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Well fuck that.
 
Actually fuck music right now.
 
My general image of the current state of VK is gonna take a blow. Apart from this not making any sense.
This might be the worst time in their career to disband...
 
So now they get to join THAT list... We get to talk about these guys finding new projects for the rest of forever.

Indeed. Let the fans mourn their band and stop being assholes. I just logged on, so I'll be removing any troll-y posts from this point forward.
Personally, I found this news to be pretty shocking.

At least they choose the best song from their album for the pv.

premium edition (3,564yen) will include CD+LIVE DVD, and regular edition (1,080yen) will include CD only
 
[CD track list]
01.Starburst
02.Struggle to Survive
 
[premium edition DVD track list]
「First One Man Show 2014」at Kobe World Hall 2014.03.23
01.Acceleration
02.Jump Around
03.Scream Hard as You Can
04.Chase the Light!
05.Shake Your Body
06.The Answer for Unequal World
07.How Old You are Never Forget Your Dream
08.Rave-up Tonight
09.The Courage to Take Action
10.Interlude
11.Don't Suffer Alone
12.Step of Terror
13.Ley-Line
14.Short but Seems Long, Time of Our Life
15.Just Awake
16.Evolution～Entering the New World～
17.Twilight
18.Crossover
19.Love at First Sight
 

1. The Path (of the righteous man) 2. Homecoming and Rough Landing 3. We Stand Alone   2015.03.14 RELEASE / ¥500 (Tax in) / EOR-002  

"MIMIC" [CD track list]
01.嗚咽(oetsu)
02.ネジレル(nejireru)
03.REAPER MIMIC
04.灰色の森(haiiro no mori)
05.凶の世界(kyou no sekai)
06.目覚める2分前(mezameru nibunmae)
 
[TYPE A DVD track list]
01.嗚咽(oetsu) (PV)
 
[TYPE B DVD track list]
0.凶の世界(kyou no sekai) (PV)

Well that made it obvious that PSC turned this band into the giant heap of turd that it was.
I liked Givuss, and I liked A9's early work, but man the stuff they released the last few years was horrible.
 
This new song shows that they can write songs, and definitely can play their instruments (that bass was pretty awesome yo). I'm intrigued. It's not stellar or amazing, but it's heaps better than their previous stuff.
 
As for Diawolf, not bad. Some cool riffs and the vocals are good, but that shitty pronunciation... meh. Also, no way in hell did Shou write those lyrics by himself, haha.
 
 
Oh, and I also hope they can get this crowdfunding thing going. Respect for their stance on (their) music and the way VK labels whore out musicians.

Gt.優一(yu-ichi)(ex-AUBE) will commence to act as their support Gt. since their live at Sendai MACANA at 2015/03/14
 

title of their last maxi single is finalized as "小さな銀貨を左手に(chiisana ginka wo hidarite ni)"
 
[track list]
01.arch.
02.流星群の夜に(ryuuseigun no yoru ni)
03.Absolute being

diawolf is embarrassing tbh
 
I'm not sure why 5 kk yen number is amusing anyone: if PSC no longer takes care of their management, promotion, etc., they have to hire someone to do that, along with typical vk band expenses.
they will not be releasing same singles in 4 types from now and this is a pre-order thing (you pay $30 to get a single a week ahead, there will be store copies offered later), so liiiiike
 
amanda palmer's million dollar ks didn't really upset anyone back than?

Wow.
 
After 9 and then Supernova I became much less of a fan of the band, which was possibly my favorite up until (and including) Gemini.
 
From then on I saw that the band changed a lot, and always seemed overworked while having uncharacteristic output gaps in content (same as SuG before they left).
 
Now I see that they are making a statement about themselves and how they feel, and I not only like the music more, and have that old feeling back where I can`t wait to see what they do next, I also respect them much more.
 
Rebellion is obvious in terms of what they are saying, as is the Phoenix title. But I could also interpret the mask he is wearing as another form of `rebellion` as they started really pushing Shou as a pretty-boy for fans, and started heavily marketing their looks more and coming out with different editions of CD`s with designs based only around each member`s faces (similar marketing started for ViViD, based all around their good looks). So I find it cool that they made a PV not showing his face, putting more emphasis on the music.
 
As for the crowd-funding, I was not sure how to feel, since I know they are still a huge draw in terms of CD sales and tickets as well as merchandise, so I wondered why they needed to do this, and checked out the official page for it as well as some more info.
 
On the page itself, they talk about not agreeing with the way sales are done, getting people to buy the same stuff, and charting etc... And that they were being moved away from what they felt was an emphasis on making good music, to an emphasis on something else. So it seems they are using crowdfunding to have more control over their own work, and develop a new kind of relationship with their fans.
 
My main issues would be that we are kind of paying twice for the product, since we already buy the albums, tickets, etc... And that some fans would pay larger amounts, although it`s their own money and their own decision, and due to the size of their fan-base, if theoretically 50k people put in 100 yen each, then the project is fulfilled. I`ll see how it develops.
 
Just my thoughts on the news.
 
EDIT:
 
Crowd-Fund Project is to fund the recording, PV shoot, and other things like promotional material, so they can do it all independently. When they reach their target they will also make an additional PV. Any additional funds raised will be used to `increase quality` of their works in terms of recording, equipment used, etc... They will show all financial data, and gifts for supporters include early access to tracks, HD tracks, track data (such as vocal only, drum only tracks, etc...) And I just noticed the page has an English option so everyone should be able to read it.

They finally turned into ann amazing band.

A9(Alice Nine) SHOW OHARA & TORA AMANO new project "DIAWOLF" will hold their first live at Shibuya SOUND MUSEUM VISION at 2015/03/15, and their new one-coin single "Rebellion" will be released at 2015/04/12 (500yen)
 

 

 
http://diawolf.com/
 
 
A9 Crowd Funding Project has formed with target funding amount 5,000,000yen, and their START-UP EP "銀河ノヲト(ginga no oto)" will be released in 2015/08
 

 
http://a9-project.com/

support Gt.ゆうた(yuuta) has officially joined Serah at their live at Shibuya REX at 2015/02/25
 

[track list]
01.国境はなかった
02.MOTHER
03.サイドセクション
04.Imagination Gap Ground
05.Tuesday
06.メロル
07.one
 

NEW LOOK: I LOVE IT!!

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