Hell yeah. Division isn’t one of my favorite albums by a long stretch, but I keep coming back to DRIPPING INSANITY.
Required Malfunction, Dripping Insanity and Hedoro feel a little out of place on the album, almost like a mid-point toward what we’d get on DOGMA and Ninth, but Dripping Insanity specifically sounds almost like a demo for Dogma.
Hell, even Ruthless Deed from Toxic just sounds like a less completed attempt at their later style
Lowkey want them to try this psuedo-double EP in one disc concept again, especially if it had two different genre and sounds for each side.
I like attitude 
especially live
You are allowed to like it! It’s just not for me.
They are highly out of their craft when they try and mix in genres like dubstep imo. I’m guessing the actual implementation was done by Teddy Loid who actually knows how to do it, but the concept was a failure to me. I find that the two elements clash and just create a vacuum of noise. Rather than synthesizing, they compete. Which ends up just giving me a Headache Man 
I like it too and shld be a must-have track in their large scale performances. Some of their songs are more suitable to be played in live than listening digitally
Yoin slanderers, begone.
man, what a track this was 
Does anyone know why its only on the first press?
@zeus No idea but it’s criminal that they kept it exclusive to the first press limited edition.
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Side note, the first press limited edition version of Hankou Seimeibun had a hidden track that was a thank you message for buying the album. To my knowledge it was only on this specific edition and not included in the regular edition or reissue (same with Sumire).
A whole bonus track and a thank you message are two completely different things, but maybe the band was just playing around with exclusive bonuses around this time.
Or, perhaps it was a mandate from the label to boost sales on the limited edition.
Yeah. This message is on limited “digipak” edition
I own a copy of the first press Madara edition, but never spotted any clue in its booklet on why keeping Sumire exclusive was the case.
As for the Hankou Seimei Bun, I’ve listened to the EP back when I was new to vkei, but hadn’t had a version with the message. If the one at the end with cryptic unsettling voice is what we’re talking about, I’d say it was more an announcement over a thank you message:
“We declare here and now: Shibuya-Ax, Tokyo. 16th of January, 2004. I repeat: Shibuya-Ax, Tokyo. 16th of January, 2004. This is our complete judgement. Here’s our statement of crime - it’s all written right there.”
That’s all I’ve managed to copy from my ears, but that’s the day and place when they performed their “Judgement Day” live. Clever and creative way to bring the news subtly, especially in the days when social media were at thier infancy.
At least with this one it makes sense why they decided to not put it in the 2nd press.
Ah that’s what was being said! Thanks for sharing. Wait, oh snap. January 16 is my birthday 
As far as madara goes, yeah, no clues or info on why. I mean, bonus tracks are pretty common I suppose in the scene. Now that I think about it, Division has those extra instrumentals only on the limited edition.
Well, that’s one thank you track? It made my spine chill while listening to it, like a ghost was talking to you lol.
Okay, now I need to know- have they ever played Kore de Yokatta Desu live?
It’s not on any live DVDs but they have played it live according to the Tokyo Saiban Shibuya AX setlist.