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The PV is a little over the top, however the song sounds really nice.
 
 
Just don't fall in love with a bandman.... 

>the band looks pretty, let's see
>what a cool funky music
>everyone looks happy and friendly
>oh no
>OH NO
 
Every fuckin time.

How can you still call them worn out when you complain about his drumming since, idk 5+ years now? It seems to be his style by now, get over it or stop listen to them.
I am not a drummer but damn, this same sentence complaining about him every time in every thread for so many years now gets kind off annoying to read. 

The guy spammed for four years over a $17 dollar DVD of a band he claims to “love so much” and tbh it’s insulting at this rate. If he saved a few coins instead of complaining he could have bough the DVD he wanted so desperately by now. 
It’s a shitty excuse if you love a band as much as he claims. This is no longer “checking stuff up”, he’s been pestering everyone for free better quality stuff of things already available on youtube. If he needs the higher quality and can’t be happy with the free version why do we have to provide it for him?
It’s not even about how he spends his money, it’s about the spam that has annoyed us (me and a few other lurking fans) for a while. I’ve had it, officially. 
I live in Latin America and on under 400 dollars a month to support bands I want to keep around on the scene so save me the lecture on “we overseas fans pay more mimimi”, will you? Some of us make actual sacrifices and are sick and tired of “fans” demanding we give them stuff and throwing tantrums when we don’t.
 
Pro tip: regular tracked shipping for a CD from Japan to SA (most expensive rate, other continents are cheaper) is $7 and if you have CD Japan mark the parcel as a gift, customs won’t tax you for importing merchandise.

Fingers crossed for a visit to the UK! 

I think the black tee with the shot from the World of Mercy PV looks great though... Were the CDs 15€ for you too? I got the DSS DE too but I definitely would have gotten Arche if it was there... (why the hell is it 30€ upwards everywhere?!)
The hoodie itself is very soft and feels really good, but the print parts are kinda worrying me as mentioned above, they kind of "stick out" from the hoodie itself. 
I think the print on the back will be fine since it's pretty solid but I'm expecting the print on the front and on the sleeves to deteriorate in time. 
As for sizing, I'm really thin so I got it in size M which fits pretty much perfectly but I wish I got it at as an L, I like it when hoodies are a bit oversized.

The white parts are scratchy/rough. Not sure why that is. The Tabula Rasa hoodie I wore to the concert has red letters that are smooth and have yet to come loose. I kinda expect the white parts on the new hoodie to vanish with each washing cycle.
The material itself feels more like a longsleeve, I'd say. It fits really nice in XL and doesn't feel like some oversized, suffocating bag of cloth.
It's a Fruit of the Loom hoodie btw. 70% cotton, 30% polyester.
 
Also, this was the first time I ever bought something directly from the band instead of second-hand lol
Oh and there's really only the disc in the LP case. No credit sheet, lyrics or anything xD
No wonder they were so cheap.

It would be awesome if they released a song called "Jiluka"

Strange, in my opinion the Berlin performance was so much better than the one in Dortmund. Kyo and Toshiya were on fire today! At the Dortmund show Kyo looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. But today his screams and his acting was awesome IMO. TWoM was intense!

Bought all the shit except for the black tees because they looked like shit 😕

What happened? xD
I had some girl in front of me that threw weird looks to a nearby couple and then they talked shit a little to each other. So weird. xD
Oh and Kyo was miserable today. Both in vocal performance as well as his feelings, probably. He could barely hold a scream, from what I observed.
Also, his mic was quiet af.
2015 was still their best live in my book.

Yeah fucking new age culture. Btw shoutout to the purple haired midget retard for ruining the pit for that song with his bullshit. 

JILUKA made several announcements after finishing up their 5th anniversary one man at TSUTAYA O West. We don't have a lot of details but the DVD is set to be released in May and the Mini album is set for October.
 
Additionally JILUKA has annouced they will perform Overseas for the 1st time ever in May  November. No other details have been announced.
 
Setlist for the 5th anniversary one man and possible DVD setlist.
 
 

New look

 
 

 
 
｢Psyche｣ Edition version
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1.Dies Irae
2.Na zdrowie
3.禁断の果実
4.猥雑の果て
5.Blood Harvest
6.Ubiquitous

(mp3+WAV files)

･8P Lyric Flyer

Digital contents

･Jacket big size
･6songs Art Work Data
･Member talk movie about Psyche
 
http://number9.buyshop.jp/items/26232312

Not to be a bad person but I've always hated Gianism. They could burn me for saying this but swap those 3 Gianism Shichi for Nazuki, Mind Ocean and Dasei Boogie pls (and Criminal Baby cuz it's criminal to not have Criminal Baby in any compi)

Just a quick reminder that Gaika is a fucking beast live. 😱

Ah cool, I'm going too so maybe see you there! To be fair it's a TIW tour so they're pretty much playing the entire album plus one or two other tracks according to recent setlists. I'd listen to their latest single The World Of Mercy if you haven't already. That's if you're just looking to recognise everything they're playing
 
If you wanted some listening pointers regardless of the upcoming gig, I'd listen to Uroboros (their best 'new' album) and Dum Spiro Spero (not the best but it's like the more technical yin to TIW's simple, explosive yang). This is just a starting point but feel free to DM me

The set is made up of the entire TIW album, World of Mercy, Merciless Cult and one random song. Only one song is changed between shows and it's in the encore. So look at the previous setlists post and the main set will be the same for your gig.

I’m going to the London show next week can anyone recommend what I should listen to before going? I’ve listened to TIW and a few songs like Phenomenon, Vinushka and Saku. From what I’ve heard I like so that’s why I’m going  

I've had time to digest the album and I echo the sentiments of others in this thread. Okay, kinda forgettable, definitely not what I thought their second album was going to be. In many ways it is underwhelming and the lack of bass does a lot to make the songs feel lifeless. Bass is what makes music feel alive! I'll keep trying to like this album but it's probably not going to happen. A lot of my discontent comes from the fact that we had to lose the best deathcore band in the scene to get this, so even if it was good that truth still stings a bit. Hearing Sho approaching what sounds like a scream or a yell and then backing off is such a ball buster

And the worst part is that I know Retsu is a competent composer, so I don't know what happened. 

I wrote a brief summary (below) in another thread. It doesn't have specific quotes etc but I've lived through this tragedy if that helps? XD 
 
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-Everyone ditched Aoi (because the music was getting lame) and made a new band, creatively named AYABIE. Aoi stayed on the record label out of a sense of duty?
-Aoi did a poppy solo album and some boring side projects. 
-AYABIE released some pretty good shiz. People hate on Yumehito's singing but he's a'ight. 
-Everyone left AYABIE except Takehito for various reasons. Maybe it was because of that keyboardist they took on? I think Intetsu quit music altogether? 
-I assume Takehito called it a day too. 
-They all came back together (including Aoi) to do some one off gig I think? Sans keyboardist I assume. They later announced they were coming back and recently brought out an incredibly forgettable album. 

📯1. We’ve changed.now it’s your turn next & 6.＋&− The first SE is actually a nice little jamming session. The latter is like if Snail House tried to make a heavier track but got too scared of losing fans, so went back to their sparkly shit. I don't mind it.

🔇2.MIST I like parts of the chorus.

✨3.真夜中に私を連れ出して This one gets it right. That section starting around 2:30 is oof 😩 I think these light ballads suit dimlim IN MODERATION 

🔇4.Funny world "Have you every thought your dirty birthday? "No idea what Sho is saying, but I hate it. Please, stop the Engrish.  Once again I like the little breakdown/section around 2:30. Cool ideas that are surrounded by meh. Would be cool live.

✨5.What’s up ? Quintessentially post-issei DIMLIM. Sho's voice doesn't sound too constrained and the guitar work is pretty good. Drums come alive.

🔇7.For the future meh.

🔇8.Tick tak Alright.

✨9.気付かない者たちへ Completely unrelated name in the spotify version?? TO FOOL. Lovely ballad, could do without the sfx tbh.

✨10.Before it’s too late Gives me strong early Linkin Park vibes. It's kinda cringy but fun. 

✨11.Out of the darkness We don't hear this too often in vk, it needs polishing but has all the right elements.

🔇⚠️12.Lament  I lament how unmemorable this song is. Holy shit the bass is NON EXISTENT. It's a very newbie vk band type of song, I've heard it a million times before by lighter bands with shitty vocalists that need to fill space in a release. Ugh, the Engrish is the cherry on top... From 4:20 it gets interesting. It reminds me of Nikusyu to hanshoku to hukaikan (from Rijin) because of the complete style change in the last few seconds of the song and I find myself loving this tease. But yea this song is a no from me. Actually I hate it.
 

 
I voted for "Underwhelming 2*", I don't hate MISC. and I'll probably keep coming back to some tracks. By all means, it isn't a bad album. It's just kind of flat and in desperate need of more bass and less SFX. I hope the boys can develop on some of the better ideas in this album in the future. 
 
When I listen to CHEDOARA, Rijin and heck... I even started to try some stuff from Issei era... All of these releases make me feel overwhelmed in a very positive way. 
 
For example, Hito to Katachi. They DID THAT.  But with MISC. only select few songs and sections provoke any emotion from me,  so I gotta give it 2* cuz it's a step down. Even if I were to look at the album by itself, it isn't remarkable. Like someone said, if they were a newcomer band then maybe I'd bookmark them to see this potential develop.
 
But, either way, there's plenty to work with for future releases and hopefully it has been a massive learning process for the band. Whether they decided to continue and improve or break up after this.
 
 

Here u go