Seimeisen

Excellent! I like the Deluxe Version cover most!

I'm guessing the tracklist will turn out something like this: Disc 1: Eve's apple, Adam's apple, elf, ATHENA, S.I.N., Bulk, Spiral, SIX Disc 2: VERSUS, RAZE, b-sides from VENOM and DETOX Disc 3: Rouge (通常盤), b-sides from wistaria and viridian Disc 4: 爪牙 (通常盤), STIGMA (ALL TYPES), CRUNK, new song The very least that they could to is include their live distributed songs as well (CRY the crime, White Pallet, Force, Edge of desire); it's less realistic for a 会場配布-loving-VK band, but to leave them out would still be senseless, in my opinion.

Rares or GTFO, OZ!!!

My external hard drive decided to get all fucked up and make my computer crash. I ran a check on the disk using the Disk Utility app and everything appeared to be fine, leaving me hopeful that it's just a problem with the cord, so I ordered a new one for $8, because WD doesn't want their products to work with cords that you can get for $1. Still, I was freaking the fuck out for a few hours thinking I was gonna lose all my shit that I didn't backup, because I'm an idiot who never backs up anything for shit because he initially doesn't see it as "cost-effective" to buy several hard drives to store the same shit. Yep...... a situation like that constitutes a "bad day" in my book. That's how boring my life is...

My wallpaper is the Inkbat! I'm thinking of retiring it, though... it's been at least two months.

My story goes back to the summer of 2008. My sister had a copy of Dir en grey's Withering to death. (US version), and I ripped it to my computer out of curiosity. Not sure how she discovered them, but it was the first thing that I heard in Japanese, let alone another language. I tried the album out, thought it was pretty good, and I eventually got THE MARROW OF A BONE (US version also) later that season. During the fall, I finally got around to listening to THE MARROW OF A BONE, enjoyed it, and listened to Withering to death. once more. Sometime in November, I went on a road trip and was downloading new stuff to listen to in the car. I decided to get DECADE 1998-2002. I continued my exploration of Dir en grey, was impressed, not necessarily amazed, until I heard Bottom of the death valley. After hearing that song, my obsession began, I started hearing Withering to death. and THE MARROW OF A BONE for what they really were, and I began digging deep into their whole discography. My curiosity of Japanese music as a whole began to grow and I figured there would be some selections on iTunes... and that's when I discovered D'espairsRay, which helped me discover Japanese music blogs (edohsama SЯ JROCK UPDATER) and Monochrome Heaven (back when it was Tainted World), which both opened opened the door to the music I've grown to love over the past four years.

Well...... http://twitter.com/Leda_Cygnus/status/298271188336115712

Goddamn that was quick! They only put out their first release several months ago. Source? I didn't see anything about this on their official site or even Leda's blog.

3rd'ing this statement. I used to think vampires were kinda cool, until Twilight came along and made them sparkle. Now, I just think vampires are boring. I guess I'm neutral about werewolves, though. And I enjoy the survival aspect of a zombie story; it at least attempts to add excitement to the plot.

@Augie1995 I personally agree with everything you've said, and I think your followup post clears things up. If you want to say that a song was terribly composed or that you think a band's guitarist is unskilled, show your fucking work! In my opinion, explaining (thoroughly) why something you hated sucked is ALL you have to do in order to make your review valid.

I'll try to post an audio rip in the random songs thread soon!

I know. You'd need a tenso address.

You can subscribe to the magazine online: http://zy-shop.jp/?pid=21121550 Doesn't say whether or not any bonuses are included.

DELUHI (who the fuck couldn't?) D'espairsRay NEGA (soon; I'm dreading the day) 9GOATS BLACK OUT ReivieЯ I'd also include Para:noir and Valluna, but those bands evolved as D.I.D. and DIAURA.

Agreed! Which is disappointing, because everything else in the song sounds pretty great!

Including "melt," they have nine rare songs. If their クリスタルBOX-LEGEND- sells out soon enough, they'll have 11, enough for a full album.

I sure as fuck hope it's not live distributed/privilege! I'm tired of them distributing CDs in the most inconvenient way possible. EDIT: It looks like it will be live distributed. The website says something like "at the venue, TOWER will sell a CD," but they didn't further specify.

I really hope there will a way to get this online (that doesn't involve an auction site)!!!

HOLY FUCK......and just like that I'm awake! MACABRE and Bottom of the death valley HAVE to be amazing.

A different cover for 輪郭, based from the limited edition postcard.

They're not on TOKUMA anymore, they're on FlyingStar Records. But yeah, it's a clever way to burn a $170 hole in a poor guy's pocket. Still, if I cared enough about live shows, I'd probably just get "Hide 盤" for those little animated videos from the インク singles.