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something for the ears and something for the eyes

Haha, that was awesome.

THIS, wtf. Also sounds good so far. Kinda like a dumbed-down garage-rock version of PPP... which I'm totally okay with. Will try to seek out those releases too~ edit: ok, they have the new album on Google Play, brb while I empty my wallet https://play.google.com/store/music/album/COYOTE_MILK_STORE_GAZE_in_a_DAZE?id=Baoiiy5cuicsrbmvmb5a4w2n4fi

Just some quick feedback: speedy response, safe packaging, recommended!

Went to see Skinny Puppy last night. Needless to say, it was amazing. Finnish duo K-X-P opened the night with their trance-like electronic rock, at times reminiscent of krautrock with its repetitive "motorik" beats and zoned-out performance style. It was an interesting choice, but nevertheless, we at the front really dug it and danced our asses off. Great vibes all around. Here I'd like to mention that since Skinny Puppy's bus broke down during the day, they announced they would be arriving later than scheduled, so to have enough time for the staff to set up SP's elaborate stage, the opening act played in the venue's middle-sized gig room, which boosted a lot on the atmosphere. Might not have worked that much in the big hall anyway. After a tedious 20-minute wait crushed into a hall with lots of sweaty and impatient people, they finally let us in to the main hall. Me and my friend quickly glanced at the hilarious(ly over-the-top) merch prices, then promptly placed ourselves in the middle of the crowd. The lights dimmed and then the show started, and oh boy, what a show it was! Total mad respect to Nivek Ogre and his band of Skinny Puppys. Everything looked and sounded amazing. Not to mention the stage antics of the mainman himself, who was first led onto the stage by a cyber-minotaur hunchback looking fellow. He looked like a post-apocalyptic shaman with his ragged robes and helmet and proceeded to perform a sort of dervish dance to a lesser worldly god (dollar symbols flashing on his stoles, ka-ching!). Throughout the show as he took of layers off clothing, he transformed into a kind of nameless zombie soldier, then finally to a bloody-faced mad scientist type who was repeatedly stabbed by the minotaur minion with giant hypodermic syringes that stuck out of his mummy-like white rags all throughout, slowly spreading bloody marks over his clothes as the show progressed. Later these were switched for syringes containing glow-in-the-dark green liquid, which he copiously spread onto himself at the climactic singalong of "Assimilate". The band then went off for a quick breather, then came back for a casual two-punch encore. All in all, one of the best gigs and definitely the most entertaining gig of the year so far for me. Some vids to get you in the mood too (not taken by me):

Yeah, I distinctly remember this project being around quite some time ago... but still, cool to see it might become something serious now!

niiiiiiice

Japanese screamo/hardcore band ENDZWECK will do a short run of Europe alongside Swedish band No Omega this August. 2017.08.03 – Germany, Berlin: Schokoladen 2017.08.04 – Germany, Munich: Kafe Marat 2017.08.05 – Germany, Karlsruhe: New Noise Fest 2017.08.06 – Switzerland, Bremgarten: Kuzeb 2017.08.07 – Austria, Vienna: Venster 99 2017.08.08 – Hungary, Budapest: Robot 2017.08.10 – Germany, Gottingen: T-Keller 2017.08.11 – Belgium, Ieper: Ieperfest 2017.08.12 – Germany, Cologne: MTC Gonna try to catch them in Budapest!

Their new CD "輪廻電性" (Rinne densei) will be released as mail-order from Haunted-House shop on 2017/06/10, from METROPOLICE on 2017/07/10, and at nationwide regular CD shops on 2017/07/26. 1. Frozen edge 2. Astro toy 3. Celebration of night 4. Night Wing 5. Frozen edge(1982)

this tea, hahaha

uhhhhhh Not having high hopes for this. As much as I love most of their albums, their post-reunion full length bored me for the most part...

LMAO, and there's my comment below (jani_kun). Time sure does fly indeed. xDDDD

I was secretly hoping this would have something to do with the long-defunct beautifully messy-punk kei trainwreck KLACK.

I've just checked, Canou first mentioned working on "THE DOGUU ALBUM" back in summer 2013, holy crap. time flies~

So apparently CHINESE DOGUUCRACY a.k.a. MUNIMUNI's "THE DOGUU ALBUM" is set to be released on 2017/07/19. Tracklist: 1. THE DOGUU SONG 2. THE GHOST SONG 3. BOYS 4. ウーピーハーピー 5. 知らないの -kioque of bala- 6. THE FUNERAL SONG 7. MY LUCIFER http://diskunion.net/jp/ct/detail/1007404371 (and god fuckin dammit, why is MY LUCIFER there, lmao. oh well, I'm still overjoyed, who am I kidding)

It's a real close contest between PT and MdM for me, but gonna go with Mana & co, cuz that's actually the only one out of these three I could recall from memory.

yesssss

Two random vids from yesterday's Absu show. One of the best and most entertaining metal gigs I've been to this year, for sure!

Went to see a black/death metal gig last night, although I wasn't in the mood at all, but it turned out to be a pretty okay show. My friend and I got there a bit late,(half-intentionally) missing the first two bands, so we arrived just as Hate began their set. Just to clarify, cuz there's probably more than a dozen bands named "Hate", this one was the Polish act. As I see they have quite a lengthy history, and accordingly their playing and style was very professional too. I couldn't really get into it, so that's all I have to say about them. Maybe under different circumstances, in a different mood I'll check them out later. Next up was the band I personally was the most excited for, Absu. I'm not too familiar with all of their output, but whatever I listen from them is always top-quality stuff, and I heard the drummer does most of the vocals, so I had to peep them live of course. I didn't expect them to be so entertaining, holy fuck, haha. Somehow I got an impression of Venom as I was watching them in the beginning, very old-school feel (sometimes borderline heavy-metal riffing) and oh god, Proscriptor (drummer/head honcho) hammed it up so much, it was hilarious. He did the first half drumming and then after a short break they came out with a support (?) drummer and then he was in centre-stage with his headset mic. He reminded me of the theatrics of Tribulation mixed with a depraved King Diamond clone, it was wonderful. Of course the music was epic too. The crowd really got into it too (nothing too violent), which was awesome. Absu alone was worth the ticket price. The closing act was the German kvlt black metal band Nargaroth, who I didn't even know were still around and making music, lol. I figured I'd check them out, just as a tribute to my teenage self blasting "Black Metal Ist Krieg" a lifetime ago. Well, it wasn't great. They had props galore on stage and the atmosphere was there for sure too, but the actual music felt a bit boring after a couple of songs. It didn't help that apparently they do not have a bassist, so the 'string section' was just two guitars. Btw this was pretty cool at the beginning, but then I missed those sweet low tones more and more. Overall, they were competent but nothing special. We left at around 3/4 of the set without any regrets. All in all, not a bad night. Absu totally saved it.

Pretty solid, especially for such a young band. Colour me impressed! PV is pretty sick too.

This gon b gooooood

This episode and elimination...damn. All I'm gonna say is that I looooooved the club kid challenge, everyone looked super amazing, I'm living for these aesthetics.

mmmmm me likey~

Having the whole MERRY crew sign a CD jacket is my pride and joy. ;w; Other than that, on the not-so-vk side I have autographs from Sadie Pink Galaxy, Chargeeeeee, and short hand-written notes/letters from lloy's Yuko-Kat.