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Eu não acho SCREW a banda mais incrível do mundo, mas eles tem MT som bom, coisa que merecia até mais moral da galera... Wailing Wall, baby star, Kairos, Lower World, Burst Forth (talvez minha favorita deles), Vegas, Cavalcade, Duality...

wow, how many "Schwarz something" bands were around in Japan?

I think that the FACT (pun intended) that this was a live/one-shot record wasn't much of a help to hiro's voice. He can stand on his ground on lives, but with proper recording he does sound better overall. I can see what you mean in 'doubt', but 'forest' striked me as a honest performance, I quite enjoyed the song. But you are right, this would probably feel better released as a demo or something, rather than a full release. They had the whole recording of it on youtube, but for some reason took the video down and let only 'Forest' up...
 
For what I could see, I expect them to keep a 'Eat your Words' vibe, which is interesting, but I hope Adam's band can do something similar to 'witness'-'KTHEAT' era.
 
'Push' into 'Justify' is definitely the best thing on this mini, but overall I was satisfied with this preview to their sound.

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

It's so sad.
I'm going to cut my wrist while listening to "Xanadu" and "Over the horizon".
 
(@chemicalpictures, ME ABRAÇA)

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

I can't say I was suprised after that best release a while ago. But it still sucks a fuckin lot. They have a few precious gems in their disco, shit will keep spinning years to come. Thank you, Screw! now brb, going to a corner cry while listening to RAY OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

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fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

fucking sad disbandment. girugamesh is a staple on the  scene, one of the biggest torch bearers.... Satoshi is a fucking beast, top 3 VK (?) vocalists '00 onwards... MUSIC is a freaking BIBLE of what vk was about to become.

I can't say I was suprised after that best release a while ago. But it still sucks a fuckin lot. They have a few precious gems in their disco, shit will keep spinning years to come. Thank you, Screw! now brb, going to a corner cry while listening to RAY OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

lol no, brazilian monthly minimum wage. Kinda sucks to be in a 3rd world country and like japanese bands at the same time, lol
 
Culture as in, everywhere in the world we can take pics. Why wouldn't a japanese band adapt to the western culture that embraced them and allowed then to do a nice world tour? It's probably management decision, a poorly thought one, as in most that involves vkei. But in the end, thing is: They are here for us as much as we are there for them, but they sure as hell need fans much more than fans need them. So a little courtesy with people that actually makes their work viable would go a long way...

I recorded video at a MUCC gig back in 2009, and I've watched it every year since at least once.
I think both sides here are just trying to enforce their view without taking the other side into regard "I can't understand why someone would want to do X" or "As a fan I'm entitled to Y", seems to some to be valid arguments for some?
Video recordings are a great memory of a show, not only for yourself but for future preservation and for everyone who unfortunately were unable to attend - you are basically doing a lot of people a service, and I think some (not all) who record and might sacrifice some of their own enjoyment see it this way.
I find a staggering hypocrisy in a lot of people in such as that they hate on people for recording, but then go on Youtube and view the videos themselves when given a chance.
A lot of my all time favorite live videos to watch would not exist if there weren't fans who had taken their time to make them.
 
Most of the annoyance seems to come from letting people just stand around anywhere with their phones etc. and I agree, there needs to be some kind of rules in regards to that, but rather than a total ban just do what a lot of video-friendly bands already do, have a designated area in the back (say, along the wall or the last fourth of the hall or so) where people are allowed to film. Bands are missing out on marketing and often high quality material that are essentially completely free of production costs and does not require any work on their part. Most fans would not use "There are live videos on Youtube" as an excuse of not attending a concert themselves, and it wouldn't compete with CD sales either (although they already form only a small part of an artists revenue).

That's the whole point. @emmny answered it perfectly, they can enforce it all they want on the japanese audience, but it simply won't work here in the west.
 
I find it curious that vkei fans have some kind of "god and peasant" relationship with their favorite bands... Why would we abide to every rule just because they say so? why would anyone idolize a band like they deserve more respect than the fans, the consumers? they are not doing us any favor by doing live shows, y'know?
 
but each to it's own, I guess

lol no, brazilian monthly minimum wage. Kinda sucks to be in a 3rd world country and like japanese bands at the same time, lol
 
Culture as in, everywhere in the world we can take pics. Why wouldn't a japanese band adapt to the western culture that embraced them and allowed then to do a nice world tour? It's probably management decision, a poorly thought one, as in most that involves vkei. But in the end, thing is: They are here for us as much as we are there for them, but they sure as hell need fans much more than fans need them. So a little courtesy with people that actually makes their work viable would go a long way...

the view from the other side: meh, just respect the fans culture and wishes, who paid a truckload of money (I mean, A TRUCKLOAD as in almost 40% of our minimum wage for the most basic regular ticket) for them to come here in our country,and let us take a couple of pictures, not that hard

ion give a fuck about their wishes; they can police their japanese audience all they want, it won't work to the same extent here.

wazzuuuup!
 
I've been to Gazette's concert here in Brazil and it was fucking awesome, except for the "no pictures or videos" policy. The staff announced before their perfomance that they would take people caught in the act's phone and erase ALL DATA. I LOLed of course.
 
What do you think of this kind of policy? To me its utter bullshit. I understand that its something from japanese bands culture in general, but that does not apply to the rest of the freaking world. They are doing a concert here, and probably enforcing it by contract, and I can't fathom WHY any contractor would abide to such shitty rule. And that reasoning of bands controlling what media they want to publish is shit, because: No cellphone of any kind can take professional-grade photos or videos and I highly doubt they would try such rule on a huge Coachella-like festival.
 
In the end I took the pictures I wanted as memento (even tho staff tried to bully me once, which I couldn't care less for), Gazette didn't lose any money because of my silly instagram photos afaik and everyone happily went home after a nice concert.
 
It is annoying and nobody cares, why bands still make a fuss about it?

I can understand that, but I think is more or less a question of good sense. I mainly stay on the back row in concerts, I really don't enjoy the crowd. So I take one or two pictures and that's it. Those guys who spend 1:30 hours with their cellphone up are indeed annoying

I can understand that, but I think is more or less a question of good sense. I mainly stay on the back row in concerts, I really don't enjoy the crowd. So I take one or two pictures and that's it. Those guys who spend 1:30 hours with their cellphone up are indeed annoying

wazzuuuup!
 
I've been to Gazette's concert here in Brazil and it was fucking awesome, except for the "no pictures or videos" policy. The staff announced before their perfomance that they would take people caught in the act's phone and erase ALL DATA. I LOLed of course.
 
What do you think of this kind of policy? To me its utter bullshit. I understand that its something from japanese bands culture in general, but that does not apply to the rest of the freaking world. They are doing a concert here, and probably enforcing it by contract, and I can't fathom WHY any contractor would abide to such shitty rule. And that reasoning of bands controlling what media they want to publish is shit, because: No cellphone of any kind can take professional-grade photos or videos and I highly doubt they would try such rule on a huge Coachella-like festival.
 
In the end I took the pictures I wanted as memento (even tho staff tried to bully me once, which I couldn't care less for), Gazette didn't lose any money because of my silly instagram photos afaik and everyone happily went home after a nice concert.
 
It is annoying and nobody cares, why bands still make a fuss about it?