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Great chance for them and well deserved. They blew me away on their one-man today.
And thanks to you @Suuu and your company for making things like this possible!

Great chance for them and well deserved. They blew me away on their one-man today.
And thanks to you @Suuu and your company for making things like this possible!

V STAR PROMOTION is proud to present the overseas debut of Rides In ReVellion!
 
They will be appearing at Anime USA in Washington, DC  at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel on October 21-23, 2016. 
 
There will be a live concert, autograph signing, and other events included with the price of convention admission. For more information, stay tuned or visit http://animeusa.org
 
We look forward to meeting many of you while we are there, and hope that this is the first of many opportunities for us to bring visual kei artists to the international stage. Thank you for your support.
 
 

 
 

Imperial City
 
BLESSCODE
 
 
煌めく街の影 無口な人の群れ
  Kirameku machi no kage   mukuchi na hito no mure
    The silhouette of the gleaming streets, the silent crowd of reticent people;

誰もが気付かずに ただただ生かされている
  Dare mo ga kizukazu ni   tada tada ikasareteiru
   Without realizing it, everyone is simply being kept alive.

僕等は従順に操られるマリオネット
  Bokura wa juujun ni ayatsurareru marionetto
   We are marionettes manipulated to always comply;

されるがままに汚れてしまった
 Sareru ga mama ni kegareteshimatta
   With no resistance possible, we've been utterly violated. [1]
 
絡み付く糸に自由さえ失くしても
 Karamitsuku ito ni jiyuu sae nakushitemo
   Even with our freedom lost to the bonds that fetter us,

信じるものがあった
 Shinjiru mono ga atta
   I've found something to believe in.
 
 
君が全てを断ち切ってくれるから
 Kimi ga subete wo tachikittekureru kara
   Because you've broken the spell for me. [2]
 
 
この街で生きてく揺るがぬ誓い
 Kono machi de ikiteku yuruganu chikai
   Living on in this city, an unwavering vow; [3]

君が居るから夢を見れる
 Kimi ga iru kara yume wo mireru
   Because you're here, I'm able to dream.

この世界に光が消え失せても
 Kono sekai ni hikari ga kieusetemo
   Even if the last ray of light vanishes from this world,

君が居るから歩いていける
 Kimi ga iru kara aruiteikeru
   Because you're here, I'll be able to carry on.
 
 
見上げた摩天楼に 冷たい星を見た
 Miageta matenrou ni   tsumetai hoshi wo mita
   I looked up at the skyscrapers from which I had seen the cold stars.

見下す大人達 僕等を嘲笑った
 Mikudasu otonatachi   bokura wo azawaratta 
   Looking down, the adults mocked all of us. [4]
 

君の声が僕を呼び覚ます
 Kimi no koe ga boku wo yobisamasu
   Your voice awakens me from my slumber.
 
 
この街で生きてく揺るがぬ誓い
 Kono machi de ikiteku yuruganu chikai
   Living on in this city, an unwavering vow;

君と一緒に夢を見たい
 Kimi to issho ni yume wo mitai
   I want to dream together with you.

この世界に溢れる偽りの希望
 Kono sekai ni afureru itsuwari no kibou
   The illusory hopes filling this world we live in,

君と一緒に「リアル」に変えて
 Kimi to issho ni riaru ni kaete
   Together we'll turn them into Reality.
 

空白の街で強く生き抜け
 Kuuhaku no machi de tsuyoku ikinuke
   In the void of this city, we'll pull through.
 
 
＜間奏＞
 
 
願う事を止めなければそう
 Negau koto wo yamenakereba sou
   As long as we don't give up what we wish for,

その先に未来はあるから
 Sono saki ni mirai wa aru kara
   because there is a future that lies before us...
 
 
この街で生きてく揺るがぬ誓い
 Kono machi de ikiteku yuruganu chikai
   Living on in this city, an unwavering vow;

君の隣で夢叶えよう
 Kimi no tonari de yume kanaeyou
   I will fulfill my dreams alongside you.

この世界に差し込む一筋の希望
 Kono sekai ni sashikomu hitosuji no kibou
   A single ray of hope that pierces into this world;

君と目指そう光の先へ
 Kimi to mezasou hikari no saki e
   We'll head in the direction of that light.
 
 
もう見失わない
 Mou miushinawanai
   I won't ever be lost again;

同じ夢を描こう
 Onaji yume wo egakou
   We'll dream the same dream.
 

いつまでもその手を離しはしない
 Itsumademo sono te wo hanashi wa shinai
   I won't ever let go of that hand;

君を信じた僕を信じて
 Kimi wo shinjita boku wo shinjite
   Believe me--who has always believed in you.
 
 
Notes:
[1] Lit. "We've been made dirty" - in the sense of having one's autonomous will robbed, and hence our inner self always tainted by the "hands" of others.
[2] Lit. "Because you've torn down everything." i.e. the deceptive status quo that the addressee smashes to bits.
[3] "街" is literally "streets," but in the context of this song it's (possibly) operating as a synecdoche for "city." So that's how i'll translate it henceforth.
[4] "見下す" (mikudasu) means looking down on & despising someone, but it parallels "見下ろす" (miorosu) which can also mean literally looking down from a high place (and this echoes the preceding line).
 
 

Oh yes August, sorry xD I was tired when I wrote that xD

Glad to see girugamesh is still active

sounding good!

new band "リベリオ (Ribelio)" live-limited single "Mass of hatred" will be released at their one-coin one-man live "THE BIRTH OF THE REBELLION" at RUIDO K4 at 2016/9/17 (2-Type)
 
TYPE-A will include 2 tracks+DVD (featuring "Mass of hatred" MV) and TYPE-B will include 3 tracks.
 
[track list]
1.Mass of hatred
2.LIE
3.APOLOGY (included in Type B )
 
Vo.LAKU (ex-GLEIVE(SIYU), Black Gene For the Next Scene roadie)
Gt.Saya (ex-Nobady roadie)
Gt.奈留(naru)(f.k.a. 透真(touma))
Ba.響(hibiki) (ex-LeviuS(侑斗/yuuto))
Dr.刧(koh)(f.k.a. 幸(koh))
 

 
 
http://ribelio.com/

^ This. To all these people acting like, "oh noooo, MH won't have any news posts now that Trombe is no longer here!! such pointless, much dead forum, wow"
 
Other people are perfectly capable and willing to post news. I imagine the reason very few people tried to before (myself included, though I did make a few attempts) is because they felt intimidated by the fact that Trombe had such a monopoly on the news section and there was no point in trying to post news yourself, even if you managed to post it before Trombe, because some ghost thread would show up five minutes later anyway. It's not as if we're all a bunch of helpless babies that can't do anything on our own. Trombe was impressive because s/he managed to do most of this single-handedly, and it was certainly appreciated, but there is no reason why a single person has to keep doing it. You can sit around whining in this thread all day, or you can think about contributing in some small part to help keep things just as active as they ever were.

I think that was the problem, ironically.
 
No one here is going to deny that Trombe was a very well known, and informative member on this website for VK news.
Yet, everyone needs to realize that he was just that. A member. No different from any one of us. To my knowledge, he was not being paid to do this.
 
It seems that no one besides the Admins/Moderators, are aware of the situation. No one should be jumping to conclusions. As being a moderator on various websites over the years myself, I understand what a group decision among other mods is like. No right to disrespect, if you don't understand.
 
If you feel that the news section was the ONLY thing making up MH, then perhaps reconsider and take a close look at the rest of the content that our admins have worked hard to provide for us to view and participate in. I find it ironic that some members I have never seen, have posted on this thread, but no other part of the forum.
If you really don't care about anything/anyone else on this site, then why are you even a member? It's an honest question. There are plenty of blogs elsewhere to read for news.
Those of you mentioning that only Trombe made up the forums news section, are placing him on a high pedestal, when you should not. Please find it in your best interests to help populate the news section from now on if you feel you could, as we already have plenty of other members already doing so, and the more the merrier.
 
I love some of the excuses on here to justify their lack of support for the news section.
You don't know where to start looking? Well no one's holding a gun to your head lol just post anything that you come across that has not been posted yet, if ever. It's that simple
No time to post you say? Well, if you can read the content on one website, I'm pretty sure you can copy/paste that same news on here as well.
Don't feel like it? Well, then you have no say on this matter, now do you?
 
Due to the negligence of most of us here at MH, to not provide a piece of content when we probably could have, have allowed one member to dominate a section of the forum to the point where we eventually felt there was no longer a need for other contributors, and newer members saw this member as the ONLY means for new VK news. In a way, it's our fault Trombe became so vital to the community.
Edit: I had heard about Trombe and his PMs of hate on other potential news posters, but I didn't think it was real until now. Nice to see these individuals come forward. Perhaps this will shed some light as to why it seemed that there was no one else BUT Trombe who posted news.
 
Why do I sound like a moderator? lol
Excuse my asshole rant.
 
Thank you for the contributions to this forum Trombe. Good luck on your new blog or website, if you should choose to do so.
No hard feelings.
 

I found a copy of Cure V-Splash Vol.34 which has a frontpage feature of Purple Stone. When I have some free time next week I'll translate the interview
 

 

Btw. their first single 事例04 -ナイン- is available for download on dwango.jp until 2016/08/02.

I don't know what happened, so I'm going to assume there is some reason the mods have all  converged towards that ban and they weren't just being bullies. But even if Trombe was in the wrong, that does not in any way invalidate all the valuable contributions this person brought to the News section and the forum in general. I find it in poor taste to suddenly start acting as if his work wasn't such a big deal or even worse, that it was inconvenient this person was so thorough in news coverage.  I didn't see anyone complain about this before, so It feels disingenuous to start downplaying his/her work now that he/she won't post anymore.  I'm sure it's not the same for everyone here, but take a step back and it's easy to realize some of us were really appreciative of all the news posted, either minor or major, and in very due time. Just an opinion from someone who barely posts and has no  particular sympathies for anyone.

アムネシア sounds pretty promising. Actually not really fond of Seirios yet, but maybe it grows on me as soon as I hear it live. But damn, the b-side...

Rides In ReVellions new single Seirios, which will be released on the 28th of July is now available for pre order on the V STAR webshop.
 
Pre order comes with a free gifted cheki bonus!
 
Be sure to order your copy!
 
Order Here

As if any of us who have been here for like 5-8+ years would be able to leave now. 
 
See you in two weeks trombe!

i'm sad to see that it has come to this.
 
not gonna take sides since I hardly know the details of the drama, but no matter how you look at it this is a blow for people who actually care about the 'no 1 curr' bands, or random ad-hoc sessions, or what live-limited cd is being distributed in sendai next weekend. whether the news is of quality is for the audience to judge; however without an appreciable volume of news filtering in there's nothing left to know about, much less to judge. and regardless if you like trombe, or however questionable his motives may be, it can't be denied that he's been a great service to not just you and me but the international vk community since it should be patently obvious that every self-professed 'vk news source' out there is basically a c+p of what's posted in MH.

You shall be missed, @Trombeif this is really your final decision. Thanks for the awesome work!

Does anyone else here experience Synaesthesia? In other words, do they subconsciously associate letters, numbers and/or words (or even other things like musical notes) with different colours? If so, what colours do people associate different things with? For example, in my head I associate the following days with the corresponding colours:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
 
I guess I'm just curious to see how common/uncommon this is and what other people associate with different things.

The cover art is fantastic and their new look is killing me

Wow dat useless release :/
They could add some new versions of old songs or something at least, it's too soon for a compilation and too expensive for what it is imo.
Nice look and cover though.

The cover art is fantastic and their new look is killing me

So, A9 will release a best album (they call it a "collection"), entitled "Grace", august 17.
It has two CDs, which are their newest EPs, and a DVD, with their most recent music videos. Consequently, this is a ~collection~ of everything they released in this new phase.
It costs 4104 yen and is already being sold at HMV.
 
Cover:

 
New look (amazing <3):

 
"IGM, I was born in a cave, gimme dem detailz"
Ok, here them go:
 
Title: "Grace"
Format: album
Release date: 17/8/2016
Price: 4104 yen
Label: Nine heads records
Code: NINE-0003
CD 1:
  1 - Phoenix
  2 - Spiegel
  3 - 道化師 (Doukeshi)
  4 - 流星群 (Ryuuseigun)
  5 - フリージア の 咲く 場所 (Freesia no saku basho)
  6 - 銃弾 (Juudan)
  7 - Pray
CD 2:
  1 - Prismatic
  2 - Darker and darker
  3 - Silver
  4 - Insomnia
  5 - Animus
  6 - Blossom
  7 - The sounds of galaxy
DVD:
  1 - Phoenix
  2 - Spiegel
  3 - Prismatic

ohh this was from the little hearts sponsored live where there was a vote at the end i know there was a livestream but i was out so i didn't catch it.
 
thanks @CloudyTreefor letting us know that it was uploaded!!
 
i fucking love panic panic... can't wait for its release >_>