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To be completely honest, this is a non-issue. There really isn't an “foreign VK scene” to speak of. Lilith (and maybe DISREIGN) is the only band with consistently news-worthy announcements, and they're active in Japan so the point is moot. No one cares about BATAAR or Seike enough to even post about their projects. No one is “confused” about a Finnish vk band appearing in the vk section once every six months. But I agree, if you're posting about a Finnish band, feel free to tag it (which you already have the power to do) so that everyone knows they can ignore the post.

Hey guys, YOSHIKI's doctor here. He's got a real bad hernia, so we're gonna need to push that release date to 2018.

Ok, I'm like way too impressed with the 恋ト幻 play on words lol

Suddenly, I can't delete a song from my library while viewing it in a smart playlist. Previously, while looking at a smart playlist, I could shift+del on a song and remove it from my library altogether. Anyone know anything about this? Is this a bug or a "feature"? Am I destined to search through my large library any time I want to delete a recently added song now? ;0;

I mean, I doubt they'll get any more popular tbh

I thought it was their own label too, lol And agreed, new logo is S H I T. New look isn't good either :/ Hopefully they still turn it out

^ They're pretty good nuGazettE clones The ugly fingernails and oddly-fat finger are really distracting me in that second cover image

I just hope this means he'll return to Y!J /_\

Ok, I downloaded the album and checked it out: you've done everything right and the tags are fine. I did some research, and apparently it's an issue with Windows Media Player. Even though you change the tags, WMP won't refresh it's database, so the changes you made won't show up. (Or only some changes will show up--for example, I played around with it, and WMP would recognize when I changed the album name, but not when I changed artist name.) According to what I've read online, WMP will eventually update with the correct tags. I'm trying to find a way to make it update immediately--will get back to you if I find anything out. --- One thing I did want to mention (tho it's not the cause of WMP showing the incorrect artist): When looking at those files in Mp3tag, I noticed that, under the "Tag" column, it says "ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3)." This means that the file has both "ID3v1 version" tags and "ID3v2.3 version" tags. You don't want that, because it often causes problems (tho not in this particular case). So just select those files, and ctrl+x to "Tag Cut," then ctrl+v to "Tag Paste." That will remove the incorrect ID3v1 version tags and leave only ID3v2.3 version.

Can you upload one of the mp3s, so that I can look at the file directly?

Yes*, it can delete all the iTunes-specific tags that iTunes adds when you rip a CD (eg. "itunes_cddb_ids," "itunmovi," etc.). If you just right click and check out Extended Tags, they'll be there. * I think iTunes hard-codes your username into any songs purchased from the service. It's not encoded as a tag, so Mp3tag can't remove it (but since it's not a tag, it also isn't recognized by your media player--it's just there for identifying purposes). If you're concerned about privacy, you'll have to find a separate program to strip your username out of the file.

The best that I've found is Mp3tag. It's free and extremely thorough. --- To put it simply, there are multiple "versions" of tags. When you change tags via Windows Explorer, it only changes tags in one "version," so incorrect tags may be left behind in the other tag "versions." So even though the tags look correct in Windows Explorer, there can still be incorrect information on the file, which your media player will still pick up. And many programs also add their own tags, which can be hidden from Windows Explorer. --- If you download Mp3tag, the first thing you should do is go to Tools > Options > Tags > Mpeg. Under "Read," check all 3 boxes (ID3v1, ID3v2, APE). Under "Write," uncheck ID3v1 and APEv2. Check ID3v2 and ID3v2.3 UTF-16. Under "Remove," check all 3 boxes. Then go to Tools > Options > Tags > Ape, Mpc. Under "Read," check both boxes. Under "Write," uncheck both boxes. Under "Remove," check all 3 boxes. Basically, this means that it will show the tags from all possible tag "versions," but will only add new tags in the correct version. --- So after choosing those settings, just drag+drop songs into the program, and you can start editing the files. If you right click on a song and go to Extended Tags, it will show you all the tags on that particular song, and you can see how crazy they are! From that window, you can change any tag or remove it. Where it displays information about the song, there should be a column called "Tag," and that shows the tag versions that are on the file. If you see more than one version listed there, you can right click on the file, select Tag Cut, and it should remove all tags from the file. Then you can do Tag Paste, and it will paste the tags back in--but because of the settings you chose earlier, it will only put the tags in the correct version, so you should have less trouble in your media player. --- There's tons of stuff you can do in the program. Let me know if you need help♪

That's the first I'm hearing anything about Saku... got anything else on him?

tfw you're the single-digit fan

Omg thank you for the virtual card part! I looked for something like that but never found it!

Omg I love that sparkly leg fabric

Now there's a novel idea: I'd definitely buy a set of X JAPAN dildos. Maybe Versailles can jump on that, if X doesn't.

I think it says they'll have some unspecified retweet campaign. One lucky(?) participant will win a cast of his hand, I guess. As to why there's also a lollipop of crystallized piss in the shape of his hand, idk. I guess it'll be sold in the same stores as his curry chips etc

Looks like it's a double-A-side single, so correct title (of the single) is 蒼い鳥/虹の待ち人. The cover art has two sides: front is the blue one (蒼い鳥), back is the yellow one (虹の待ち人). ☝ Here's a picture of the unopened package from an auction. You can see some of the yellow cover through the back. Edit to make sure there's no confusion: there's only one single. No second press or alternate version; just one single with two covers.

I'm kind of into this! The vocalist's look is pretty neat. Edit: hmmm, guitarist kotoi has the same birthday/blood type as Mana (ex-MALICE MIZER), and guitarist reki has the same birthday/blood as SUGIZO (LUNA SEA). You can tell it's them if you squint while looking at the picture. Secret super band confirmed.