Trombe 22025 Posted February 10, 2014 12012 will be indefinitely on hiatus after their one-man live "悲哀と狂気と激情の果てに(hiai to kyouki to gekijou no hate ni)" at TSUTAYA O-East at 2014/12/12, as their members would like to take time to re-evaluate their future and musical directions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kuroha 65 Posted February 10, 2014 i can't believe it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tetsu_sama69 1119 Posted February 10, 2014 saw this kinda thing coming after the release of two best of albums tbh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nullmoon 784 Posted February 10, 2014 Well this is a kick in the nuts! They were just getting good again as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted February 10, 2014 lol @ announcing it 10 months in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted February 10, 2014 Announcing it 10 months in advance is a bit... overeager, isn't it? Anyway, I'm sure they'll manage to churn out some more Dir en grey ripoffs until then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlet Obsidian 383 Posted February 10, 2014 Please, don't go! :'( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnesh 52 Posted February 10, 2014 Bummer. I actually like their new direction. In fact I've liked pretty much everything they've ever done. Oh well, they've got time to do one more album before they go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freesia 714 Posted February 10, 2014 Finally! It's a good decision since they were going down hill in recent years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Magatsu Posted February 10, 2014 Well still 10 months to go (^.-) hopefully they end with something amazing. also to the fans, please enjoy the 10 remaining months!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Champ213 1858 Posted February 10, 2014 Friendly reminder for everyone to stick to our Forum Rules, specifically Rule #2. If all you have to say about this is "finally" or "it was about time", or something along these lines without any further reasoning/explanation your post will judged as troll post and deleted, as I already did with some posts in here. Thanks~ 2 tetsu_sama69 and evilcoconut reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allisapp 303 Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, haven't really listened their recent music at all, but it's awful to see another big name go on hiatus. :x (But then again, these news made me to listen their old stuff for the first time in over five years, or more. Maybe I will try to listen to their "new" stuff too.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Licio123 181 Posted February 10, 2014 THE SWAN wasn't great, not bad though. I love this band, so I wouldn't want to see them stop their activities, but maybe its for the best. I would like to see them coming back to their SEVEN era sound, as much as I liked their self-titled... its easily their best album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black=Right 336 Posted February 10, 2014 I seriously hope they are able to find their identity again ... Their last K-pop-look-metalcore-whatever-sound was just not my coup of tea and they didn't seem to be satisfied with it also. Listening to Bell Salem, Knightmare, Shin ~Deep~ and not Obtain makes me cry how great they were D: Also I miss their old story-based lyrics ... 1 Mr Bacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyura 465 Posted February 10, 2014 re-evaluate their future and musical directions I truly hope that they are serious about this. 12012 was once a band with a distinct sound and distinct concept, very strong lyrics and a very strong atmosphere but ever since their major debut they seem to have lost their way. They never actually mastered any of the styles they tried since then, it was always more like half-heartily stealing here and there. There was a brief period around usubeni to ame where I thought they created something of their own again but it was over as fast as it started. If they ever return, I don't even want them to go back to the roots (although that would be cool), I just wish they'd return sometime with a concept that is really their own again, because I know they can do it. They showed that they are great composers, great performers. Wataru is a great vocalist and a great poet. They showed they can impress me. So why? 12s case is the only one where I actually lost respect for a band I once loved. 1 nekkichi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nekkichi 6043 Posted February 10, 2014 also please remember that wataru is chick-chocking patriarchy fetishising cis-privileged scum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digi 192 Posted February 10, 2014 I haven't liked much of any of their latest releases, but THE SWAN was quite nice. Hopefully it's just a hiatus, as I would like to see what other kind of directions they will go in when the time comes around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyura 465 Posted February 11, 2014 also please remember that wataru is chick-chocking patriarchy fetishising cis-privileged scum Well. Some would argue that physical violence against a woman by a man is feminism because gender shouldn't determine who you decide to choke. That's not my opinion because my opinion is that nobody should choke noone. Still, we don't know whether he did it because he's a sexist asshole or some other kind of asshole or no asshole at all. Also this story has a beard and the beard has a beard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShanethVarosa 1209 Posted February 11, 2014 It's kind of depressing since they were one of my first VK bands I fell in love with, but watching their career more recently I have to say I'm not terribly upset by this. If they go away for a few years and come back with a vengeance like some other bands I've seen, then it'll all have been worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nullmoon 784 Posted February 11, 2014 I was really impressed with The Swan and even Deicida of Silence (even though most people tend to hate it?). On the former EP especially, the instrumental work was incredible and actually set them apart from their previous Dir En Grey-lite sound. Wataru's questionable vocal work took some getting used to but once this was achieved both EPs were actually really impressive for me. Hopefully a new album will be released before they are on hiatus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeus 7997 Posted February 12, 2014 Hopefully a new album will be released before they are on hiatus. I doubt it. They just released two best-of albums. That's the universal cash-in before the hiatus ploy. Plus, if they're going on hiatus because they're trying to re-evaluate their life choices they aren't very confident in their new direction and likely wouldn't release anything anyway. If anything, this band desperately needed this break. Switching styles every few releases polarizes fans and wrecks your credibility when you aren't very good at a style, and 12012 have switched it up so many times they've probably gained fans, lost them, gained them again, and then lost them again. They need to pick ONE style of music that they are good at and stick with it. Or disband. It's interesting to note that they lost their guitarist before they started their most recent fad and we were guessing he left because he didn't like that new style (and he started a band that sounded similar to 12012). Does this hiatus prove Suga right? And if not, what style are they going to jump to? They've already done metalcore, pop, hard rock, and a mixture of all three, so unless they are retreading old ground whatever comes out of this will be interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nullmoon 784 Posted February 12, 2014 I dunno...anything can happen in 10 months In reality: Nothing will happen for 9 months and then they'll do a mini farewell tour... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nekkichi 6043 Posted February 12, 2014 I expect a few live-distributed singles because they prooobably have some studio leftovers lying around, and again, I won't be amused if this indefinite hiatus will only last like 3 or 4 months after 12.12 and they will come back with a full album after that. on a side note, they need to track down whoever was producing their undercode stuff and give him a lot of money to make their shit sound right again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
