Forum finally back online!Yoshiki gets serious about album and World tour!

YoshToshBGosh · **on:** March 02, 2015, 09:01:51 PM

Yoshiki announced a World Tour for 2015, and shared a picture of the "album master sequences" on facebook(does someone know what sequences mean in this context?), which could mean that it will really, finally, at last, come out this year(oh really,THAT fast?).

Drsrh · **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2015, 10:47:43 PM

I'd take a guess that the principal recording is done, and that they're about to mix it. Yoshiki posted a picture a few days prior to the cd one saying he was recording drums. So, I don't think the album has been mixed yet. Then again, it seems wasteful to actually have the album info printed onto the disc if it isn't actually done, so who knows. Maybe it is done. All I know is I won't get too optimistic until I can preorder it.

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2015, 01:40:26 AM

Yaaay! The forums are back up! I got a little freaked out when I saw that 404 awhile ago.

I had noticed on the CD that there's a track list & that the first track is named "The Last", but the rest is cut off. You guy think that "The Last Song is getting put on the album? Also, what's up with the first four tracks? What do you think they are?

I think it's:
"The Last Song"
"Jade"
"Beneath The Skin"
"Hero"

If it's ordered like that, I think it might be better to spread the new songs out throughout the album & not confine them to just the starting half of the album.

mC · **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2015, 04:20:05 AM

Yea, we finally get some news about the album and the forums are down! XD Glad they are back up!

So yea, I reckon the first four songs are:

1. The Last Song
2. Jade
3. Beneath The Skin
4. Hero

And I reckon 11. might be I.V.?

If that's the case that leaves...7 more tracks.

Could have Without You, Born To Be Free, Tears (English Version), Kurenai (Updated English Version), Rusty Nail (English Version) and Scarlet Love Song? Well those are ones that we would assume be included and have heard bits about / of...

I think it is a nice touch putting The Last Song first...But I reckon it has to be an arrangement that is similar to the versions they played in the lives since the reunion?

friday · **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2015, 06:16:06 AM

I'm in Japan mid-late April. If an album/tour gets announced after I get back, I will actually cry. :p

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2015, 06:53:15 AM

I think the spam threads have been purged from the forum. Everything looks cleaner, I suppose.

Anyways, if "The Last Song" is indeed an arrangement version, it wouldn't surprise me at all. Also if "The Last Song"were to be the full version (Toshi singing & Yoshiki's spoken word parts), I think it would be too long & too depressing for an introduction song.

AsukaMiyu · **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2015, 04:18:52 PM

Quote from: mC on March 03, 2015, 04:20:05 AM

Yea, we finally get some news about the album and the forums are down! XD Glad they are back up!

That was ABSOLUTELY my reaction!!! XD When it came back I was wondering what it was that I wanted to post so urgently...

CreepyKlutz · **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2015, 02:45:16 AM

I think I almost had a stroke when I saw that update. This is the most solid evidence he's shown for progress on this thing since 2010...

I suppose miracles really do still happen.

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2015, 08:21:22 AM

Quote from: CreepyKlutz on March 05, 2015, 02:45:16 AM

I think I almost had a stroke when I saw that update. This is the most solid evidence he's shown for progress on this thing since 2010...

I suppose miracles really do still happen.

I know right? When that happened on Facebook, I immediately rounded up a few friends & told them about it. But getting released, that's another tale.

magucathy · **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2015, 12:43:35 PM

Wow! What a good news! Hopefully we can see the release of the album this year…. or next year?

YoshToshBGosh · **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2015, 10:24:16 AM

Or the year after that?

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2015, 11:04:10 PM

I hope it's released this year for sure. I heard a rumor that the album might be released sometime in late August, but y'know. . . rumor.

AsukaMiyu · **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2015, 06:06:08 PM

That's not a rumour, Yoshiki said August...

...........That doesn't mean that it will be released in August, though.

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2015, 11:38:39 PM

Quote from: AsukaMiyu on March 09, 2015, 06:06:08 PM

That's not a rumour, Yoshiki said August... ...........That doesn't mean that it will be released in August, though.

Oh. OHH! I thought someone else said it. Well. . . If Yocchan said that then it might as well be a rumor.

YoshToshBGosh · **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2015, 10:16:43 AM

"Violet UK will finally debut in 2013!"
I'm so glad Yoshiki finally made it... oh wait, he didn't

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2015, 05:32:01 AM

Quote from: YoshToshBGosh on March 10, 2015, 10:16:43 AM

"Violet UK will finally debut in 2013!"
I'm so glad Yoshiki finally made it... oh wait, he didn't

Exactly. YoshTosh just proved my point.

But back on topic, do any of you guys think that this album will get a physical release or a digital release? I can only hope that it'll be a physical release.

CreepyKlutz · **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2015, 06:22:48 AM

It better have a damn physical release >.>

EDIT: So what ever happened with that deal with EMI? My memory is foggy.

mC · **Reply #17 on:** March 11, 2015, 08:30:20 PM

^ That is a very good question...

Firstly, there is no doubt that there will be a physical release in Japan, and I am expecting there to be several versions, ranging from cheap to "X Japan Pricing"

Whether it will be released elsewhere in a physical version will remain to be seen. I could see it having a limited release in Asian countries as well as perhaps North America and the UK?

As to the EMI deal, I just did a quick search and found that it was for EMI to handle their releases in North America...I don't know much about record deals, but it sounds like this is just a distribution deal? So there might be no contract as to how many releases they have to produce in a set time period? I'm not sure but even then, the contract can't have been worth much to EMI over the last few years...

CreepyKlutz · **Reply #18 on:** March 12, 2015, 12:56:14 AM

Right, I remember it being primarily a publication/distribution deal so I'm assuming that's more lenient than a record deal would be so EMI wouldn't be flipping out over delays unlike if they were legitimately signed to the label through a record deal.

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #19 on:** March 12, 2015, 07:24:27 AM

Quote from: mC on March 11, 2015, 08:30:20 PM

^ That is a very good question...

Firstly, there is no doubt that there will be a physical release in Japan, and I am expecting there to be several versions, ranging from cheap to "X Japan Pricing" Whether it will be released elsewhere in a physical version will remain to be seen. I could see it having a limited release in Asian countries as well as perhaps North America and the UK?

Yeah, I can see the cheap to "X Japan pricing" releases happening in their home country. I can only hope that the US & Europe get at least a small release time (or have an international release online through CDJapan or someplace).

returner · **Reply #20 on:** March 14, 2015, 07:19:07 AM

Hey guys, really glad registration is finally open for the forum!

About the album, I really hope it's a physical release as well. And I hope the lyrics are included in a booklet..... anyone else go a little crazy over still not being able to sing along to IV or Jade without fear you're butchering the lyrics? haha

Hyunkel · **Reply #21 on:** March 14, 2015, 11:23:35 AM

I think, at least for I.V., that official lyrics have been released, no? I'm not sure for Jade though...

I'd like the Rusty Nail english lyrics in a booklet (well, if this song is on the album ofc)

CreepyKlutz · **Reply #22 on:** March 14, 2015, 11:51:49 PM

Quote from: Hyunkel on March 14, 2015, 11:23:35 AM

I think, at least for I.V., that official lyrics have been released, no? I'm not sure for Jade though...

I'd like the Rusty Nail english lyrics in a booklet (well, if this song is on the album ofc)

I think the only official lyrics were on the big screens during lives because I may be wrong but I think the Rock Band lyrics were a bit off...

returner · **Reply #23 on:** March 15, 2015, 02:57:57 AM

I don't think you're wrong CreepyKlutz. I'm 99% sure the lyrics for IV that are circulating even on official platforms are ones the companies grabbed of fans' interpretations off the internet.

Hyunkel · **Reply #24 on:** March 15, 2015, 12:18:46 PM

I remember when I.V. was released there's a part which was often "mis-lyricsed" with "I'm feeling my pain" but on the screen during the reunion lives we saw that it actually was "I.V. in my veins" and so on.

On AZLyrics it's still the wrong version which is uploaded for instance.

Well, we'll hopefully get the official lyrics soon enough.

CreepyKlutz · **Reply #25 on:** March 16, 2015, 09:26:09 AM

Wasn't the rock band version "play with thy own will" (which honestly sounds like it) but the reunion lives showed "play with God's own will" ?

Hyunkel · **Reply #26 on:** March 16, 2015, 04:13:53 PM

I don't know for Rockband but I find it strange that the developers didn't ask for the official lyrics when they included the song in the game

Kurenai_Akari · **Reply #27 on:** March 16, 2015, 09:49:38 PM

Ahh, don't remind me about the lyrics to "I.V.", I'm still very confused about those lyrics & the lyrics to "Jade". I'm sure that they'll put the lyrics into the booklet. I mean, how else are going to know what to sing along to?

Also, this new article is a bit worrying - http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150316-00000544-sanspo-ent

returner · **Reply #28 on:** March 17, 2015, 09:54:30 AM

I don't care if the album gets pushed back a few more months and the tour starts later. I'm just worried about the entire tour actually happening. X Japan's gonna do a lot of cities in Japan this time, and then they're going to probably do Europe and the rest of Asia, South America, and North America... I don't know in what order obviously (besides Japan being first) but that's a lot of practicing and performing to cram in on a half-torn tendon, right? I just hope the entire thing plays out the way all the members are hoping it will, ie start to finish

Hyunkel · **Reply #29 on:** March 17, 2015, 11:48:46 AM

"Yoshiki also talked about an upcoming Japan Tour with X JAPAN later this year and a following World Tour. He hopes that his health condition will allow that because of the half torn tendon and severe pain in his right hand which even makes things like opening a bottle or doors very painful." (http://www.xplosion-online.com/?p=3542)

How can you play drums on a tour if opening a simple bottle/door is painful??

Just take a year or so to heal and rest ffs! And focus on his producing activities, or even write new songs, and let another drummer for the recording session (yeah, I doubt that that will happen anytime soon).