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^I'd borrow you one any day.

The reason can only be that all vk bands go to the same suit rental service when they are out of money or the costumes designer takes too long.

(Also is it only me or did the grieva guys loose a big chunk of glamour without the colorful hair?)

Yes, you guys are right, I was just being mean. ; D

Just the way he sits there looking like it's not the hairstyle he wanted made me laugh. Even though he's still handsome.

Yukina looks alright now compared to before. I don't even think the difference is that big, his make up was so simple you could always tell what he'd look like without.

ex La'Mule Isukes hairdresser posted a very unfortunate photo of him on facebook recently.

Hope it makes other people laugh, too.

I really, really liked the video! Even though it didn't reveal much of the music, the atmosphere was really strong and it made me curious to listen to the actual thing.

Also how they kept the 'original' psycho theme for the single is nice, most bands just use the first random shocking word they can think of.

Also that alice auaa costume gives me oldschool nagoya vibes

What the fuck did I just watch?

Wow.

This lineup is so sparse compared to his former birthday events.

DAM you're cute.

Thank you //∇//)

So are you.

I think the main problem here is the expectation that you'll somehow get along better with fans of the same music than with any other random group of people.

It's normal to have it because the more you have in common the likelier it is to become friends. However. I learned that you really don't need much in common to like the same genre of music, especially because there can be very different reasons in people to like something.

And those reasons often cause more problems than not having anything at all in common would. For example. Someone who loves a band for the records, collects all of it and sees a deep meaning in the lyrics might not respect a fan who loves the band for their live shows and sees fandom mainly as a reason to party.

He would propably completely ignore someone with that mindset if they were into something else, but since it's about the same thing he likes it will propably feel like an insult to him because his hope to find someone with a similar mindset was crushed.

If you try not to expect fans of them same music to be somehow similar to yourself it will get much easier and you'll value the occasional soulmate you'll find in the fandom much, much more.

So no. I don't care for the other fans at all. I even went to shows of bands regularily where I felt that everyone was an idiot and still had fun.

Yes, actually I don't really care, they could go naked but I'm still looking forward to see everyone in old/fat/bald/what have you mode. : D

I assume taking pictures and so on is not allowed but I'll surely report and post setlists of the second two gigs. (And maybemaybe the first if I get rich enough)

There is another gig in tokyo which also features La'Mule.
So I'm trying to go!

The number of tracks is overwhelming. D : Just by statistics there must be a couple good ones in there!

Can one already preorder?

^Osaka is so worth going even without the live.

But this is really a nice lineup. I want to see vellaDonna.

This is pretty cool but... The earlier the anouncement the likelier the cancelation.

Pfff at least let me dream. (┯_┯)

Although I'd be the first one to bitch about a bad madeth copy and I don't see them pulling it off, either.

Still. It'd be boring to get another dir en grey album ripoff and the 'clues' so far don't sound like them actually. At least no macabre-vocab.

Could be the choice they made for the samples, as they were really short.. but I must admit that the only ones which made me excited were 'glowing' (and I already know that one.) and 'Metamorphosis'.

Still pretty sure the album won't disappoint. It was worth buying just for 'glowing' anyway. www

Love the preview! : D Gisho bass fits really well into the concept and their corpsepaint is lovely.

It kinda reminds me of a D song, though...?

The preview sounded pretty boring to be honest, but it still makes me happy to see Erina back, especially because I liked TRIGGAH... and thought they disbanded?

Ruhrpöttler klingen für mich immer so als würden sie mit vollem Mund reden. orz

The oneman to go along with the release is called 'MAD death'

Now bring on the speculations of whom they'll copy this time. ; D

Madeths full length also had the working title 生命の終焉.

It's indeed a little fast. D:

But I liked everything they did so far and since a big percentage of their work is recycled it might really work out to make another album in a small time like this.

There is lots of truth in this thread already.

I think that to many young female vk fans, especially but not only in japan, it's a 'devaluing' point for a band to have a woman in it.

There is a reason why bands with mixed genders hardly ever sell- it's because the bangyaru don't want pretty girls around their idols, nor do the bangyaruo like pretty boys around theirs. It's clever for the 'odd' one in a mixed band to hide their gender.

It's different for all-woman groups- they can become quite successful if they manage to attract lots of male fans and aren't disliked so much by the female ones either.

This whole thing is something that always annoyed me, really, because actually ESPECIALLY with all the make up and hair it doesn't matter anymore if you're a girl or a boy. The lines between both are really blurred if you look at an androgynous bandwoman (like hiko of danger gang for example) performing on stage and than at a girly bandguy like hizaki.

I'm pretty sure the scene would be much more innovative if it was more 50:50. Not just the bands... the fans as well. It's kinda stupid that male vk fans mostly just buy the cd and stay at home instead of joining concerts. The most enjoyable lives I went to where the ones with a good male:female ratio.

I'm a bit surprised that nobody mentioned Lucifer Luscious Violenoue yet! She was the first female vk vocalist I discovered and I instantly fell in love with her voice.

Rain or not, that is a fucking cute picture >.<

Thank you. ;o;

My palmtree-hair dried all wavy and visual after the rain. Worth a mirrorshot.

La'Mule.

Weird because they were on hiatus forever and I didn't think they would ever return. However, when they did return it totally broke my heart that it was just for their disbandment.