D.I.D.

[Aferni 2381]

Either they need to disband or come out with actual new songs. These re-recordings aren't cute anymore, they're kinda ass,  they were all cool in Paranoid Personality and The Virtues and W.O.D. II was cool...but now this shits getting annoying and they keep cancelling stuff. Now Tohma's leaving for a bit. Maybe the real reason that Satoshi left was because he knew they weren't really doing anything productive and I fear Tohma's begun to realize that aswell. All this re-recording crud has got to stop, for christ sake they took the title track from their first mini and changed the title and the chorus and thought that was a good idea. They are seriously lazy now.

[Aferni 2381]

» [bLOG] REMEMBER THE NAME

AKANE

2016-02-15 01:47:18

 

Already

There’s not much time left

 

Where do I begin?

 

At such times, it usually comes to me as I write.

 

So let me start with a thanks. 

 

What do you think of “D.I.D. presents”?

 

Ain’t that the greatest tai-ban event?

This is family.

Each of these bands gladly accepted to perform with us.

 

I’m the one who suggested it.

To have a last shusai.

All of a sudden.

 

Truth is, just like we first announced,

Tohma was supposed to go on hiatus at the end of January.

We had no plans to have any one-man or shusai, and he wasn’t supposed to perform at all beyond that.

 

But I felt like we couldn’t really send off such a close friend so nonchalantly. 

Well then, let’s do a one-man?

Nah, we have a family.

The bands performing at this event, all of them truly are our family.

 

Usually, offers to perform at an event should be made at the very least 3 months beforehand.

Half a year before isn’t rare either.

 

We offered our family to perform on such short notice, yet everyone accepted without hesitation

 

I’m truly grateful to them.

We’ll be able to send Tohma off while having fun backstage

 

To DADAROMA who accepted to perform despite their busy schedule,

To SIN who’re a bit like our little brothers,

To JILUKA, whom I’m personally a fan of,

To Rickocchi from JILUKA who calls me his “big bro”

To REV who, it’s a secret to no one, are old treasured friends,

And then Zenon,

who have been coming to see our lives since the distance between us recently got smaller,

and who always talk to us backstage at tai-bans.

 

With our family around us, we’ll be able to give Tohma the goodbyes he deserves.

 

I’m kinda starting to feel sad as I’m writing this,

which is why I hadn’t written anything at all about Tohma’s hiatus until now.

I didn’t want to his last show to be sad.

Yet I can’t erase it from my heart.

 

Still, I have to say what I have to say

Which is why I’m writing this entry.

 

I can’t remember exactly when it was,

but it was at the studio that Tohma told us he wanted to leave the band suddenly.

And I didn’t stop him.

Tohma will give you more details about his reasons if he feels inclined to do so,

But rather than saying I didn’t stop him, 

It’s more like I couldn’t get myself to do it.

 

Usually, when someone wants to leave the band,

The usual procedure is to ask them to stay a little longer

or to try to stop them.

 

But that day at the studio, the tone of Tohma’s voice…

No… it was his eyes, I guess.

I couldn’t stop him.

At that instant, I realized that the things you hold the closest are also the most important ones.

 

I’m sure Tohma wanted to keep going,

that it just became impossible for him to do so.

He didn’t truly want to leave,

but the reason he gave us was something extremely important

Therefore, when I heard the tone of his voice, I knew we could only accept it and let him.

That’s why he’s not really leaving per-se.

Even if he never stands on the same stage again, he’ll always be one of us.

I was on the verge of tears when I told Tohma

“Why don’t we let even just your name remain with us?

That way, we’ll always be friends, right?”

Then Tohma became all the more emotional.

And that’s when it sank in.

 

“Thanks a lot.” he said.

 

I was about to cry too.

 

Tohma has always been a huge emotional support.

When it became just the 4 of us, it was the first time I thought that as long as Tohma was there, the shows would still be fun.

Until that time, going on stage made me feel nothing but pressure.

I couldn’t enjoy myself at all.

I sucked at singing and I didn’t think much of my death voice.

Even so, Tohma kept calling me “emoi” and always stayed by my side.

Eventually, I was able to come to enjoy myself as I faced the stage.

 

Next, I want to talk about what happened with the online distribution.

The recording wasn’t postponed because we slacked off or had no motivation to do it.

The production itself started from last year.

We had finished all but one of the pre-recording demos.

But, somehow we weren’t satisfied, we couldn’t reach perfection.

No matter how much we worked on it, we remained far from our ideal.

Therefore, we continued to work on the sound through trial and errors for months without being able to make any announcement.

 

In the end, we could only announce the release of “the resolution”

But we’re so picky that we couldn’t quite make any progress.

We’re truly sorry to everyone who had been looking forward to the distribution.

There’s a good reason why we changed our plans and decided to release only one song.

Even though Tohma won’t be with us anymore, 

We don’t know who’s going to play the new song one day.

Therefore, we wanted to leave behind one last song as the D.I.D. that Tohma was a part of.

 

That’s about it for recent news.

 

The last show with Tohma will be on the 22nd.

I’m not thinking one bit that only our show’s got to be the best.

I just truly think that it’s great we were able to gather up our family,

And with them, we’ll be able to turn the 22nd into the greatest day.

Please look forward to it.

 

I don’t know if Tohma’s ever going to read this post,

But a long time ago, we got caught in the snow while on tour and Tohma and I talked together in the van the whole time for over 12 hours.

Why only to Tohma?

Because the other members were all asleep. (laugh)

While relaying each other at the wheel, we talked about the world, about space. The whole time, non-stop for 12 hours.

It was a lot of fun.

 

During that blizzard tour,

I felt like I could call Tohma my close friend for the first time in my life.

He helped me open up my heart to other people.

 

Even if Tohma won’t be with us anymore, 

it doesn’t mean that we’ll never see him again,

but we won’t have as many chances to do so anymore.

 

I kinda started to cry as I wrote this.

 

When I was hospitalized, the day I was supposed to be released

Tohma came to the place where I lived and waited for me, by himself, the whole day.

But I had no idea about this.

I went straight back to my parents’ house after leaving the hospital.

That day I couldn’t meet Tohma.

But when I got home, I got a call from him saying

“When you got discharged, I waited for you at the same restaurant/bar as usual!”

When I heard that, I started bawling my eyes out.

 

I guess I’m out of things to write now.

But on the 22nd for Tohma’s last, let’s do whatever it takes to turn this into the greatest day.

 

Please call our names in the biggest voice you have.

 

We like it.

For us bandmen, 

Having our name called out kinda turns on a switch inside us

 

We’ll do our best

So to those who’re coming on the 22nd,

Let’s go wild like never before!

 

If there’s any problem with the livehouse because you guys are too wild,

I’ll go down on my knees and apologize to the owner for you

So don’t worry about anything.

Because the members and the fans altogether are D.I.D.

 

This day might never come twice

So I want to make it a special one.

And I want to send Tohma off nicely.

 

Therefore,

Please

call our names from the pit of your stomach until your voice breaks!

I don’t want to hear any shrill voices.

I want it to come from the heart.

On that day, we’ll give you everything we got.

That’s what that day is for.

So please wait.

Just a little longer. 

 

 

Translated by: day-I-die on tumblr

[Zeus 7997]

That's....pretty heavy actually. I wonder what's going to happen to this band now. Losing Tohma seems like a bigger loss than I thought.

[Aferni 2381]

That's....pretty heavy actually. I wonder what's going to happen to this band now. Losing Tohma seems like a bigger loss than I thought.

 

It's really saddening honestly because Tohma is a close friend of their's, especially Akane it seems. I hope he can come back and be with them again.

[Shir0 1303]

This makes me smile & almost cry in so many ways hah

The post is sad but also very touching how he writes about his close friend, wishing Tohma & D.I.D all the very best

 

 

We’ll do our best

So to those who’re coming on the 22nd,

Let’s go wild like never before!

 

If there’s any problem with the livehouse because you guys are too wild,

I’ll go down on my knees and apologize to the owner for you

So don’t worry about anything.

Because the members and the fans altogether are D.I.D.

 

Therefore,

Please

call our names from the pit of your stomach until your voice breaks!

 

God I love you Akane

may they rock this last live I wish I could attend it's sounds like it's gonna be SICK

[Tetora 625]

I had a crap weekend and day today as well due to various disasters, but reading Ameba after I left the office cheered me up.

First I read all the happy birthday's to LiN, then I read Akane's last as it looked like a novel.

The member's who stuck by Akane through everything are real brah's who you would want to have your back, especially Tohma.

They never gave up on the dude, and it is sad to see him have to go, but it seems like he has a strong reason to.

D.I.D. really has alot of potential and had to overcome a lot but they still haven't given up so I can still respect them even if they have not been pushing out new music like people demand.

I have all their music up until W.O.D., and I will resume following them hoping to see them accomplish what they are capable of.

[appl- 313]

I'm crying my sould out. . . . I just can't even. . . . . 

[yakihiko 1480]

This post was so emotional that made water in my eyes right after wake up, and It made me wanting to go on this one so bad.

I wish they can keep going, and re-inventing theirselves.

[TetsuAkira 289]

a sad read. Hopefully they can pick themselves up.

[JamesR 119]

Mad respect for Akane and co., after so many problems they just keep going forward

[appl- 313]

Akane commented under illegal video with 'the resolution [2.0.3]'

[YuyoDrift 1540]

Here I wondered why they had a pause in activity.

 

That was a sincere post.

[JamesR 119]

Akane commented under illegal video with 'the resolution [2.0.3]'

"I don't mind about illegal uploads, but uploading a song right after its release makes me feel bad for those who purchased it properly. Anyway, I really don't mind. But since you've uploaded it, please advertize it a lot."

 

The man himself has spoken! You heard him, bois! 

[anadentone 478]

That post makes me want to hug Akane   

[Aferni 2381]

"I don't mind about illegal uploads, but uploading a song right after its release makes me feel bad for those who purchased it properly. Anyway, I really don't mind. But since you've uploaded it, please advertize it a lot."

 

The man himself has spoken! You heard him, bois! 

 

Intense D.I.D. Advertising

[appl- 313]

That post makes me want to hug Akane   

I feel so bad too. And angry. People can't understand that uploads won't help them. And I'm afaird because of Issei. Previous time he was so mad at all of fans because someone uploaded their single to YT too. They are not fans......... If people wouldn't upload stuff maybe bands would keep going for a longer time.......

[Zeus 7997]

"I don't mind about illegal uploads, but uploading a song right after its release makes me feel bad for those who purchased it properly. Anyway, I really don't mind. But since you've uploaded it, please advertize it a lot."

 

The man himself has spoken! You heard him, bois! 

 

ORZ might be able to work something out for Akane and D.I.D.

[emmny 4139]

i also feel bad for them after reading all that, its a shame because they're flopping even when they're allegedly working hard and all. D.I.D. on their best game (paranoid personality, point of no return, providentia) slayed (and still slays) every other visualcore band in the scene--i have yet to hear such interesting guitarwork from a vk-core band.

[Aferni 2381]

i also feel bad for them after reading all that, its a shame because they're flopping even when they're allegedly working hard and all. D.I.D. on their best game (paranoid personality, point of no return, providentia) slayed (and still slays) every other visualcore band in the scene--i have yet to hear such interesting guitarwork from a vk-core band.

 

After Satoshi Left there was a huuuge gap in their sound...even Akane's vocals, after the Paranoid Personality release his vocals kind of went downwards. Even though they arent horrible they've just changed slightly for the worst. Listen to Fatal Error Race and Paranoid Personality, you'll see what I mean. As for guitar work, yeah D.I.D.'s riffs were flawless but there are other bands with far more amazing riffs. Satoshi was behind most of D.I.D.'s riffs, with him gone you can see why D.I.D. got as far as they did. I'm still upset that he left because of "family reasons" but went to support a generic ass project. With Tohma gone D.I.D. really seems hopeless because Tohma is an amazing guitarist and an amazing person....maybe they need to disband, wait a while and come back under a new name with a solid member foundation ect. I know Akane and co put a hell of a lot of work into D.I.D. but it seems like he ust needs to take a break for a bit and then come back, seem's like the best thing to do.

[JamesR 119]

 

 

M00000000000SH!

 

And the vocals are pretty good, they sound really abrasive

[Aferni 2381]

 

 

M00000000000SH!

 

And the vocals are pretty good, they sound really abrasive

 

FUCKKKKKK D.I.D. IS SLAYING I WANT MORE.....OH MY GOD THIS IS JUST......AGHHHH 

[Seimeisen 4406]

God-dayum, that SKP re-rec/demo is killer! When it comes to re-recordings, I usually prefer the Para:noir versions, but this blows the first version far out of the water.

[acbpn 434]

youtube illegal uploaders are shit noodles, this is the most essential point.

everyone knows the bands do have their own youtube accounts, but they still upload illegally, what are they thinking? brainless.

if you wanna spread the sound, just promote them secretly. Japanese bands don't equal unsigned western bands, dat's it.

 

hmm, about D.I.D. themselves, I still have highly hope on them, cuz I really appreciate their rerecordings. I started to listen to them since the very beginning of Para:noir, I couldn't forget my excitement about listening to "The Virtue" for the first time when the single was out there.

[Aferni 2381]

youtube illegal uploaders are shit noodles, this is the most essential point.

everyone knows the bands do have their own youtube accounts, but they still upload illegally, what are they thinking? brainless.

if you wanna spread the sound, just promote them secretly. Japanese bands don't equal unsigned western bands, dat's it.

 

hmm, about D.I.D. themselves, I still have highly hope on them, cuz I really appreciate their rerecordings. I started to listen to them since the very beginning of Para:noir, I couldn't forget my excitement about listening to "The Virtue" for the first time when the single was out there.

 

the S.K.P and identity re recordings are fucking beast

[acbpn 434]

the S.K.P and identity re recordings are fucking beast

yeah dat's right, the original S.K.P is too funky for me haha. I prefer their new recordings cuz all of them seems very extreme, love this style. (and also b'cuz I'm a zealot of deathcore.)