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I preordered this thing long ago.. typical A9 feel I guess.
 
Deep down I seriously wish they still write songs like 夢幻 -electric eden- 

Yeah I suppose everything's a "marketing method" - from conditional disbandments, to someone stealing band funds, to looking for a member who had lost contact. Maybe even the accident that happened to vistlip a few years back was also for "exposure". Although I guess nothing can be the best advertisement than someone actually dying. Right?
 
I think that's nothing short of offensive to fans who are genuinely concerned about wtf happened.

I preordered this thing long ago.. typical A9 feel I guess.
 
Deep down I seriously wish they still write songs like 夢幻 -electric eden- 

I preordered this thing long ago.. typical A9 feel I guess.
 
Deep down I seriously wish they still write songs like 夢幻 -electric eden- 

Yeah I suppose everything's a "marketing method" - from conditional disbandments, to someone stealing band funds, to looking for a member who had lost contact. Maybe even the accident that happened to vistlip a few years back was also for "exposure". Although I guess nothing can be the best advertisement than someone actually dying. Right?
 
I think that's nothing short of offensive to fans who are genuinely concerned about wtf happened.

Thanks for the Kanji I fully agree that it's a reflection on coming to terms with the past and, accordingly, the band's own history.
 
Here's my take on the lyrics (some extrapolations based on the context in parentheses):
 
To look ahead without being depressed
Being able to say, "Well that's alright"
Cuz i'm thinking I'm not going to destroy them:
The fragrance of lilies and that nostalgic place.
But the midday bell tolls and I must go
It wasn't much, but I stashed my desire to (stay)
How many people can (my thoughts) reach?
Having etched all our different lives into my mind,
It's ok just like this; isn't it fine?
 

Thanks for the Kanji I fully agree that it's a reflection on coming to terms with the past and, accordingly, the band's own history.
 
Here's my take on the lyrics (some extrapolations based on the context in parentheses):
 
To look ahead without being depressed
Being able to say, "Well that's alright"
Cuz i'm thinking I'm not going to destroy them:
The fragrance of lilies and that nostalgic place.
But the midday bell tolls and I must go
It wasn't much, but I stashed my desire to (stay)
How many people can (my thoughts) reach?
Having etched all our different lives into my mind,
It's ok just like this; isn't it fine?
 

^ Ooooooh I have those too! Fantastic headphones, I hope you'll enjoy them

It's been a while since I've done any translating, but here's the super duper rough/general idea. Keep in mind though, it's a play on words/sounds. The names arent actually in the lyrics, but the way certain symbols are pronounced, sounds like names.
 
Also, I havent looked at the song in its entirety, so I'm not 100% on context, however I'm sure it has something to do with xTRiPx's history (hence past<future)
 
Looking out on before, I wasn't feeling depressed
"Ah, no way" kind of skills cuz i thinking of going off and destroying it. In a desired place like Kaoru Yuri When the midday bells ring, I do not want to leave It was only a little, but I hid my playing heart and i, am I reaching everyone?  It is carved that it's our way of life This is oK! Isn't this considered a good thing?  
And for those who want to correct me (please do):
 
滅入ってないで前を見な 「まあいいや。」な技さ cuz i thinking 壊して行きねえさあ 百合のカヲル懐かしい場所 正午の鐘が鳴る、もう行かなくちゃ ちょびっとけど遊び心潜ませた 何人に届くのかな？and i 俺たちの生き様を刻む これでoK!良しとすっか

I agree with this! I know all music forums have both leechers and active community members, but in my personal opinion quite a bit of visual kei fans have started to feel so incredibly entitled lately to have the releases they want on the release date and if they don't they start throwing hissyfits about it. The really old VK veterans had to trade to get the stuff they wanted, they had to climb mountains, cross rivers, fight dragons for that one Gazette release
 
I remember when someone bought the limited edition of an album and uploaded it and also promised to make a DVD rip and people legitly started spamming their thread with impatient and rude messages as to why the DVD (which was a full live DVD in ISO so you can imagine the size of that file + the time it would need to rip/upload) wasn't uploaded yet only two days after the initial album was posted.
 
People need to realize that behind every file there is a person who bought that release, probably paid a shitload for shipping (if they're physical copies) and then was so kind to rip it to their computer in a good quality and share it with the rest of the world. You don't even have to press thanks or even say it, I just wish more people realized this before they start calling someone a liar or an ass.
 
Though concerning bitrate, I've always been on CAT's side with this: share it to the fullest or don't share at all. People who upload releases in 128-192kbps and say "go buy the album if you want a better quality" are obviously not sharing the release to share awesome music and give one of their favourite artists more exposure, but purely because they want a big e-penis. "Oh look at my 320/Lossless rip of that album that you can't have lol", is something I'm very much against. On one side I'm like "yeah okay I'm happy people share it at all" (especially since I've gotten into a lot of Japanese regular indie music, where it's a lot harder to come by releases than it is in VK) but sharing bad quality isn't going to solve the problem. If you really share a lower bitrate to have more people buy the album, then I've got some news for you: it doesn't work. A lot of VK fans don't care about bitrate that much (as long as it's listenable), especially if they're young and don't have the cash to import VK CDs from Japan. I actually would feel more opposed to purchasing an album I only have an 128 rip of because it misses a lot of details that I can hear in a 320 rip. Good quality can just really enhance the musical experience, at least, that's how I see it. People who want to buy the album will buy it anyway, this "here's a low quality"-method doesn't work and it makes you look like a douche, sorry.
 
tl;dr - share to the fullest or don't share at all
 
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST.

I usually only share stuff that I really like myself. I guess the most satisfying aspect is to find more potential fans for the bands that I like by sharing, even though I know perfectly well it can be counterproductive.
 
Honestly I've never really given much thought when uploading, nor am I too calculative about the whole thing, since I believe reciprocity is key when it comes to a community like this. Although I must admit that it still pisses me off when people silently sneak into the forums and take everything without bothering to even take a few seconds to show their appreciation.

Welcome to MH and enjoy yourself

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I understand. But metal is a huge genre though, and a lot of the sub genres doesn't take use of any harsh vocals.

I answered this question a while ago. It's neither, although it leans closer to being a scene. It may have started out as a genre at one point but it's long since surpassed those boundaries. It cannot be a genre because not every visual kei band plays the same type of music. For any genre you name, someone else can find a band that considers themselves visual kei that don't play that genre. Visual kei is simply music with a focus on visuals (hence visual style). Visual kei can't be pigeonholed into a scene or a genre without losing some of the picture.
And in case you missed my answer from before:
 

Now the history behind visual kei is something else altogether. I don't think there is one person on this forum with a vast knowledge of the history of visual kei because even by the 90s much of that was lost. If we come together as a forum we may be able to piece enough together.

Awww I love your slippers CaRaN!
 
I recently got myself a vistlip shirt - there was a vistlip x Tsutaya collaboration for their latest album:
 

I'm not a fan of DEG but this was nice and I'm looking forward to listening to the full release. I hope it gets leaked or something.

Yeah, their album covers lost their creativeness when they went Major. Yume was a bright band shot, Blue was a band shot, as well as FAKE. The single they released before REAL had the worst ones yet with the really crappy photoshop on it

The last thing I bought were these tiger slippers


 
Now I be fiercer than ever

Nice titles! Philip Dick is one of my fave sci-fi writers. Pynchon is interesting too, though Gravity Rainbow and Against the Day took me a couple of attempts to finally get through lol. 

Been reading Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age for a while now (kinda slowly progressing xD), it's a pretty cool spin on cyberpunk/sci-fi, kinda 'steampunk in the future' vibe.

Natsume Sōseki - The Gate. Can't tell much since I'm still at the beginning of the novel, but I expect great things after having been really pleased with Kokoro.

Lol. Yes there's some truth in that. Sometimes I can't make up my mind as to whether they are intentionally doing it or are so clueless that they don't realize it =.=

DS is finally live! We're a bit exhausted at the moment as we've been finalizing a lot of things today in anticipation of the launch. So forgive me for not having much to say right now!
 
If you'd like to read more, we have a fairly detailed post of what's coming up next in development here: http://deadeyes-star.com/blog/2013/12/introduction-to-deadeyesstar-1
 
I'd also like to introduce our staff! Be sure to give them some love!
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Can't agree more with what you're sayin but those moments are  what make this kind of vocals in vk so ....... special