paradoxal

If you are broke you have bigger issues than being entertained, especially being spoonfed every single piece of entertainment that you demand when there is already an endless supply of free entertainment available to you.
It's clear that this whole viewpoint on not 'sharing' (a term used to put some kind of bs feel good spin on giving out other people's hard work for free) being 'selfish' (because you are entitled to the labor of other people while you sit at home) is a load of crap solely fabricated to rationalize taking as much as you can from others while not giving back.
And give us a break with the whole theory that a band dies because not enough people got their work for free, especially with a live DVD. It's not up to 'fans' with no experience in the record industry and possibly no work experience what-so-ever to decide what marketing plan should be used.
It is far from elite to buy a cd or dvd, and if you don't care about the opinion's of others then ignore them, they didn't exactly insult you, but you sure are condescending to them.
Lately you post very frequent negative comments and conspiracy theories over and over in different topics but the second someone disagrees with you or has another point of view you snap.
Nobody is trying to stop you from believing that downloading is helping a band stay alive, or that the Earth is flat or whatever equally believable thing you want to post, so give other people the same respect and let them say what they want on a site that is based on discussion. If you want to argue then do it in a civil manner and don't post rhetoric theories and act like everyone who doesn't agree with you is an elitist jerk killing the record industry.
Just my opinion.
Anyway, to pretend to be on topic:
Cool band, hope to see what they come up with next.

it is announced at BLESSCODE one-man live tour "愛と哀(ai to ai)" tour final at Hiroshima SECOND CRUTCH at 2015/12/29 that their new maxi single "Imperial City" will be released at 2016/04/27, which will be sold in advance at their one-man live "Imperial Show Scene:1" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/03/21, although details have not yet been announced
 
 
btw they will hold their presents live at Hiroshima SECOND CRUTCH at 2016/02/08, at 2016/02/15 and at 2016/02/29 and masaya birthday one-man live at Hiroshima SECOND CRUTCH at 2016/02/22
 
 
Sadie Ba.亜季(aki) will act as their support Ba. at their one-man live "Imperial Show Scene:1" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/03/21 and at their live at Umeda AM HALL at 2016/03/27

I don't usually do requests, but I'll see what I can do.

Tracklist:
1. 「howling」
2. Lily
3. Royal Order
4. Declaration of war
5. Cordyceps sinesis
6. A Box In Beautiful
7. Miss.EVIL INSIDE
8.「flowing」
9. Chains of collar
10. Who's bad psycho party
11. pAIN kILLER
12. 緋雨
13. 結晶華
14. **88**
15. REDRUM（album edit）



| The royal order loses its luster
  Like them or hate them, Lycaon cemented their place as one of the most influential post-2000's visual kei bands. Another thing they've managed to do successfully is to get their fans to debate which album is their best. Depending on who you ask, the most likely answer would be their first album Royal Order or their last album camera obscura. Royal Order was one of my favorite visual kei albums for many years. If you asked me five years ago for a list of my favorite visual kei albums of all time, Royal Order surely would have made the list. Now? Not so much. I've now come to officially throw my ring into the hat and make this endless debate even more complicated.

It's always bothered me that so much of this album was released as singles, but it pisses me off to no end that they decided to include all of them on this album. "Cordyceps sinensis", "Declaration of War", and "A Box in Beautiful" get a pass, but each single leading right into the next unbalances the album. "Declaration" is probably the weakest song with "A Box in Beautiful" as the strongest of the three, but that could be my preferences talking. Then there's "chains of collar"; one of their more iconic singles but was a bit aged by this point in time. "結晶華", "RED RUM", and "緋雨" are previously released tracks  to pad the run time. Stick two SE's in there and you will realize that I just I covered half of the album in one breath. That's not a good look.
 
What else sucks is that "Plug > into the > Socket" was a great, energetic rock number that would have fit anywhere, but they decided to release that on a cassette tape instead. If they absolutely must have included older tracks to fill out the album, both "「琥珀彩」～コハクイロ～" and "The[1st] degree genocide holic" are much better options (they had already pimped the latter out for the さわやか3組 2009 omnibus).  I would have been happy with a remaster of "The Death Game" at least! Note that I stress they do something with their older songs. They changed up "RED RUM" a bit but didn't even bother to touch "緋雨" so Yuuki's unpolished, brusque vocals and rougher production stick out like a sore thumb against the crisper production of the newer tracks. However, there is no reason why a band must include anything from their oldest singles at all.

So what about the rest of the album @Zeus? The tone of my paragraph above suggests I would have preferred more new tracks, but the records show it took the band six months to come up with the rest of the album and the new additions weren't as solid as the singles. "Miss DEVIL INSIDE" is our first introduction into the genre-hopping that Lycaon hadn't fully embraced by this point. I can appreciate the unexpected double bass rolls into the screaming chorus but at it's best it's budget System of a Down worship. "**88**"" is a clone of "Miss DEVIL INSIDE" with even less polish and a scream so harsh at the end it can blow out eardrums. Finally, the title track "Royal Order" is weak sauce; it bounces between those burpy harsh vocals and that cavity-inducing saccharine chorus but the rest of the song is forgettable. I can't believe they actually named the album after this...
 
Now that I got all my complaints out of the way, what little is left is why anyone should give Royal Order the time of day. The album should have jumped straight into "Lily". Excellent music writing and experimentation with some new sounds and a catchy, almost Gazette-ish chorus makes for one of the better new tracks. "who's bad psycho party" is actually a lot better than it's title lets on. With a four to the floor disco beat nesting lovely with some electronic effects, this and "pAIN kILLER" are the best out of the newer tracks - it's just a shame that the former isn't included on the limited edition. It took me a while to warm up to both tracks but now I see the value they bring towards the end of the record as well as why they follow one another. "結晶華", shamelessly lifted from Ambrozia, is also a wonderful breath of fresh air. A ballad needed to be present and this was their best one to date. They did everyone a favor too by removing the obnoxious minute and a half of silence at the end. It's a good song, but it doesn't leave me breathless. The re-recording of "RED RUM" is a nice touch to finish off the album, although I think it would have been even more effective if "**88**" wasn't included at all and "結晶華" and "RED RUM" swapped positions. I also miss the scream at the beginning but the harsh vocals at the end make up for it.

So Royal Order is a mixed bag. I still enjoy listening to it to this day, but five years with an album gives you a new perspective on it. I enjoy this album a lot more because I enjoy Lycaon's discography and all the songs I like are mostly songs I've heard before. It has a few surprises here and there, but it's got a few duds as well (well actually, more than a few if you count the instrumentals as music). I recommend it as an overall good album to listen to, but it's not the be-all end-all post-2000's visual kei release I once thought it was.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...but @Zeus, you didn't answer the question! Which Lycaon album is the best album?
 
*sigh*
 
You can infer that Royal Order wins because my >score for camera obscura was only a hair lower and as far as I'm concerned 嘘と女と『　　　　』 never happened, but that would be missing the point. A star doesn't mean much in the long run. Lycaon has great songs and poop songs from every era. Some of their best songs are on their worst releases and some of their worst songs are omnipresent. Even the "erotic" era I'm notorious for disliking has "Mary" and "MAD NEUROSIS CHILD"! As a band, Lycaon were all over the place because they were always changing their concept. This is one of the few times that a best-of album would have been very welcome, but that raises the sticky question of how to blend all their eras together with a nice flow. Settling on a style is an issue they never quite worked out before disbanding, and I personally believe the departure of eve and 美央 only made this problem worse because it left the other members to experiment freely. "Experimenting freely" is how you end up with releases like Masochist Red Circus.
 
If you want an answer to the most consistent Lycaon release, Ambrozia is a safe bet. That's all you get for free. 

∞INFi2TY new maxi single "EXIST" will be released at 2016/04/06 (1,000yen)
 
[track list]
01.EXIST
02.ひとつのカケラ(hitotsu no kakera)
 
 
btw Gt.kenchang will be absent at their live at 2016/02/25, at 2016/02/26 and at 2016/02/28 due to his immediate surgery of cecum

Glad to see everyone here hates Starwave/Kiwamu. Finally something with which we can all agree.
 
Best of luck to them. I do like this band.

Thank you very much.
 
In the future hopefully, Not just RiR but any band connected to V STAR will have their music available for legal digital download purchasing.
 
It is one of the simplest ways to make Visual Kei music more accessible to fans from all around the world.
 
So with that being said, hopefully in the near future, there will be a higher number of bands releasing their music onto international iTunes.
I am currently in discussion with another new but popular band about releasing their next single onto iTunes, so please keep tuned in for announcements.
 
and of course, thank you for supporting RiR.

藍猫 (Ran Mao) - BLAZE 
21st January

More Japanese bands should allow professional photographers at their lives. The lack of available media of their live shows is sometimes upsetting.

Good news: new album
Bad news: they joined starwave records.
 
Tbqh I'm not sure if I should be happy or start crying.

Good news: new album
Bad news: they joined starwave records.
 
Tbqh I'm not sure if I should be happy or start crying.

Good news: new album
Bad news: they joined starwave records.
 
Tbqh I'm not sure if I should be happy or start crying.

Yeah, but did you know that my dad works at Nintendo?
 
 
Congratulations, now tone down your damn ego. You're like a petulant kid bragging on the playground during recess.

Was on my way to OOR's concert on the bus. I cut my bangs myself and unfortunately messed up... =.="
 

First time showing my face properly here. I planned to do a vk inspired look, but it turned out all black   



 

Painted my nails in a new clour & my outfit from today. Yes I wore a corset to school haha xD

New hoodie is new. My hair is an utter disaster.

I take selfies like two per year
 

 
and generally I'm not shaved and wearing glasses.

Hello everyone!
 
Some people have known me for a while, and some others might have never heard from me.
 
Either way, I'm Dopefish and I've hung around in the plug.dj room back when that was still a thing.
I don't know a lot of jrock , however I do enjoy Midori, Ling Tosite Sigure and Envy.
Other bands/artists that I enjoy are:
 
Electronic:
Autechre Aphex Twin Squarepusher Carbon Based Lifeforms Solar Fields Hiphop:
Aesop Rock Nujabes Cyne MF DOOM Nas Rock:
Radiohead Drive Like Jehu Botch Converge Dance Gavin Dance GY!BE  
And many more to count.
 
 
 
 

VK does it to me from behind. And I like it.
 
 
 
Thank you @hiroki for writing down my exact thoughts. There's no doubt that some artists and bands in the scene are in it for other reasons than just the pure passion in music. But just because a band has been formed after 2010, doesn't instantly mean they are plastic sellouts only in it for the glory and fame.

WHO NEEDS WHO? eve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh! And Avelcain's second whooping after 悪女の微笑(DEVIL'S＋SANCTUARY)
 
Put omg i had to pause cause i wasnt ready for Yuuki's voice.
 
Anyway Yuuki-sama is the king bitches!

Mysterious new collab single called 月華❁乱れ牡丹, original single released on 02/01/2016 with Eve & Hatsune Miku, guessing the one with Yuuki, for his birthday? No idea.