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^ I avoided it for a great while too, eventhough I'm a big horror fan (just not really the series-watching type usually). I started with season 2, which is all kinds of sick, demented, weird and creepy and awesome. ༼ つ ◕◡◕ ༽つ The first season is kinda tame in comparison.

Thx for the info. Interesting titles.

Hmmm I see... I tried searching for both. It seems the only "Straw Head" song the Japanese Wikipedia could find is by an old Japanese band called jaco:neco. "Dorei" could be anything, it's a common enough title (first thing that popped up in my search was salyu x salyu tho XD).

^ "Guernica" B-side is called ストローヘッド (Straw Head), and the "I HATE YOUR..." B-side is called 奴隷 (Dorei). Not having much hope after listening to this trailer-song-preview thingie btw...

Underground post-punk band (from my town ;3) A Párt has their brand new EP up for free at Bandcamp... http://theparty.bandcamp.com/album/sz-v-zsiger-szt-n ...and so do indie-punksters Fuseism. http://fuseism.bandcamp.com/album/search-and-seek-more-ep

Uhhh the new T.O.P solo track is so perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6Srl49p8w

Industrial rockers BAAL will finally release their 1st full-length album titled "SHURADO" on 2014 February 11 through Metropolis Records ($12.98). Tracklist: 01.Purge 02.畜生道-Brush Aside Your Way- 03.Dead Sector 04.Outrage 05.Evil Collector 06.東京 Schizoid 07.Awake 08.The Iron Age 09.Inhuman Dimension 10.邪道 Genocide Tracklist, cover, and pre-order here: http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+918

I love the band but their music videos are practically useless (this goes for about 80% of all VK bands these days tho). Voted for Avalon cuz at least I remember what that looked like from memory, lol.

Speculation: according to the new index page, MUNIMUNI might be releasing their 3rd maxi single ("maximum singe" xD) titled "HANG ON ME" in the future. http://munimuni.ciao.jp/index_p.htm

It's not hate or dislike, I just don't listen to Shinhwa at all but this song finds its way into my head from time to time:

Dammit, Cradle and Behemoth and In Solitude?! Holy hell... I might actually try going to that show in Vienna.

This sounds so...wrong. And weird. Coming from MERRY at least.

According to the members messages they'll definitely continue as a 4-piece btw.

Awww too bad.

Ah yes, could be! They just never striked me as that "SEs on albums" kind of band (save for IMAGE I guess?).

^ Is the first one really an SE? But yeah, that would be the lowdown basically.

Release date is finalized as 2013 December 11! (so close!) Tracklist and details from the official site: New album finally to be released after 13 years and 5 month!! NEW ALBUM "A WILL" 2013/12/11(Wed) Release!! ■First limited edition A (SHM-CD + Blu-ray) UPCH-9905　￥5,980 (tax in) PREMIUM PACKAGE ・Double digitray ・Exclusive photos on 52P booklet ・Exclusive lyrics ■First limited edition B (CD + DVD) UPCH-9906　￥3,980 (tax in) ■Standard edition (CD) UPCH-1953　￥3,059 (tax in) [Limited quantities] ■Analog size SPECIAL PACKAGE (CD+DVD) PDCJ-1064 　￥4,980 (tax in) ※Limited quantities / Analog size SPECIAL PACKAGE ※Content is same as First limited edition B. ※Available only on Universal music store. ＜SHM-CD / CD contents＞ 01. Anthem of Light 02. Rouge 03. The End of the Dream 04. MARIA 05. Glowing 06. 乱(RUN) 07. absorb 08. Metamorphosis 09. 銀ノ月(gin no tsuki) 10. Thoughts 11. Grace ＜Blu-ray / DVD contents＞ ・The End of the Dream -Music Video- ・Rouge -Music Video- ・Thoughts -Music Video- ・乱(RUN) -Music Video- ・The End of the Dream & Rouge -TV SPOT- ・Thoughts -TV SPOT- ・乱(RUN) -TV SPOT-

LUNA SEA will release their new album titled "A WILL" and... not much else is known at the moment, besides these taken from SUGIZO's twitter: Other members have also mentioned it on Twitter but only SUGIZO in English, as far as I know (oh wait, J and INORAN tweeted it in English as well). Not sure if December means the time of release or when we get to know more info (but I'm leaning towards the latter). Anyway, yay!

^ omg where can we see this perfection? *-*

Hmmm well okay, I guess that's fair enough. They really seemed to gain a lot more online recognition this year!

How is exactly is Nocturnal Bloodlust a 'rookie'? (they've been around for 4 years now)

Due to visa problems the US tour dates have changed: 14.11.2013 Baltimore MD at Ottobar 16.11.2013 Atlanta GA at The Earl 17.11.2013 New Orleans LA at One Eyed Jacks 18.11.2013 Austin TX at Red 7 19.11.2013 Dallas TX at Club Dada 21.11.2013 Albuquerque NM at Sister Bar 22.11.2013 Tempe AZ at Yucca Tap Room 23.11.2013 Los Angeles CA at The Satellite 24.11.2013 San Diego CA at Soda Bar 25.11.2013 Fresno CA at Audie's Olympic 26.11.2013 Santa Cruz at The Catalyst 27.11.2013 Oakland CA at The Opera House 29.11.2013 San Jose at The Blank Club 30.11.2013 San Francisco CA at Thee Parkside 01.12.2013 Sacramento CA at Harlow's 03.12.2013 Seattle WA at The Crocodile 04.12.2013 Portland OR at Rotture 05.12.2013 Bellingham WA at The Shakedown 06.12.2013 Vancouver BC at The Rickshaw Theater 08.12.2013 Calgary AB at The Palomino 09.12.2013 Edmonton AB at The Pawn Shop 10.12.2013 Saskatoon SK at Amigos 11.12.2013 Regina SK at The Exchange 12.12.2013 Winnipeg MB at The Zoo 13.12.2013 Fargo ND at The Aquarium 14.12.2013 Minneapolis MN at The Triple Rock 15.12.2013 Milwaukee at Cactus Club 16.12.2013 Grand Rapids MI at Pyramid Scheme 17.12.2013 Indianapolis IN at Beale Street Live 18.12.2013 Rock Island IL at Rock Island Brewing Co. 19.12.2013 Chicago IL at Ultra Lounge (updated 1st post with this too)

Naisu~

Dunno if you guys missed it but I totally recommend Church of Misery's album Thy Kingdom Scum. It's a massive, heavy dose of fuzzed-out doom metal deliciousness, kinda like if Black Sabbath were formed today, only much more aggressive and dirty (I guess the title says it all?). The totally groovy, thick and wah-wah ridden bass playing deserves an extra mention, as the heavy but catchy guitars too. If you enjoy doomy bands like Down from the US give these guys a try (tho if you typically listen to this kind of music you prolly know them already).

LUNA SEA's SHINE album is a horrific, bloated, bland and boring mess, with the exception of 3 songs. BUCK-TICK's Yumemiru uchuu makes ONE LIFE, ONE DEATH or RAZZLE DAZZLE sound like flawless masterpieces (note: none of those are what I would consider 'amazing releases'). cali≠gari's song Kimi ga saku yama is annoying beyond belief (can't really explain why but it grates on my nerves). That's all I could come up with right now.