WhirlingBlack

Okay, some notes about the concert today:
 
The songs are performed largely in their original versions except for OBSCURE, and they're done in the same tuning as on the album as far as I'm able to tell using six string guitars. 
 
Best live tracks by far was audience KILLER LOOP, MARMALADE CHAINSAW, CHILD PREY (the Japanese audience really made this song to be honest) and Shokubeni. I weren't able to get into NEW AGE CULTURE or R TO THE CORE yet due to their awkward/difficult audience participation but the songs themselves were awesome.
Sadly no AMBER or Fukai yet but that's coming tomorrow.
 
One of the strongest impressions I got from the show was how much better Uroko has become live, Kyo really hit all the right notes and the Japanese audience really knows how to improve the mood compared to Europe. 
 
During Phenomenon Kyo was doing strange dances and drooling all over his hand which he then proceeded to rub all over his body. I'm pretty sure the fangirls were pleased. He also looked leaner more akin to his Vulgarism body than how he's been looking lately.
 
After Phenomenon was also the only inward scream of the show, for those who are about such things.
 
The whole band seemed really into it, smiling, posing and running around trying to rouse the audience... very much felt like a throwback to the more casual experience of old.
 
Utafumi is almost exactly 3 minutes long, and I can't really grasp it. My first impression is: Extremely messy. Lots of clean singing and some passages with quick indecipherable screaming.  I was not able to get into it, but then again this was my spontaneous reaction when I saw the live premiere of Chain Repulsion too, which is now a favorite, so I'm going to give it a few more shows before I properly review it.
 
Worst part of the show was playing The Inferno. Like really, you have a 19 song setlist and you decide to throw one of the worst tracks of ARCHE on there? How about doing another VULGAR track or just...really any other song?

But I digress, an amazing experience.
 
Stay tuned, I'll try to bring some notes tomorrow as well.

Okay, some notes about the concert today:
 
The songs are performed largely in their original versions except for OBSCURE, and they're done in the same tuning as on the album as far as I'm able to tell using six string guitars. 
 
Best live tracks by far was audience KILLER LOOP, MARMALADE CHAINSAW, CHILD PREY (the Japanese audience really made this song to be honest) and Shokubeni. I weren't able to get into NEW AGE CULTURE or R TO THE CORE yet due to their awkward/difficult audience participation but the songs themselves were awesome.
Sadly no AMBER or Fukai yet but that's coming tomorrow.
 
One of the strongest impressions I got from the show was how much better Uroko has become live, Kyo really hit all the right notes and the Japanese audience really knows how to improve the mood compared to Europe. 
 
During Phenomenon Kyo was doing strange dances and drooling all over his hand which he then proceeded to rub all over his body. I'm pretty sure the fangirls were pleased. He also looked leaner more akin to his Vulgarism body than how he's been looking lately.
 
After Phenomenon was also the only inward scream of the show, for those who are about such things.
 
The whole band seemed really into it, smiling, posing and running around trying to rouse the audience... very much felt like a throwback to the more casual experience of old.
 
Utafumi is almost exactly 3 minutes long, and I can't really grasp it. My first impression is: Extremely messy. Lots of clean singing and some passages with quick indecipherable screaming.  I was not able to get into it, but then again this was my spontaneous reaction when I saw the live premiere of Chain Repulsion too, which is now a favorite, so I'm going to give it a few more shows before I properly review it.
 
Worst part of the show was playing The Inferno. Like really, you have a 19 song setlist and you decide to throw one of the worst tracks of ARCHE on there? How about doing another VULGAR track or just...really any other song?

But I digress, an amazing experience.
 
Stay tuned, I'll try to bring some notes tomorrow as well.

Okay, some notes about the concert today:
 
The songs are performed largely in their original versions except for OBSCURE, and they're done in the same tuning as on the album as far as I'm able to tell using six string guitars. 
 
Best live tracks by far was audience KILLER LOOP, MARMALADE CHAINSAW, CHILD PREY (the Japanese audience really made this song to be honest) and Shokubeni. I weren't able to get into NEW AGE CULTURE or R TO THE CORE yet due to their awkward/difficult audience participation but the songs themselves were awesome.
Sadly no AMBER or Fukai yet but that's coming tomorrow.
 
One of the strongest impressions I got from the show was how much better Uroko has become live, Kyo really hit all the right notes and the Japanese audience really knows how to improve the mood compared to Europe. 
 
During Phenomenon Kyo was doing strange dances and drooling all over his hand which he then proceeded to rub all over his body. I'm pretty sure the fangirls were pleased. He also looked leaner more akin to his Vulgarism body than how he's been looking lately.
 
After Phenomenon was also the only inward scream of the show, for those who are about such things.
 
The whole band seemed really into it, smiling, posing and running around trying to rouse the audience... very much felt like a throwback to the more casual experience of old.
 
Utafumi is almost exactly 3 minutes long, and I can't really grasp it. My first impression is: Extremely messy. Lots of clean singing and some passages with quick indecipherable screaming.  I was not able to get into it, but then again this was my spontaneous reaction when I saw the live premiere of Chain Repulsion too, which is now a favorite, so I'm going to give it a few more shows before I properly review it.
 
Worst part of the show was playing The Inferno. Like really, you have a 19 song setlist and you decide to throw one of the worst tracks of ARCHE on there? How about doing another VULGAR track or just...really any other song?

But I digress, an amazing experience.
 
Stay tuned, I'll try to bring some notes tomorrow as well.

Okay, some notes about the concert today:
 
The songs are performed largely in their original versions except for OBSCURE, and they're done in the same tuning as on the album as far as I'm able to tell using six string guitars. 
 
Best live tracks by far was audience KILLER LOOP, MARMALADE CHAINSAW, CHILD PREY (the Japanese audience really made this song to be honest) and Shokubeni. I weren't able to get into NEW AGE CULTURE or R TO THE CORE yet due to their awkward/difficult audience participation but the songs themselves were awesome.
Sadly no AMBER or Fukai yet but that's coming tomorrow.
 
One of the strongest impressions I got from the show was how much better Uroko has become live, Kyo really hit all the right notes and the Japanese audience really knows how to improve the mood compared to Europe. 
 
During Phenomenon Kyo was doing strange dances and drooling all over his hand which he then proceeded to rub all over his body. I'm pretty sure the fangirls were pleased. He also looked leaner more akin to his Vulgarism body than how he's been looking lately.
 
After Phenomenon was also the only inward scream of the show, for those who are about such things.
 
The whole band seemed really into it, smiling, posing and running around trying to rouse the audience... very much felt like a throwback to the more casual experience of old.
 
Utafumi is almost exactly 3 minutes long, and I can't really grasp it. My first impression is: Extremely messy. Lots of clean singing and some passages with quick indecipherable screaming.  I was not able to get into it, but then again this was my spontaneous reaction when I saw the live premiere of Chain Repulsion too, which is now a favorite, so I'm going to give it a few more shows before I properly review it.
 
Worst part of the show was playing The Inferno. Like really, you have a 19 song setlist and you decide to throw one of the worst tracks of ARCHE on there? How about doing another VULGAR track or just...really any other song?

But I digress, an amazing experience.
 
Stay tuned, I'll try to bring some notes tomorrow as well.

Okay, some notes about the concert today:
 
The songs are performed largely in their original versions except for OBSCURE, and they're done in the same tuning as on the album as far as I'm able to tell using six string guitars. 
 
Best live tracks by far was audience KILLER LOOP, MARMALADE CHAINSAW, CHILD PREY (the Japanese audience really made this song to be honest) and Shokubeni. I weren't able to get into NEW AGE CULTURE or R TO THE CORE yet due to their awkward/difficult audience participation but the songs themselves were awesome.
Sadly no AMBER or Fukai yet but that's coming tomorrow.
 
One of the strongest impressions I got from the show was how much better Uroko has become live, Kyo really hit all the right notes and the Japanese audience really knows how to improve the mood compared to Europe. 
 
During Phenomenon Kyo was doing strange dances and drooling all over his hand which he then proceeded to rub all over his body. I'm pretty sure the fangirls were pleased. He also looked leaner more akin to his Vulgarism body than how he's been looking lately.
 
After Phenomenon was also the only inward scream of the show, for those who are about such things.
 
The whole band seemed really into it, smiling, posing and running around trying to rouse the audience... very much felt like a throwback to the more casual experience of old.
 
Utafumi is almost exactly 3 minutes long, and I can't really grasp it. My first impression is: Extremely messy. Lots of clean singing and some passages with quick indecipherable screaming.  I was not able to get into it, but then again this was my spontaneous reaction when I saw the live premiere of Chain Repulsion too, which is now a favorite, so I'm going to give it a few more shows before I properly review it.
 
Worst part of the show was playing The Inferno. Like really, you have a 19 song setlist and you decide to throw one of the worst tracks of ARCHE on there? How about doing another VULGAR track or just...really any other song?

But I digress, an amazing experience.
 
Stay tuned, I'll try to bring some notes tomorrow as well.

Dear Yoshiki, please close your twitter and retire, it's not even funny anymore. Thank you.

I hope I am able to listen to this new project as well as X JAPAN new album during my lifetime

people should remember that title of their song is "COLLAPSE", which fits after listening

I'm assuming it's just the guys gathering together all their old drinking buddies and coercing them into writing some bullshit comments about an album they probably have never bothered listening to.  As far as I read none of the comments made any specific or in depth analysis about the actual music. 

Drunk dreamer ok bye
 

I'll be reporting to the best of my abilities from the second leg of the vulgar tour, osaka and forward. So please look forward to that! 

I'll be reporting to the best of my abilities from the second leg of the vulgar tour, osaka and forward. So please look forward to that! 

I'll be reporting to the best of my abilities from the second leg of the vulgar tour, osaka and forward. So please look forward to that! 

On top of everything else, I can't even properly communicate with other foreign bangya. It's hard enough sometimes being one of the only foreigners at an instore or live event, can we not just be nice to each other? Especially when said people seem to have their nose up Japanese bangya's asses. So when i try to make friends its just muri? 
 
(This of course isn't direced to anyone on this site. )

Some of the best news all year! I was hoping this would happen at some point since all the essential players were still around in some capacity.
 
Also, regarding Shintaro, he was not a part of the original lineup of Metronome... He joined like 9 years into the project (2007), so as far as I'm concerned this lineup is all good! 
 

メトロノーム(Metronome) 10th line-up will resume activities at their live at Zepp Tokyo at 2016/09/19
 
メトロノーム(Metronome) current line-up:
VOICECODER(Vo.)シャラク(sharaku) (FLOPPY, GalapagosS)
TALBO-1(Gt.)フクスケ(fukusuke) (ADAPTER。, THE BEETHOVEN, NEWTΦN)
TALBO-2(Ba.)リウ(RIU) (へーけ(heike), NEWTΦN, ADAPTER。(support))
 
https://twitter.com/meto21_com
 
https://twitter.com/meto21_com/status/737478806147981312

The whole continent of South America is vibrating with excitement right now.

Members are allowed to review what they want and there is no requirement for it to be freely available for download first. This has been the rule and this will continue to be the rule. Plenty of websites on the internet post reviews of releases without providing much more than a sample and they survive just fine. And the members there thank the reviewer for sharing his/her thoughts and look forward to hearing it for themselves instead of advising them to stay quiet until they can illegally download it. Be thankful @desparejo86 didn't write this review with a tone of superiority and honestly wants more members to support the scene.
 
Most music ever released will eventually find its way onto the internet. Be patient. Free downloads have spoiled you all.

Any more off-topic meta discussion will be deleted.
 

So it's basically watching Satsuki do karaoke on a large stage?
 
Glad I'm not paying to see this...

OMG GUYS I'm laughing and crying at the same time <3
 
Thank you everyone who congratulated me today, seriously the best part of my birthday was logging in to MH and seeing all you wonderful people congratulating me. I've never felt so loved before, especially since it was by people who live all around the globe.
 
Thank you:
@eiheartx @nostalgia @hiroki @yakihiko @emmny @freesia @beni @Zeus @Biopanda @Tokage @WhirlingBlack @The Reverend @Peace Heavy mk II @colorfuljinsei @Yuuko @『Hotcakes Butt MK II』 @YuyoDrift @The MAD Stallion
@kyoselflove @Seimeisen  @leafwork @Jigsaw9 @Carmelzors @237Q @VaL @Jiyun @CAT5 @doombox (and Mi'ihen because I refuse to type his new ridiculous username here AND all the other people I forgot because dammit i got so many birthday wishes i couldn't count them all)
Oh and especially @Jiyun who is recording a cover song for my birthday <3 <3
 
I'm so glad to be part of this community. I have gained so many amazing friends from here who I will hopefully be friends with for the rest of my life. 
 
It's now 8PM and even though I spent most of my bday working at the office, I'm now drinking sparkling wine, eating strawberries and listening to amazing host kei while writing this message to all of you MH members. I love you all to death but remember to behave or I'll personally ram the banhammer sideways in your ass <3
 

Hi, what was your username on Batsu? Whenever people mention that place I have to check if I recognize them from back in the day.

I think I own everything they released, I could try to get around to making booklet scans if you wish. I was planning on getting around to doing translations myself but I'm always overly encumbered by assignments from class.
 
It's nice to see that someone keeps their memory alive besides myself!

BRB lighting everything on fire. 
 
They are one of my favorite bands this is too much to handle first thing in the morning. 

I can't believe this. Girugamesh's music has made a huge part of my teenage years less depressed. What will I do without them? ;_____; *cries in corner*

somewhere out there a single tear is rolling down the girugamesh kid's cheek