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  4. Posted

    I'm not sure if anybody will read this or remember it but if anybody's selling any of these Lycaon or lynch. releases please contact me and I'll buy them off you if I have the money. I know the likely hood of anybody actually having some of these they're willing to sell (like greedy dead souls) might be low but it's worth getting out there anyway. I'll probably update this for any other releases I want and get rid of the ones I acquire.

    Lycaon:

    [sad/Sick:ness]

    さわやか3組 2009

    果たし状

    lynch.:

    greedy dead souls

    underneath the skin

    a grateful shit

    THE AVOIDED SUN (Limited/first press edition)

    Adore (limited version w/dvd)

    Ambivalent Ideal (limited version w/DVD)

    And any of the Official Bootleg DVDs.

  6. Posted

    I seem to have got a lot of presents this year:

    Batman Arkham City (Collectors edition with the Batman statue), Dark Souls, Yakuza 2 and 4 (I have 1 and 3 already), Xenoblade Chronicles, Halo Anniversary, Twin Peaks box set, Stanley Kubrick blu-ray collection (everything from Lolita onwards), Stanley Kubrick Complete Files book, Death Note manga box and 3 MUCC cds, Gazette's newest and Nightmare's anima :D

  8. Posted

    I've ordered there multiple times and everything arrived fine and all were real copies of said CDs. One poster I ordered arrived broken, but that was the fault of the Dutch postoffice, not Yesasia themselves. The insurance company handled it incorrectly and now Yesasia blocked my creditcard :/ But that has nothing to do with their credibility, the negative experience was the fault of the postoffice, not Yesasia.

    Okay. That's convinced me and got rid of the few doubts I had, thanks :D Although it sucks about that crap with the post office but I guess these things can't be helped sometimes :/

    Has anybody here ever had any problems with them and if so, what were they?

    While I found YesAsia extremely reliable when ordering K-pop stuff, I almost only had bad experience when ordering Japanese music. The problem is always availability: if "usually ships within 7-14 days" is written next to an item then be careful because they might not be able to obtain it, and you'll have to wait an excessively long time for them to notice, or you'll have to cancel it yourself (this situation has happened to me like 2 out of 3 occasions). They do refund you and stuff, but it's still a pain in the ass to having to expect something is available when in reality it will not be.

    That sucks. There's a few CD's I want that are 7-14 days so I guess I won't risk ordering them. Luckily though the few things I ordered were pre-orders or were 1-2 days/in stock. Thanks for the heads-up :)

  9. Posted

    Okay I have a question about YesAsia now.

    How can you tell if an item they're selling is the first press or not? I'm planning to pre-order the remastered version of Dir en grey's UROBOROS and I know the first press of it has a different case but I can't find any mention of it on the page. Will it be the first press version?

    And another question, how do you pay for things on there? Do you use Paypal or do you have to put in your credit card details and if it's the second one, do the banks automatically convert the money when it's taken out of your bank? And on that note, they say they take out money when your order is shipped, if they ship out the item AFTER a sale has ended, do they take out the price of the item while the sale was on or do they take out the amount that it costs when the sale ends?

    Sorry if these questions don't make much sense, I'm sort of in a hurry.

    If it says first press it most definitely is. I ordered AYABIE's Virgin Snow Color -2nd Season- limited A Type and that was truly a first press. Look well in the description if it doesn't say "first press sold out", because it says it's still first press in the title of the product but the description can tell you otherwise.

    About payment, you can both use Paypal and creditcard. The money from your creditcard will be converted after Yesasia has shipped your package and not earlier, it's their policy, like you said. The bank will automatically convert the money as well. The price it has when your order it is the one you will pay, even if the sale has ended. Your order number will include the price so they will charge you the original sales price, even if the sale ended when the packaged is shipped. The chance for that is rather slim though, seeing as most packages from Yesasia are shipped within a day. I hope this answers your questions!

    That does answer my questions. Thank you :D

    Although I do have another one, how reliable are they? I found a few reviews online that have said that YesAsia aren't trustworthy or reliable with people not receiving items or getting broken items and not being refunded and all that. Has anybody here ever had any problems with them and if so, what were they? I'd rather not be spending £100 on some CD's that'll either be broken, fake or just won't even arrive.

  10. Posted

    3 types? Really? I used to love that they only did the one type singles with the 2 type albums but now they're just doing the regular visual kei milking. I'm disappointed in their milking but hopefully it will be as usual with -OZ- it will still be a somewhat decent release.

  11. Posted

    Okay I have a question about YesAsia now.

    How can you tell if an item they're selling is the first press or not? I'm planning to pre-order the remastered version of Dir en grey's UROBOROS and I know the first press of it has a different case but I can't find any mention of it on the page. Will it be the first press version?

    And another question, how do you pay for things on there? Do you use Paypal or do you have to put in your credit card details and if it's the second one, do the banks automatically convert the money when it's taken out of your bank? And on that note, they say they take out money when your order is shipped, if they ship out the item AFTER a sale has ended, do they take out the price of the item while the sale was on or do they take out the amount that it costs when the sale ends?

    Sorry if these questions don't make much sense, I'm sort of in a hurry.

  16. Posted

    About bloody time they released a live DVD. Shame it's now and not before they sucked.

    The only thing I'm considering buying is the DVD though, assuming they haven't messed with the older songs too much. But 6 types for the single and every single one of them with a different song and/or DVD? No thanks. That's just WAY too much milking for my liking.

  18. Posted

    Not in any particular order.

    HEADACHE MAN

    13STAIRS[-]1

    Taion

    Filth in the beauty

    LEECH

    THE INVISIBLE WALL

    REMEMBER THE URGE

    No.[666]

    Before I Decay

    The Murder's TV/Maximum Impulse (listen to them, they're practically the same song)

    I can't really remember much of their earlier stuff but I imagine there would be a bit more of their earlier stuff if I had listened to any of it recently.

  19. Posted

    Thanks for the answers guys!

    So the only problem with the CDs is that they're a bit expensive and they may not have them in stock? The CD I want is a lot cheaper than it would be if I ordered it from Japan though, even with the extra shipping. I assume the shipping would be cheaper if I bought it together with the hoodie and tshirt though right?

  20. Posted

    Rosario

    This is so obviously inspired by DIFFERENT SENSE but I think Sadie do enough to make it their own. It could do without the solo though, it sounds almost exactly like the one in DIFFERENT SENSE albeit in a completely different key. 5/10

    SUICIDAL ROCK CITY

    This is just their own version of VORTEX. I seriously can't think of anything they did to make it their own besides Mao's voice and that breakdown about half-way through. I quite like the off-beat part before the final chorus though. 3/10

    Break the silence

    This is the only song that doesn't sound like a rip-off of Dir en grey or the Gazette and it's probably the best song off of the single because of it. Although the screaming before the chorus reminds me of another song I've heard but I just can't put my finger on it. This song shows everything I love about Mao's voice and what I used to love about Sadie anyway. Definitely the best song on the single. 7/10

    Over-all it's just another generic single from a generic, Dir en grey and Gazette inspired, indie's VK band. Not that I'm saying that's a bad thing. 5/10

  21. Posted

    I'm not sure if this belongs in this thread but yeah.

    I was planning on ordering a tshirt and a hoodie from NeoTokyo, does anybody have any idea on the what sizes they follow? They have the regular S, M, L and XL but I have no idea whether it follows UK/Europe sizes, Japanese sizes or American sizes and I'd much rather not find out the hard way as I did when I spent £25 on an -OZ- t-shirt only to find it was in Japanese sizes (the XL is like a medium in UK sizes)

    Also, I have general question about the website anyway, how good are they? They have some good CDs that I can't find on CDJapan and YesAsia for quite cheap. Do they do fakes or is everything the real deal? And how fast and reliable is their shipping?

  23. Posted

    I'm reviewing as I listen for the first time. Hopefully this isn't as bad as I'm expecting it to be.

    Intro

    Meh, I don't count these sorts of intro's as a track. intro/10

    Aventure

    I actually like this song somewhat. Glad they toned down the annoying horns. Over-all, I enjoy it a bit but I really understand why people dislike it, Yuuki's voice can get a VERY annoying and those horns are just... Ugh.

    4/10

    Mauser no Pistol

    I was expecting another pseudo-jazz song here but I was pleasantly surprised. I quite like this song. Yuuki doesn't do any of those annoying squeals he did in Aventure which is always a plus really. I have to agree with Zesshoku about this though, it feels a bit like a Jouyoku leftover, oh well.

    7/10

    EROS

    I feel the same way about this song as I did with the single version. It would be okay if it wasn't Lycaon. I don't really hear much difference between this an the single version. They could of at least re-recorded it...

    5/10

    Misshitsu ni okeru kyouatsuteki yuuwaku wa morphine no naka ni aru 3.129mg no yuuutsu

    It's okay... A bit too slow for me really, I don't mind these alt rock/hard rock songs if they're a bit more up-beat/faster like track 3. Once again, I was expecting more horns and crap.

    6/10

    Jesus

    Again? Seriously Lycaon? Did you not even re-record or remaster this at all? This song might be the 4th best song you've released since Mio and Eve left but stop. I've had enough of this song, it really doesn't need to be on here. I've heard this song too much and including it here is just... bleh. As they call this an "album" I hope this is the last time we see this.

    3/10 for being on here. 7/10 for the song itself.

    EDIT: Actually after comparing this to the version on Jouyoku, I've noticed this version is a lot less bassy. Doesn't change my review or score at all though.

    MASK

    Meh. Another alt rock/hard rock song. I like this better than Mauser and pretty much everything off Jouyoku (minus Time Enough for Love). Not amazing or anything though, but I like it.

    8/10

    Number Eight.

    Woah. This song is surprisingly good. Definitely the highlight for the album for me. None of those annoying high pitched squeals from EROS/Aventure, no horns, no moaning. Yes! Love it. Definitely my favourite from this album.

    9/10

    You can really hear Satoshi's 80's influence in the alt rock/hard rock songs here. They don't do them amazingly well but I enjoy listening to them.

    I don't understand why they called it an "erotic" album after calling EROS and Aventure erotic, I was expecting it to be full of pseudo-jazz/ska crap but I was pleasantly surprised. Lycaon have somewhat redeemed themselves for me. I wouldn't mind if they kept up the alt rock/hard rock stuff. They've definitely made me want to buy this now.

    6/10 (Average score)

    I will update my review once the re-recording's come up.

  24. Posted

    The title track is okay. Like Herpes and Number Girl said above, it sounds exactly like Kiyoharu's solo stuff. I felt it was too short and forgettable really. The cover is bland. There isn't really anything much I like about it. To me this is probably the weakest single so far.

    Another generic single from Kuroyume.

    4/10

    I'll add in the remix and the other song's reviews once they become available.

  25. Posted

    I can't be bothered to write a full review so I'll just give my overall summary of the album:

    I found it a lot better than Kakera but it still lacked what made them amazing. It's definitely kept me more interested but it's still a pretty boring/generic album over-all. Maybe if it had more songs like Kamikaze on here then I'd like it a lot more. The songs that stood out the most are Kamikaze, Kijou no Kuuron and Identity. 6/10.

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