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Dir en grey' six UGLY and VULGAR Both limited editions. I've been searching around for ages for a limited edition copy of VULGAR that wasn't in beat-up condition. The seller of these two CDs claimed them both to be in "美品" (mint condition), which is not true for VULGAR; I would say that one is in "very good" condition. 　　 I was crushed to discover that not only was there a vinyl pressing of VULGAR, but it was limited to TEN FUCKING COPIES. Brokoro! Aside from these two... http://imgur.com/a/FXcnx'>I had to make an Imgur album of my MERRY HAUL! But here's an unboxing pic:

Artwork (courtesy of 激ロック; click the thumbnails for high-res) 　　 I am really enjoying the preview vid and am very much looking forward to the single!

In case nobody saw my post in the request thread, the INCOMPLETE compilation is on iTunes (JP): here Previews don't seem to be playing (at least for me), so I dove into the source code to get preview files for the re-recordings. 失翼の聖域: 視聴 Beautiful Creature: 視聴 DICTATOR: 視聴 Imperial Core: 視聴 evil: 視聴 Whiteness: 視聴 胎動: 視聴 Virgin Mary: 視聴 MASTER: 視聴 TERRORS: 視聴 禁示録: 視聴 Lost November: 視聴 to ENEMY: 視聴 REBORN: 視聴 SISTER: 視聴 Garden of Eden: 視聴 black sheep under the shallow sleep: 視聴 From what I can tell, some of them sound great (失翼の聖域, REBORN), a few sound pretty much the same as the originals (Whiteness), and some sound nowhere near as good as the originals (TERRORS, 禁示録).

Their new look has been updated

OMG Fuck you MiA, get a new look, I am so sick of looking at your second-rate "prince" act. I'm also kinda getting tired of the two-month consecutive singles routine. It's really hard for me to hype bands when they only release singles. I'm an album kind of guy. Tsk and Koichi look awesome, especially Tsu; loving his occult look. Meto looks fucking weird as usual.

OMG the accuracy is eerie!

uuuuhhhh...... okay >.>

When I saw this image in the UGLY news thread, I was so certain the 5th Movement (or FINALE, whatever) would be a live DVD. I'm glad it's more music, though! I'm fucking psyched for this single! I have fallen in love with DOGMA and UGLY And assuming this single wasn't written/recorded alongside those two, I'm sure it'll give us a better indication of what's to come. I'm guessing this single will be released in March at the earliest.

I've been into the band for about three years, but there was never anything that got me to "jump in" to their discography. 九尾 is one of my favourite singles of theirs. My other favourite single is アカイミハジケタ, off of the album 暁歌水月 (きょかすいげつ). I guess try 暁歌水月, because it seems to be their most "engaging" album.

I know you're probably just talking about Top 10 charts, but when BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY was released, it reached 156 in the top 200 overall on the US iTunes store (source). I know that's nothing compared to the albums charting in the top ten on iTunes metal charts in various European countries, but it's still something. I didn't check to see if DOGMA made the charts, but I remember seeing it on the "new releases page" when it was released.

Eh, it's only a month delay. Let's hope they don't push it further back.

Nope, I also love RAGING BLOOD. That song got me into SCREW.

MERRY - nu chemical rhetoric

Things and stuff...

Why should I be surprised? These assholes also indefinitely postponed a DVD and cancelled a single release, so of course they'd fucking postpone the album as well! I don't think I can trust these guys to actually follow through with a release.

R指定 - 少女喪失【完全限定版】 Pics are so potato quality; click on 'em to zoom. I like how the artwork/layout has been put together. I usually feel like R指定's CD artwork is so cheaply done, especially in recent years, but with this album, it looks like a lot of thought was put into the artwork.

WOW! Even shit other people upload on YouTube gets region blocked! Just wow! Whatever, I'll just wait 'til I get my copy.

Well, thanks to the preview video, I now have a new ringtone. I seriously cannot get the chorus of UGLY out of my head. I have only heard potato quality radio rips and low-ish quality previews and I'm already in love with the song. I went ahead and pre-ordered the limited edition, as my feelings towards GODDESS haven't changed. Here's a better quality version of the YT preview from Tumblr, just in case anyone cares: https://vt.tumblr.com/tumblr_nxrkwkWB2c1qcxz26.mp4

Not really digging the set list. Mostly b-sides and no 砉. And of course all three BP bands are releasing live DVDs on the same date.