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That cover hardly gives me the urge to listen to this... ;(((

Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet, but the B-side of the upcoming (04/29) single is titled "Bloodway". So this is the full tracklist: 01. Persona Grata 02. Bloodway 03. Mystery 04. Persona Grata [Instrumental]* 05. Bloodway [Instrumental]* 06. Mystery [Instrumental]* * only limited edition

I guess this is not totally unexpected but still it was surprising/fun to spot in this context: the Strictly Dumpling guy just put up a video on his channel where he went to a bunch of ramen joints in Sapporo, and one of the places is decorated with signatures/messages from bands who ate there. 未完成アリス (Mikansei Alice) is the only VK band I could spot... well it was hard to miss, lol.

Fun to see SUGIZO rockin' out, even if the snippet does not really sound like my cuppa tea..

Wow, I didn't think they'd actually put T. Rex's 20th Century Boy and the Nirvana riffs in there, but here we are........ :'DDD All of this sounds like a confused mess. If I was Karma's bandmate I would be jumping ship too. YIKES.

Uhh the synths are back... They really add nothing to the song for me. Otherwise it's pretty good!

Just a heads-up: all of the mini album's music videos are now uploaded in full, on the band's/label's YT channel!

An interesting info nugget btw: the one who did the two remixes at the end (which are imo kinda useless but whatever xD) as well as the programming on tracks Garnet and 「浮遊した理想」 is Kazutoshi Yokoyama! He has done extensive production/programming/synth work for Laputa and BUCK-TICK among others (he's practically almost the 6th member of B-T at this point, lol).

J really did not fuck around with laying down the template for 80% of all vk that came afterwards. Here are his songwriting credits (excluding MOTHER already mentioned) up till the band's disbandment/hiatus: TIME IS DEAD SHADE THE SLAIN PRECIOUS... MECHANICAL DANCE IMITATION IN MIND WISH JESUS IN MY DREAM (WITH SHIVER) STEAL STAY SLAVE FALLOUT G. HURT RA-SE-N FOREVER & EVER Time Has Come STORM SHINE Unlikelihood ANOTHER BROKEN INTO THE SUN Sweetest Coma Again a Vision TONIGHT Crazy About You

YEEEEE BOIIII Back when this album was released I was still a vk babby, so you know I sucked all of that sweet sweet mother's milk from...uhhh...Hizumi & co? Okay, this started out weird. But the fact still stands that these guys caught me in my most impressionable phase and left their mark on me with this full-length. Before this was released, I wasn't paying too much attention to them, only knew a small handful of tracks, and even though those tracks were cool, it still floored me how amazing this album sounded and how tight the songs were. Everyone here was at the top of their game and you could hear the excitement, passion and the energy they put into the music, that can only come from such a young band. When I've put it on in recent years it still holds up quite well, but there are some more average/mediocre moments... anyway, it is still my top favorite album of theirs and always will be a minor classic imo. Favorites: tracks 1-4, 6-9 (and the rest are fine/decent)

Cool move. Respect!

The truest part...

Heyy, that Holy Nights song is actually kinda nice! The rest were totally forgettable or cringe-inducing for me.

That is so sad it's actually somewhat morbidly funny... imagine doing your last gig to literally no one, lmao. Good to hear Karma is continuing tho, I hope he will keep this nostalgic style.

T-shirt look >>>>>>>>> this

^ fxxkin' spicy indeed.

This, along with Mana x Amy Lee and Gazette x Lostprophets (yikes) must be the Holy Trinity of Cursed VK Images, lmao.

Jeez, wondering what's on the 1000Y checki (it better be some goofy shit)... Looks like the next Twitcasting event will be the day after tomorrow at the same time btw (if anyone's interested in such things):

Okay, so the new Twitter account thing is just Twitcasting it seems (so far at least). They're live right now (just the members talking): https://twitcasting.tv/4mxixzxexrxixa7 The filter is kvlt as fvck tho, lol.

Interesting song! I can definitely hear Yukihiro's influence in it, what with all the electronics. It's better than the cover, haha.

Well damn. I'll keep this VK-only, otherwise my head might explode... BUCK-TICK - MISTY ZONE deadman - ドリスからの手紙 KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND - エクスタシー LUNA SEA - MECHANICAL DANCE メリー - ハライソ (this is only after like 5 mins of thinking mixed with nostalgia, I could keep shuffling different bands all day and still find 10/10 gems)

Dunno what that is, but I followed immediately, haha. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Fuck, this is hard lmao. Okay, let's say these five (if we're talking about full albums only): BUCK-TICK - 狂った太陽 cali≠gari - 第6実験室 deadman - in the direction of sunrise and night light KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND - 勝手にしやがれ ムニムニ - MAGICAL MOONIES Depending on the day, the last two could be interchanged with any of these: D'ERLANGER - LAZZARO DIR EN GREY - UROBOROS グリーヴァ - 終焉 LUNA SEA - IMAGE ネガ - GRAVE OF THE SACRIFICE