hyura

You are welcome! : D
 
Although I'd be careful in interpreting any political statement into this.
'Abortion' has been a classic theme with the darker vk bands ever since 黒夢s 中絶 and 生きていた中絶児 in the early 90s. Dir en greys try on that motif is pretty well-known, too, I think.
It's also important to notice that japans view on abortion is very different from many western countries with christian roots and this kind of song isn't as controversial there.

I just saw this and realized I completely abandoned my lyrics translations. 
Okay : ) I'll try to do it sometime this week.

Love that old school Kiyoharu reference 🙂

Found this on the DIR EN GREY tag on Instagram.
 
This is pretty good.
 
 
I think people are so (rightfully) tapped out from EU VK that they aren't even willing to give this a shot, which explains the lack of well deserved hype.

I already posted it in the news forum, but since the new album is now out and streamable on Spotify I am really curious what everyone thinks.
In my opinion this is just stellar, both as a metal album and as a visual kei album. All bias aside, probably my favorite album of the year. So I will definitely write a detailed review later on. 
 
BTW the Japanese edition "無意識の意識化" will be released later this month through the same label that mamireta and KRAD are currently in. I already saw it for preorder in Like an Edison and CDJapan and curiously all the titles have been translated to Japanese...

What do you mean? Why would it not be a serious band? Please clarify. I just want to understand what you mean by parody. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Surprised to find out that this is a serious band. Thought it was a parody tbh.

That video seems to be inspired by this:
I guess he likes some old mucc

Exactly, @hyura. Must say he isn't annoying with the promotion, I find it very interesting to see how this evolves. 

Kyuho has his own account on Twitter now: https://twitter.com/kyuhoofficial

This is great!! I'm a total nerd for blast beats and hearing them get used a bit more in VK always makes me happy, but so much of this going a bit more in the "full BM" direction is really satisfying.
 
I'd love to see more bands in the scene pull from that kind of metal - just a certain level of atmosphere and intensity that isn't found in some of the "chuggier" riffs a lot of bands rely on.

I'm really glad for them! ❤️

PUNCH RECORDS / DOPE. will release the album japan-wide on October 15th.
 
Madmans Esprit - 無意識の意識化
 

Looks like hard work paid off for them, great news! ♥
 

Really good!

I somehow like the direction they are going. Definitely want to listen to the full EP.

I love this ❤️ 

Nice to hear people like them!
Their full lineup for the upcoming Korea/Japan shows has been revealed:
 

 
 
 

Kyuho is indeed very active with the promotion, a few months ago he asked around for help to get his music more known. Shortly after that, he started releasing teasers and MV's. I find it also interesting that he also is releasing covers, while he is in the middle of the promotion of ME's newest album. I think it really helped him, in combination with the music he makes, to get a deal with GAN-SHIN and ... It made me interested as well, so I ordered Nacht and the newest album as soon as I could. 

Madmans Esprit covered DIR EN GREY this time. The chorus is awesome.

To be honest, I'm not big on Madmans Esprit's sound. I do really enjoy ms. isohp romatem.
 
I'll keep an eye out for both since I definitely see the potential.
 
They're all very talented.

I've been driving with the new album for 2 days now and i can't  believe how well mastered it is. Where did he learn that? Also I'm guessing piano and drums are programmed by him right?
 
Insane talent to write all of that if so. Like scary talent.
 

Madmans Esprit covered DIR EN GREY this time. The chorus is awesome.

Madmans Esprit covered DIR EN GREY this time. The chorus is awesome.

It is back on again now! (and also on Itunes and amazon and everywhere)
 
The reason why it disappeared is that they cut ties with ATMF and it appearently took a while for the new label to get the rights to put it back.
 
(I'm glad my recommendation was well received : ) )

Gan-Shin records is doing a re-release of their first album, so from friday of this week it should be available on spotify, apple music and everywhere. 
The new album will be available from october first!