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  1. Posted

    Looks like we've got a tracklist for the fan club version:

    -Type-S-

    赤蝶々 / 迷彩 / a holy terrors / Crimson Tear / Grieving the dead soul / Ice Romancer / 陽炎

    ドレス / クライモア / 棘-toge- / Juggernaut / Rosario-ロザリオ- / METEOR / 斑-まだら- / 雪月花

    -Type-A1-

    confusion / Payment of vomiter / marionette / Recall / アゲハの亡骸

    ever / 愛しさは孤独の支配者 / Regret / little prayer / RED LINE / daydream

    -Type-A2-

    Dearest / Rain fall / 躯 ～mukuro～ / 愛の罠 / Jealousy / THE REQUIEM

    bleach / DEAD END / TOKYO GYPSY / RIZE A FLAG / THE NEVER

    -Type-L-

    心眼 / Barking the Enemy / サイコカルチャー / MAD ROID / VIRTUAL FAKEMAN / RODEO SCREAM

    SUICIDAL ROCK CITY / Sexual Affection / Gimmick / HOWLING / Deadly Masquerade / 妄想被虐性癖

    -Type-B-

    true word / 声 / tear drop / 追恋の華 / 嘘にまみれた真実の底 / 瞼の憂鬱 / 優シク殺シテ

    サヨナラの果て / サイレントイヴ / Swallow Rain / MESSAGE FROM HERE

    They all spell: SAALB....... I don't get it.

    No indication of whether or not the songs will be remastered/re-recorded, but according to the band's official website, the last two discs will be omitted from the standard edition.

    Source: Face Music Online Shop

  9. Posted

    Would re-releasing live limited stuff on a cd pack later honestly stop people from going to lives? Would people wait 2 or 3 + more years instead of just getting it at a show? I understand the reasoning for live limited stuff but when it's live limited forever then It becomes completely obscure and essentially doesn't exist anymore.

    I sort of agree. Although live-limited pre-sale may not garner as many attendees as live-limited; in the setting of a live-limited pre-sale, a lot of people would probably wait for the "public," nation-wide release.

    With the Bandcamp idea I came up with, the physical copy would still be live limited. There would be a live-limited edition, and a digital download only edition. A digital release wouldn't make the physical package any more accessible. :P

    I understand the gimmick of live limited releases, that to be able to obtain a studio recording of that song, you HAVE to get it on THIS CD, AT THIS show, and in most cases, ONLY ON THIS date. As much as I want a band that I like to succeed, I sometimes wish they didn't feel the need to do live limited releases. I thought the digital distribution idea would have been a "happy medium." Collectors, rabid stans, and/or people who simply dislike digital download will still wanna get a physical copy. People that cannot attend the shows (or discover the band's music at a later time) will still have some sort of opportunity to hear the music and throw money at it (that goes to the band instead of some auction seller).

    I understand that a lot of people like live-limited releases, but I don't. I feel bitter when one is announced, especially when fans gush over how it's such wonderful news. But I am heavily biased, as a foreign fan that tends to discover bands years after they form and gain popularity, and I don't have any contacts that are in Japan and in the "VK fandom." Seeing a live-limited CD get as expensive as ¥15,000-30,000. makes me very unhappy. :lol:

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  11. Posted

    Still waiting on lyrics for 雪女, but here's the title track:

    想い込められた折り鶴は

    誰かの想いに届くから

    想い込められた歌言霊*は

    誰かの想いに届くかな？　返せてるかな？

    擦れ違いや遠回りで遅くなりそう

    でもいつの日にか溢れて来る優しさで心埋め尽くせますように

    折り鶴羽ばたいて夢色描いて

    悲しみ包んだら傷羽も癒える

    それだけで他の誰かがまた羽ばたける

    信じたい

    輪廻する想い夢色描いて届け

    想い込められた折り鶴は

    誰かの想いに届くから

    想い込められた歌言霊は

    誰かの想いに届くかな？　返せてるかな？

    感じ方や伝え方で壁になりそう

    でもいつの日にか溢れて来る優しさで心許し合えますように

    『希望の闇』

    言霊-ありがとう-今なら歌える

    誰かの折り鶴に救われた声で

    折り鶴羽ばたいて夢色描いて

    悲しみ包んだら傷羽も癒える

    それだけで他の誰かがまた羽ばたける

    信じたい

    輪廻する想い夢色描いて届け

    描いて届け

    credit: LOFTER

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    Uglymouth, on 14 Mar 2015 - 11:00 PM, said:

    I think the reason a lot of the visual kei bands (especially smaller ones) don't put it out on itunes etc is because they are not aware of/don't think that they have fans outside of Japan, or at least not enough to make it worth the hassle.

    That's true that many bands probably have little-to-no awareness of their overseas fans.

    But what about iTunes/レコチョク distribution for fans that are in Japan?

    It's too bad that Bandcamp is not popular in Japan! I think it would be absolutely awesome if VK bands distributed live-limited material (at the very least) on Bandcamp! The bands can distribute it themselves entirely, I guess commissions are low (all BC does is take 10-15% commission), people can choose to pay more than asking price for many releases (a fan can choose to pay ¥7,500 instead of ¥750), and I honestly can't see something like this doing significant harm to demand for the physical CD. There are collectors and dedicated fans alike who will still want a physical copy, instead of the digital version.

    From what I'm guessing, distributing on Bandcamp would be worlds easier, and less costly, than distributing on iTunes (just take a look at this).

    I am sure that Visual Kei bands would probably only jump on Bandcamp if it was popular in Japan. I also understand that there needs to be incentive for fans to throw as much money at the band as possible, as well as incentive for fans to attend the shows to see that particular band. Also, I am well aware that digital format is significantly less popular in Japan.

  18. Posted

    WARNING: EUOLGY AHEAD!! GREAT WALLS OF TEXT!!

    I discovered Lycaon sometime between late 2011 and early 2012, when I checked out a split CD they did with R指定, called 果し状. I heard R指定's cover of "the [1st] degree genocide holic" and wanted to discover Lycaon, so I checked out their song previews on iTunes, and downloaded their album “嘘と女と『　　　』,” and found it all quite interesting. I found the song "Jesus," and was absolutely amazed. The first instance of loving Lycaon. Other songs from the album weren’t what I expected, but still pretty cool. Shortly after, I checked out “Royal Order,” and songs like "Declaration of war" and "非雨" became instant favourites of mine.

    Around this time, they released a single that just didn't jibe with me (麻薬/眩暈-めまい-), but I wasn't going to leave them. I continued to follow the band, but I just didn't consider them a big favourite of mine.

    Fast forward to early 2013 when their single "薔薇 ~Rose~" comes out, and I'm delighted to hear their improved sound. I listened to it a few times here and there, was highly impressed by "朦朧." And then in September, we get "MASOCHIST RED CIRCUS," a step in a whole new direction. While I didn't listen to the whole thing until several months ago, I immediately noticed "覚醒" and "雨音の輪舞曲," both of which I fell in love with. Early 2014, "馬鹿ね。" and "悪女の微笑" came out, and while I downloaded them, I never made a point to listen to them. Although songs like "馬鹿ね。" and "月は無慈悲な夜の女王" would come up in iTunes shuffles time to time, and I would be impressed.

    Later that year, a music video preview of a new single called "Shadow" surfaced, and I was intrigued. I wanted more. And when the single was released, I listened to it immediately, and I fell in love with the single! I fell in love with Lycaon. All three tracks from the single were astonishing! I was so happy, and then I figured out about this new album coming out called "Camera obscura," and I was BEYOND excited for it. Gearing up for the album, I've seen the band's past works in a different light. I listened to the "馬鹿ね。" and "悪女の微笑" singles, just getting more and more fucking PUMPED for the new album. And when I heard the actual album, I of course fell in love with it. A few songs took some growing, but I love the album so much (despite the shitty production quality)!

    But of course, shortly after, Lycaon announced a disbandment.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    “Lycaon will disband” was the first thing I saw when I turned my phone on and thought it was a prank; then I found out it is so very real, and I was in a mixture of deep shock and disbelief that something like this would happen. While the (online) “memorial service” I attended (nearly all of) that day was fun, I was still very sad that they made this decision. The past few days all in all have been highly stressful, this disbanding contributing to it.

    It’s funny. I have always said that “I didn’t fall in love with Lycaon until Shadow,” but going over this story so many times in my head, I realise that I have always loved something about them in some way since the beginning. There have been songs that I have fallen in love with since day one. I may have been cynical of their “Erotic era,” but some kind of love was still there.

    We’re all searching the internet up and down and scratching our heads for theories about why this is happening and what could happen after the end, but we won’t know until it happens. Lycaon is a wonderful band, that has created wonderful music that I hope I can still enjoy happily after they disband. For whatever reason that may exist, they (mutually, I assume) made this decision and are surely at peace with it. For that reason, I want to be able to make peace with their decision too, but I know that it will be a long and difficult process…

    Lycaon are still here with us, and I am very excited for their last single coming soon, but I will miss them dearly when they officially leave us.

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  23. Posted

    Yeah, SM was pretty lame, from that viewpoint at least (well, maybe good for someone who just got to know about the band).

    I don't think SM was great at all, though the re-recording of KILLING ME was really cool!

    Still, if someone asks "what a MEJIBRAY is," I'll just send them Nepenthes and RAVEN.

  24. Posted

    Don't mind me, just revivin' a thread! XD

    Sometime last year, I made a playlist of all the songs from A PRIORI, 醜詠, DECADENCE, and RAVEN

    01. RAVEN

    02. 月食

    03. XV

    04. A PRIORI

    05. RISK:er

    06. 嫉妬

    07. DECADANCE - Counting Goats ... if I can’t be yours -

    08. マダリ

    09. メランコリア

    10. コエガキエルマデ

    11. 躁と鬱と境界

    12. 醜詠

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