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Laputa had some fun with futuristic visuals when they hopped onto the electro-rock train towards the end of their career. For example:

Cool interview. Good job & thanks!

Don't get me wrong tho, I don't dislike it that they ripped off other bands (I listen to plenty of artists guilty of this practice so I can't judge ). I mean, lots of bands were doing it with this particular style of DEG around that same time (NEGA, anyone?). It's just always kinda funny when a band does it out of the blue. Back then I was kinda pissed off and dumbfounded by it, but now I just look back with amusement.

What's important is that we can all agree that DIR EN GREY rly nailed it with this one:

I don't think this revival should interfere much with MORE's super-busy "5 lives and 1 song per year" schedule.

I'm not sure they mentioned anywhere that these would be made-to-order products (i.e. copies manufactured based on the number of preorders), I just assume when the release date comes it's not a 'pre-order' anymore, just a regular 'order'. In any case, pre-ordered (the CD)! edit: I also transcribed the supposed tracklist based on the YT preview (song order is not confirmed yet). トゥームーンジャンクション (TWO MOON JUNCTION) ジャングルに舞う (JUNGLE ni mau) ロマンシンファイター (ROMANCIN' FIGHTER) + their karaoke versions

3rd time re-watching 薔薇の葬列 (Funeral Parade of Roses) and still goddamn amazed how crazy and different this movie is for its time (1969).

You best believe it! Gotta love live-limited releases from bands who hardly ever play live, lol.

I can't believe 12012 predicted these self-isolating times!

The release can be pre-ordered from tomorrow at Sadie's TEKNOPOLICE webshop (it's not listed yet I think). Looks like they made some cool T-shirts too:

I guess it's better to look at it as 4 albums' worth of material, then it doesn't seem that bad (e.g. -OZ-'s complete best 4CD collection was around the same price 7 years ago).

Well, let's see what happens... I'll try to be cautiously optimistic (even though the only stuff worth anything to me is their old old UNDER CODE material).

Just saw the announcement on Twitter, I'm reeeally thinking about buying a ticket (I assume they allow foreigners to do so, judging by the extensive English guidelines on the website).

I'm not sure from the above whether this means that they'll just release all the re-take songs as an album on that 2021 date or if it's something completely new... but in any case, looking forward to it! Been a long-ass time since I actually listened to these guys.

By the way, based on the Twitter feedback so far from the bandmen involved there's a good chance some of the tracks will be quite exclusive (for example, if I understood it correctly the D'elsquel track might be an old unreleased song and the Kneuklid Romance one should be an old demo version of a later released track).

The album recording is still totally happening, guysss I feel like it's been 10 years already, but this record's still gonna come out sooner than X JAPAN's album, lmao.

Last "rare video" (I think), footage of FACE TO FACE at a 2013 fanclub-only gig. One of my favorite songs ♥

To financially help livehouse Meguro ROCKMAYKAN (and also to commemorate its 40th anniversary), a special compilation album titled "鹿鳴館伝説" (ROCKMAYKAN densetsu) will be released. The omnibus was produced by KISAKI and it features a whopping 50 bands, providing a pretty serious overview of the '90s underground VK scene. The release can be ordered from 2020/07/20 through the livehouse's webshop, and they will start sending it out around 2020/08/10. Honestly, this looks MIGHTY FINE.

ZIGZO has announced that they will release a re-recorded song each month, from 2020/06/20 to 2021/05/21. The first one is FOREVER YOUNG (2020 ver.), a re-take of the title track of their 4th full-length album originally released in 2014.

CROW MUSIC has made some of their old artists' catalogue available for digital purchase today. As far as I can tell the two best albums are digital-only exclusive releases, while the two omnibus albums were previously released on CD. In any case, there's some cool stuff in here. 7seven - PSYCHO STREAMING BEST 7 (HERE) Band of TATSUYA (CROW MUSIC president) active during 1997-2000 NUDE - NUDE 完全脳殺セレクション 2000-2004 (HERE) Band of TATSUYA (CROW MUSIC president) active during 2000-2004 CROW THAT WORE CROWN (HERE) 2008 omnibus album featuring artists like WHITEBLACK, IRODORI, n'DooL, Crack brain, NUDE, Aikaryu, etc. XX (HERE) 20th anniversary omnibus album featuring artists like WHITEBLACK, n'DooL, BIOSPHIA, NUDE, Aikaryu, etc. Sorry, I could only find the TuneCore link of the first one, the rest are pointing to OTOTOY for now (I'll try to replace them for TuneCore URLs once I come across them).

Mega Crocodile - Chinese monster movie from last year, hilariously terrible. Lots of over- or under-acting, awkward dialogue and a ridiculous plot, but somehow the CG effects were better than what I expected, lol. Still pretty darn funny (the computer-generated croccos I mean). Anyway, avoid this movie if you can, unless you're watching it with friends and loads of alcohol, then it can be kinda amusing.

Hey there, welcome! Hope you have fun here.

That's so crazy, he was rockin' out like a king, then only 2 days later......

This is truly the worst day, what a loss... R.I.P.