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Mamo, the creepy old pedophile

I'm not expecting this year to be all that interesting The lynch. album will bring nothing new to the table, but it'll be just a bit better than XIII If the GazettE don't release their next album this year, they'll at least announce its release (or announce the announcement) BUCK-TICK will release an album, it falls into the two year pattern they've seemingly settled into; it'll have an electro-retro sound to it ザアザア will churn out more singles with really good A-sides and very bleh b-sides, but they will not release an album because they are stupid MERRY will be so focused on trying to sell that nostalgii jewellery that they'll forget to release any actual music R-shithead members will do unmemorable side projects; with or without music, Mamo will do something heinous #mamoisoverparty MEJIBRAY will not get back together; their side projects will continue to be astonishingly terrible ARTiCLEAR will put out a solid release (but they'll probably disband sooner than TBS did; Jin is cursed) BORIS will mostly tour this year, maybe do a collab with ... Merzbow 🙄 Anybody else I didn't mention will either churn out skippable singles or tour around Japan; like I said, not all that interesting Here's the BP RECORDS CALENDAR (besides what's already been announced) コドモドラゴン: new single in mid September, another one announced in December 己龍: new single in late August (and not a single guitar will be heard), next album announced in November Royz: new album in early September (it will S U C K ), a single announced in December

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This is essential to enjoying anything they’ve released after 2016!

If you're in the mood for pop music, you'll maybe enjoy this. If you liked TODAY, you'll like this too, maybe more. If you need heavy music, and/or cannot reconcile the fact that DEZERT aren't usually heavy anymore, stick with Dark In Black Hole, maybe 感染少女 and 神経と重力, but skip the rest. Quick track-by-track: Dark In Black Hole: epic compared to what's ahead; going on your best songs of the year playlist バケモノ: slightly above meh; generic 2010s vk; key-change chorus doesn't help Thirsty?: actually a fun song; not as lame as the preview suggests みぎて: has a cool intro, sounds like it could get heavy, but it doesn't; still, not as lame as preview suggests [2] 白痴: nice guitar melody, not into the beat though Call of Rescue: just good, fitting slow song 半透明を食べる。: interesting, kind of like 血液がない 御法度: not as good as the preview suggests, key-change-chorus; might be another song that grows on you (?) 神経と重力: really cool; serving the judges THE NOVEMBERS' 鉄の夢 vibes 天使の前頭葉: wonderful, beautiful, slow ballad that puts Stranger to shame; feels vaguely Christmas-y without being "seasonal" Rhapsody In My Head: weird, but not always bad weird; it's a grower; jazz, key-change-end 感染少女: YaAAss sequel to 蛙とバット機関銃, wErQq True Man: dying is your latest fashion in Japanese I'm sorry: the pop intro from Filth in the beauty (minus the Engrish ladies); another example of "great guitar melody, bad beat"

Judging by the preview, it sounds like we're in the same situation as TODAY, where the first track is awesome, the tracks we've already heard are good, and ¾ of the rest are a load of bleh. I'm starting the album just for the hell of it, and Dark In Black Hole is more impressive than anything off TODAY.

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Looks like it's an exclusive on his web store; can't get it on Amazon or CDJ, which means you'll need a shopping service. I don't know if I can trust From Japan (or others for that matter) to handle records. Sounds cool though 😒🙃 https://www.ffb.tokyo/ryuutaro-a/html/products/detail.php?product_id=1

@Zeus As somebody who is borderline obsessed with tracklists, I'll try out a few of these you've made, particularly MARROW, kisou, and MACABRE. I find it quite interesting that you'd open MARROW with THE PLEDGE. I'm glad you agree that 腐海 could should have been on VULGAR; it actually would have fit nicely between DRAIN AWAY and NEW AGE CULTURE. Some things I highly disagree with: snubbing 蛍火 and embryo; and most of all, listing the Japanese version of GLASS SKIN as UROBOROS' 3rd worst; it should have been 我、闇とて, with the Engrish version of DOZING GREEN as #2. As for your top 3 picks, I pretty much agree with them. Unpopular opinion confessions: I prefer the album version of CLEVER SLEAZOID, and I don't really care for ain't afraid to die. I'm gonna rank these albums too! I'm basing the ranking on the number of favourites from each album. Deducting points for "objectively" bad songs, adding extra points for true classics. The Well-Insulated Room (5, -1 for Values of Bullshit) DUMB SPIRO SPERO (6) ARCHE (7, -1 for Sustain the unshit, +1 for 輪郭) 鬼葬 (7, -2 for the first two Shinsou tracks, +2 for Bottom of the death valley and 蟲 -mushi-) MACABRE (4, +4; title track gets double points and cancels out any bad songs) THE MARROW OF A BONE (7, +2 for CONCEIVED SORROW and 艶かしき安息) Withering to death. (7, -1 for Jesús Crust, +3 for dead tree, 悲劇は, and 鼓動) GAUZE (8, +2 for Cage and アクロの丘) UROBOROS (9, +1 for VINUSHKA) VULGAR The lower ranking albums are still not bad, in my opinion. At worst, The Insulated World is an above average album.

The fuckery that happens in this thread, ffs 🙄 Casual antisemitism is a form of hate speech and hate speech is something we don't take kindly to on this forum. Hate speech is something that gets people banned.

Most excited for 消えたい and 嘘をついて. 3-5 were kinda the weak point, but maybe the full versions will win me over?

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I'm repeating the entire album, but this track is my current favourite

Condragulations @nullmoon, you're a Champion of Thread Necromancy! Here is your award: on-topic, I will never not be bitter about this band fading into nothing after one measly single

Right now I've got: Shure SE215's: longest lasting pair I've had, got 'em in late '15, had to replace the cable once last year, but I'm thinking of upgrading Burmester speakers for my car ('10 Porsche Panamera S): dropped the bass by 3/6, raised the treble by 3/6, gives it a more balanced sound, no other modifications. [doesn't have pictures of the car speakers] I unfortunately don't have any good in-home speakers. A few years ago, I got a DOSS Bluetooth speaker to use with my computer and turntable, but it sounds shitty so I use it as a book-end for my 7" records. Whenever I listen to records, I have a Creative Sound Blaster that I only use so I can adjust the volume (left). Sometimes when I don't want to move my record player from the shelf in my closet to the floor or my desk, I'll add in some Bluetooth equipment that purists would frown upon (right). Most of my music listening is with my earbuds or in the car, so what I've got works for now (unless everyone's gone and I want to listen to music on speakers, in which case, ugh).

Got some Boris shit. Download cards for the records would have been nice, now I gotta digitise them.

I feel like I haven’t listened to INFINITUM enough to really judge it. This time two years ago, I was listening to ADORATIO on repeat all the time. This time around, I’ve only listened to INFINITUM twice, and I only remember three songs: the second track (because of all the dumb cat yowl noises kyo makes), kisses, and ただ、まだ、私 (because it kind of sounds like 赫). Maybe with more listens I’ll grow to appreciate the album more, but right now, nothing’s making me want to put it on repeat.

I’m making progress on listening to their albums. So far, I’ve heard (in full, at least once): darker than darkness: gothic synth-y nu-metal Six/Nine: definition of avant-garde COSMOS: noise pop, I think, one listen wasn’t enough to remember much SEXY STREAM LINER: very ‘80s, made me think of that show Moonbeam City ONE LIFE, ONE DEATH: the nostalgic cyberpunk trail continues 極東 I LOVE YOU: mechanical animals, white disc Mona Lisa OVERDRIVE: mechanical animals, blue disc 13階は月光: I C O N I C , absolutely wonderful 天使のリボルバー: A W F U L ! It has this sort of “spaghetti western on broadway” vibe that I am NOT fucking with. RENDEZVOUS was simply annoying. REVOLVER is the only good song No.9: the first song is cool, but I forget the rest No.0: “CITIES ON THE MOON... Thank You!” I still have a lot to listen to, and quite a few to go back to, but I’m getting there. Not exactly as I planned

They digitally distributed all those demo tapes from last year, maybe they’ll do the same with these. I honestly don’t really care about them though, the live limited demos from last year were okay at best and in no way memorable.

They might as well And that fourth track is probably the two songs glued together. They did something similar with b-sides on 春の日.

Finally! Hopefully upcoming releases will appear too, when released. Using proxies and various payment backdoor tricks on mora.jp is getting trickier, and I never liked having to get overpriced gift cards for iTunes JP. Of course, I'd really like to see the label distribute music on OTOTOY or Tidal store!

They need to stop it with live tracks! Live audio of GRIEF is gonna sound shitty I know it

They should have just done a reunion+crowning special like they've done in previous years. Reunion specials look weird when they're not live at the theatre, and making a one hour thing out of a lip-sync extravaganza was fucking stupid. And the fact that they did Top 4 instead of Top 3 omg. So many bad decisions were made here 😆 Skipped Silky's section entirely, skimmed through the first two lip-syncs (on mute). During the Top 4 weeks, I was #TeamAnyoneButSilky, so I was relieved to see her lose the first lip-sync. I'm glad Yvie won, she was my absolute favourite of season 11. Brooke had great looks and all, but if she was crowned, it would have been nothing special. I'm not sure if A'keria was Top 4 worthy. I think Yvie receiving the crown may have saved season 11 from going down as a bona-fide train wreck. If Silky was crowned, it would have solidified the sheer awfulness of season 11, and would have kept her ass off All-Stars. But I'm glad that my favourite won! That hasn't happened since Bianca Del Rio! Now I hope the people at RuCo/World of Blunder (who make idiots look smart) wait on AS5 until at least 2021. They're running short on memorable, adequate queens from past seasons, and season 11 did not really provide.