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Not enough accordion!

My favorite album is probably SHADOWS. The album that was released after that, I BELIEVE IN ME, is very good but everything after that is average imo. Only post-2011 song I remember really liking is THE MORNING GLOW and it's a b-side. There might be some hidden gems on the three most recent albums (counting the mini-album too) but I don't really remember that well, they didn't leave a good impression to me. I think they should focus on doing more lighter songs like Lie, Frozen or Maze instead of the oogaboogacore.

I actually find 9mm's vocals to be more annoying than TK's. They are just boring and lack the "character" that TK's voice has imo. I also think that LTS's songwriting is far more interesting.

I like that MUCC song. I also like SCREW's L'oiseau bleu. They used to make some pretty good lighter/softer songs. 1. Gallows - Graves 2. THE NOVEMBERS - dogma 3. Zouo - No power 4. Crossfaith - Voices 5. The Birthday - シルエット 6. Black Monolith - Victims & Hangmen 7. The Stooges - L.A. Blues 8. Minor Threat - Small Man, Big Mouth 9. Spiral Chord - Hyper Nerves 10. ミドリ - 都会のにおい。 This was a good shuffle. I was having trouble picking a favorite until the 10th song popped up. I've been listening to ミドリ a lot these days.

Wu-Tang's new album was pretty disappointing at least beat-wise on first listen. :/ Well, I was kind of expecting that. Still need to check out 36 Seasons.

It usually starts at 20:00 GMT so maybe(?) CAT will come.

Are we plugging today?

Albums, shirts, sometimes DVDs.. Just the regular stuff.

Looks like the rumor about a best album was true and good to see they included 想像のSecurity. Interesting to hear the new mixes. I hope this will be released in Europe too like i'mperfect was.

At first I thought it would be best Jrock songs with a chainsaw sound. Anyway I voted for Marmalade Chainsaw because it was one of the first DEG songs I liked

Started Akame Ga Kill yesterday and I've seen 6 episodes so far. My biggest problem with this show is that it's shounen. All those ridiculous and huge weapons and that "every character must look different and unique and weird!!!" mentality. Yeah, maybe I have myself to blame for that but it just annoys me that this could be something way better, but I guess that goes for 90% of the shounen series imo. Another problem is that the writing is so amateurish and the back stories of the characters so far feel way too rushed and even stupid. But I've heard that it gets better so I'll just keep watching.

Good news. It's already been released? Damn.

That's an interesting mix of visual kei, metal and rap. 1. Merry - Poetry 2. The xx - Missing 3. Swallow The Sun - Of Death And Corruption 4. Gogol Bordello - Tribal Connection 5. cocklobin - cock 6. Hüsker Dü - Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 7. 蜉蝣 - 迷走本能 8. シド - 嘘 9. Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 10. The Mad Capsule Markets - Neo Sunday~新しい日曜日 I have a soft spot for シド.

Welcome. Downy is a great band !

Confession (2014) - One of the better movies I've seen this year. It's about three best friends since childhood and that's all I'm going to tell. It's a movie best enjoyed if you don't know anything about it. The story grips you from the start and it never feels boring. It is quite dark too. 8/10

kewl kyo, the rest.. not so much.

Death Side is badass. I'm thinking of buying Bet On The Possibility LP. I also like Kriegshög, Framtid, Disclose... Just checked out Zouo and Kuro and they sound sick too.

Thanks! That was pretty good.

Are there any VK bands with vocalists who have raspy voice? I'm tired of these innocent-sounding guys. I'd prefer new-ish bands.

I'd pick West Cabaret Drive. It's the only song I've heard from your list. 1. God Is An Astronaut - When Everything Dies 2. 雅-MIYAVI- - SUPER HERO 3. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - ターキー 4. 9GOATS BLACK OUT - raw 5. L'Arc~en~Ciel - AS ONE 6. BUCK-TICK - DOLL 7. the GazettE - ガンジスに紅い薔薇 8. Every Time I Die - Holy Book Of Dilemma 9. Kavinsky - Odd Look 10. Doomriders - Lions

I'll be there. If I converted that time correctly

Crows Explode - Fuck yeah! I have been waiting to see this for a long time. It was directed by Toshiaki Toyoda who's one of my favorite Asian directors. He's faithful to the first two Crows movie, uses same theme song, filming places etc. but brings his own flavor in too. The plot is pretty much the same again, high school delinquents beating the shit out of each other. The main cast is completely new but there's a few familiar, minor characters. I wouldn't have minded some more substance or development to the characters, though. But the movie looks very good visually and it's bad-ass. That's all I was hoping for. This is quite straight-forward for a Toyoda movie but it's nice to see him do something good again because his previous movie was a little underwhelming. Blues Harp - A movie about an ambitious yakuza small-timer and drug-dealing, harp playing bar tender who become friends. And they are in opposing clans. A yakuza movie that's more focused on the characters than action, but there's some of that too. The first ~5-10 minutes are great and the rest ain't bad either. Good camerawork all around.

I've been gettin' into Verbal Jint lately ! 1. Dead Kennedys - Your Emotions 2. Hot Snakes - XOX 3. Misfits - Nike A-Go-Go 4. the GazettE - 黒く澄んだ空と残骸と片翅 5. The Birthday - ひかり 6. 伊集院幸希 (Ijuuin Yuki) - 彼女は金曜日 (feat. RUMI) 7. RIP SLYME - Bubble Trouble 8. Sigh - Corpsecry - Angelfall 9. DIR EN GREY - MASK 10. 亜矢 (Aya) - メーデー