Seimeisen

It took them 10 days to send a payment invoice. I paid for the order last Wed.; nothing's happened so far. For all I know, they either shipped it already and forgot to e-mail me the tracking number, or the box is sitting in the main office with a stack of overseas orders and all the employees cackle as the walk past/contribute to said pile. But in all seriousness, it's good to know I'm not the only one getting delayed.

Two questions: 1. Has anyone else experienced closet-child taking forever as fuck with orders? I mentioned something about it in the random thoughts thread and I guess gekijou has a similar problem, so I'm curious if this is a common issue. I wonder if they have taken on this new initiative to ignore all English e-mails as well as procrastinate with overseas orders. And most importantly, 2. Where's a good shop to get some doujin CDs?

DIR EN GREY - UROBOROS (Japanese 2CD version) Only because of the shoddy artwork assembly; a few pages of the booklet literally came out. I absolutely love this album, but I should've gotten the regular version instead... or the box set version with vinyl.

My guess is that the Limited Edition will just be three discs (SRCL-8355~56~57) with a fucking A4-sized photo book... like almost every VK album release published by fucking Sony.

lynch.'s major label releases (except for MIRRORS) are also available. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lynch/id68223590

I really like the artwork; not something I'd ever expect from 12012, and it sets a depressive mood for the songs (IMO).

Closet Child needs to send me a fucking PayPal invoice already! I placed the order on Saturday. Yes, I'm impatient.

More FADELESS previews: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/gazette/discography/SRCL-8345

Glad it will be available digitally in the US. International digital distribution is always good. Previews are all excellent, getting me SO FUCKING EXCITED for this release. The preview for "QUIET" sounds like "籠の蛹," but a million times better! Hahaha of course "FORBIDDEN BEAVER" will be a sexual engrish song.

I don't think so. From what I've seen on auction sites, it doesn't look like "ANATHEMA" came with a lyric sheet.

Holy shit that was AWESOME! Reminds me a bit of their 2009 work mixed with some インク. I'm sooo buying this when it comes out!

Those fucking Sony Music bitches took it down, re-uploaded it, and blocked it from overseas viewing! They shouldn't be able to fucking block a certain part of the world from seeing a damn video. I got a chance to hear it though, and I WANT TO HEAR MORE!!!

Because I don't have a picture of "The Internet," this is my July GPOY:

Wow! So soon. CAN'T WAIT! I am curious about the title, though. R指定 is incredibly "visual," so a title like "VISUAL IS DEAD" surprises me. Also, because I was expecting them to use a book/movie title like they did 人間失格 or 日本沈没.

YES! Judgement!! A SONG I VOTED FOR!!! I was hoping they would have included "melt" as well, but I'm glad they're formally releasing Judgement. Also:

Previews: http://www.r-shitei.net/pcmain/archives/category/disc Pessimistic Preview Review Time!! The title track's alright, wish it was heavier, but 七星 really stands out in this song. Maybe it's just my crappy earbuds, but all the digital effects sort of drown out Z and 楓 at times. Not quite sure how I feel about オレンジ. It's seems really AYABIE-ish; a bit too poppy for my tastes. I miss heavy R指定!!

Awesome! I've been waiting for new stuff. Ink was amazing, so I'm confident in 瞳孔!

Well, PureSound exclusively accepts credit card, and if new copies of the CD are still available, it's worth a try! You have to e-mail them a filled out order form (from the English page) and wait for a reply. If they run out of copies, they'll let you know...... whenever they get around to it.

http://www.puresound.co.jp/mailorder_english.html Puresound is sort of a last resort shop, however. Last time I checked, they only update inventory and reply to e-mails once a week.

Judging from Ruki's comment about sounding closer to NIL and STACKED RUBBISH, I have a feeling that BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY will sound a lot like DIVISION FRAGMENT [VEIN] (Disc 1). Still, as much as I loved TOXIC and DIVISION overall, I DO NOT want another album that sounds like either of the two. It would also be cool if the band composed an actual song to close off the album, among the likes of 体温 or DIM SCENE.

Tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM, I have to give a five minute lecture as a final for my business class. Not really thrilled about this!