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I can never listen to just one song from IMAGE. To me the whole album is a thing of it's own. Your feels kind of getting carried along song after song. There certainly is some special magic in early Luna Sea. They got this pretty unique minimalistic approach to their songs that I think they kinda lost after IMAGE imo.
 
For some reason I've always liked Mechanical Dance the most on that album, no idea where that comes from. Also I once saw a live version of Vampire's Talk that was just too awesome.

you spelled "varuna" wrong, but I fixed that for you!

I have been with TW/MH for almost as long as I have known Ito, and his introduction to me of J-rock(sadly he also liked a lot of j-pop back then and it stuck with me). For most of the life span of the forums that MH has become, I was pretty much a forum troll. Unlike Ramrod or Chronowarp I was basically just there to ensure Ito had a job to do, and ensure that the spam sections of these forums were up to a level of expectation that is of forum culture.
 
There was that time I did a fake leak of Dir En Grey's Uroboros wit the help of that one Dai guy. That was a pretty memorable topic that lasted a few hours. But I digress, as this is all about you the users and should stay as thus. Keep on uploadin and downloadin stuff ladies and gents. These forums wouldn't be here without your contributions to the PBS Toasted Waffles section.
 
Also, people still post here? That's a silly concept.

Ten years ago today, Spike760 and myself decided that we wanted to start a Japanese Rock forum. After a while of debating, we eventually settled on Tainted World (after the D’espairsRay song of the same name). Frankly, neither one of expected it to last all that long; this would hardly be the first forum that we had run together that didn’t go anywhere. But what started as a fun little project somehow blossomed into an amazing community. The fact that this site still exists after all this time has little to say about Spike and my’s original plan and everything to say about the members here. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping build this site into what it is today.
 
While I was one of the key founders of this site, Monochrome Heaven is so much bigger than just me. That became clear to me when we went under the transition from Tainted World to our current name back in 2011. While to really understand why this is so important requires more context, I don’t want to go into a full on history lesson. But since that point, so many members have stepped up and dedicated themselves to this site, putting in the time and effort (and money) into making Monochrome Heaven as great as it possibly can be.
 
To every member that has joined and felt like they were apart of a community over this silly niche interest we all have, I raise a glass to you. You all are what have made this place special. And to every staff member, current and past, no words can express my thanks to you - you are people that I have come to admire and consider good friends.
 
But this post isn’t about me, but about the Monochrome Heaven! I want to hear from all of you as to why this community is special, why you’ve becoming coming back for 10 months or 10 years. Or tell us one of your favorite moments from your time coming, whether that was a release you were looking for forever or a stupid meme that took over the forum.

Here’s some from other users to get things started!:
 
 
 
@-jibakurei-
 
@SEKHMET
 
@Ada Suilen
 
@Flame-X
 
@Seiji
 
@Platy
 
@efuru
 
@saishuu
 
@Furik
 

Too much negative WTF's in this thread and not enough positives.
 
THIS takes the cake.
I remember coming across this vid during my beginner days as a J-Rock fan and shat myself in disbelief. 

The boys are back with a new album!
 


『PANTHEON -PART 1-』
2017/04/12 

Regular edition: 10 songs (¥2,778)
Limited edition: 10 songs + DVD (「PHOENIX」Music Video　「PANTHEON」Music Video) (¥3,241)

They also announced a bunch of lives for 2017: 

「PANTHEON TOUR ZERO」
2017/4/21 ar 初台DOORS

PANTHEON TOUR -the first movement-
From 2017/5/4 at 恵比寿 LIQUIDROOM to 2017/6/25 at 仙台 CLUB JUNK BOX.
 
And finally, their Euro Tour is now named PANTHEON TOUR -the second movement-“MATENROU OPERA EURO TOUR 2017”

not sure if it belongs hnya but what the hell.
 
X Japan have finally played their notorious Wembley show. setlist was:
 
01. Rusty Nail
02. Hero
03. JADE
04. KISS THE SKY (Recording Of The Audience)
05. Beneath The Skin
06. Pata And Heath Solo
07. DRAIN
08. Sugizo Violin Solo
09. La Venus
10. Say Anything (Acoustic Version)
11. Born to Be Free
12. Kurenai
    Encore 1
13. Yoshiki Piano Solo - Moonlight Sonata (Ludwig van Beethoven Cover)
14. Yoshiki Drum Solo
15. Without You
16. I.V.
17. X
    Encore 2
18. Yoshiki Piano Solo - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)
19. Yoshiki Piano Solo - Space Oddity (David Bowie Cover)
20. ENDLESS RAIN
21. ART OF LIFE (2nd & 3rd Movements)
    Finale
22. SE: Tears (English Version)
23. SE: Forever Love

Did two concerts in two days, in Barcelona:
 
Versailles 


And Bastille 

Nightmare did their best work with Nippon Crown
 
BRING BACK NIPPON CROWN NIGHTMARE! 

i come to x threads to cleanse myself of the ebola that goes on in 80% of MH
there will never be any shortage of elegant and wildly original yoshiki drags...thank u all

VAMPS new album "UNDERWORLD" will be released at 2017/04/26. Limited Edition Type A (5,000yen) will include CD + Blu-ray, Limited Edition Type B (4,000yen) will include CD + DVD, Limited Edition Type C "Special Box" (17,000yen) will include CD, Blu-ray, DVD + sukajan jacket, and Regular Edition (3,000yen) will include CD only.
 

 
[CD]
01. UNDERWORLD
02. CALLING
03. BREAK FREE
04. DON’T HOLD BACK
05. BLEED FOR ME
06. IN THIS HELL
07. INSIDE OF ME feat. Chris Motionless of Motionless In White
08. RISE OR DIE feat. Richard Z.Kruspe of Emigrate / Rammstein
09. SIN IN JUSTICE feat. APOCALYPTICA
10. B.Y.O.B. (BRING YOUR OWN BLOOD)
11. RISE UP
 
[Blu-ray]
01. LIVE @ ZEPP TOKYO 2016/09/17
 
[DVD]
01. CALLING (Music Video)
02. CALLING (Making Of)
03. INSIDE OF ME (Music Video)
04. RISE OR DIE (Lyric Video)
05. SIN IN JUSTICE (Lyric Video)
06. VAMPS LIVE 2016 (Documentary)

I can't believe he had that much shit music out already, I don't recognize 4/5 track names off that first CD.
 
yaaaaay @ ghouls, be apparitious wrapping this mess up. so, like, one good song out of 30+

Kami jo was on (fabulous golden) crutches on todays Barcelona show... Their weakest show on Spain AFAIK.  The band was very distracted but they tried hard.  Kamijo was sitting and standing from time to time. But his broken feet did not let him go through the full thing. Furing the last song, revenant choir, he had the audience and Teru sing so it could go through. People had fun overall. 
 
The first third  had some issues with Teru's sound and he seemed a bit unficused/tired. He came back after like the 4th track or so. 
 
Symphathia was a mess. Hizaki forgot to enter because he was playing with a rose trying to look cool and stuff. They started all over. Midsong Kamijo's mic stand fell along with the crutches. Ssome staff entered, Teru panicked a little and tried to get the crowd's attention awkwardly. It was very entertaining. 
 
They played a couple new songs. Lineage was very very cool.  

I think we can safely put these guys here... xD
 

photo of the anonymous wikipedia editor adding that lie

Rest in peace, my babies.
 
They've been around for over 20 years now though, so I can kinda understand that they would want a break... I think they've deserved it.