And let's just say that this review won't be pleasant.
紅蓮 - Auditory Impression -
01. 紅蓮
02. 傀儡絵
03. 虚無の終わり 箱詰めの黙示
紅蓮 - Optical Impression -
01. 紅蓮
02. 傀儡絵
The covers are really attractive, even more so amongst most GazettE covers, but I really don't like this single because of the title track. I just can't get into Guren no matter how much I try because it sounds too generic. As a ballad it fails in comparison to others they have done before like Cassis, and compared to many other ballads it doesn't sound original. I feel like I've heard it somewhere else before and when I listen to The GazettE I listen for musical sounds I don't hear everyday. Guren plays it too safe and doesn't take any risks and I think the boys did it on purpose to placate their fan base so they don't lose any fans after the last album. I would hate to say this but it's a listen and see track. It's not an out and out "skip", but if you don't find yourself liking it the first time you might never get around to it.
With just the musical instrumentation aside the rest of the single shows how hard these guys worked on it. The song, about a miscarriage and how women in Japan should start valuing their children more, is going to be a central theme repeated in the new album. I also like how they tied this in to a commercial in Japan so this song also has the COMMERCIALIZED sticker placed all over it. I have no idea what the cover has to do with the message of the single but as I said it looks nice.
Before I get into the next track, if you are contemplating which version to buy on any off chance, you really only have one choice, and thankfully it's the better of the two. The Optical Impression comes with the music video for Guren (which you can just watch on YouTube and download for free) and leaves out the last track.
I mention that now because Kugutsue isn't much better. If you were a fan of the rough and unpolished sound of tracks on STACKED RUBBISH such as Mob 136 Bars and Circle of Swindler, then Kugutsue will feel like an exhilirating rush of energy. After multiple repeats however, Kugutsue doesn't have much to offer. It's a heavy track with screaming, chanting and barking and it has the female voices that GazettE likes to place in a track somewhere. Thankfully, it's implemented more artistically in this track than in some on STACKED RUBBISH so it gets a point or two for that. If you weren't a fan of that type of sound then this track isn't going to please you as it appears to be little more than one of the tracks they left off of STACKED RUBBISH. It's worth a listen for the initial gratification but over time it doesn't please as much.
The last track is the only one that makes this single worth purchasing, and it's only on the Auditory Edition. Kyomu no Owari Hakozume no Mokushi should have been the headliner of this single because it's just brilliant. It combines the sentimentality of the lyrics of the title track with the musicality of their previous works and exemplifies The GazettE more than any other track on this single does. If you needed one song to encompass all that the GazettE is, it would be this. Definitely worth a listen out of all of these three.
So when it boils down to it, there's only one track worth listening to and two tracks that I'm not fond of. It gets a nice, average score of 3 out of 5.
The best thing about this single is that it only gets better from here.
With just the musical instrumentation aside the rest of the single shows how hard these guys worked on it. The song, about a miscarriage and how women in Japan should start valuing their children more, is going to be a central theme repeated in the new album. I also like how they tied this in to a commercial in Japan so this song also has the COMMERCIALIZED sticker placed all over it. I have no idea what the cover has to do with the message of the single but as I said it looks nice.
Before I get into the next track, if you are contemplating which version to buy on any off chance, you really only have one choice, and thankfully it's the better of the two. The Optical Impression comes with the music video for Guren (which you can just watch on YouTube and download for free) and leaves out the last track.
I mention that now because Kugutsue isn't much better. If you were a fan of the rough and unpolished sound of tracks on STACKED RUBBISH such as Mob 136 Bars and Circle of Swindler, then Kugutsue will feel like an exhilirating rush of energy. After multiple repeats however, Kugutsue doesn't have much to offer. It's a heavy track with screaming, chanting and barking and it has the female voices that GazettE likes to place in a track somewhere. Thankfully, it's implemented more artistically in this track than in some on STACKED RUBBISH so it gets a point or two for that. If you weren't a fan of that type of sound then this track isn't going to please you as it appears to be little more than one of the tracks they left off of STACKED RUBBISH. It's worth a listen for the initial gratification but over time it doesn't please as much.
The last track is the only one that makes this single worth purchasing, and it's only on the Auditory Edition. Kyomu no Owari Hakozume no Mokushi should have been the headliner of this single because it's just brilliant. It combines the sentimentality of the lyrics of the title track with the musicality of their previous works and exemplifies The GazettE more than any other track on this single does. If you needed one song to encompass all that the GazettE is, it would be this. Definitely worth a listen out of all of these three.
So when it boils down to it, there's only one track worth listening to and two tracks that I'm not fond of. It gets a nice, average score of 3 out of 5.
The best thing about this single is that it only gets better from here.
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