SUBLIMINAL

Will people shut up about Cell already?

what a surprise, no Italy.... >_> and neither a country I could have gone to (France, Austria, Swiss).

Damn you!

agree with you. Russia is near Finland, but i'm not going to Russia. I heard that they are just too violent

Eh? I've always heard extremely nice things about Russian fans and their behaviour at lives.

You're lucky, it's disgusting.

The band names are on the pages you linked...?

It's not too hard to copy the name and add them to http://www.last.fm/music/bandnamehere

Here is band numero uno, and here is band numero dos.

Spooning with ducks?

It is Nega, with different names.

Why?

Confirmed for shitty, but

Vo. Haruto

Gu. Koma

Ba. Kisaragi Kouichirou

Dr. Yuusuke

I wish that Zelda movie had been real.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

I make a point never to walk anywhere near cobwebs just in case this happens.

My best friend made my day.

Does he smoke?

Noooooo, Hizumi has never smoked. He doesn't drink much either. The rest of them, on the other hand, smoke a lot. Karyu smokes up to or over two packs a day. Imagine that second-hand smoke.

True Blood.

It was more like everyone was spreading rumours about him having AIDS, I think. Which has already started with Hizumi as well.

Because most of them don't sing properly. Especially all the ones you mentioned. People can say what they want about Tatsurou, but MUCC has been releasing and touring almost non-stop and he's never had a problem. There's a reason for that.

Curiously, though, I believe Tatsurou and Hizumi share (or shared) a vocal coach and employ the same singing techniques.

So I'm doubting that Hizumi's vocal problems are caused by a peculiar vocal technique, just overuse and over exertion. I mean, they have been working nonstop for two years.

For those interested,

I translated Karyu's entry, which is quite sad in the way that it's written (dejected, broken sentences, etc) but he again just asks for everyone to wait and believe in Hizumi's ability to recover. And says that he will continue to write songs for D'espairsRay, regardless of their activity pause, for as long as need be.

Anyway, in the meantime I want a band with Tsukasa on vocals. Yeaaaa.

DO WANT.

Anyway, because the translation from LJ makes it seem a tiny bit worse than it is (not bashing the translator here, love his/her work), it should be noted that basically after the tour Hizumi plans to take the beginning of next year off and hopes to return at some point the same year (maybe mid or late 2011 then) fully recovered. Hizumi pretty much insists that the decision is a positive one and I agree with him. They should have taken a break a while ago. I suspect all he needs is rest and to focus on getting better/seeing doctors.

I pray his condition improves. I knew this tour would be impossibly tough on his vocals. They really should have rested a bit. Kind of sensed this coming, to be honest, so I'm not that surprised.

I haven't listened to the new album yet, but I suspect they'll be playing new songs at the live on Sunday. Unabashedly my favourite Blind Guardian song is actually their cover of Dream A Little Dream of Me. And I love the A Twist in the Myth album, so I don't personally think anything after Imaginations / Nightfall is bad.

I'd go as far as to say A Twist in the Myth is their best album, but that's just me. Not so big on A Night at the Opera.

Too much of Hansi's vocals can be grating, though. I'm a bigger fan of him dueting with other vocalists on Ayreon's albums.

It's Kairi. Cell has been abducted by aliens.

"Summoning scenes" By UneXpecT

LET US PAINT!

Paycheque time! I have pre-ordered,

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Xbox 360)

Arcania: A Gothic Tale (Xbox 360)

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Xbox 360)

SHILFEE & TULIPCOROBOCKLES - Hermit Paean

ストロベリーソングオーケストラ　切断??異學

David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers

I bought

The Ocean - Precambrian

Alcest - Ecailles De Lune Boxset

Negură Bunget - Vîrstele Pămîntului

True Blood Season 1 - 2

some Shintaro Kago manga in Japanese

a white PlayStation 3 from ebay, plan on selling my current "fat" PS3 to cover the cost

a bunch of D'espairsRay photosets, hat/scarf combo, battle dress designed by Zero

a danish pastry

Computer crashed while I was writing this the first time and when it rebooted it lost sound (I was listening to help myself decide >) But it has been fixed, so... my favourites so far:

D'espairsRay - DEVILS' PARADE, dope, Human-clad monster, LOVE IS DEAD, WEDICIИE

Lillies and Remains - a life as something transient, devaloka

マモノ - DOPE MAN, SUMMER NIGHT MONSTER

lego big morl - ??ランス

amber gris - love in the first., snoozy and roll

TAFUCA - ヒロイン??ら????集令, 漂????る内気??ん

Calmando Qual - Undeadman (I don't know if this is 2010 though...? I can't remember)

??京ヒーローズ - 末路, twinkle

9GOATS BLACK OUT - belzebuth, red shoes, 宛???????手紙

Boris - Rain

MiD DERACINE - SOMBRE DIMANCHE

the telephones - SAITAMA DANCE MIRROR BALLERS!!!

immi - Black or White

munimuni - grotesque, ??れる影絵-THE SHADOW-

??蓮 - Magnolia (almost, almost 2010, hush)

That's all I can think of right now.

Alan Wake

Final Fantasy XIII

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Eagerly awaiting the new Castlevania, I can't wait to have it in my paws and expect to play that for weeks to come, alongside Arcania.

amber gris (haterz gonna hate)

Ian Astbury sings like a damn God on this record, Wata never sang this good before as she does on the cover of the classic The Cult song "Rain" and the song writing is just top notch. Great shiet!

WHAT. Must have.