Withering to Death. (stylized Withering to death.) is the fifth studio album released by Dir En Grey. Initially published in Japan on March 9, 2005 it later became the band's first album to be officially released in Europe, North America and South Korea. In June 2006, Withering to Death. reached number 42 on Billboard's "Top Heatseekers" chart.Amazon.com included Withering to Death. in their listing of "Top 10 Hard Rock & Metal albums of 2006".
In Japan, a First Press limited edition with a tan-ish cover in digi-pack and slipcase form with a red booklet was released, while the standard version has a black cover and a purple booklet. The domestic American and European releases received the black cover and contained an additional DVD which featured the video of either "Saku" (United States/United Kingdom), "Dead Tree" (Germany), "Kodou" (France) or "The Final" (South Korea); along with live compilations of "Merciless Cult" and "Machiavellism", and selected footage from Tour 04 The Code of Vulgarism. A live version of the song "Merciless Cult" is featured on the Family Values Tour 2006 CD compilation.
Bayside Shakedown The Final (踊る大捜査線 THE FINAL 新たなる希望, Odoru Daisōsasen The Final: Arata Naru Kibō) is a 2012 Japanese suspense action comedy film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It was released on September 7, 2012.
The film was the third highest-grossing domestic film at the Japanese box office in 2012 and, as of January 5, 2015, is the 96th highest-grossing film in Japan, with ¥5.97 billion.
The first season of The Final 1 premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 24 April 2013. It is a Singaporean reality-singing competition programme created by the director of Hype Records Ken Lim. The judges were singer-songwriter Taufik Batisah, singer-actress Kit Chan and Ken Lim. Fly Entertainment artiste Vanessa Vanderstraaten was employed as the host of the show.Class 95FM radio personality Mike Kasem later joined the show as the second host, and hosted the finals together with Vanderstraaten.
The show is also the first in Singapore's history to produce a female winner from an English-based major reality-singing competition programme. The past winners from Singapore Idol, a similar programme which has already ended its run in 2009, were all males.
On 21 August 2013, Farisha Ishak was announced the winner of the first season of The Final 1, beating Shaun Jansen, the recipient of the Wild Card save. She received a $50,000 record deal from Hype Records and a cash prize of $50,000.
The second season of The Final 1 premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 5 July 2015. It is a Singaporean reality-singing competition programme created by the director of Hype Records Ken Lim. Taufik Batisah and Lim returned for their second season as judges, and were joined by new judge Jaclyn Victor who replaced Kit Chan. Chan later returned to the show as a guest judge while Victor was away for her maternity leave. Season one's runner-up Shaun Jansen joined the show as the host.
Similar to the previous season, the winner would receive a cash prize and a management contract worth $100,000.
On 30 June 2015, it was announced via a promotional video of the show that returning judges Taufik Batisah and Ken Lim would be serving on the judging panel for the second season. Season one judge Kit Chan did not appear in the video, and therefore was ruled out of returning to the show. It was not announced whether the show would bring in a third judge to replace Chan, though the season began with only Batisah and Lim as the judges for the first two episodes. On the third episode, it was announced by Lim that the show would be bringing in a third and final judge for the season, and revealed to be Jaclyn Victor.
It's almost laughable how life turns it's bitter selves, after beating us down like it did before.
It's almost laughable how it rains and pours again, as we stand here soaking it all in.
Well if this is how life is, I won't back down from this: anymore.
Don't hang me out to dry; I'm not all right.
But I'm not stopping now. (I'm not stopping now.)
Don't turn the music down; it's not all right, but you can't stop me now.
And this is how life is.
It's kind of laughable how life turns it's bitter self, after beating us down like it did before.
It's finally laughable how it rains and it pours again, I'll just stand here soaking it all in.
Well if this is how life is, I won't back down from this: anymore.
Don't hang me out to dry; I'm not all right.
but I'm not stopping now. (I'm not stopping now.)
Don't turn the music down, it's not all right, but you can't stop me now.
And this is how life is.
No one's gonna break me down, if I can get away with it.
No one's gonna count me out, if I can have my way with this.
No one's gonna tell me how I should be afraid of this, afraid of this.
So don't hang me out to dry, I'm not all right.
But I'm not stopping now. (I'm not stopping now.)
Don't turn the music down, it's not all right, but you can't stop me now.
Don't hang me out to dry, I'm not all right, but I'm not stopping now.
Don't turn the music down, it's not all right, but you can't stop me now.