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To cap off their 25th anniversary celebrations, cali≠gari is releasing a new EP titled "この雨に撃たれて" (Kono ame ni utarete) on 2019/08/28. It will have the theme of "rain trilogy", i.e. the songs will be connected to rain. Except for the title track, the rest will be previously released songs but in newly recorded versions. Interesting tidbit, the EP will be released under Victor Entertainment. The release will come in two types: 2CD "Yuudachi-ban" edition and CD+DVD "Akisame-ban" edition. 夕立盤 (Yuudachi-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) 【特典】特別教材1週間でマスター！ボーカリスト養成講座 課題／M5.この雨に撃たれて　自由曲／M6.冷たい雨　M7.続、冷たい雨 (I have no idea what this last part is, something about teaching vocals? Maybe karaoke versions of the songs?) 【Disc-2】10-Rebuild- (remixed and re-recorded version of the "10" album that was released 10 years ago) M1. ママゴトセンター M2. マッキーナ M3. 偶然嵐 M4. -踏- M5. ハラショー！めくるめく倒錯 M6. 月光ドライブ M7. 飛蝗者読誦 M8. 混沌の猿 M9. シャ.ナ.ナ M10. スクールゾーン M11. 電気睡蓮 秋雨盤 (Akisame-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) M5. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM short ver.) M6. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM long ver.) 【Disc-2】映像集 ※“この雨に撃たれて”に関する様々な映像の予定です。乞うご期待！ (I guess this will be music video(s) or compilation of images connected to the title track?)

Awwww such a short amount of time. :< Well, better than nothing I guess.

Just bought a ton of Spawn: Origins and Hellspawn collected hardcover comic books these past few weeks, brb reliving my teenage years. ♥

Tonight's setlist from "ALL TOMORROW'S PARTY 2019" at 名古屋BOTTOM LINE: 01. please god 02. 溺れる魚 (Oboreru sakana) 03. 受刑者の日記 (Jukeisha no nikki) 04. 盲目の羽根と星を手に (Moumoku no hane to hoshi wo te ni) 05. follow the night light 06. 桜と雨 (Sakura to ame) 07. imp 08. lunch box 09. quo vadis 10. re:make 11. 蟻塚 (Arizuka) deadman's back y'all~ ♥ Also, the remastered 2nd press of "SiteOfScafFold" can now be ordered from zoisite shop: https://zoisite.shop-pro.jp/?pid=143796168 They seem to have re-stocked their 2004 mini album "701125" too: https://zoisite.shop-pro.jp/?pid=34236311

Nice pairing... quite a hard choice too. This will take me some time, lol. On one hand, I find Kizu's output far more consistent, but DIMLIM has more highlights and memorability in some of their songs (but also some terrible misses). Also, funnily enough, both are bands I didn't quite like initially but gradually warmed up to over time. Ah screw it, I'm going with Kizu.

Hoping they'll make a music video referencing The VVitch.

art kei is saved.

All samples sound okay so far. They're generally an 'okay' band, but I can never remember more than a small handful of their songs. So, just as always, I'll listen to this single too, enjoy it while it's on, and then completely forget about this band until their next single comes around, lol. Not saying this as something negative, I do like their stuff but uniqueness is not really their forte.

Nice. Looking forward to them!

Oh my, that's horrible. May he R.I.P.

...and it unexpectedly has lyrics translated to English too, yesssss ♥

This will probably end up as something generic but till then, I'm onboard! lol.

First and last 30 seconds with those monotonous vocals and overused autotune are atrocious, but sandwiched inbetween is a decent song I guess, lol.

B-side sounds far better to me than the title track. Cool sound.

Yeeaaaahhh, bring it on!! This time I won't hesitate with ordering it, lol.

Wow, this band is still alive, huh...

I guess it might be THIS... versus THIS?

The band is now taking suggestions on where they should go on their world tour.

Didn't want to create a separate thread just for this, but the guys uploaded a music video for the title track of their live-limited single "バイオレンス　カンフー" (Violence Kung Fu). The single itself was released back around the end of February.

Yep, seems like it. Their twitters are full of in-studio pics. Looking forward to whatever it will be~ Looks like they have a short string of concerts at July 5, 7 and 19, so hopefully the new music will be released around that time.

It was for a game called Wizardry Online.

The edge is too real.

Nice! Especially this part:

@Peace Heavy mk II That reminds me, the parody anime "Excel Saga" actually has some VK in it. Episode 21 is literally titled "Visual K", starring a VK-type rocker dude called Key and his weird antics. Also in one of the episodes (might be ep.1?) the evil mastermind boss of the protagonist is trying to learn guitar and then he's rocking out with a bunch of colorfully dressed up dudes while shouting "visual visual visual!" lmao.

btw the anime series / live-action adaptation of Detroit Metal City could be a pretty accurate portrayal of the average VK musician (even though it's just about some 'standard' metal band). Keeping up the appearance of being br00tal and edgy on stage while secretly wanting to play soft J-pop (looking at you, Tsuzuku, Juri & co)...