I hope their album tracks are better than their B-sides because 'Hopelessness' wasn't all that great. Starts out dark and scary, but it turns into a bland pop chorus. Reminds me of Ayu's 'fairyland'! XD

I want an album already, I'm sick of singles...><;

I just hope they'll beef up the production cause they are under Sony now and the sound quality isn't so great.

And I hope they get rid of yuusuke. He's terrible! Engrish rap lyrics, high pitch voice, he should of formed some a Simple Plan type of band. The rapper guy from move actually knows English cause he studied in the U.S. and he has good lyrics. I mean wtf is..."come ride on noisy ride on come ride on noisy ride on?" LOL wtf is Yuusuke smoking?!?!

anyone have mp3 of this group song?
i want to hear it

Whoa... thanks for the news!

Cool thanks for the news Akurei :)

Yay!! another single!:)

I agree with BanFan, "Hopelessness" wasn't all that great. It had potential, but never reached it. I still listen to it, but not nearly as much as other HandMC songs.

Well they're one of those bands with really good singles, but most of their B-sides are bland. I don't think anyone really acts like they're the best band ever, or better than average bands, so I don't see how they could be overrated.

I enjoy their singles and a few B-sides, but I don't think anyone, at least here, acts like they're really extra special or anything. :)

If anything, they might be underrated because they don't seem to get much promotion or anything. I'm hoping their album sells a lot more because it'll be worth the money for the singles and maybe some good B-sides'll make it onto the album. :D

Hmm, interesting cover. Thanks!

Don't just a book by it's cover. :P

Anyway...singles are overrated. The only single I bought that I enjoyed were Mika Nakashima's LEGEND, Ai Otsuka's Kingyo Hanabi and Aikawa Nanase's R-Shitei. And I need to buy Splash Candy's Chaos of Love for the acoustic version.

*Still waiting for an album...*

just wondering, how tall is Markie? its like the younger members are taller than the older members lol

:rolling:

Have you guys seen the PV for Days? It's really nice. They chose the rapper guy to be the actor fot the PV since he doesn't get to rap that much. It's up for download now at the off-topics download section.

Yay for the album!

I'll die if I was a week off, but I'm pretty sure this or next Sunday, KSCI (Channel 18) will be showing the Gundam Seed special on 'Our Music' (Sorry, I always forget the Japanese title!). It will have Nami Tamaki, T.M.Revolution and HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (singing PRIDE). It's quite old, but any California fans with local channels will be quite happy to see this. :)

OMG, I wish I got that channel! They used to show "Our Music" on the International Channel/AZN TV.

Ooh. I like the cover and tracklist muchly. Hopefully they saved all the good songs for the album tracks (the B-sides were generally bad :P)...:)

I think Yuusuke should of gotten a small portion at the bottom right corner

I like the cover! I'm not sure if I'll preorder, or if I'll wait to buy it when it comes out.

If it's as good as your Koda Kumi one (Which is really good), I'd say go for it.

I'd love to see some single scans on it. :)

Sorry, I don't know any good sites, but I had a weird dream that HandMC split up like Morning Musume did, with two seperate CDs (I forgot if they were singles or albums, but one was red and one was black) and one group was Markie and the other with a new guy replacing Yuusuke (He was really bad, I missed Yuusuke!!)...o_o;

^Looks good!!

On their website, http://www.handmc.jp/pc/index.html , there are samples of the tracks for their new album. Just a few more days!

I think it sounds promising...

Bump!

Just finished listening to the album today, found it pretty good :) Except GooVER.... lol I found it a musical nightmare... like one big mess haha

Probably With YOU is my favourite track now :yes

I'm bringing this thread back to life...

So what did you guys think of their new single "STYLE~get glory in this hand~"? I rather liked it. :)

I really enjoyed it as well. I love their sound and they seem like they are growing with this single.

Hi. Well I´m a fan of bleach and I really liked the third opening Ichirin no Hana By HandMc so I decided to see what I could find on this band.. So far I´ve only listened to Ichirin and PRIDE but I loved both. I was searching the net for stuff on this badn thats how I found this forum :D . Well anywayz I´ve been reading this thread and most links are broken and websites are in japanese heh. Anyone know where I can download more of their songs, some videoclips or get some pics? I´ve been to the official website but It´s mostly in japanese and i couldn´t find much there. thx.

that's exactly what i thought!!!! :D

GOOVER (Tofu Records)
Release Date:March 21, 2006
Price: About $13

THANK YOU TOFU RECORDS. I love you.

Also, HandMC is already releasing their second album in Japan in March or April, I forget which one. Credit to j-poop.com. o_o;

Crazy that Nami Tamaki's Greeting was released in the US right around the time Make Progress was released in Japan, just like this one.

OMG, yay for Tofu! I still don't have GOOVER, so this is a dream come true!! And yay for second album!

From: http://news.cherryblossom-garden.com/

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR 2nd Album Out April 5th, 2006!

AHHH! Can't wait! :D:D:D

Nobody else is excited about that news? LOL.

I am! :D

yay exciting! ^^

I'm not. It seems really rushed.
But who knows, it may be good.

Tracklist and title of HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR new album!!! :D


HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR 2nd Album “Gouto Progressive” Tracklist

Credits: http://news.cherryblossom-garden.com/

Here's the cover!

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4903/jacket3rd.jpg

I like the cover!

Here I Am (Full PV, from Gouto Progressive)

I like it, sounds better than the album tracks on GOOVER.
I'm just not fond of screaming stuff, it's pretty annoying.

^^ Thank you for this.

I'm not too fond with the screaming thing either. But I got used to it.

I can't wait for their 2nd album release!

oooh, I'm so excited for this album!!

I can't wait to hear the new album. They are an awesome band. There's a full-page article on them in the Apr. 2006 issue of Newtype USA on page 121.

i just finished listening to the whoel album.. ^^
there's not much screaming and some songs are like.. poppy.. lol~ well not that pop... it has mixture errr... ummm maybe like kimura kaera type of music..some of the songs and yes there's screamign ofcourse HIG and MIGHTY COLOR style is like that ^^

^^ Where did you get the album? So fast! XD

Kaela Kimura? Cool. :yes

Meh. Just finished listening to their new album. It's ok. My grade? Maybe a 79.5%. Not bad, definetely not outstanding. 'Ichirin no Hana', 'Here I Am', 'STYLE~get glory in this hand~'and 'Hoshizora ni Furu Yuki' are the best.

'Hoshizora ni Furu Yuki' could have easily been a single. I love that song. If it doesn't become an album cut single, I'll have to buy the album, which would suck because the album tracks are for the most part forgettable.

I didn't expect a lot, but I sort of expected better than this.

Where did you guys got the album? :shrug

The HandMC D/L Thread at AHO (Ayumi Hamasaki Online) for me.

^^ Thank you!

Wow...this album is absolutely AMAZING!! It's much more rock than Goover, so if you don't like rock, well...consider yourself warned. The instruments and vocals are excellent, and sound much more in sync w. each other and much more passionate than those of Goover; Maakii's voice especially is so wonderfully expressive. I can't wait until I can see the lyrics to see what she is singing about, because her voice conveys so much emotion in many of the songs! As of now, my favorites are "for Dear..." and "Tsumi". Go haikara!!

Yeah, I'm not big on the whole rock thing (I prefer poppy rock, like hitomi stuff), or screaming for that matter, so naturally, my favorite was Track 13, which was absolutely amazing. I'm not really too fond of their weird hyrid rock/pop sound, but it's not too bad, just not really my thing.

I think their best songs are 'Pride', OVER' and 'Hoshizora...'. :)

I like this album, it rocks! Not all the song are great, but "Haitoku no Jounetsu", "Tsumi", "Kuro Ageha Mau Oka", "for Dear..." and "Hoshizora ni Furu Yuki" are OUTSTANDING!

It would have been cool if they had at least one slower song, like "GOOVER" had "With YOU" though. Markie's voice is so beautiful!

New magazine covers and pictures:

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/1469/handmc4pv.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/8193/book7yc.jpg http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/6734/highand8gk.jpg

http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/5438/handmc18oh.jpg http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3282/handmc22fm.jpg

^ thanks for those pics!
I also think it would have been cool to see a slower song like "with YOU".

(PS, I love your new set!)

^^ Thanks! :)

Anybody has HandMC's albums and singles sales numbers?

My favorite songs from G∞VER are:

- NOTICE (this is one of my favorite song from H&MC)
- Days
- What for...
- With YOU

And b-sides:

- Warped Reflection
- Hopelessness

^^ Try this site: http://jpop.bww2.com/ :D

Reviving this thread once and for all!

Cover for 「DIVE into YOURSELF」!

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7356/jacket4vf.jpg

Not such a great cover compared to their early single covers, but can't wait for the song! I'm very much hoping for something like "RUN☆RUN☆RUN" because it has this great summer feeling to it!

^^ True, at least it looks like they are having fun! :yes

I still need to get their second album...
Just for Ichirin no Hana, Style and Hoshizora. ^-^

OMG HOW COULD I HAVE NOT FOUND THIS THREAD!!!! >.<

(btw, me huge HandMC fan. me say hewwo to you)

^^ Cool, more HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR fans! :D

Me too... and for the same songs as well!

i have the ichirin no hana pv, if anyone wants it...although i unno how much help that is ^.^;;;

Nobody likes "Tsumi", "A PLACE TO GO" and "Haitoku no Jounetsu"? XD

There's a 2 minutes preview of "DIVE into YOURSELF" out there! If you want it, I can uploaded for you guys! :D

So far, it sounds good!

Here we go:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...F32FA00CF4EBAA

Also, here's a new picture:

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9350/photo3hn.jpg

hehe...that picture is funny. Thanks for the preview, it sounds good!

Here's the PV for "DIVE into YOURSELF":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3fnpK_cBqg

Nothing very special, hehe.

The song's pretty good! :D

wow..a H&MC thread..I love them..I have the Discography on computer..
Ichirin no Hana :inlove

Preview of "Flying Music" (b-side) here:

http://handmc.jp/pc/disco/index.html

Sounds better than "DIVE into YOURSELF"! XD

I just found out that the songstress of this band is dating MY Jin in my avatar. Geeez.

I will! Ughhhhhhh isn't she too old for him?
He turned 22 few days ago!

Maki is 19 years old!!!! XD

Isn't Jin dating a 40 something years old woman? I heard this somewhere! By the way, where did you find the news about Maki and Jin?