01. alive=terror
02. B.M.METAMORPHOSE-murder side-
03. VERONIKA
So if you've read my CHI[MA]IRA review then you know the deal. If you don't, let me summarize. alive=terror, both the album and the song, is a pathetic effort by a band that not only doesn't have an original sound, but has to contend with UnsraW for attention.
I am completely of the mind that if Genki stuck with singing this band as a whole would be better, since his growls sound like they're put through a lot of sound editing, and even as such they really don't sound that good. The entire structure of this song, although played OK, are so completely unoriginal they turn me away from the start. The beginning of the song is jarring and it sounds like they cut out part of it, but when it gets going and you get on your feet it's not all that bad. The main problems are the vocals, which suck thorughout most of the song. The bark and call verses are horribly done, and even Genki's roars sound dull. They substitute volume for passion and try to blow your ears out by throwing crap vocals after crap vocals on you, all one octave lower than the other. alive=terror is pretty br00tal and not the good kind of br00tal. It's the kind of br00tal that makes you want to jab q-tips in your ears until you bleed. Their first few releases were WAY more enjoyable than this. The best part of alive=terror is Genki's singing at the chorus, which is pretty damn good but can't save this song.
B.M.METAMORPHOSE-murder side- sounds like an elephant getting buttraped, almost to the point of being unlistenable. The other versions of this song are a lot more enjoyable than this, since it's a cacophony of guitar and dinosaur roars. Even the drummer bashes his kit wildly. It's the perfect track for a psychopath's mind but even as such I don't remember it by the time it finishes. Senselessly screamy, senselessly heavy, it's definitely the weakest track. It's not even worth the hard drive space.
VERONIKA is far and away the best song on the single, featuring more singing than the previous two songs combined. THIS really should have been the single on this track, even though the style and presentation reminds me a bit of Memory Lapse. It has enough of Genki's belches to satisfy those that actually like it, but not enough to make me want to die a horrible, withering death. VERONIKA isn't worth buying the single but it's decent. And from this single, decent is a gift.
I can't even say maybe the band will follow in the path of VERONIKA because CHI[MA]IRA has more guttural growls mixed in with the singing (it's all presented better though). So to sum it all up: 1 not-so-decent track, 1 horrible track, and 1 good track.
3/10
I am completely of the mind that if Genki stuck with singing this band as a whole would be better, since his growls sound like they're put through a lot of sound editing, and even as such they really don't sound that good. The entire structure of this song, although played OK, are so completely unoriginal they turn me away from the start. The beginning of the song is jarring and it sounds like they cut out part of it, but when it gets going and you get on your feet it's not all that bad. The main problems are the vocals, which suck thorughout most of the song. The bark and call verses are horribly done, and even Genki's roars sound dull. They substitute volume for passion and try to blow your ears out by throwing crap vocals after crap vocals on you, all one octave lower than the other. alive=terror is pretty br00tal and not the good kind of br00tal. It's the kind of br00tal that makes you want to jab q-tips in your ears until you bleed. Their first few releases were WAY more enjoyable than this. The best part of alive=terror is Genki's singing at the chorus, which is pretty damn good but can't save this song.
B.M.METAMORPHOSE-murder side- sounds like an elephant getting buttraped, almost to the point of being unlistenable. The other versions of this song are a lot more enjoyable than this, since it's a cacophony of guitar and dinosaur roars. Even the drummer bashes his kit wildly. It's the perfect track for a psychopath's mind but even as such I don't remember it by the time it finishes. Senselessly screamy, senselessly heavy, it's definitely the weakest track. It's not even worth the hard drive space.
VERONIKA is far and away the best song on the single, featuring more singing than the previous two songs combined. THIS really should have been the single on this track, even though the style and presentation reminds me a bit of Memory Lapse. It has enough of Genki's belches to satisfy those that actually like it, but not enough to make me want to die a horrible, withering death. VERONIKA isn't worth buying the single but it's decent. And from this single, decent is a gift.
I can't even say maybe the band will follow in the path of VERONIKA because CHI[MA]IRA has more guttural growls mixed in with the singing (it's all presented better though). So to sum it all up: 1 not-so-decent track, 1 horrible track, and 1 good track.
3/10
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