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Review: Lycaon - EROS

2010-12-28T13:36:00.000-05:00

I want the creepy bassist and the pink-haired tranny back.Seriously Lycaon, what the fuck happened? ID is the lamest SE you've ever come up with - it even beats flowing in terms of lameness. But even as this went on, I retain my hope. VERDICT: n/aThen EROS comes in. As much as I want to like it, you made it damn near impossible. It's earsplittingly bad to the point where I'm pretending it doesn't

Review: BORN - RED HOT COBRA

2010-12-28T13:28:00.003-05:00

Cue the awards for the worst album cover of 2010 goes to...BORN!01. Cobra02. Radical HysteriaNo but really, how the hell does that cover have anything to do with a cobra? I don't see one. Whatever they were going for with that cover, the colors they chose definitely did not work. I'm just going to assume they pasted a cobra of some sort on the cover since anything else would have made even less

Review: NoGoD - Kakera

2010-08-06T16:46:00.000-04:00

This must be said: in comparison to other VK albums, Kakera continues to uphold the NoGoD tradition of beating the shit out of their "music". In comparison to Gokusaishiki and Mugenkyo, this album fails.Polemic review now:One word describes most of this album: BORING!. I love NoGoD to pieces, don't get me wrong. My name is based off the best track of Gokusaishiki. What they need to stop

Review: Sadie - DRESS

2010-05-01T15:28:00.002-04:00

Dress isn't doing it for me. Sadie was holding back and pretending to be professional and they ended up not performing with the energy that I've come to expect from their releases. 2/3 of this drags and the omnipresent heaviness is supposed to compensate for that X factor that they forgot to incorporate into their songwriting. It doesn't. If anything, it just makes everything sound like a

Review: lynch. - A GLEAM IN EYE

2010-04-30T22:10:00.002-04:00

As much as people bash bands for trying new sounds, it is an utterly amazing thing that no one crucifies lynch. for sticking to the same formula they've been pumping out since A Grateful Shit. And this single proves that while the boys can still bring it in the rocking out department, the formula has gotten stale.All they accomplished here is sounding fresh without doing anything new at all. And

Review: UnsraW - GUILTY

2010-04-23T17:37:00.002-04:00

Everyone who found this disappointing must have pregamed on Abel/Kein/Reborn. The GUILTY EP is not disappointing at all. The new Tetsu/Madoka team works better than the Tetsu/Rai team ever did, and Jin has some fucking beautiful bass lines. Yuuki's growls aren't all that bad either - I'm glad he chose not to layer them in intense amounts of distortion like a ton of other vocalists do. It's the

Review: Lycaon - Royal Order

2010-04-03T14:01:00.003-04:00

After the announcement of them postponing their album for two months I want a damn good explanation as to why they postponed this album in the first place. Royal Order might as well be considered a compilation album because there's barely any new material on this release. Yeah sure, the limited edition gets Plug > into the > Socket (It's SOCKET, not Soket. So WHAT if they accidentally published

Review: DELUHI - Revolver Blast

2010-03-23T21:24:00.000-04:00

I was expecting more out of the re-recording of REVOLVER BLAST. I generally hate when bands re-release a song after it was already on an album and I dislike it more when they do nothing to improve upon the song. DELUHI is guilty of the first but not of the second. Even though I was looking forward to a new intro that doesn't involve just Juri breathing, or maybe a slightly longer solo,

Review: VanessA - CHI【MA】IRA

2010-01-25T22:11:00.001-05:00

Dear readers of my blog, I must confess: I have sinned greatly.Rather, as I do my weekly scroll through my old reviews to come across comments that I could read, I realized that in the span of just six months my musical taste had gotten incredibly expansive. Taking a glance over several old reviews, I realized that my opinion wasn’t necessarily the same anymore and that a re-write of some of the

Review: ALSDEAD - Distrust

2010-01-25T09:49:00.002-05:00

My ALSDEAD, what has happened to you? D:During that fateful day when I was pissed off and wanted to find some lame to tear into, I encountered ALSDEAD. Everyone was fangasming over Violent of Reason and soon after that I found myself quite enjoying the single on the principle that it:"... doesn't sample aged semen from the festering penis of the generic VK cooler with this release and attempts to

Review: Synside - THE CORE-subconsciousness-

2010-01-24T15:21:00.002-05:00

Considering this new UCP band has members that are ex. GRIEVER and brodiaea, I can say that I really wasn't expecting much out of this band. To be fair, I haven't listened to anything by brodiaea but GRIEVER was another matter altogether. I never mentioned GRIEVER here nor will I do a review anytime soon because I don't feel like wasting time and bandwidth to bash a band no one cares about, but I

Review: Versailles - Jubilee

2010-01-19T17:01:00.004-05:00

This album is absolutely stunning to the point of flooring me. Sadly, my physical copy (yes, I actually bought something) has yet to arrive in the mail so I availed myself of the chance to download this before it comes.This review will attempt to put into words how fantastic of an offering this album truly is. You all better be thankful I actually pulled myself together long enough to put

UnsraW Gt.礼(rai) will depart UnsraW

2010-01-13T00:04:00.005-05:00

Now I'm not normally one to post all the news of the world on his blog because I feel that by the time you've heard of it reading it again here is both pointless and redundant. However, I've got a few choice words to say about this piece of news.As the title depicts, UnsraW's guitarist .礼(Rai) plans on departing UnsraW on February 27th due to "musical differences concerning the direction of the

Review: amber gris - Joukou 8000ft -Shounen wa Tengoku he Todoku no ka-

2010-01-12T18:08:00.005-05:00

That's one hell of a title amber gris.In my book it is an unspoken word of thumb that anything with an absurdly long title is destined to be a slower paced track full of either awesomeness or dullness. For example, the track Kono Sekai ni Mihanasaretemo by Shinkou Shuukyou Gakudan NoGoD (whose name itself proves this rule as well as serves up a nice slice of awesome while they're at it) is an

Review: cocklobin - black

2010-01-10T13:45:00.002-05:00

In my sheer laziness at updating my blog regularly with things I review I forgot that there were actually a good number of things that I downloaded, enjoyed, and forgot to put here. cocklobin's black would be one of them. I'm not too sure how old it is but it shouldn't be more than a few months, which means this review is warranted seeing as how cocklobin is extremely slow to put out music.01.

Review: chariots - Yami

2010-01-10T13:24:00.003-05:00

I think the sheer averageness of this single forced me to forget to review it until almost a month later...1. MIDNIGHT PLEASURE2. Anmoku3. DilettanteAs I said before, this single is just plain average. Hai far and away destroys this and it's not even as good as Hikari in my opinion. Midnight Pleasure's that standard S.E. intro that's supposed to set the mood for the rest of the single but it

Review: ReivieЯ - Agreement to us.

2010-01-06T23:21:00.003-05:00

01. coarse affection02. Shiroi Yume Kuroshiro no Kioku03. Tsukiyo no Uta04. DUALITY05. voiceI couldn't do ten goes at this mini. After the awesomeness that was Declare and words I can't look at this mini properly and get the same feelings. Agreement to us. is generic and ReivieЯ's lost what little spark they've been gaining with their later releases. They seem to be moving in the direction of

Review: Sadie - Gain

2010-01-02T20:04:00.003-05:00

Anyone that remembers Kagerou knows how shit that single was. My opinion hasn't changed a little except for Knife growing on me slightly and the title track a smidgen more but my hopes for that single will forever remain dashed. Gain was originally supposed to be a single and somewhere along the line Sadie decided to give us a little bit more and turn this into an EP. I don't mind the end result,

Review: Megaromania - Apocalypse (song)

2010-01-02T19:56:00.004-05:00

There's one thing that I have to say about Megaromania before I begin and that's why does the band look like a bunch of faggots? I'm an avid listener of Visual Kei so when I call a band a bunch of faggots they're faggots. Visuals are supposed to accentuate the music but in this case they serve as a substitute. They shouldn't be separate things and this is just another case of bands putting on

Hiatus is over

2009-12-22T17:07:00.001-05:00

Remember when I said everything would go according to plan unless some epic shit happened?Epic shit happened. I'm not going to get in-depth about it because that's not important but I've come to the decision that going over my entire musical library is unnecessary and that most people aren't going to care about what's in the annals of my library ANYWAY. So I'll primarily stick to new releases....

Review: ReivieЯ & Renny Amy

2009-12-22T00:00:00.002-05:00

ReivieЯ DECLAREDeclare quite possibly takes the position as the best release ReivieЯ has put forth so far. It's pretty much up there with [words] in terms of quality and unlike [words] they've managed to deliver two great songs instead of one. DECLARE packs the "ReivieЯ" sound that was sorely missing on their first single and had they started out on this foot they could have made

Review: D'espairsRay - REDEEMER

2009-12-22T00:00:00.001-05:00

Tracklist1. Lizard2. BRILLIANT [PV]3. REDEEMER [PV]4. 琥珀 (Kohaku)5. KAMIKAZE [PV]6. Lost in re:birth7. R.E.M-冬の幻聴- (R.E.M-Fuyu no genchou-)8. HORIZON [PV]9. MASQUERADEIn comparison to the beautiful [coll:set] and the energetic MIRROR, Redeemer blows monkey nuts. It's certainly not their strongest albums and if anything this is a bipolar offering of what D'espairsRay has to offer us as they're

Short Blogging Hiatus

2009-12-04T23:57:00.002-05:00

The title says it all. The reason isn't anything familial or school related. At this point in the year all the releases I looked forward to hearing have been heard and reviewed which leaves me with a fuckton of musical releases I haven't gotten around to reviewing yet. Instead of sludging through them with complete in-depth reviews like I did in the past, I'm going to create a long group of posts

Review: Dir en grey - Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami

2009-12-04T15:21:00.003-05:00

After the release of an album, whether it be good or bad, Dir en grey's singles usually go off in a different direction. The main appeal that I have with this band is that they somehow always manage to re-invent themselves with every release. As time goes on though I have to wonder how many more times they can surprise me before it becomes old news and they're playing something they've already

UNDERCODE

2009-12-03T13:43:00.001-05:00

This post here was written by inartistic on Tainted World. It's so true I had to repost it here.Yeah, because being influenced by KISAKI has really made hundreds of bands suck. Lol.It's totally cool to hate KISAKI because it's in vogue, because he hurt Kyo's feelings, or because he has big teeth, but you don't even realize what you're saying. KISAKI has managed or produced more bands than you

D'espairsRay's Immortal Tracklist

2009-12-02T10:31:00.002-05:00

1. 檻の中で見る夢2. MaVERiCK3. Garnet4. BORN5. 闇に降る奇跡6. 「浮遊した理想」7. Forbidden8. アベルとカイン9. 凍える夜に咲いた花10. Closer to ideal11. Squall12. MIRROR13. Cocoon14. Scissors15. HORIZONBrothers and sisters, this is one terrible tracklist. Wasn't this supposed to be a compilation of all their best work from 1999-2008? Well what the fuck is 1999 doing there if the earliest track they're giving us is 2003 (Ori no Naka de

All members except vo. 戮 (Riku) are leaving chariots

2009-11-30T19:31:00.002-05:00

Let's get this straight....秋都 (Akito), 知 (Tomo), 絽希 (Roki), and 零也 (Reiya) are leaving chariots. That's means Riku will be the only remaining member.Commence mass lolage.Whenever you are done you can return to reading the rest of this rather short post. I just saw this and at first I was shocked that this was happening to one of my bands. Then I realized that most of chariots' output was shit so

Review: Nega - Haunted Jealousy

2009-11-29T22:18:00.003-05:00

I can't say that I was looking forward to Nega's Haunted Jealousy as much as I was hoping for something that could redeem them and put them back on the front of "UC bands to watch". I wasn't particularly impressed with Grave of the Sacrifice when it came out because I thought they went a little over the deep end and immersed themselves too much in their softer side. I have no problem with a band

Review: Lycaon - Declaration of War

2009-11-27T21:42:00.002-05:00

Declaration of War is a tough nut to crack. If you're listening to the Lycaon concept singles one after another this is easily the low point of all three. Cordyceps sinensis brings a lot more energy and makes you want to get up and jump around and A Box in Beautiful is just too damn good for this song to touch.Another reason why this song falters a little bit before you even listen to it would be

Review: MUCC - Rakuen

2009-11-27T21:37:00.003-05:00

I'm too tired to actually post a whole proper review with filler crap that doesn't matter at the moment but I do need to up something and I had written something about Rakuen on TW so I decided to port it here. Just for some background information, Rakuen is a different B-side on MUCC's Freesia single. However, for reasons I will get to now, I do not recommend you get this song on your media

Review: VanessA - world. is. my. mind.

2009-11-25T10:57:00.002-05:00

VanessA softened up :OI actually expected this to happen though. Here's why.The two composers of VanessA used to be Nao and Haruki. Both of them have very different compositional styles. Here's a quick list of a few of the songs each composed.Nao -P.S.D.RetrospectionLUCY[MA]RIAI am Psychopath.B.M.METAMORPHOSE-murder side-Haruki -Memory LapseArlequinalive=terrorFeel UDangerNEW WORLDjack

Review: MUCC - Freesia

2009-11-24T23:56:00.001-05:00

*imported from Tainted World*I actually downloaded it and forgot I had it on my iTunes until you reminded me. D: Let's get to this and I'll put down my thoughts after a few listens.The main problem I have with the first two songs, Shuushifu moreso than Freesia, is the (ab)use of auto-tune. That shit wasn't present before Kyuutai and even though I only recall it being used slightly in Sora to Ito

Review: ALSDEAD - Paradox

2009-11-24T20:13:00.002-05:00

Since I decided on becoming at least semi-active again (or rather, I decided to stop being a lazy fuck and actually update my blog once in a while) I've decided on reviewing something every few days at least. I need to keep up on the new releases but at least be a few months behind so I can get some thoughts together and not let first impressions dominate what I think and how I feel about a

Review: Lycaon - cordyceps sinensis

2009-11-23T22:58:00.004-05:00

I need to talk about this single before Royal Order comes out.If you were around the internet looking for this single a few months ago then you know the story. If you don't I'll sum it up really quickly: Lycaon makes a very bad business decision to limit these to 500 copies in Like an Edison stores and otakus that buy anything with the word "Kuniitichiwa" muttered in it lost their math ability to

Review: chariots - Hikari

2009-11-23T22:45:00.003-05:00

I might as well do this one since I've just literally finished reviewing Hai.Since this single came out a little over a month ago I've had time to let this grow on me so I can come to a good decision about how I really feel about this in the end. I have to say that the subsequent single Hai has many things over this single but there are a few things on this single worth checking it out. That's

Review: chariots - Hai

2009-11-23T22:31:00.003-05:00

College is a right pain in the ass.If you've managed to follow this blog for the better part of the month hoping for an update this is your little present. I've had a ton of work heaped on me and I've had to put some things aside to concentrate on passing - this would be one of them. Now that I have some time I think I'll write up a few reviews while I still can.This would be one of them.The

Discography: La:Sadie's

2009-10-12T03:26:00.000-04:00

「架空ト現実」 (First Press)I am positive that this is the correct cover for this demo tape. This is their first single, released 1996-01-14 and merely contains the song Kakuu to Genjitsu on it. This isn't my download link and I didn't feel the need to re-upload this song so just use the download link given, enjoy the artwork and rock on.http://www.mediafire.com/?23zmmgl3zuh「還ラザル記憶」

Lyrics: Shinkou Shuukyou Gakudan NoGoD - Jigokuchou

2009-10-03T02:35:00.000-04:00

My goodness, this song just about killed me to do since the massive amount of obfuscation with the kanji and a gratuitous amount of slang forced me to take a bunch of liberty translating this song. I think I got the overall meaning but once again I'm open to corrections and ideas and rephrasing of sentences and stuff.『Jigokuchou』 (Hell Butterfly)　　　　Lyrics：団長/Music：【新興宗教楽団NoGoD】捻くれた理想hinekurete

Lyrics: Shinkou Shuukyou Gakudan NoGoD - Mr.HEAVEN

2009-10-02T20:09:00.002-04:00

I may be posting infrequently due to my heavy workload but when I DO have something useful to put up here rest assured I will. Today, I happen to have finished translating a request from a user on Tainted World for Mr.HEAVEN lyrics so I got through these in an hour. Here you guys go!Um, just so anyone who reads this knows, I don't translate like normal people do. I don't take any Japanese courses

Review: SCREW - X-RAYS

2009-09-29T15:27:00.002-04:00

With the announcement that Yuuto decided to leave the band today, I figured that it'd be only right that I finally take a look at X-RAYS and see what his final work with SCREW was like. I'm not going to beat around the bush and banter on and on just to have a set structure: X-RAYS was pretty average in some spots and downright terrible in others. A few issues plague this album through and through

Review: Administrator - A

2009-09-24T09:39:00.002-04:00

I'm actually quite averse to songs that start out with just the singer and then have the song curl around it in that vexingly poppy fashion but what I'm even more averse to is what I dub "born syndrome" - a basic lack of cohesion between verse and chorus. This cannot even be excused by musical incompetence since you have to know what the hell you're doing in order to screw up that bad.

Review: NoGoD - Rashinban

2009-09-23T19:16:00.002-04:00

*cracks knuckles*Now I don't really need an explanation for my extended absence but I believe I owe you one anyway. The excuse is simple: college. Being a physics major + being completely out of my league = tons of catch-up. I also spent the time trying to figure out a way to circumvent the gods of computing at this school and then there was also just general laziness in updating overall.But I

PV: Nega - idle

2009-09-11T17:47:00.005-04:00

I'm finally a lot better than I was last week so I've done a lot of thinking among all the coughing, hacking, blood, spittle and snot (and I know that was infinitely more information than you will ever need or was looking for) and realized a few things. The most important was that I was at college and even though my time is lessened and I won't be able to write two or three reviews daily like I

Review: D'espairsRay - Final Call

2009-09-08T11:32:00.003-04:00

Let's take this time to recall two things that I've said in reviews prior. The first would be that I would take a new approach to writing reviews and the second is that D'espairsRay's single "Gemini" would be the standard that I would hold all future reviews and releases up to. I haven't actually been keeping to that too much: I still am reviewing things technically and I haven't so much as

Review: Black:List - DESPERATE

2009-09-06T14:59:00.004-04:00

As much as I can't get enough of Black:List I have to put my foot down and clarify that I can't get enough of Black:List + Kyotarou. Desperate is the first single this band put out and this was with the original five member formation ofVocals: RYOGuitar: AIKAGuitar: TOMOZOBass: HISAKIDrums: REIWhich basically means I'm treating this as a different band altogether that just HAPPENS to be called

Review: Nega - quadrangle

2009-09-03T19:09:00.005-04:00

It's been the first update in quite a while and I'd have to blame this one on my health, which has taken a recent nosedive with my sudden change in location. I really haven't been coherent enough to write a good quality review and I started this one a few days before I fell sick so Nega gets the privilege of being the first of September only because they've got a head start over 13's Reborn,

Review: The GazettE - Disorder

2009-08-30T11:06:00.003-04:00

I figure whilst I have time this morning (which I feel is going to be a rare occurrence so watch the scale of these reviews start to curtail drastically) I'll get an album out of the way so I'm not completely lazy so today we're going to review an album I don't have to listen to in order to formulate thoughts about. That would be Disorder, and I have to say that The GazettE are pretty good at

Review: Dir en grey - Agitated Screams of Maggots

2009-08-30T00:05:00.002-04:00

I'm compelled to review this only because the mix on the single was redone for the album that this was placed on and it's the middle of the damn night. In both situations, I'd suggest against picking it up under most circumstances. The main difference between this and The Marrow of a Bone is that the latter has a few redeeming qualities while this one should send you running to the high hills

Review: Gackt - Jesus

2009-08-29T04:17:00.000-04:00

Since I happen to be going in no specific order and since I have a few extra minutes after moving in, completing the slew of recent Gackt releases is definitely in order. I do only have two left, so those that aren't fans of Gackt won't have to suffer through much more but all this damned "mandatory orientation" is seriously screwing with the schedule I had over the summer.Then again, I had all

Review: Gackt - Redemption

2009-08-28T15:47:00.002-04:00

I don't give a damn if Gackt is re-releasing these at the end of the year or not - this is still fair play in my book and the last two tracks most likely won't make a repeat on that album anyway. This is also the single that alerted me to Gackt. At first I noticed this song only as "that catchy ten-second theme for that commercial" and I hadn't any idea who Gackt was or what this single sounded

Review: Gackt - No ni Saku Hana no You ni

2009-08-27T22:59:00.000-04:00

I have no idea how many singles Gackt has released without putting out an album proper but I believe the number approaches double digits. Since I believe that all of this material is too diverse and unfocused to compile on an album, all of these singles are worth reviewing. I was interested in this single after hearing Gackt just showed up at a high school graduation and performed this without

Review: Alice Nine - 華[hæ•nə] [Type C]

2009-08-27T11:59:00.000-04:00

TYPE A & B REVIEW IS HERE (I know it says Type A but the only thing that separates those two from this one is the track that I'm going to review below).I've actually known about this track for quite a while but I've been to damn lazy to go find and review it simply because there were so many things that I'd rather sit down and do instead. By that, what I mean is that there were so many other

Review: D'espairsRay - Gemini

2009-08-25T21:57:00.004-04:00

Well here we have the Gemini single, which stands apart from countless other singles for being completely fruitless to review because it actually has a PV for the B-side. Yes, the B-side was actually more popular than the A-side. Does this mean that the single sucks? No, it just means that they're both that great.And just as an aside whenever I get to [coll:set] I'm going to treat it as the

Review: UnsraW - Abel/Kein

2009-08-24T18:30:00.001-04:00

Today I have reached the point in my album reviewing business where I have nothing left to review but albums. Singles are really just a waste of time since I'll end up having to do the album anyway. This isn't the biggest problem I'm experiencing though. The problem that is magnifying itself by the minute (other than my worsening internet connection, which is why this is scheduled even though you

Review: ALSDEAD - S.a.g.A

2009-08-23T11:24:00.003-04:00

I find the cover interesting:- The 02 in the corner could mean it's the second single or that there are two tracks within, but it could also be the amount in grams that morphine pills are dispensed. It could also have to do with the two drugs involved with what I'm going to get into below.- The Chemical Formula printed upside down (c17 H19 N03) is a chemical called Hydromorphone, which is a

Review: Nega - illegitimacy

2009-08-22T20:31:00.003-04:00

I'm actually feeling rather drained today and I haven't done a lone post of anything of Nega since that atrocious album I believe so today I decided to put a mixture of effort and laziness together and talk about a single that has two songs that haven't made an appearance anywhere else.HOW KEWL IS DAT? Not very but it's something, and I'd have to do this eventually.01. PSYREN02. illegitmacyI

Review: +D'espairsRay+ - TERRORS + Sixth TERROR

2009-08-21T21:17:00.001-04:00

I can't recall for how long Terrors has been sitting on my hard drive unlistened to and it takes a bored me late at night to actually want to fruitlessly Google a cover for Sixth TERROR to gain enough interest to sit through D'espairsRay's first EP. This (and Sixth TERROR) are closer in sound to the dark side of D'espairsRay that we've grown accustomed to so if you're in the need for some gothic

Review: Sadie - Ice Romancer

2009-08-20T22:00:00.003-04:00

In order not to discourage my readers unaware of Sadie to the band, I'll balance a mediocre single with a better one. This is the last single they released that I'm willing to acknowledge and for being that it's actually just as solid as Grieving the Dead Soul. That means that this single is pretty damn solid. Let's get started.01. Ice Romancer02. MarionettE03. Recall04. Psychedelic Chemical

Review: Sadie - Crimson Tear

2009-08-20T21:37:00.002-04:00

In what is the second of "albums I have but haven't taken the time to listen to", we have the maxi-single Crimson Tear. Thanks to Master of Romance I've already heard the title track but here's to hoping that the rest of this maxi-single isn't as bland. At least the cover is epic...If it is shitty I'll be mad I actually subjected myself to 15 minutes of crap.01. Crimson Tear02. Payment of

Review: MUCC - Shion

2009-08-19T18:01:00.003-04:00

I think it's about time I touch upon something most people might actually have on their computer. Shion is actually the place where I started with MUCC and then I worked my way back to their earlier releases and knowing one of my Internet pals she's probably been looking forward to seeing what I think of this album without explicitly asking me to review it. Now she doesn't have to, since I'm

Review: CROSS GATE 2007 ~ Strawberry Seeds~

2009-08-18T18:58:00.006-04:00

Yesterday's omnibus was rather interesting so afterward I decided to trace it as far back as I could to see how many CROSS GATES I could put out. I found one as far as 2006 so expect another review on that one as soon as I get a good idea of what it sounds like. The good thing about reviewing omnibuses is that the only thing they share in common are the names: everything else about them makes it

Review: CROSS GATE 2008 ~chaotic sorrow~

2009-08-18T12:34:00.001-04:00

I only did one Omnibus before this and I didn't actually get every song because I was too damn lazy to go fishing for some artists that I haven't heard of that I probably will never listen to again. What makes this one so different is that I found all six tracks on this Omnibus EP at once (I was actually just looking for Sforzando...) so I might as well do this and derail the suck train the last

Review: The GazettE - Gozen 0-ji no Trauma Radio

2009-08-16T23:07:00.006-04:00

I'm attempting to review all the crap that's in my iTunes so I'm sure I don't need to type a few sentences explaining why early Gazetto and crap are synonymous. I find it quite hilarious that "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" adorns this single multiple times in English. I believe they are trying to tell us that this maxi-single is so horrible we run the risk of contracting said disorder if we

-another- Versailles Update

2009-08-16T13:53:00.001-04:00

I didn't do this translation. Credit goes to Lisa@revenantchoir.net.In these past two years, we kept running without any obstacles to stop us.We supported each other and overcame countless occasions of hardship.After we saw Jasmine off to the hospital, we went to the Nippon Budoukan.The five of us, who played concerts at Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall and were granted our wish of a major debut, made it

Review: The GazettE - Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza

2009-08-15T23:09:00.003-04:00

Fans of The GazettE often lament that their older sound was better and truer to their unique "style". Said fans also hate the fact that The GazettE has fallen into a pattern of alternative rock tinged with Green Day ripoffs and jazz numbers that don't belong on an album. I thought nothing of this until today when I came up empty on something to review so I figure I'd give this a shot and see what

Review: Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead

2009-08-14T23:46:00.000-04:00

WOT TEH HEEL ARE J00 DOING REVEWING STUFFZ IN ENGLEESH?Well you see, during the review of swamp man yesterday I got really bored with just sticking to music in one language and hearing music that sounds all alike. I was talking with a friend about it and she suggested that I should try to review a band I'm completely unfamiliar with in a language I don't normally listen to. I remembered this band

Versailles News I Half Understand

2009-08-14T23:41:00.001-04:00

We received a message from Jasmine You's relatives and will now report it to everyone that is concerned.Please read it.We remember the achievements of the deceased and offer our condolences.Delacroix Corporation---"Message from the relatives of Jasmine You"To all the fans who supported Jasmine You and to anyone else who may be concernedOn August 12th, his family and relatives held a funeral

Versailles News I Don't Yet Understand

2009-08-14T23:11:00.001-04:00

２００９.８.１５更新Jasmine Youのご親族様よりファンの皆様及び関係者の皆様へのメッセージを頂戴いたしましたのでご報告させていただきます。ご一読いただきますよう宜しくお願い申し上げます。故人のご功績を偲び、謹んで哀悼の意を表します。株式会社デラクロア『Jasmine You のご親族様よりメッセージ』Jasmine Youを応援して下さいましたファンの皆様並びに関係者の皆様へ８月１２日、家族と親族のみで葬儀を執り行いました。本当にやすらかで眠るような顔をして旅立ちました。故人に代わって、生前のお礼を申し上げます。落ち着きましたら、生前のJasmine Youの言葉や思い出などを織りまぜながらのコメントを、家族からJasmine Youのアメーバブログにて発表させて頂きます。家族一同より

Review: HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - swamp man

2009-08-13T14:47:00.007-04:00

There are so many ways that I could start off this review but I decided this time I would cut any stupidness and get right to a few things that bug me. One is the title. At first, I was under the impression that they strung together the title because English is "ever so cool" and they thought swamp man sounded badass. Seriously, what's not kvltic about SWAMP MAN? It's a man...from a swamp!Then I

Now what is up with Versailles new album?

2009-08-13T11:24:00.001-04:00

Today we have to inform you about the new of Versailles.You may have already heard that the member of Versailles, Jasmine You passed away early 9th Morning.We would like to offer our deepest condolences.As the office site of Versailles announced, they are in hiatus from all for a while.The new CDs which supposed to release on 19th Sep have been postponed because of this tragedy.As there is

Review: Versailles - Prince & Princess

2009-08-12T20:53:00.006-04:00

I've tried for an extended period of time to get into Prince. Up until I heard this release, I was always of the mind that Versailles put out quality piece after quality piece and that it only was a matter of time until I liked each track they presented to us. Prince has managed to defy that assumption for so long that I just thought I was listening to the entire track in the wrong context. I

Review: Matenrou Opera - Eternal Symphony (live-distributed)

2009-08-12T14:32:00.002-04:00

I'm going to tell you right now: I am not the biggest fan or listener of Matenrou Opera. I've only been aware of their existence for the last few weeks and although I have not let on that I know them, I have to admit that they aren't growing on me as fast as I thought they would have. I've been meaning to sit down and review Anomie but I haven't given enough attention to all of the tracks to make

Review: Virgil - Judgment # 005 Omnibus

2009-08-12T11:21:00.004-04:00

In this review I will only tackle Virgil's song at the end because I am too lazy to go track down the rest. I have become increasingly disinterested in looking up and liking Visual Kei indies bands because their releases are hard to locate and they tend to break up before they get better. The reasons why they break up are understandable but it's just not worth my time and effort.Another reason

Versailles Second Album Postponed

2009-08-11T11:10:00.005-04:00

I'm sure we should have seen this coming. Due to Jasmine's death, Versaille's second album has been postponed indefinitely. CDJapan just sent out notifications. I will post more information as it comes.I'm both happy and sad. I am sad because it's just that much longer until I can buy it. I am happy becauseNow I can save up money to buy it proper (and so should ALL Versailles fans!)They could put

Review: Gackt - The Next Decade

2009-08-11T10:20:00.004-04:00

This is another one of those "obligatory bounce-back" reviews. I have been looking forward to this single's release for quite a while. When I found out that this was going to be the second single for Kamen Rider I wondered if it would live up to the Gackt standards. Would Gackt actually compose this single? Will it terrify his fanbase? Will it be good?Let's see...The Next DecadeT.N.D. Orchestra

Letters from the Roses to the Withered Flower

2009-08-10T21:21:00.003-04:00

I wish that my proficiency in the Japanese language was high enough so that I would be able to participate in this project. The link that I am going to give you leads to another site full of letters that other artists wrote in memory of Jasmine. If you are still sensitive concerning the tragedy of yesterday I advise you to get some tissues because I know you will want to read each and every one

Review: The GazettE - STACKED RUBBISH

2009-08-10T10:43:00.002-04:00

Alright, it's about time I bounced back from this momentary pause and started looking at music once again. Although it would be "the honorable thing to do" to review Versailles music today I can't at the moment so I'm going to take a freebie today and stab STACKED RUBBISH over and over again until it falls over. Consider this a release of my latent anger."Art Drawn By Vomit" – 1:49"Agony" – 4:

A Noble Has Passed in Chaos

2009-08-09T16:44:00.009-04:00

Down, down, down into the darkness of the graveGently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.- Edna St. Vincent MilayNow I know that lately I have been a bit of an ass and my reviews have been harsher than normal, but I do not think I will be able to write a review today (the

I'm still screaming

2009-08-09T16:24:00.000-04:00

Unfortunately, I have some very bad news for fans of Versailles, and it’s extremely hard to post this. I translated the announcement directly from their homepage, but due to my own shock and state of mind, there might be some errors. However, I’m sure you all will get the general idea. ２００９．８．９「Versailles」 Urgent Announcement Though Jasmine You had taken time off in order to rest because of poor

Review: girugämesh - girugämesh

2009-08-09T16:20:00.000-04:00

MUSIC (ex. SHIT THE ALBUM) is a piece of shit. Have I made that clear? Good. Now that we have that settled, realize that I am going to refer to the album as Girugämesh and the band as girugämesh. I decided to review Girugämesh because I want (read: need) to stop the row of bad albums I have been coming across in my random searching lately. I purposely picked this one because I saw it in Hot Topic

Review: MUCC - Antique

2009-08-08T20:55:00.000-04:00

I came across this sometime in the past but I never bothered to listen to it because I'm a superficial bitch and I only like listening to music with pretty covers. If you think I'm being polemic I kid you not; this album cover terrified me as much as the Goosebumps book with that damned creepy dummy on the front. I look at the cover for Antique and that's all I think of and then I just glaze over

Review: Alice Nine - 華[hæ•nə] [Type A]

2009-08-07T17:43:00.000-04:00

I really fucking hate it when bands obfuscate their titles and it ends up coming out looking all fucked up. For all intents and purposes, it's read "Hana", so I will refer to it as that and not that fucktarded combination they put in brackets for us. Now, as for the single itself I have never tried Alice Nine before so this should be interesting.01. Hana02. SLEEPWALKERI read a lot about Alice

Preview: D'espairsRay - Final Call

2009-08-07T15:06:00.002-04:00

Thanks to Spike760 from Tainted World for alerting me to this.So it's another 30-second preview of a track, but instead of it being up on their MySpace, it's up on their OHP. It's all the same shit - what we want is the preview so we can see how it's going to sound. Take a nice couple of listens here.Track list is up there so I won't bother repeating here.Now, when you are done with that read

Review: The GazettE - REGRET

2009-08-06T16:33:00.000-04:00

These are the kinds of singles that cement in my mind the reasons why people laugh at Japanese Rock music. Sure, you can tune them out with similarly crappy songs that stroke their love muscle, but when the day is done there are shitty bands and shitty songs in every genre of music.This happens to be one of them.01. Regret02. Psychedelic Heroine03. Worthless WarRegret is not a ballad or a rougher

Review: girugämesh - MUSIC

2009-08-05T17:19:00.005-04:00

Really now, you didn't think I was going to poke your brains with a third thought-provoking blog entry now did you? Nope, I'm instead going to go back to the tried and true method of picking and album and discussing the good and the bad points.I really shouldn't have said that though because MUSIC doesn't have many good points. First off, this entire album is really short: no song is 4:00 in

So, is Versailles a Rhapsody ripoff?

2009-08-05T11:24:00.012-04:00

An excerpt from Inorganique's post at the Tainted World forum that got me thinking on this topic:"In my opinion, Versailles are a Rhapsody's rip-off, with modified vocals. Even if they are EXCELLENT musicians - and I really loved Lyrical Sympathy -, I think they can do much better than what they are doing right now. And Versailles is too much oriented on the vocals for me, and not enough to the

Review: Sadie - The Trend Killer

2009-08-04T23:45:00.002-04:00

Before their recent release of Kagerou, I constantly read reviews about how much Sadie started sucking and how they needed to return this era. I can look over a lot, even though I don't show it here, but Kagerou....that was epic failure on a disc. So, I decided to look at it from the other, fan-hating Sadie side and see what I thought of The Trend Killer.Because I was going to keep putting this

Review: girugämesh - BORDER

2009-08-04T11:06:00.003-04:00

My initial thoughts on Border, while always valid, can be found here if you are interested. However, there's something I have to sample and repeat here before I begin. Note that I have heard the song a few times so I have a good mental image of what he's saying and what it sounds like."Perhaps it's just the individual package. But then again, it's girugämesh. An honest fan like me will tell you

Review: Lycaon - Chains of Collar

2009-08-03T20:09:00.003-04:00

I wrote this review on the 24th of June, when I had actually gotten this single, but for some unfathomable reason I hadn't posted this. I think I had set it aside for later and then completely forgot about it until today. I was also thinking of redoing this review and when I go to look for it...I can't find it. Instead of posting what I have in a section no one is going to see ever again, I

Review: Linkin Park - Meteora

2009-08-03T18:08:00.006-04:00

Happy 100th review to me!I really DO need to break the chain of NoGoD singles, and what better way to do that then to get some Linkin Park thrown into the mix. I first heard of Linkin Park back when I was an impressionable twelve year old. Separated from Dir en grey long enough to forget what they sounded like, listening to Linkin Park and not the same old R&B and rap that I was surrounded by

Review: Shinko Syukyo Gakudan NoGoD - Kuro Fukyou

2009-08-03T17:39:00.003-04:00

Today I randomly came across +Medical Lolita's+ journal, and of course the first message you'll see there is "this site is closed". Why is it closed? She "fell out of love with Visual Kei". I can find that completely understandable, since half of the music that these bands put out nowadays are atrocious. She maintained it for three years, and I give her props for that, but when it comes to Visual

Review: Shinko Syukyo Gakudan NoGoD - Ifukyou

2009-08-02T23:51:00.003-04:00

Look confused? Yeah, it's nothing more than the name for Aka Fukyou.BUT WAITPLOX, AKA FUKYOU IS READ AKA FUKYOU! WHY IS IT IFUKYOU ZESSHOKU?Let's take a look at the Kanji.Aka Fukyou is meant to be written 赤布教. This single is written 赫布教. That's a slight change that makes a huge difference. What's worse is that the title track can be read either Ifukyou, Gu Ren, or Gu Hasu and the second track can

Review: Shinko Syukyo Gakudan NoGoD - Mr.HEAVEN

2009-08-02T22:15:00.003-04:00

Trivia bit number one out of two for you: This is the second song title they've ever had in English.So now you're wondering: FOOL DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THIS YESTERDAY? I will respond: yes, yes I did. Except today I have all five of the tracks and I can actually write a half-decent, level-headed review. As you can see, I have jokingly changed the title of the last one to "fangasm" meaning it points

Review: Shinko Syukyo Gakudan NoGoD - Ao no Daichi

2009-08-02T13:14:00.004-04:00

I'm doing this review solely because you can't do Midori no Kaze without doing Ao no Daichi right after it. Since that is settled and I have four sentences to go, I have to make something up. Thankfully, I actually do have a topic that I feel I should discuss that is loosely related to both this single and NoGoD in general. Now we all know they have the Gokusaishiki album (which I'm half-tempted

Fangasm: Shinko Syukyo Gakudan NoGoD - Mr.HEAVEN

2009-08-01T23:50:00.006-04:00

If NoGoD has done nothing else for me in my entire life, it has made me appreciate one person more than anything in the entire world. Well, two people actually because it took the person to buy the CD in the first place and then send it to my dear friend who was kind enough to send it to me. This review wouldn't be possible without them. So now, as I polish the MP3 that I now have playing over

Review: Versailles - Lyrical Sympathy

2009-08-01T00:22:00.005-04:00

When I said I’d do this one, I actually hadn’t gotten past track two. Therefore, everything up to “Sympathia” was half-assed and every song didn’t get their fair share. Time to redo another review, but the good thing is I’m actually fond of this album so it’s going to be more informative and less “me bitching about how every song isn’t the Revenant Choir”.I don’t even like The Revenant Choir all

Review: Shinkou Shuukyou Gakudan NoGoD - Midori no Kaze

2009-08-01T00:20:00.003-04:00

I got the idea to do this single because my friend is currently having problems loading said title track in his .mp3 player called Rhapsody. Not too much of a fan of that player, and that and this single share two things in common. One is that I don’t listen to it often, and the other is that I utterly detest things I’m not used to. Friends, I cannot handle poppy NoGoD. When they get heavy, they

Review: the brilliant green - Ash Like Snow

2009-08-01T00:16:00.001-04:00

I hesitated before doing another exist trace review and then realized that for the last two months I haven’t done anything by the brilliant green. Sure, they haven’t put out anything in a year and a half but now that I know the reason why I’m a bit more willing to wait for them to produce some quality work. In an effort to keep the flow and the sound similar I took the ONE song out of their

Review: exist†trace - Ambivalence

2009-08-01T00:12:00.002-04:00

I wanted to complete a 50 review a month quota last month but I didn’t quite get that far. Instead of coming up with a crapload of reviews to do at the last minute, all of which would come out sub-par and I would end up re-doing them at some point, I decided to carry these reviews into next month so I start off on the right foot. This month I intend to hit at least 60. Are you ready for some

Review: Shinkou Shuukyou Gakudan NoGoD - Ten

2009-07-31T21:22:00.005-04:00

As a single, Ten has always remained quite faceless to me. The tracklist consists of two songs that I'm not particularly fond of and Rinne Tenshou, which I got to on Mugen Kyou first. What results is me looking at this CD as a very obsolete addition to my NoGoD collection. However, re-recordings are always nice, but I would have preferred it if I actually liked the songs they re-recorded. They