one-eyed waiter

I hope this becomes a fad v. soon because I need a grieva symphonic album w. cheap ass synth rearrangements of their dir en grey ~inspired~ era material, but hageshisato sample sounds painful

After hearing them butcher it over and over, I've decided Different Sense is definitely NOT a good live song.
 
I'm pretty sure Shinya was all "OKAY I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PLAY THIS FILL NTYREAYAARERATRGH that should do it"

dummy-xD new mini album "dummy-xD" will be released at 2014/07/23 (2,160yen), which will be sold in advance at their presents live "MUDPUZZLE VOL.2" at Shimokitazawa CLUB251 at 2014/07/06
 
[track list]
01.カラスが見た夢(karasu ga mita yume)
02.空飛ぶバゲット(soratobu baguette)
03.detritus
04.escher
05.抗体(koutai)
06.mortar

ok, right upfront, am i the only one, that deson't really get all the exitement about this album? it pretty much falls into the cathegory "appreciate the effort, but no thanks"
i'll start with what is (very!) good about this release.
you can tell that there went a lot of effort into all of these tracks.
there are tons of different and interesting ideas incorporated into pretty much all of these songs
by every single member and the production team aswell at some points.
it is also great that everyone seems to have stepped out of their comfort-zone a bit
doing things a little different than in their previous bands to create something new.
also there isn't any performance that only goes by the standard procedure of a bass/git/vox/drum formula.
everyone tries to add something unique to it, so it doesn't become a "kyo+friends"-sideproject.
with all this effort, with all this willingness to take a risk, with all the creativity-input from every side,
i really really really wanted to like this record.
i tried hard to, but now after four listens or so i think i don't, and here is why.
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unfortunately the songs in their completed stage don't work. that is as themselves, and as the 16-track combination that is this album.
you can tell that this is a very new project, that hasen't really accustomed to each other yet.
you can tell that there is always eclectic stuff going on in the guitars, some eclectic stuff with the bass and some offbeat drumming going on,
all buried under eclectic multilayered falsetto-choruses from kyo, but none of this really fits the other.
it feels more like an endless stream of random ideas in each part, that every member had lieing around somewhere on their harddrive
added afteranother and layered over another.
there is very few occasions, where one of the parts actually serves the other or compliments it.
furthermore there then is very little developement or dramaticality in the tracks, they start at some point, morph their initial idea/groove a few times around and then at some point they end, like a shapeless form of music, that just happens to be as long as it is.
no progression, no (or very little and poorly executed) transitions and very little to be exited for then.
this results unfortunately in an album where very little sticks to the mind and which is, despite all its originality, pretty boring.
there are only 3 or four tracks that manage to make a slight dent in my memory,
but even those are only kinda meh-ish, all the rest is a shapeless blob of random noodling.
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and now for the obligatory (current!) DEG refernce,
deg members have most of the time a very similar, boxy and eclectic, un-catchy type of playing,
even their "melodic" tracks aren't really that melodic at all.
but they have managed to put all their weirdness together.
to know when to take a step back and just do chugchug, when to abruptly end phrases to get into a completely different gear for a bridge/chorus/whatevs.
despite everyone sucking pretty bad at their instruments of choice, through knowing and considering each others abilities and giving each other space they managed to incorporate their ungroovy ideas to create breathing and obscure lively behemoths of songs that keep you on the edge of the seat.
this is the very quality, that sukekiyo still lacks greatly,
a good songwriter/arranger to put all that creative brilliance into good use in a dramatical and organic song.
not doing a track by track, but in general this album would probably get sth like a 6/10 (4 of that for effort), who knows, mabe it'll grow on me, but i doubt it.

白昼夢の惨劇
Hakuchuumu no sangeki
Daydream tragedy


「絶望が生み出した   惨劇の悪夢
「Zetsubou ga umidashita
"Despair made me dream
Sangeki no akumu
Of a tragedy
　　　真昼に見た黒い太陽は,   重くのしかかる非哀情」
Mahiru ni mita kuroi taiyou wa
The black sun I saw in midday was
Omoku no shika karu hiaijou」
Feigned sadness weighing heavily on me"

狂い始めた知的生命体　憂鬱の陰に隠れて時を待つ
Kurui hajimeta chiteki seimei
I lost control over my intelligent mind
Yuuutsu no kage kakurete toki o matsu
Waiting for the right moment, hidden in the shadow of depression
一握りの天才が作り上げた　破滅のシナリオ
Hitonigiri no tensai wa tsukuri ageta
A handful of prodigies could enact
Hametsu no shinario
This scenario of destruction

暗い空の下  運命の時は迫り
Kurai sora no shita
Under a dark sky
Unmei no toki wa semari
The moment of destiny drew near
なにも知らない君は幸せそうで...
Nani mo shiranai kimi wa totemo shiawase sou de
And you, unaware, seemed so happy...

時は止まり　黒い空が
Toki ga tomari  
Time stood still
Kuroi sora ga
The black sky had
無情に　産み落とした
Mujou ni  
Coldly
Umi otoshita
Given birth to
惨劇と　黒い太陽
Sangeki to
This tragedy and
Kuroi taiyou
A black sun that
一瞬にして“死”の情景を描いた
Isshou ni shite "shi" no joukei o egaku
For a second, depicted the spectacle of "death"

黒い太陽が君を溶かし　
Kuroi taiyou ga kimi o tokashi
The black sun was melting you
奇形な肉の塊と姿を変えた
Kikei na niku no katamari to sugata o kaete
And you turned into a deformed lump of flesh

屍の海の中で何度も君の名を呼び続けたけど
Shikabane no umi no naka de nandomo kimi o yobu kedo
In a sea of dead bodies I kept calling your name over and over and yet
二度と目を覚まさず一筋の涙が流れた
Nido to me o samasazu hitosuji no namida ga nagarete
A trickle of tears ran down from those eyes you'd never open again

僕は、君の涙を嘗め　最後の戯れをした夜
Boku wa,
I,
Kimi no namida o name
Tasted your tears
Saigo no tawamure o shita ato
That night after playing with you for the last time
君を箱に詰め「僕も逝くよ…」と空を眺めた
Kimi o hako ni tsume
I packed you into a box,
 「Boku mo yuku yo...」
Saying "I will leave, too..."
To sora o nagamete
I stared into the sky

黒い太陽が僕を溶かし・・・
Kuroi taiyou ga boku o tokashi…
The black sun will melt me...

「でも僕は　すぐに悲しくなんかなくなった
「Demo boku wa
"But immediately
Sugu ni kanashiku nanka nakunatta
My sadness was gone somehow
ずっと君は一緒だから・・・
Zutto kimi wa issho dakara...
Because you're always with me...
ずっと君は生きているから・・・
Zutto kimi wa ikiteiru kara...
Because you'll always live on...
ずっと君は僕を見つめているから・・・
Zutto kimi wa boku o mitsumeteiru kara...
Because you're always watching over me...
僕の大好きだった君の目玉を
Boku no daisuki datta kimi no medama o
Your eyes that I loved so much
僕の大好きだった君の眼球を
Boku no daisuki datta kimi no gankyuu o
Your eyeballs that I loved so much
ずっと僕は・・・
Zutto boku wa...
I have always...
ずっと君は・・・
Zutto kimi wa...
You were always...
ずっと君は僕を見つめていた
Zutto kimi wa boku o mitsumeteita
You were always watching over me
ずっと君は僕を凝視めていた」
Zutto kimi wa boku o gyoushimeteita」
You were always staring at me"

「ずっと君と一緒だから・・・
「Zutto kimi to issho dakara...
"Because I'm always with you...
ずっと君は生きているから・・・
Zutto kimi wa ikiteiru kara...
Because you'll always live on...
ホルマリン漬けにしてあげたから　僕は大好きな君の瞳を
Horumarin zuke ni shite ageta kara
Because I preserved them in formalin
Boku wa daisukina kimi no hitomi o
Your eyes that I love so much
小さな瓶の中にホルマリン漬けにして　ずっと今でも愛している」
Chiisana bin no naka ni horumarin zuke ni shite
In a small bottle, preserved in formalin
Zutto imademo aishiteiru」
Always, even now I still love them"

君が僕に残していった　　一つの小さな生命を
Kimi ga boku ni nokoshiteitta
You left them for me
Hitotsu no chiisana inochi o
A tiny piece of life
瓦礫の海の中でそっと君から取り出して
Gareki no umi no naka de sotto kimi kara toridashite
In the sea of wreckage I gently salvaged them from you

僕は君の生まれ変わった　　この小さな少女に
Boku wa kimi no umarekawatta
Your reincarnation
Kono chiisana shoujo ni
This little girl
君と同じ名前を名付け、ずっと愛し続けた
Kimi to onaji namae o nazuke, zutto aishi tsuzuketa...
I gave her your name and kept loving her forever...

やがて時は過ぎ君と同じ歳になった少女を…
Yagate toki wa sugi kimi to onaji sai ni natta shoujo o
Time passed and soon she was your age...
「少女の目玉をエグリ出し」
「Sono shoujo no medama o eguri dashi」
"I tore that girl's eyes out"
君の眼球を植え付けずっと愛し続けた
Kimi no gangyuu o ue tsuke zutto aishi tsuzuketa...
I grafted your eyeballs into the empty sockets and kept loving you forever...
 
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Please note that while the romaji (=sung version) always differs a little from the original in Hisuis lyrics, they do so especially in this one.
The lyrics are in past tense but a big part of them is sung in present tense or no tense at all, many words are simply omitted.
The two middle parts (in quotation marks) are not printed in the booklet, but taken from the 白昼夢の惨劇 live limited single's case. (One version had the lyrics, the other one the middle parts)

ThE Gazette new single DIEING BELLOW. will be released on 2014.06.06 
 
Optical Impression:
 

 
01. DIEING BELLOW.
02. コンドーム
DVD: 
DIEING BELLOW. (restricted ver.) PV
 
Auditory Impression:
 

 
01. DIEING BELLOW.
02. コンドーム
03. SWIFT PLAGUING ANGER
 
Heresy limited edition:
 

 
comes with a 36 page photo book and a DIEING BELLOW. (unrestricted ver.) PV DVD (8 minutes)
 
They will officially disband on 2014/09/01, following the release of FILM BUG III in August, after which members will pursue their own creative directions.
 
 
source: gazettefans@tumblr / pscompany website

they will hold their first live tour "NEEDLESSxNEEDLESS" since Ikebukuro EDGE at 2014/06/06 and up to tour final at Takadanobaba AREA at 2014/09/11
 
 
their songs "自深傍観者(jishinboukansha)" "I SOLATION" could be listened to through YouTube
 

I noticed some very strange things about Kisaki's bands Levia and LAYBIAL, which were around in 1993 and 1994. For example, this is the tracklisting of the MISS tape by LAYBIAL.

01. Dejavu
02. MISS
03. virginig Plesures
04. Refuse
05. MOTHER
06. One More Love

Official source: http://under-ground-music.com/kisakihppart/english/DiscShosai.php?shohinNo=000009


Also in the mid-90s there was a band called VICE∞RISK. They released the tape Mother and this is the tracklist:

01. Virgining Plesures
02. Refuse
03. Mother
04. One More Love

I saw the lyrics sheet with my own eyes, so I can confirm that it's real.


Now let's look at Levia's KELOID tape:

01. KELOID
02. PRAY

Official source: http://under-ground-music.com/kisakihppart/english/DiscShosai.php?shohinNo=000007


Around the same time there was a band called Nude of J. Their 傷痕 demo looks like this:

01. KELOID
02. 恋に焦がれ愛に埋もれ
03. PRAY

I also saw a sheet of this tape, the tracklist is legit.
I can upload pics of the VICE∞RISK and Nude of J tracklists, if you guys want to see a proof.
 
So.. Can anyone explain this? For me, it doesn't make sense at all.
VICE∞RISK and Nude of J seem to be COMPLETELY unrelated to Kisaki or his bands. I even compared the member names, because sometimes members went into different bands and rerecorded songs they've written for another band, but there's not a single similar name anywhere.
Was Kisaki making things up when he decided to release information about this old bands and just took random songtitles of obscure bands from that time? O:
Or did the bands just covered each other, which is highly unlikely...
 
I know there's a KISAKI history book out there. Maybe someone here owns it, so we could compare the titles? But I'm 99% sure that it will contain the same information as on that UCP site.

missantroop

私の中で消えゆく空よ
Watashi no naka de kie yuku sora e
To the sky, vanishing inside of me
今は何も信じられず
Ima wa nani mo shinjirarezu
Now that I can't believe in anything anymore
一人眠りたい
Hitori nemuritai
I want to sleep alone
刹那すぎる悲劇の物語は
Setsunasugiru higeki no monogatari wa
The tale of an unbearibly painful disaster
冷たい雨に消えていく
Fades away in the cold rain
Tsumetai ame ni kieteyuku
いつまでも貴女だけを愛しているから…
Itsumademo anata dake o aishiteiru kara
Because I love only you, forever...
そして僕も貴女の
Soshite boku mo anata no
Eventually I'll come
側へ…
Soba e...
By your side...
 
憂鬱な目覚めに　鏡を見つめれば
Yuutsu na mezame ni
When I wake up depressed
Kagami o mitsumereba
And look into the mirror
忘れたい事実が　無情に映し出される
Wasuretai jijitsu wa
I see the reality I wanted to forget
Mujou ni utsushi dasareru
Heartlessly reflected

悲しみに抱かれて　僕は一人孤独に
Kanashimi ni idakareta
While I was, embraced by sorrow,
Boku wa hitori kodoku ni
By myself and
脅えながら　君だけを凝視めていた
Obienagara
Afraid of loneliness
Kimi dake o mitsumeteita
I gazed at only you


造花の花は　哀しい物語に咲くでしょう
Zouka no hanabira wa
The blossoms of artificial flowers
Kanashii monogatari ni saku deshou
May bloom in sad fairytales
その花はきっと貴女の死顔にも似て
Sono hana wa kitto anata no shigao ni mo nite
And I'm sure those blossoms resemble your dead face

忘れられない夜に　冷酷な貴女が
Wasurerarenai yoru ni
In that night that I can't forget
Reikokuna anata ga
When I was stained
最後に見せた綺麗な毒色の嘘に染まりゆけば
Saigo ni miseta kireina dokushoku no uso ni somari yukeba
By the beautiful poisoncoloured lie you coldheartedly revealed in the end

私の中で消えゆく空よ
Watashi no naka de kie yuku sora e
To the sky, vanishing inside of me
今は何も信じられず
Ima wa nani mo shinjirarezu
Now that I can't believe in anything anymore
一人眠りたい
Hitori nemuritai
I want to sleep alone

切なすぎる二人の終りは
Setsunasugiru futari no owari wa
Our unbearibly painful end
冷たい雨に消えてゆく
Tsumetai ame ni kieteyuku
Fades away in the cold rain

この夢が醒めないうちに　貴女の幻と
Kono yume ga samenai uchi ni
As long as I don't wake up from this dream
Anata no maboroshi to
I want to be kissing
永遠に接吻けていたい
Towa ni toshizuketeitai
This illusion of you forever

悲しみに抱かれて　僕は一人孤独に
Kanashimi ni idakareta
While I am, embraced by sorrow,
Boku wa hitori kodoku ni
By myself and
脅えながら　君だけを凝視めていた
Obienagara
Afraid of loneliness
Kimi dake o mitsumeteitai
I only want to gaze at you

愛しすぎる貴女の姿を思い出せば
Itoshii sugiru anata no sugata o omoidaseba
When I recall your unbearibly dear figure

なぜか涙は止まらず
Naze ka namida wa tomarazu
Somehow my tears won't stop
悲しすぎる貴女の終わりは、
Kanashi sugiru anata no owari wa
And your unbearibly sad end
冷たい雨に消えてゆく
Tsumetai ame ni kieteyuku
Fades away in the cold rain

そしてまた朝が来ればあの憂鬱が
Soshite mata asa ga kureba ano yuutsu ga
And then, when another morning comes I guess
僕を悩ませるんだろう
Boku o nayamaseru'ndarou
I'll suffer from depression again

いつまでも君の為に唄うよ
Itsumademo kimi no tame ni utau yo
Eternally I will be singing for you
流した涙の数だけ幸せに……なろう
Nagashita namida no kazu dake shiawase ni... narou
I'll find peace just by the number of tears I shed...

呪ワレシ華ノ生命…
Noroiwareshi hana no seimei...
A cursed blossoms life...

｢1978年3月24日、僕の心臓が死んだ。
"1978nen 3getsu 24kka,
"24th of March 1978*:
Boku no shinzou ga shinda.
My heart died.
この思いは呪われた詩として生まれ変わる。｣
Kono omoi wa noroiwareta shi toshite umarekawaru."
This feeling will be born again as a cursed poem."

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…アナタヲ…　クギヅケテイタコノ場所デ…
...Anata o...
...You...
Kugizukete ita kono basho de...
Where I had nailed you down...
呪われた君の姿　いつまでもただ僕は
Norowareta kimi no sugata    
Your cursed figure
Itsu made mo tada boku wa
I just couldn't take
見つめていた　枯れてゆく華のように
Mitsumeteita   
My eyes off how
Karete yuku hana no you ni
You were like a withering blossom
黒く染まる貴女の世界へ落ちてゆく
Kuroku somaru anata no sekai e ochite yuku
Falling down to your darkening world
私が　孤独を望むから
Watashi ga
Because I
Kodoku wo nozomu kara
Long for solitude

CROSS and DIE
CROSS and YOU

…アナタヲ…　ハリツケテイタコノ場所デ…
...Anata o...
...You...
Haritsukete ita kono basho de...
Where I had crucified you...
…ワタシト…　オチテユクコノ場所デ…
...Watashi to...
...Where you will fall...
Ochite yuku kono basho de...
Fall down with me...
呪われた君の姿　いつまでもただ僕を
Norowareta kimi no sugata    
Your cursed figure
Itsu made mo tada boku wa
I just couldn't take
見つめていた　枯れてゆく華のように
Mitsumeteita   
My eyes off how
Karete yuku hana no you ni
You were like a withering blossom
黒く染まる貴女の世界へ落ちてゆく
Kuroku somaru anata no sekai e ochite yuku
Falling down to your darkening world
私が　孤独を望むから
Watashi ga
Because I
Kodoku wo nozomu kara
Long for solitude

CROSS and DIE
CROSS and YOU

サヨナラ
Sayonara
Good-bye
 
 
 
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This song has no printed lyrics, all of this was written and translated by ear (considering the original demotape version.)
*Hisuis date of birth. Make of that what you will.
**I find it very hard to understand what he says in the second verse, so I left it blank for now. Help is very much appreciated

楽園の黒霧
Rakuen no kurokiri
Black fog in paradise

楽園の黒い霧はやがて　悲劇と惨劇を生み出す
Rakuen no kuroi kiri wa yagate
The thick fog in paradise will very soon
Higeki to sangeki o umidasu
Bring forth disaster and tragedy
 
此処が何処なのか　僕は何故存在しているのだろう
Koko ga doko na no ka
Where am I? I wonder
Boku wa naze sonzai shite iru no darou
And why do I exist?
 
深い　深い悲しみの中で
Fukai
In deep,
Fukai kanashimi no naka de
Deep sorrow
 
泣き叫ぶ　がらくたと屍の葬列
Nakisakebu
I sob and scream
Garakuta to shikabane no souretsu
A funeral procession of garbage and corpses
 
僕を支配していた　血塗れの記憶さえ
Boku o shihai shite ita
Except this bloodstained memory
Chimamire no kioku sae
That dominated me
 
今は何も映さない　肉の塊
Ima nani mo utsusanai
I can't reflect anything anymore
Niku no katamari
The lumps of flesh
 
全てを失い　瓦礫の中で覚えた
Subete o ushinai
I lost everything and
Gareki no naka de oboeta
Remembered amidst the wreckage
 
孤独と憂鬱に　僕は頭がおかしくなりました
Kodoku to yuutsu ni
In loneliness and depression
Boku wa atama ga okashiku narimashita
My mind became confused
 
世界は　やがて楽園を築き
Sekai wa
The world
Yagate rakuen o kizuki
Will create a paradise very soon and
 
世界は　やがて滅びゆく
Sekai wa
The world
Yagate horobi yuku
Is going to perish very soon
 
そして　耐えきれず僕は
Soshite
And thus
Tae kirezu boku wa
Unable to bear it anymore
 
自らの手で　私の存在を
Mizukara no te de
By my own hand
Watashi no sonzai o
I erased
 
殺めました・・・
Ayamemashita
My existence...
 
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This 'song' has no printed lyrics, all of this was written and translated by ear.

Hello~
Some time ago I translated all of Madeth gray'lls lyrics to German and reading through those translations again I thought that their stories are so cool I should do it once more, this time in English, and share them with everyone who might be interested. orz
This time I also want to include all the small poems and stories printed on booklets and CDs that aren't directly related to a song and arrange everything in a way to make the tragedy a little more coherent because all the songs are loosely connected.
 
I'll post every song individually and add a list with the links here to keep things tidy. ;D
The structure is a somewhat chronical order, but if there are multiple versions I'll mostly choose the newer ones, because Hisuis writing improved quite a lot over time. There will propably be 6 acts, even though I know a classical drama should only have 5...
 
 
Prologue
0.  楽園の黒霧 - Black fog in paradise

Act I : 狂死楽園 - Mad Death Paradise
1.  呪ワレシ華ノ生命… - A cursed blossoms life...
2.  missantroop
3.  黒装束の調べ - Melody dressed in black
4.  狂死曲 - Mad Death Rhapsody
5.  狂死楽園 - Mad Death Paradise
 
Act II : 狂気に満ちた殺人劇 - Murder play abound in madness
6.  白昼夢の惨劇 - Daydream Tragedy
7.  血染めの喜劇 - Bloodstained Comedy
8.  オペラ座の悲劇 - Disaster at the opera house
 
Act III : 十字架の結末・・・ - The end of the cross...
9.  十字架の結末・・・ - The end of the cross...
10.  パラサイト - Parasite
11.  廃人狂イ人形 - Mad cripple puppet
 
Act IV : 罪深き冥華と追憶の懺麗死儀式 - Graceful confession ritual of sinful dark flowers and reminiscence
12.  Le　MISERABLE
13.  MOTHER COMPLEX
 
Act V : 魔鏡に映る呪われた罪人達と生命の終焉 - Cursed sinners reflected in the devils mirror and the demise of existence
14.  生命の終焉 - The demise of existence
15.  Zwei   堕胎者ト盲目ナ中絶児･･69日目ノ阻害 - Zwei    An abortionist and a blind aborted child.. termination on the 69th day
16.  「マリア」ガ眠ル懺悔ノ「柩」 - 'Maria' sleeps in a 'coffin' of repentance
17.  黒死蝶ノ花束 - Bouquet of black death butterflies
18.  追憶 - Reminiscence
19. Lucifer
to be continued...
 
 
I'd very much appreciate any help finding mistakes. D; Neither English nor Japanese is my native language and the lyrics are so bizarre it's not always easy. Please note that in some songs the imagery and scenes described are very graphic.
 
Hisui mentioned in Interviews that he started to write grotesque and apocalyptic lyrics after surviving the great Kobe earthquake that killed 6434 people in his hometown, including his girlfriend.

wasn't Siva an undercode band

It is done. My greatest life work is complete.
 

This is like some Da ViViD code shit

my cat made that same preview when I stepped on her tail once

I guess I'll follow his sad Facebook page.

Tatsuya plz start making music that isn't awful to an unholy degree again


plz

Just sustaining my untruth

I don't think Kyo would like the existence of these...
 

how on earth do you manage to like it

omg I love how this flop band implies they've been ~evolving this whole time and cuts off the compilation timeline right when they've gone independent as if they have matured into anything worthy 
inb4 releasing their 2 last minis as「IMAGO」2012-2013  and disbanding for god's sake