Jigsaw9

He gets 1 point from me for taking me by surprise, thus making me laugh my ass off every time a song started.
He gets 0.5 point for staying true to his vision all the way (however nauseating that vision was for me).
He gets 1 point for the Shade cover, being the only track on here I almost enjoyed.
He gets 0.5 point because it is actually music.
 
3/10 lol k bai

people that are still bitter about their diru covers
 
 
Plenty of vkei bands put out albums in a year or less, a lot of which are well liked. Luna Sea did it, Penicillin did it, Dir en Grey did it, Kuroyume did it, Baiser as well.

We need more shows like Monster, Gungrave, Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, and Jormungand. Animes that don't feel like an anime.

I think my retina just suffered permanent damage due to those filters, lol.

OBVS it's Kyo's side project with Daisuke Asakura. Always thought Kyo should be one of his pop boys like TM.R and Yos-K~!

Oh wow, this was actually somewhat okay, I'm surprised. The digital guitar (which is probably just a programmed synth in 'real life') did the sound good.
 
Moar catchy electro-pop LM.C pls.

LMAO wut kind of question is this. If a band is crap it's crap, if it's good it's good, screw what the fans are like. ;<

I posted this once before. I'll post the relevant portion again in case you somehow missed it.
 
 
 
You want to know what the real issue is? Too many people care too much about what other people think about their opinions. This mix of neediness and constant validation that manifests on last.fm and other social media is sickening and it's a negative reinforcement feedback cycle. People don't feel like what they say holds salt unless someone backs them up, so they don't speak their mind. Since they parrot someone else's opinion, they never share their own because no one backs them up on it. I can't count how many times I personally have walked into a conversation, shared my opinion which was the opposite of the general consensus, and watched as it quickly became the popular consensus because so many other people felt the same way but everyone was too afraid to say something.
 
What does this have to do with liking/disliking a band based on its fans? EVERYTHING! So many times I hear people say that they don't like MEJIBRAY or the GazettE or Dir en grey because of how the fans act, but they've not listened to the band enough to form a coherent argument of their own beyond that. It's almost universally covering for some other reason that said person doesn't want to divulge, which is (usually) that they don't want to be judged for liking or disliking something so many other "stupid" people like.

Guess what? At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. Like what you like. Dislike what you dislike. Your preferences have no bearing on how valid your argument or opinion is. That speaks for itself.

Wut if sukekiyo is code for Daisuke (Die) & Kyo...
 
/Twilight Zone main theme

LMAO wut kind of question is this. If a band is crap it's crap, if it's good it's good, screw what the fans are like. ;<

LMAO wut kind of question is this. If a band is crap it's crap, if it's good it's good, screw what the fans are like. ;<

kyo + grieva + sadie + vajra supergroup

kyo + 4 members of grieva huehue

Radio rip of the song "Glowing"
 


 
Sexxyy~

^ "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...

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

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.

Is it only me or does Tzk have a bong mask in some scenes?
 
If that's so, then prepare yourselves for the worst pun ever...
 
...
 
Tzk be "Mejiblazing" it.

I don't want to defend Dada being childish (and also posting REALLY weird comments), but I also think Kiwamu and Dada seeming rude have something to do with the fact there's a huge difference in how you talk/act in Japan and the west.
First off, manymany VK/none VK bands NEVER respond to fanmails, that's probably the most common thing, they just post on their blogs etc, people comment and send fanmail (and hopefully the band reads them), but they never respond and I think that's a great way of preventing these kinds of misunderstandings.
What people don't seem to get here IT IS RUDE (in japanese culture) to directly speak your mind. You don't (if you want to stay polite) just post: I don't like this new release. Or: your voice was better before. These are very direct and rude things since you in Japan almost never speak your mind, especially not to a person superior to you. And I think these types of comments coming from fans and the fact they're barely speaking english (google translate can really f** with the simplest sentences), help making situations like this worse.
 
^ Dada's 43 years old!

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

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).
 

LOL am I really the only one so far who is genuinely glad and excited to hear new music from these guys? :'D

Samples: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Swan-Dive-土屋昌巳/dp/B00G4GQS1E/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&sr=1-2 

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!