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  1. Posted

    Huh! And Kisaki will abandon Rin then? :s

    Nope! KISAKI will do band activities at the same time, I'm sure of it. KISAKI PROJECT is never super active as far as lives, usually just making music (and I'm sure that KISAKI writes constantly anyway, so that's not a problem).

    Jui (ex-Vidoll) vocalist is?

    Nope! Different vocalist. Vocalist is supposed to be revealed on 2011-08-01 (or at least some more information).

  4. Posted

    Copy-pasta from WE LOVE UNDER CODE community:

    Lin will release their first full album on August 31st in two types. Both types will include the same main songs but will differ in bonus disc contents. Furthermore, applications included in both types can be redeemed for a free CD with an additional new song.

    Independent “MAZE” TYPE:A

    2011-08-31; 3,675 yen; full album CD+CD; complete limited pressing; UCCD-297A

    [CD] 01. Cold Sabbat

    [CD] 02. From The End...

    [CD] 03. Silent To My Pain

    [CD] 04. Royal Blood

    [CD] 05. Metamorphose

    [CD] 06. As If Forever Exists.

    [CD] 07. Continuation of dream

    [CD] 08. Mind confusion

    [CD] 09. Flowers Bloom

    [CD] 10. World In Flames

    [CD2] 01. Fall...

    [CD2] 02. Hitlor.

    Independent “MAZE” TYPE:B

    2011-08-31; 3,675 yen; full album CD+CD; complete limited pressing; UCCD-297B

    [CD] 01. Cold Sabbat

    [CD] 02. From The End...

    [CD] 03. Silent To My Pain

    [CD] 04. Royal Blood

    [CD] 05. Metamorphose

    [CD] 06. As If Forever Exists.

    [CD] 07. Continuation of dream

    [CD] 08. Mind confusion

    [CD] 09. Flowers Bloom

    [CD] 10. World In Flames

    [CD2] 01. Replicant Blue

    [CD2] 02. The ins and outs

    By the way, only four old songs included in the album, I can't believe it ahahah. I guess KISAKI is really working to avoid the really-good-handful-of-songs-released-over-and-over problem that Phantasmagoria had.

  6. Posted

    I noticed, but I have no idea what he is saying. Do you, because google translate is not very helpful?

    Nothing of importance :/ In the first post he wished RITA a happy birthday, in the second he talked about the new Pirates movie. The post after that mentioned “preparations,” but it turns out that those were for a friend's wedding. The friend is ex-MERE REVEIL, and it seems that he/Cecir played a song for the bride as a gift, but that doesn't mean the band is reviving or anything.

    So yeah, basically it just seems that he's bored and felt like posting random crap.

  7. Posted

    When I found a way to rip it I will rip it. ^-^.

    Really all you need is a male-to-male stereo cable. Connect headphone port of cassette player to microphone port of computer, record using Audacity, done. Not professional by any means, but pretty good considering it costs like $3 max.

  10. Posted

    will it be orderable at shops like brand-x?

    He won't be announcing details like that until later. Since he's just releasing the CD independently, I doubt that it will be available through Brand X though (and almost certainly not at CD Japan). I suspect/hope that he'll give us overseas fans some way of ordering it though--I would assume that he's more understanding of the ~plight of foreigners~ than most.

    Anyway, yeah, it's just a matter of waiting for him to say something. (In the mean time, it can't hurt to send him a message expressing your interest!)

  12. Posted

    Zephyr actually regrouped some years ago and were recording a new album, but the vocalist is sick and can't continue (if I remember correctly). They also have an official site up somewhere...

    Yeah, way back in 2005... Caim got well after a few months, but they never did finish/release that album, for some reason. And six years later, looks like they never will :(.

  15. Posted

    :urg: That's ridiculous! Is Japan the only country that gets away with charging such exorbitant prices for CDs?

    Yeah, Japan is insane about pricing. It's funny to think how an American album costs less than a Japanese single... and Americans will still complain about the price! If Japan only priced stuff reasonably, I could support practically every artist that I've ever listened to!

  17. Posted

    so when that pereztroika (or whatever it is) band fails, they fall back on this? Classy.

    ??? The plan from day 1 was to do PERESTROIKA for a limited time and then revive NEGA. They made that explicitly clear from their blog posts immediately after PERESTROIKA was revealed.

  18. Posted

    3,360 yen

    Most expensive 5 songs + DVD, EVER!!!!

    Seriously, this is totally a "full album" price.

    Compare to PERESTROIKA's mini-album: 5 songs + PV for 3,150 yen. And remember that one of the PERESTROIKA songs is an SE--I'm pretty sure Megaromania's mini will have 5 full songs, for only 210 yen more.

    I mean, it's definitely expensive (God help anyone who plans to buy all three), but it's actually just a little bit more for an extra song (instead of an SE). (Of course, if one of the songs is an SE, then I have no idea why they're charging more than usual!)

    First of all. Type-A is fuck spensive.

    Second of all: are the UCP webshop bonuses if you buy all three versions or just one?

    I might buy type C if the samples are good, but I don't think I can really justify buying type A.

    Same thing: in terms of absolute price, A type is definitely expensive, but in relative terms, it's not so bad. Consider that you're getting a 60 min live DVD; most UNDER CODE live DVDs start at 6,000 yen and go up to 8,000 yen. Even a 15 min bootleg live DVD costs 2,100 yen or so. So 60 min + 5 songs for 3,990 yen is a relatively good deal. (Relative to UNDER CODE releases--whether or not the other ones are priced right to begin with is another question altogether...)

    The official web shop privilege (early ship date + signed cheki + live DVD) is only given to those who buy all three types (in one order) from the official web shop. Usually their privilege live DVDs are only one song, but this one is two, so I guess that's their incentive for spending so much at once... lol

    (And just to clarify, the bootleg DVD is a free mail-order-application present. Mail in the three forms--one from each type of the mini--and get the DVD in the mail later. If you live in Japan.)

  19. Posted

    Let me clarify this up because Shaolan got this all wrong. This is one single released in three types, all with different bonuses. TypeA comes with a PV DVD, and Types B & C come with different re-recording bonus discs.

    By the way, to try to save Shaolan some embarrassment, it was my fault (s)he got the info all wrong; when I originally posted about it, I mixed up the info because I was in a rush. (Although I since realized and fixed it.) Sorry Shaolan!

  20. Posted

    I wouldn't consider ReaLies to be any more "nyappy" than Para:noir is

    See

    (atrocious ALiBi face), exhibit 2 (line of rainbow smiles thrown around like nothing). Kind of nyappy!

    No yeah, I get what you're saying--it's not like they are playing AN CAFE covers. People are allowed to change their tastes over time, and it's completely feasible that Rayka is just into slightly more upbeat music now. However, you have to admit that Rayka's personality seems to have changed abruptly:

    There's always that one guy in every band, the one that blogs with colorful fonts, makes random words bigger, shamelessly self-promotes, has never met a sparkle.gif he doesn't like--Rayka is now that guy, and it's a 180° from the posts he made weeks ago on his Synside blog. Meanwhile, Lin comes off as the same guy from brodiaea.

    So you're right, REALies isn't from another planet, but Rayka seems to have changed enough that I can imagine the relationship between him and Lin being different than it once was.

  21. Posted

    I really did think he and Rayka would stick together and make another band.

    I'm getting the feeling that he and Rayka diverged, and I'm sort of siding with Lin. Rayka seems to be suddenly filling the role of nyappy vocalist, while Lin seems to be his same old self. Clearly this is 100% speculation, but my feeling is that they're not on terms with each other as they used to be. Sucks 'cause they were a really good combination, I thought.

  23. Posted

    I spent today listening to their live album, and I have to say: their type of music isn't quite for me, but these guys are fucking talented. I have a new respect for them, because they were so on point. Very polished without sounding manufactured, and surprisingly mature.

    I can't say if their release schedule has put a dent in their quality--although, seriously, complaining because a visual kei band is releasing a lot of music, albums no less?--but I say more power to them for being higher quality than 90% of the “let's go major by wearing lip gloss and scarves!?? bands out there.

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