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I guess this will be the first "rare video", premiering tomorrow: a 2018 live version of LOVELESS.

Thanks again for the lyrics translation, cool stuff. And yeah, Mugen Minus were pretty neat (I prefer them to Cock Roach).

@carddass That is awesome, thank you (and your ex-coworker ) so much for the translation! What a song.

I've read lots of stuff/speculations/vague half-sentences over the years, but just by a glance it totally seems like a "No Doubt" situation, i.e. the major label trying to court Gackt (and succeeding) to ditch everyone else and go solo. But this being a very niche part of the already secretive Japanese music industry, I doubt we will ever get a clear-cut fact of what actually went down.

Nice, I like this sort of initiative.

Of course, how naive of me... Ao gotta get that lunch money to start working on his next BL manga collab probably.

The demo snippet sounds decent enough! btw the vocalist dude has a Soundcloud where he recently uploaded a few demos of his own, very nice kote-kei sound: (I'm not sure whether these are completely new tracks or re-workings of his past bands or if he plans on using these with this band later)

LOL, thx guys. I wish they did something like putting up the deadman collab song for digital sale instead (which has been endlessly delayed anyway because of the live postponements).

Oh my god, I totally forgot about this project. It's certainly very uhhh... cool? :'))) Also hell yeah, Neo Fuffuu! ♥ That list is pretty accurate for what I would choose myself, adding Power to the mix too maybe. And I can't forget the amazing Mugen Minus cover at the end of the Magaru sekai mini album, I get goosebumps listening to it till this day (even though it's just a cover I consider it one of their best). The original's fine too, but I think MUNIMUNI adds an extra layer of dread to it with those wailing guitars and the trademark shakey vocals.

I think we can use the Artist thread... since this one is for an album already 1.5 years old, haha.

Thought I'd revive this thread for a bit. So what's your guys' favorite MOONIE songs from their newer batch of releases (post-2010)? Mine would be: BIG MONEY, ウーピーハーピー, NEW ORDER LOVE SONG, VELVET魅惑TONIGHT Also shoutout to my manz Canou's sick goth rap skills in B-BOY, lol.

Ah, I remember his name popping up now and then. Thanks for the info! Not sure if he's a support member or not, but looking forward to whatever the future may bring. Also yeah, I was really satisfied with the stream/camerawork quality! The new songs rule! Can't wait for the new album announcement... and then we can finally proceed to update a new thread every few months, haha. I keep forgetting that we actually have an Artist thread, but somehow I keep gravitating back to this latest one, oh well. XD

How thoughtful of them to release it on my b-day! (the price must emphasize the significance)

アルケミ (ARCHEMI) has tweeted their new artist photo, including their new guitarist 玲 (Ryo). In addition to this, they announced they will be selling a new 2-track release titled 真言書 (Shingonsho) from 2020/07/08 at lives and through mail-order. The CD will come in a special packaging with a signed photo (you can also see the tracklist on this flyer). Tracklist: 01. 不動智 (Fudouchi) 02. 如是我聞 (Nyozegamon) The band will hold their 5th anniversary gig at OSAKA MUSE on 2020/10/28.

No question: sweating. I get why the body does it but it's one of the most irritating things ever, lol.

LMAO I totally mixed up when the livestream will start, so I just about tuned it at the very end of FOXPILL's set. Anyway, MUNIMUNI were awesome and the setlist was pretty bangin' too. They played with their new guitarist as far as I could tell (he had a cloak on and I don't think they revealed who he is yet). This is what they played: 1. (unknown/unreleased song) 2. (unknown/unreleased song) 3. &4 4. NEO SONG 5. BIG MONEY 6. He 7. My Lucifer Now there's only a talk segment left. I really hope the vid won't disappear after the stream is over, gonna try to grab it later~

Now that I've finished watching Dorohedoro, I began reading the manga. So far so good.

I was not disappointed, fun song! Also he nailed it with that "japanesque" synth, lol.

I somehow always keep coming back to these guys, despite my initial dislike. Somehow they have that 'coolness factor' that they usually exploit pretty well, but less and less so recently (to me at least). I finally listened to the new single today and it's basically the textbook definition of being on autopilot (I can lump the previous one into this category too... or was it the one before that? ...it's hard to keep track when everything blends together :')). I found the title track a bit more decent now compared to when I first heard it with that amazing music video, but other than that only 15.2 grabbed my attention as being somewhat cool... but I even forgot how that one sounded now that I think back on it, even though I literally listened to it 2 minutes ago (no recollection of the other B-sides whatsoever). Anyway, I'm not really expecting anything unrealistic from them or even anything different, so lowkey looking forward to the next release I will probably listen once and then never again, but still kinda enjoying it while it lasts.

Yesterday's upload was Hold You Down (mehhh) and today's was ROSIER (heck yeha). I'm most excited for that first "rare video" on Friday~

My boys in RAKUGAKI out here making the most of quarantine. 10/10

Started watching Dorohedoro on a whim cuz Netflix shoved it into my face. It's pretty great so far, love the character and world design.

I'm not a big fan of their new song, but today's livestreamed gig was pretty sick! Never knew these guys were such a cool live band.

The cameo list for that new video is insane and the vid itself is pretty fun too... the song's super meh again (I feel like it would have more of an impact if they cut it down to half-size).