Ikki

Here's my hauling I've done since December.
 

Dog in the PWO - 星月夜 (Type A)
Blu-BiLLioN - Unlimited World (Type A)
Dir en grey - The Insulated World (European version)
Dog in the PWO - DOG inTheSUPER BEST【初回盤A】～10th Anniversary Edition～
Girugamesh - Music (European version)
The Gazette - Ninth (European version)
 

Phobia - 妄想ノ虜
Penicillin - Limelight
Penicillin - UNION JAP
Panic Channel - Ray (Limited Edition)
FANATIC◇CRISIS - [ONE -one for all-]
Cynthia - SENSUOUS
 

Shulla - 架流空路
Shulla - 炎上烈火
Shulla - 金縛り天国 (Regular Edition)
Shulla -【茶番劇】其ノ壱
Shulla - いたずら (not pictured)
Hime Ichigo - Loudly Riot (Type A)
Hime Ichigo - 西九条秋の空
Hime Ichigo - re:alice
Hime Ichigo - 姫苺白書 (Regular Edition)
Irokui - 間喰-あひだぐひ-
 

La'Mule - 情景ノ都
Rouage - Self-title album (First Pressing)
Two Kamaitachi DVDs
La'Mule - 浮遊月～唯我乃寄性経典～ (still factory sealed)
D=OUT - 金魚蜂  (This my replacement copy since my first copy ended up getting broken during shipment.  It was really sad.)
 

La'Mule 結界 1999 tour booklet
Rouage - Bible (Vinyl)
Ladies Room - Toy Girl (Flexi Single)
Rouage - Children (Vinyl)
 

Bunch of early Rouage stuff
Gastunk Mother Tour 1988 tour booklet

YEEEEESSSSS.  Everyone can see how garbage/all over the place my taste in music for the year is. 
 

For Decameron, Aura, and Dream, the generator used one of the many other artists that share those band names.  So I crappily photoshopped the proper band that I listen to of those names.  Also, I guess I haven't corrected my tags because S/mileage appears twice on the list.  XD
 

My most recent haul. 




 
I was so happy I was able to get my deputy service to order those Kamaitachi DVDs off of Kamaitachi's webstore since the DVDs are limited run release.  TT  I didn't want to spend how much some people were trying to sell them on Y!AJ.

My most recent haul. 




 
I was so happy I was able to get my deputy service to order those Kamaitachi DVDs off of Kamaitachi's webstore since the DVDs are limited run release.  TT  I didn't want to spend how much some people were trying to sell them on Y!AJ.

My most recent haul. 




 
I was so happy I was able to get my deputy service to order those Kamaitachi DVDs off of Kamaitachi's webstore since the DVDs are limited run release.  TT  I didn't want to spend how much some people were trying to sell them on Y!AJ.

My most recent haul. 




 
I was so happy I was able to get my deputy service to order those Kamaitachi DVDs off of Kamaitachi's webstore since the DVDs are limited run release.  TT  I didn't want to spend how much some people were trying to sell them on Y!AJ.

Oh dear, I'm double posting.  But I got some "new-to-me" CDs today.

Valentine D.C. - Parody
Lindberg - Lindberg VIII
Pink Sapphire - From Me To You
Kill=Slayd -Peripheral
La'Mule - ナイフ
JILS - Jil Noir
Sleep My Dear - Φ[phi]
GLAY - Guilty
Eins:Vier - Timeless Words
Penicillin - Missing Link
我孫子神音会 - Go Fuck Yourself! #3 (This is a side band that features George of Ladies Room.)
Charisma - First
 

Gilles de Rais - Because
Aion - Aionism
Luna Sea - Image
Buck-Tick - 残骸
Stella Maria - Spilt Milk
Gargoyle - 天論
Gargoyle - 禊

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it.    Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being.

 
This is what I got in the mail today. 

Some Gastunk vinyl.
 

Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles.
 

Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board.
 

This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994.  The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
 

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it.    Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being.

 
This is what I got in the mail today. 

Some Gastunk vinyl.
 

Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles.
 

Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board.
 

This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994.  The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
 

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it.    Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being.

 
This is what I got in the mail today. 

Some Gastunk vinyl.
 

Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles.
 

Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board.
 

This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994.  The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
 

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it.    Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being.

 
This is what I got in the mail today. 

Some Gastunk vinyl.
 

Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles.
 

Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board.
 

This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994.  The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
 

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I think when VK/J-rock tried to break out into the Western music scene in the mid to late 2000s mirrored the Japanese metal scene trying to break out into the Western music scene during the 1980s.  The only main difference is this time around, most of the groups didn't try to sing in English or try to recruit a Westerner at some point for their band to make them more marketable (looking at you Loudness and Bow Wow).  Even back during the 2000s, I knew that VK wasn't going to make an impact outside of Japan due to how the majority of them were being marketed to people who attended anime cons.  I was just excited I could buy VK albums that were released outside of Japan for a fraction of what CDJapan was selling them.
 
I decided to compile a list of Japanese artists that have released albums in the West that charted on the Billboard charts. 
 
There is a few things to note right off the bat:
The following Japanese metal groups that only released in Europe during the 1980s: Anthem, Earthshaker, Vow Wow The following Japanese metal groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: Dead End, Gastunk The following VK groups that had albums released in the USA, but did not chart: D'espairsRay, MUCC, Kra, the GazettE, Alice Nine, Versailles, Mix Speaker's Inc, L'arc~en~Ciel Albums by Loudness, EZO, OK ONE ROCK, and Utada Hikaru that charted in the USA on this list were recorded in English. I listed everything from highest charting spot to lowest charting spot.  I did not include record sells since a lot of the older releases, I couldn't find what the sales were for the date when the record charted at that spot.
Sakamoto Kyu - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits (1963) [Billboard 200: #26]
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance (2016) [Billboard 200: #39]
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) [Billboard 200: #64] Utada Hikaru - This Is the One (2009) [Billboard 200: #69] Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985) [Billboard 200: #74] ONE OK ROCK - Ambitions International Version (2017) [Billboard 200: #106] EZO - EZO (1987) [Billboard 200: #150] Utada Hikaru - Exodus (2004) [Billboard 200: #160] Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) [Billboard 200: #190] Dir En Grey - Uroboros (2008) [Billboard Heatseeker: #1] Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero (2011) [Billboard Heatseeker: #2] BABYMETAL - BABYMETAL (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #4] Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone (2007) [Billboard Heatseeker: #8] ONE OK ROCK - 35xxxv Deluxe Edition (2015) [Billboard Heatseeker: #17] Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997) [Billboard Heatseeker: #32] Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (1994) [Billboard Heatseeker: #39] Dir En Grey - Withering to Death (2006) [Billboard Heatseeker: #42] From what I've posted, I do think that not singing in English could have hurt any success Dir En Grey and other VK-related bands could have had in the Western music scene.  I also think the type of music Dir En Grey did also hindered them in some ways.  Before someone brings up BABYMETAL sings in Japanese and  managed to sell well; I view them in a similar light as Steel Panther, a group that's not super serious compare to a group like Dir En Grey.

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it.    Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being.

 
This is what I got in the mail today. 

Some Gastunk vinyl.
 

Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles.
 

Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board.
 

This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994.  The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.
 

So I got my other package I was talking on my last post.
 

Rouage - Soup (on vinyl)
 

A bunch of Wizard releases.
 

Aliene Ma'riage - Les Soiree (both versions)
Kuroyume - 生きていた中絶児
Eliphas Levi - リデルの赤い書物
Decameron - バラードは歌わない
Baiser - Psychoballet
Baiser - Ash
Color - Galaxy
Grand Slam - Faraway VHS + Single
Grand Slam - Infinity VHS

So I got my other package I was talking on my last post.
 

Rouage - Soup (on vinyl)
 

A bunch of Wizard releases.
 

Aliene Ma'riage - Les Soiree (both versions)
Kuroyume - 生きていた中絶児
Eliphas Levi - リデルの赤い書物
Decameron - バラードは歌わない
Baiser - Psychoballet
Baiser - Ash
Color - Galaxy
Grand Slam - Faraway VHS + Single
Grand Slam - Infinity VHS

I present you the cover of BY-SEX's Ago EP.  It was drawn and photoshopped by Den himself.  The album covers Den made for test-No. are just as bad, but I this one I can't even laugh at. We all should be happy that Den isn't in charge of making the covers for the new Zigzo releases.
 

I really don't have much of an opinion on piracy in general.  Piracy has always been the foundation of the Western VK scene since the beginning.  I still remember trying to download Kuroyume and GLAY songs that were ripped at 128kbps on dial-up in 1999 that took over 2 hours to download per song.  I'm pretty sure most of the groups, Japanese or not, I've been into, I probably got into them due to filesharing. 
 
Anymore, I rarely download anything VK related since there's Youtube to sample newer bands.  I'm more likely to illegally download Kpop and Jpop artists's releases than VK ones.  The only things I usually download are lives since when ever I have bought one, I usually only watch it once and then it collects dust on my shelf.  Hell, I had DEG live DVDs I have bought and never even watched to only give them to a friend because I knew she would enjoy them more than I was. Most of the bands I share are either long disbanded or are active and have a large enough fanbase that the single/album was going to get shared sooner or later. 
 
When it comes to purchasing releases, I have an odd way of thinking on how I make a purchase.  I considered myself more of a collector of VK bands than a fan at times.  If I really like the band's sound, it usually translates into me buying the releases new off of Amazon.co.jp or CDJapan.  If the band catches my eye but I don't think they're going to last long, I sometimes try to snag a used copy of their releases until I'm sure the group is going to be sticking around for awhile.  If an album is considered a 'classic' in the VK fandom and I don't like the artist, I will usually try to get a used copy dirt cheap.  
 
It's a bit off topic, but I included why I buy used copies over new copies.
 
 

So I got my other package I was talking on my last post.
 

Rouage - Soup (on vinyl)
 

A bunch of Wizard releases.
 

Aliene Ma'riage - Les Soiree (both versions)
Kuroyume - 生きていた中絶児
Eliphas Levi - リデルの赤い書物
Decameron - バラードは歌わない
Baiser - Psychoballet
Baiser - Ash
Color - Galaxy
Grand Slam - Faraway VHS + Single
Grand Slam - Infinity VHS

So I got my other package I was talking on my last post.
 

Rouage - Soup (on vinyl)
 

A bunch of Wizard releases.
 

Aliene Ma'riage - Les Soiree (both versions)
Kuroyume - 生きていた中絶児
Eliphas Levi - リデルの赤い書物
Decameron - バラードは歌わない
Baiser - Psychoballet
Baiser - Ash
Color - Galaxy
Grand Slam - Faraway VHS + Single
Grand Slam - Infinity VHS

I really don't have much of an opinion on piracy in general.  Piracy has always been the foundation of the Western VK scene since the beginning.  I still remember trying to download Kuroyume and GLAY songs that were ripped at 128kbps on dial-up in 1999 that took over 2 hours to download per song.  I'm pretty sure most of the groups, Japanese or not, I've been into, I probably got into them due to filesharing. 
 
Anymore, I rarely download anything VK related since there's Youtube to sample newer bands.  I'm more likely to illegally download Kpop and Jpop artists's releases than VK ones.  The only things I usually download are lives since when ever I have bought one, I usually only watch it once and then it collects dust on my shelf.  Hell, I had DEG live DVDs I have bought and never even watched to only give them to a friend because I knew she would enjoy them more than I was. Most of the bands I share are either long disbanded or are active and have a large enough fanbase that the single/album was going to get shared sooner or later. 
 
When it comes to purchasing releases, I have an odd way of thinking on how I make a purchase.  I considered myself more of a collector of VK bands than a fan at times.  If I really like the band's sound, it usually translates into me buying the releases new off of Amazon.co.jp or CDJapan.  If the band catches my eye but I don't think they're going to last long, I sometimes try to snag a used copy of their releases until I'm sure the group is going to be sticking around for awhile.  If an album is considered a 'classic' in the VK fandom and I don't like the artist, I will usually try to get a used copy dirt cheap.  
 
It's a bit off topic, but I included why I buy used copies over new copies.