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^ It truly pains me to see such a small crowd at such an incredibly talented and seasoned group of musicians.

I don't exactly think I am insulting my favourite Visual band of all time... which is Phantasmagoria.

Harpsichord-kei and Cathedral-kei, please. I will purchase this without second thought, it reminds me too much of Phantasmagoria and Megaromania ♡. Does anyone know if there are any stores that sell these singles with priviliges?

8PM GMT.

I have finished the first Witcher game (much to my own surprise, as I own this on my computer while I am generally no PC-gamer) and have started on both the second and third installments. They haven't received too much of my attention so far considering that I am too caught up in other games currently, but the general storylines are incredibly complicated and extensive, and especially Wild Hunt is fantastic from what I have played of it so far.

I prefer Western RPGs because they are not limited by turn-based mechanics and more cutscenes than actual gameplay, which is mostly the case for JRPGs — also, a lot of JRPGs claim to be of an open-world environment, but are still often limited to specific routes and areas depending on the current quest. I have played several installments of the Final Fantasy franchise, but I simply could not get into them. Bethesda is perhaps my greatest love of all time. I have put thousands of hours in The Elder Scrolls and the Fallout series, with Skyrim and Fallout 3 being my favourite games out of a countless selection of others. These games can still provide new material even after a decade or so, and I am currently still exploring their worlds and uncovering new storylines and places that I have never seen before. Quite honestly, I tend to stall on the main quests for as long as possible and prefer to simply wander around, doing side-quests for less popular NPCs while admiring the atmosphere of these games. I'd sell my soul before I'd sell these games. Also, you can do this.

The only way to get a refund is directly through B7KLAN. But seeing as they're apparently not answering emails, this might be difficult...

Let's announce The GazettE two days after our MERRY-drama so everyone can forget about it!

New look THE BLACK SWAN JIN ITSUKI MAKOTO RENA REN

People never change, but when they do, it's not for the better.

There are quite a lot of personal favourites on this list that I wouldn't have thought would have made it to other people's collections besides my very own. Those include (but are not limited to) 凛 -the end of corruption world-, VANIRU, My Fairytale and Rides In ReVellion. I do enjoy it when I see others who are not solely focusing on the heavy releases that came out in the last year, but seem to entertain a more subtle and clear sound.

Let the season begin!

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice.

This happens so often nowadays that I am honestly no longer upset or rattled when Japanese bands cease activities.

I already said that I won't be surprised if they have to cancel DIO as well, and that Kamijo might come back to Paris in 2020.

They just deleted everyone's comments from their Facebook page. They really cannot handle anything.

The incompetent staff of B7KLAN is postponing this tour to 2017 for no other reason than that they feel they haven't properly promoted the tour. Tickets can be reimbursed within three weeks.

What goes through people's minds when they spoil important parts of movies for others on the internet? Is it peer-pressure? Is it an intentional need to be an absolute unnecessary prick online, so they think it will increase the fame of their irrelevant internet-personality or supposed toughness?

I knew you would include 凛, haha. Both their releases this year were absolutely fantastic (I was very surprised that they used a KISAKI PROJECT track to re-record for Cross Pageant), and they ended it incredibly with 'Dedicate to Graveyard', which I hope you enjoyed just as much as I did. I followed you on Twitter, so if you ever have questions about them again, feel free to contact me there.

Thank you, I tried especially to bring out the somewhat... 'forgotten legends', if you may call them such. I do think that the bands and solo-artists who have been around for an extensive period of time no longer receive the recognition they deserve (X JAPAN, DER ZIBET, INORAN, B'z, D'ERLANGER, etc.). I wish I could've found more classics, but unfortunately the available content on them is currently limited. Yes, they were. I wouldn't have thought that they'd actually make some kind of list of mine at all, but then I gave the new album another chance and was miraculously sold by their persistence. If there is any available content, I will surely attempt to scour the internet for more of their releases as well. — Of course I listen to THE MORTAL for other reasons as you would, aha. Atsushi is my main interest with this band, I haven't heard of these others apart from Jake. But it is indeed nice that two separate scenes can intermingle and create something that appeals to a greater audience. It would be well-received if more artists attempted this. Thank you. I have evidently taken a long time to consider what I should include, and a lot of artists were unfortunately scrapped from the list for it otherwise becoming far too extended. I do believe this list represents my personal tastes fairly well, and that it also represents today's hidden and forgotten gems that should be paid more attention to.