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Kagami from dexcore said something about his throat, so I don't think it's strictly a mental thing.

4 minutes ago, BrenGun said:

ah.. dammit, I thought I edited everything in Ray. lol. missed a few.

 

fixed it, thanks for the notice.

There's also a mild typo in his response to his musical background:

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Ray: I started playing guitar when I was 17 years old and my first life was when I was 18 or 19 years. When I was 19 years old I joined a band, after my last band broke up I formed LIBRAVEL.

I think you mean to say "live" or it sounds like Ray has resurrected and is living his second life.

You can't seem to decide how you want to spell Ray.

Details have been announced. "THEMIS" will release on September 25, physical CD(s) are sold only through their web store with an exclusive edition that includes  an instrumental CD (￥3,500) and the option for a t-shirt bundle (￥7,000).

Tracklist:

01. 現人

02. ILLUMINATE

03. Deceive & Leave

04. Face It

05. 明滅する記憶の代償

06. 氷面鏡

07. 軀謳

08. Daybreak

09. What are we for?

10. LIVE FREELY

I never implied that it was bad. It's just very JILUKA to me. And I also own everything they've released (once Japan Post will deliver their DVD to me ...) and my comment about them being the new lynch. wasn't meant to be negative. lynch. is a very consistent band that knows their sound, but I generally like every release they have. It was meant to be a humorous nod to consistency. God forbid.

Somebody learned how to play around with filters in Premiere.

Takeru leaves the band, but due to some interestingly difficult situations:

He is a medical student in Tokyo and was severely punished by the university for being in the band. He was conflicted and had to make a decision to leave the university to pursue the band full-time, but ultimately decided to quit and concentrate on his medical studies at university. His mother died at the early age of 50 and a few days before his mother passed, he pledged he would graduate from medical school and pass the national medical exam. He feels he can't betray his promise to his mother and had been struggling with managing his school load and band activities over the last few months. He apologizes for his selfish actions while contemplating his decision and temporarily cutting ties with the band and thus has decided to leave the band.

Full music video coming tomorrow (without Hiroto of course ...)

30 minutes ago, Wakarimashita said:

I wasn't expecting them to use a mellow track to promote the new album, but that makes me even more excited for the bangers we'll be getting next month

It makes sense considering what Kagami's been posting frequently on twitter and YouTube. He's been doing more softer stuff lately, acoustic covers and all. I think this was one of his "work in progress" videos at one point. The "it's easy to live" part sounds familiar.

Was I right or was I right? I called it before even hearing the song.

13 minutes ago, Kiryu999 said:

Drums sounds pretty bad and so does the mixing of the vocals. Overall I'm not loving this track

The drums were the very first thing I noticed. It's clearly programed and they're not even trying to hide it ... that snare is gross. The whole thing sounds like a demo.

Masato keeps posting that he's searching out members to recruit, joking or not (like he said he went to the Pokemon Cafe looking for members). The other bandmen  were supposed to play together at their final live on 08/27, but have backed out and now it's just Masato. Their website has also been updated with the support members and even a new "look." This is all so weird ...

So they're doing the diss track thing still?

Their best album title "発売中止" means "canceled" ...

Three guitarists, no drummer, only four people in their profile images. Hmm.

As reported on their twitter, Shellmy vocalist Hyo has contracted coronavirus and they have decided to cancel their live at Liquid Room on 07/26. Hyo has reported on his own twitter that his fever has fallen a bit, but he still feels fatigued with a sore throat and poor appetite. Let's hope he gets well soon.

Damn, I really wish they sounded like they looked. I really dig their visuals, but the over abundance of techno/synth and poppy vocals just don't mesh ...

Pretty much everyone from DELUHI. I can't count the amount of bands and failed projects those dudes have started and ended. Breakin' Holiday, Zero Mind Infinity, FAR EAST DIZAIN, Garson, and also Juri and Sujk's solo junk.

Japanese culture really needs to start to realize that mental illness exists. Even though I'm not a fan of the band, I'm glad he's alive and I hope he can work things out with his bandmates if only for him to grow emotionally.

From what little I've heard from them, I think they're pretty damn good. It's a shame that it's hard to tell just what their discography is so far. It's also cool how far they've taken the secretive thing.

The single has started shipping as of yesterday and they announced that although it initially sold out, more will be pressed (probably because they also teased that foreign fans would be able to order it). I also thought that when they initially announced the single, they said it would be a print-to-order single, so, who knows.

47 minutes ago, xLIZ4 said:

But as I mentioned before, most small bands are not focusing on their overseas fans at all. If they can't even sell out small venues in Tokyo yet, they have to focus on their sales in Japan first. Selling "rare/hard to get" stuff can help then.

The point is that many overseas fans don't really wanna understand this.

I've been in the same position for many years myself (not being in Japan), so it's not like I don't know how it feels. Yet from a realistic point of view, not so strange/surprising that bands do this imo.

 

Also of course everything would be easier without a middle man. But if you have to choose between getting the item through a middle man or not getting the item at all, is a choice.

 To complain every time any band has a live limited release gets a bit annoying, because those complaining are the ones never contacting a middle man offering help while the silent ones do.

This. Every part of this. You said it well without being rude or snarky and made it logical. More people need to understand everything you've said and also that not every VK band has an interest in expanding outside of their country. Knowing that your band has more fans is nice, but realistically, they're not majorly influenced by foreign fan's online revenue.

It looks like Mei (bassist of DOGinThePWO) might have been in contact with them.

8 hours ago, Desi said:

The more stuff they release without seiya the more interest I lose in this band.

This will be their only real release without him ... everything else he had a hand in writing.

Just now, VkBrutaliaN said:

1st sample not impressed cuz this is not my type of music and also Rays voice somehow doesn't sound nearly as good as in DEVILOOF original songs imo, however the sample for Devil's Calling... HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! 8D

Can't wait to receive my copy.

Devil's Calling sounds more on-theme for them, albeit a bit repetitive. Regardless, I'm not mad I pre-ordered it.