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According to his twitter, Takeru has announced that he will delete his Twitter and Instagram accounts at the end of September.
 
Save as many nudes as you can, stans!!

I've just received my last order from cdjapan

Mucc - Shin Tsuzetsu [Limited Edition]
 

I want a Miyaviuta -Dokusou- vol. 2
 
fuck this shit. 

full  

Maybe some of you remember my band's demos from a few years back - we finally managed to finish our first EP and plan to release it digitally for free and physically on the 10th of November! The music is a mix between quite a few styles ranging from Power Metal to Metalcore and of course VK inspired tropes. It's all self produced in our guitarist's apartment, so this is only a small indie project  Here's a teaser with a short song preview at the end! Please let me know what you think!
 

Anyone still following him? I love WHAT'S MY NAME, SAMURAI SESSIONS vol 1, and the self-titled. I also appreciate much of the older stuff now, whereas  in the past I didn't care.  But, he's sort of lost me with the Others and Firebird. I liked the Real? single and Hallelujah from Firebird. But, that's about it... I generally like electro but I can't stand it in Miyavi's music. Wish he would go back to the stripped down sound of WHAT'S MY NAME and also stick to singing Japanese... While his enunciation is better than like 95% of other Japanese artists I listen to, the lyrics can be cringy so I wish I couldn't understand what he was sayinng.
 
He apparently is working on a new album so I'm hoping for a style change again.

Confession: I bought the limited edition of MUCC's Shin Tsuuzetsu because I fell in love with the creepy cage doll design and it had a lenticular jacket. Can't stop looking at it.
 
 

source: MAL
 
 
Arguably one of the most insane and stylistic classics, both in terms of action and storytelling. It's a weird spin on your typical coming-of-age story by the sadly defunct studio GAINAX.
 
Now, supposedly funded by Adult Swim we have a sequel coming out sixteen years after the original.
 
 
Discuss your thoughts on the original, sequel, theories, etc!
 
 

I hope Sukekiyo covers Mama and it just ends up being their own Mama. 

Tracklist:
 CD 1: Shin Tsuzetsu
—-. Momoku de Aruga Yue no Sogaikan (盲目であるが故の疎外感) Samidare (五月雨) Hai (廃) Itai Tegami (イタイ手紙) Chintsuuzai (鎮痛剤) Yoru (夜) Suna no Shiro (砂の城) Haitoku no Hito (背徳の人) Shofu (娼婦) Danzetsu (断絶) Ieji -2017 Hisyou- (家路 -2017 飛翔-) Kurutta Kajitsu w -2017 Haru- (狂った果実 w ～2017 春～) Kare ga Shinda hi (友達(カレ)が死んだ日)  
 
CD 2: Tsuzetsu 1st
—-. Itai Tegami (イタイ手紙) Shofu (娼婦) Chintsuuzai (鎮痛剤) Hai (廃) Suna no Shiro (砂の城) Yoru (夜) Haitoku no Hito (背徳の人) Momoku de Aruga Yue no Sogaikan (盲目であるが故の疎外感) Danzetsu (断絶)  
| Aged like fine wine.
 
Ever the black sheep of MUCC's discography, color me shocked when it was announced that 痛絶 (Tsuuzetsu) would be among the first two albums MUCC would re-record in full fifteen years later. This release, entitled 新痛絶 (Shin-Tsuuzetsu), includes two discs: the first disc including re-recordings of the entire album, the second disc including the out-of-print original first press of the album (and 友達が死んだ日 (Kare ga Shinda Hi), an extra track that didn't make it). The original 痛絶 (Tsuuzetsu) is not the coveted starter album for new fans: that honor belongs to their second album, 葬ラ謳 (Homura Uta). It's not an album anyone talks about with rose-tinted glasses, between huffs of nostalgia, it's not even an album people bring up when discussing their favorites! I chalk it up to the style. This style of angura-kei wasn't all the rage back in 2001 and its popularity has only been sinking since. In this age of bands courting old and new fans with new versions of old material, 新痛絶 comes across as the most honest and straightforward application of this tactic thus far. Fifteen years later, this album may finally make the impact that it originally should have. Plus, the new jacket for 新痛絶 (Shin-Tsuuzetsu) is dope. The one for 新葬ラ謳 (Shin Homura Uta) looks like Robot Chicken claymation, but I'll leave that alone.
 
The success of this entire venture rests on this conservative approach. MUCC takes the adage "if it's not broke, don't fix it" to heart. They demonstrated this in 2006, they tackled "娼婦" (Shoufu) and "五月雨" (Samidare) for pre-極彩 (Gokusai) singles, and "断絶" (Danzetsu) in 2007 for the WORST OF MUCC compilation; they didn't sound out of place then and they don't sound out of place among the other seven tracks now. For all the changes they could have made, most of them are not alterations to the songs or their structure.  This is more important than I had initially realized. The international scene has felt burned by sub-par re-recordings in the past and this hesitation carries over to MUCC despite their good track record. One thing I desperately hate is for a re-recording to share little similarities with its original - for all of that tweak it some more and sell a new song! I want to have an air of familiarity around what I receive, and in this regard, 新痛絶  exceeds in spades. It's the same album, but it feels new without changing much (or anything) at all. A part of me wonders if this was planned long ago and they finally got some time to do it.
 
The quality difference is night and day. This can prove to be a problem for the handful of 痛絶-era fans used to hearing the album a certain way, and the second disc would be for that crowd. There's even a third disk live performances to sweeten the deal, but only for those who bought the pre-release edition. I find myself in the group that likes both versions, but prefers the clarity of the new version. There's no doubt in my mind that the budget-conscious choices of the original pressing has become a part of the atmosphere and experience, but hearing these songs with new details and increased clarity is more important to me. It's not going to cause a resurgence of angura-kei bands no matter how for it I am, but it does provide a window into what turn of the century visual-kei would sound like with modern recording techniques and that's worth the price of admission alone. I can confidently can state that I gain more than I lose in this exchange, and I would have no problem recommending the new version of the album to anyone interested.
 
 
 
Support the band and pre-order your copy today!
AmazonJP | CDJapan
 
✣新痛絶 (Shin-Tsuuzetsu) is not yet available for general purchase ✣

Arch Linux

An Cafe just announced the release of a new halloween themed single, here are the details:


 
「イケない妄想×アブない珍獣」
2017.10.04 / 3 TYPES

Limited edition CD+DVD / ￥2,000
CD
01. イケない妄想×アブない珍獣
02. イケない妄想×アブない珍獣 ～イケてるMIX～
03. イケない妄想×アブない珍獣 (カラオケ)
DVD
01.「イケない妄想×アブない珍獣」MUSIC VIDEO
02. Making of「イケない妄想×アブない珍獣」
Regular A / ￥1,000
01. イケない妄想×アブない珍獣
02. 天手古舞
 
Regular Ｂ / ￥1,000
01. イケない妄想×アブない珍獣
02. バルーンガール
 
They also announced a new tour: 
 
LIVE CAFE TOUR'17「Antic Halloween Party～イケない妄想×アブない珍獣～」
10/06 - Nagoya SPADEBOX
10/09 - Osaka ROCKTOWN
10/14 - Shinjuku ReNY
LIVE CAFE TOUR'17「Antic Halloween Party～イケない仮装大会～」
10/15 - Shinjuku ReNY

Tracklist
 
Disc 1: Shin Homura Uta
 
1. ホムラウタ (Homura Uta)
2. 絶望 (Zetsubou)
3. 幸せの終着 (Shiawase no Shuuchaku)
4. 君に幸あれ (Kimi ni Sachiare)
5. 僕が本当の僕に耐えきれず造った本当の僕 (Boku ga Hontou no Boku ni Taekirezu Tsukutta Hontou no Boku)
6. ママ (Mama)
7. 暗闇に咲く花 (Kurayami ni Saku Hana)
8. 嘘で歪む心臓 (Uso de Yugamu Shinzou)
9. およげ!たいやきくん (Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun)
10. 前へ-In its true light- (Mae e -In its true light-)
11. 黒煙 (Kokuen)
12. スイミン (Suimin)
13. 帰らぬ人 (Kaeranu Hito)
14. ズタズタ (Zutazuta)
15. 水槽 (Suisou)
16. 大嫌い2006 (Daikirai 2006)
 
Disc 2: Homura Uta ~Remaster~
 
01. ホムラウタ (Homura Uta)
02. 絶望 (Zetsubou)
03. 幸せの終着 (Shiawase no Shuuchaku)
04. 君に幸あれ (Kimi ni Sachiare)
05. 僕が本当の僕に耐えきれず造った本当の僕 (Boku ga Hontou no Boku ni Taekirezu Tsukutta Hontou no Boku)
06. ママ (Mama)
07. 暗闇に咲く花 (Kurayami ni Saku Hana)
08. 嘘で歪む心臓 (Uso de Yugamu Shinzou)
09. およげ！たいやきくん (Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun)
10. 前へ (Mae e)
11. 黒煙 (Kokuen)
12. スイミン (Suimin)
13. 帰らぬ人 (Kaeranu Hito)
14. ズタズタ (Zutazuta)
15. 水槽 Sg ver (Suisou Sg ver)
 
| Classics are made to be tempered with
 
Here's one band that hasn't been getting a lot of rest in 2017. 新葬ラ謳 (Shin Homura Uta) includes two versions of MUCC's 葬ラ謳 (Homura Uta) - a remastered one and a shiny, new re-recorded one. It was released along with 新痛絶 (Shin Tsuuzetsu) as part of the band's 20 year anniversary extravaganza, its announcement coming in contiguity with their '哀愁とアンティークと痛みも葬る (Aishuu to Antique to Itami mo Homoru)' summer tour, in which they exclusively performed materials from their first two EPs and first two full length studio albums. There isn't much to say about the remastered version, so this review will focus on the new recording.
 
This release is not just about paying a nostalgic tribute to their past or reliving it. Revised 葬ラ謳 is as vibrant and relevant as the original was 15 years ago; not much has changed on the surface, yet everything sounds different. It's a great example for an album that has evolved in a similar way language does, with its tracks going through years of being performed live, re-recorded, and remixed; the result is something anyone who speaks visual-kei can understand, but with noticeable changes.
 
葬ラ謳 was a fairly commercially successful album. It was first released in September 2002 as a limited edition that sold out quickly; a regular edition came the next month, and a reissue of the limited edition came in 2004. This album had a story to tell - a story of distilled anguish, pain, sorrow, loss and all those other heart-wrenching emotions and experiences that have been driving people to create art throughout history. In that sense, they never offered anything revolutionary; they were just good storytellers who used heaps of murky sound and raw energy to create something people could relate to. It is also clear that grunge, alternative rock and even nu metal were among their many interests at that point, and they were learning them carefully and experimenting with them as best as they could.
 
In 2017, the same album tells a completely different story. The muddy sound is replaced with a polished presentation, which might strike some v-kei veterans as 'lacking depth' or even 'less than genuine'. It’s true that nothing can replace those pain-driven shrieks in the original “絶望 (Zetsubou)” or “ズタズタ (Zutazuta)” that sound like someone’s soul being run over by an 18-wheeler. But this is just where the potency of the new recording lies; it doesn’t try to recreate the original, it uses it as a foundation to create something new. It doesn’t only show the experience the band has gained in the past 15 years, developing both in terms of musical skills and delivery, which can clearly be heard in Tatsuro’s crisp vocals and Satochi’s precise drumming. 新葬ラ謳 is a story that couldn’t have been told the way it is without the band’s (sometimes questionable) musical endeavors over the years and could be seen as a journey journal of sorts - one that doesn't leave out even newfound quirks, like in “前へ (Mae e)", which now includes an auto-tuned reggae moment brought to you by music nerd Miya. “前へ” was re-recorded in 2014 for the “ENDER ENDER” single, and it shows that nothing is sacred in the name of nostalgia - everything can be torn, mixed, glued on, and tempered with for the sake of trying out new things. Many of the other changes are smaller and rather conservative, like a new verse in “帰らぬ人 (Kaeranu Hito)” and an altered enunciation of the lyrics on many of the tracks, but they're enough to turn 新葬ラ謳 into something worth listening to in an of itself, even for those familiar with the original release. People who have been listening to this album for years will have a lot of fun playing ‘spot the difference’ while listening to this.  
 
This solid and clean rendition of a classic wasn’t only a chance to play around the border of nostalgia, self-cover, and re-imagine, but also a great way to introduce old material to new fans. MUCC have always been open to adapt to trends, experiment, and evolve, which means they’ve gained new listeners with every release (and probably lost some along the way). A crowd that’s been around since カルマ (Karma), SHANGRI-LA, or THE END OF THE WORLD will not necessarily bother checking out their older releases unless they keep them alive and relevant, which is something they’ve succeeded in by re-recording both 痛絶 and 葬ラ謳 and taking them on tour. This 2-CD package will probably be the first thing I’ll recommend to anyone interested in listening to the band for the first time or exploring their older materials, as well as to more old-school listeners who have been out of the loop for the past couple of years and have been wondering what they’re up to nowadays.
 
 
Support your jrawk poets: the [limited] and [regular] editions are available to order!

My auction items from rarezhut have just arrived!

 
Dir en grey - DECADE 1998-2002
Sadie - GRUDGE OF SORROW
Alìce Nine - VANDALIZE (LE)
V.A. - V-ANIME ROCKS!

Hi everyone!
 
Next month, I will travel to Japan for the very first time to attend SuG's one-man show at Nippon Budokan.
 
As I'm managing a worldwide community of "SuG Jyuus" on social medias (SuG Worldwide Community, sagudesu, sagudayo…), I decided to start an international fanproject to send love and good wishes to the band from overseas. By doing that, I'm giving the opportunity to everyone who's not coming to the Budokan to send a message to the band: on September 1st, SuG will meet all the overseas fans who will make the trip to see them in Japan, so I'll give them the link of a special page on which I'll post all of your messages!
 
Send your short message addressed to SuG here (up to ~300 characters, in English or Japanese) : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfy0p9A8-gixt55ei7_PbH5il9ueiis-pF_P5go05GbSrIvwQ/viewform
 
Thank you! Please share the project with every fan you know to make it a success! 

Must suck for not knowing Dir's arch-rival band during their visual days lol

sometimes i believe b7klan secretly organizes these terrorist attacks to occur around the same period as when they're supposed to start their bands' tours so they won't have to do jackshit

My auction items from rarezhut have just arrived!

 
Dir en grey - DECADE 1998-2002
Sadie - GRUDGE OF SORROW
Alìce Nine - VANDALIZE (LE)
V.A. - V-ANIME ROCKS!

That's because nobody ever wants to see another Dir en grey. 

Not mentioning from an indie VK band to Hollywood though.

Was this too obvious?
 

 
The evolution from this to this in five years time always wows me

Any opinions on "Shin Homura Uta"? I'm positvely surprised with it, the rerecordings sound modern, but still have the raw intensity of the original. I honestly didn't expect Tatsurou would still be able to sound that raw and emotional! 
Really glad these guys are still around and are looking back at their past, their latest album was also great.

Who the fuck bothers recording a concert overseas where most you can hear is people screaming....
wait, eho the fuck bothers recording concerts in the first place.