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  1. Posted

    People don't seem to care much about this band here, but I'll post it here anyway. There's a new Agalloch track online and it sounds amazing. To me it sounds like a mix between Pale Folklore and The Mantle.

     

    http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16772-agalloch-celestial-effigy/

    http://www.stereogum.com/1670102/agalloch-celestial-effigy/mp3s/

     

     

    I'm a bit "disappointed", though. I was hoping they would continue where Faustian Echoes ended.

    Whoa, had no idea Agalloch had a new album coming out.  Woohoo!

  4. Posted

    About damn time.

    By the way, I'm not sure if they have many anyway, but they held an one-man with rare songs? Is there any way you could find the setlist, Trombe?

    Not sure about the setlist, but it was a short tour:

    NoGoD PREMIUM SHORT TOUR-2012-

    【Rare-Material】

    2012年7月6日(金)

    名古屋ell.FITSALL

    NoGoD PREMIUM SHORT TOUR-2012-

    【Rare-Material】

    2012年7月7日(土)

    OSAKA MUSE

    NoGoD PREMIUM SHORT TOUR-2012-

    【Rare-Material】

    2012年7月14日(土)

    渋谷WWW

    Not sure about the setlists, but I know that they haven't been playing much of their indies stuff lately, so I'd posit that that's what these shows were for.

  7. Posted

    I'm totally going to this. I've been waiting for years for them to do a revival, and nothing is going to stop me from getting there. Plus, that's when my wife and I were going on vacation, anyways.

    Also, thanks to CDJapan, I can easily buy ticket. XD

  9. Posted

    Well, before X Japan, it seems like most visual bands tended to play smaller live houses and venues. I'm not good with names, but I know there was a punk rock act from the late 70's/early 80's that is considered the "father" of the visual scene, but other than a couple of new year's stints, they never exploded. And sure, the Japanese took thrash and glammed it all up, but those bands also tend to be footnotes now in the grand scheme of visual history. Yoshiki, through whatever magic or voodoo he used, convinced people that, not only was his band so big, they MUST have been originators of the visual scene, but to buy product in almost absurd quantities. I can't think of a visual band that played the Tokyo Dome before them.

    So, while X wasn't the first vk band, they were the first to figure out how to get rich doing it.

  12. Posted

    a visa!, wow man... if you're in a band in JAPAN, you should have thought about it before XDDDDD

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    too bad.

    From what I understand, getting and maintaining a visa can be super difficult and stressful. It's sad, but I don't really blame him for not wanting to deal with immigration and band activities at the same time.

    you're right but, anyway in that especific situation, isn't it something that the record laber or manager or somebody has to deal with?, i don't know, i'm just wondering, because it's something weird in this case.. i mean, visa problems anywhere it's like "normal", but here we could say that he was "working". so in that situation the "company" wich he's working for, should deal with that. don't know, i'm just making a suposition.... (and i didn't know he wasn't japanese XD)

    well, in the end, if it's his personal desicion....good luck in anything he wants to do lol.

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    They aren't actually on a label, Speed Disk just does their distribution. So, there isn't really anyone to grant him a visa per se, as far as the music industry is concerned.

  17. Posted

    CPS revealed their new guitarist at the oneman tonight. It is RUI (ex. The Pumpkinhead). Also, Ten Ten announced a name change to Kazuhiro. I didn't quite catch the kanji for it (it flashed up too fast), but Jimi confirmed the name during an MC. In addition, CPS announced a mini-album to be released in January 2011, and a 3 month consecutive oneman tour, with lives in Koenji (forgot the venue) in January and Februrary 2011, and Takadanobaba AREA in March 2011 (on 3.14, which is their anniversary).

    Also, the show was the shit.

  21. Posted

    K from NoGoD. That dude can pull of a timing change like nobody's business... he'd be right at home in a straight up prog band. Also, even though I don't like Merry, Nero is a fantastic drummer... he's always spot on, and he has a good fill sense. Yoshiki (yes, I know), because he creates the best live energy.

    Oh, and none of those guys can touch Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater or Neal Pert from Rush. :P

  25. Posted

    Went to the X Japan debut at Lollapalooza yesterday and man, it was freakin' PHENOMENAL. Played 5 songs: Rusty Nail (really, as the first song?!?! WACKINESS, I know), Jade, Kurenai, I.V., and (of course) X. Yoshiki came out about 30 minutes early to fiddle with his drum setup, and we all went nuts.

    Toshi was extremely spot on, his voice sounded real good, and all the guys looked extremely happy to be there. Rusty Nail had the new english lyrics (I couldn't really make too much of it out), and Kurenai had english as well, but I think it was the originial Vanishing Vision version of the song. Also, they didn't play Born to Be Free, which I thought was interesting, as there were huge rumors that that was going to be played. And X as a finale was amazing... pure magic that I had been waiting 10 years to be a part of.

    I was also extremely impressed at the turnout.... X was on the main stage, and we had a crowd out past the soundboard... the other people there kept saying "good crowd, but not quite as big as Lady GaGa", 'cuz that's the only size crowd they could compare it to. At any rate, the crowd was waaay bigger than the band before them.

    Was anyone else there? I was the guy w/ blonde hair wearing the red and black X Japan track jacket thingie. :D

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