't completely abandoned his harsh vocals.

While 12 seems generic-Royz, it might be a better ending song than SUPERNOVA.

4 and 5 will need to grow on me, and hopefully I won't hate THE BEGINNING when I hear it in the midst of the album.

All in all, I'm still expecting this album to be better than CORE.