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Lol, I love that they don't take themselves seriously. At all.

More VK bands need to embrace that mentality!

Omg, they Kiryu'd us.

to Kiryu

verb

1. to announce another CD release only days after the release of the previous CD

Also, Love_Duck_Core_Nothing is the best/worst song title I've ever seen. Not sure.

Oh well, haven't been disappointed by them yet. Looking forward to it!

I need more chanson and/or non-everything-is-electronic songs.

Yes. Let's do it.

Got some previews for the AIVIE singles:

http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/aivie- ... d510896945 (AIVIE and プレテンス)

http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/aivie- ... d510899388 (AIVIE, ハイスピードフェイスレスネス, and 鳥籠好餌責務-TORIKAGO like obligation-)

ハイスピードフェイスレスネス is sounding positively LiN-tastic. I've really warmed up to AIVIE too. It was "aight" when I first heard the PV, but it got better with each listen.

Agreed with the general sentiments here.

I never cared about Erina and Dio, but when I first heard about this band, I looked forward to hearing new stuff from ShauJuk and Mikage. Kaz proved to be a talented member as well. But the idea of this band was much better than the execution, which, as people have said, was just messy and totally uninspired. And the failsettos...

It's best this way. Now they can move on to other, hopefully better projects!

I'm not too well-versed in these styles, but from what i've heard, I like!

One of my friends introduced me to Slowdive and they are fantastic! Highly recommended.

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Moreso "inspired" by shoegaze/dream pop, Rose Elinor Dougall is a favorite of mine. (See the second half of the song)

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And I don't know if they count, because they have a much more 80's "indie pop" approach, but The Pain of Being Pure at Heart's guitar and vocal styles do seem to fit.

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I really like a lot of what you posted, particularly Tamaryn. Also, never even thought about Yuck from the shoegaze perspective, but I love their album.

Definitely better than what I've heard of Seremedy, so good job to him for going solo, haha.

Still, the way everyone was describing his guitar playing, I was expecting something different.

Why didn't Sailor Moon make the cut, on an anime compilation...

Because Sailor Moon never had any theme songs performed by a vk band - or any rock band whatsoever.

Just look at the tracklist, it's not just a vk-bands-covering-anime-songs V.A. but vk-bands-covering-songs-of-other-vk-bands-that-also-happened-to-be-used-for-an-anime V.A.

Yeah, I now see, it's the VK bands cover VK band's anime theme songs.

Ah well, 'twould have been cool. Like Versailles or Matenrou Opera doing a cover of the "Animetal" version of Moonlight densetsu.

Why didn't Sailor Moon make the cut, on an anime compilation...

I don't care about BORN, but the title is pretty funny.

UNiTE = GODS

I so agree!!!! I completely loved it!!! I can't stop singing it hahaha

I wanna get away, tsukamunda ♪

The more I listen, the more I like!

I wonder what tracks will be on the DVD...

album art (regular edition):

Here's the Gundam opening and a live performance of "sharp"

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EDIT: Dammit, the live performance was removed within one day. Insane.

Lol, 90's "diversity" was so formulaic.

Not blowing me away on first listen, but it sounds pretty nice.

I enjoy their softer, more pop-rock style anyway. The main thing I have to critique is the vocal effects. It sounds like they overproduced Yui's voice a bit.

Some small updates.

Album art was released. As usual, it's very simple and clean looking.

Limited:

Regular:

Bonus "privileges" were announced for the various shops:

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little HEARTS.

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I'm in a hurry right now so I can't translate them, but they appear to be mainly photocards/ photo sets

The song seems quite nice so far, but the effects on the video are actually pretty distracting!

I got kind of a PIASS vibe from that PV!

Anyway, I'm extremely glad and excited it was good news! 47 one-mans sounds ridiculous, but I'm looking forward to the album!

@lilychuu, I'm sure the album will be available on CDJapan/yesasia, which both do overseas shipping.

Jealous!

Have fun, takes lots of pictures (and buy lots of stuff!)

Looking forward to Kamijo's composition. I am not sure what to expect from that cheesy-titled song tho...

I don't know if you can necessarily judge from the titles though. "Ascendead Master," "God Palace," and of course "The Love from a Dead Orchestra" are all pretty cheesy titles, but the songs rule. Hopefully "Rhapsody of the Darkness" will follow in that trend.

Also, they're a symphonic metal / VK band, so cheesiness in some aspect is inevitably baked right in.

Cool, finally some more information!

I hope they'll be available on the various international iTunes stores, and not just in Japan.

I got your PM just fine!

(We'll keep talking there)

So, for now, consider "己龍 (Kiryu): 屡流 C-type maxi-single with 2 trading cards" on hold, for lilychuu!

Doh! Champ, I might be gone that weekend... I will know for sure, soon. But does the weekend of March 10th work?

(lol, that we're planning this so ahead of time)

Seriously though, the official Guilty Pleasure Night needs to happen. Can people do it this weekend?

Everyone be sure to check out their new live PV, 天啓の瞳. It's a redone version of "古の刻より舞い降りし者たち" from the first album, which happens to be my favorite song. Epic shit! Love how whimsical the flute makes them sound, haha.

Apparently they're really trying to get views for this video, so check it out!