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[LOUD JIN BANSHEE WAILING]
 
MBHIIIIII
IS 
BACK
YES
YES
YES
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

BRB I SHAT EVERYWHERE. I CAN'T CONTAIN HOW FUCKING EXCITED I AM. OH MY GAWD. 

@ thank you for that, I was so blind of happy I didn't saw lol

GOD HEARD MY PRAYERS! I hope this is really a return!
 
PS: From twitter, the comeback is on 2016/04/02!!!

This picture was posted on MBHI official twitter

Also, their main picture has a type with
「Re: My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND」


2016.4.2 comeback!!!!!!!sdSscafvbhkhzsgncs


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I posted this phrase on my Facebook when I finished to listen to OUSIA XD
 
Well done Zeus! I agree with almost everything!
In my point of view I give one more star for "THE WORLD IS MY ROOM", because, Wooool, this song is insane and amazing!
I loved the remakes, especially of my favorite "赫音-justitia-"!
Let's see how this "new" album will be!
 
At the end:

Nice review Zeus! I loved it.
 
Here I go!
   
 
 
                                   
 
                                
                                                                                            
 
 
 
For me this album earns all stars, being the rabid Jin stan that I am I couldn't help but to be hyped for this album. Lately, or as long as they've been a formal band I've been obsessed with these guys. It seems all that hype was for a good reason, OUSIA-dispersed- brings a heavy melancholic sound to the table, truly showing THE BLACK SWAN for who they are. The sequel to NEGA. They have grown so much in the short time that they have been around it's absolutely astounding how their sound gets better with each release. With tracks such as BLIND DAYS, DEJECTED RAIN, and RUVISH; THE BLACK SWAN really displays their own sound. The title track, OUSIA, is the amazing progressive 11 minute godly track on this album. This track is easily the best one of all, being that it sounds just like something from NEGA'S,Haunted Jealousy / Grave Of The Sacrifice  period. This song really hits home with it's depressing feel, I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me cry. Yuu of ex-NEGA came through in this song aswell being the Pianist of NEGA, he came to play piano in this song. Yuu also played Piano in the demo version of TBS's Ushinai. If you listen to OUSIA's piano and compare the sound of the two you can tell they are the exact same. Tracks like THE WORLD IS MY ROOM, and TRIPPER felt out of place in this album, while I do love these tracks; THE WORLD IS MY ROOM is a beautiful train wreck. It feels like everyone isn't playing at the right moment..the begging riffs sound iffy but nonetheless it's a cool song; TRIPPER however was featured on their first live limited release,「黒聴」(Kurochou); while TRIPPER is fucking amazing it does not fit here, especially it's re-recorded version; which is not better than it's counterpart. There are lots of things they changed within the track that didn't need to be changed, don't get me wrong...it ain't bad; it would just be better on a album specifically made for re-recordings or a best album where some old tracks are re-recorded. If anything, they should've made another version of I SOLATION. But as a beggar I can't be a chooser. As to why they included the tracks like, THE HOPELESS, Kagune-Justitia-.Kagune-finis-, and Ushinai without re-recording or making any changes to them whatsoever is beyond me. HOPEfully they'll include it on the proper release......lol see what I did there...no..? Okay.
 
 
All in all I feel like they have a bright future and won't be going anywhere soon, I cannot wait for another set of material from them. I wouldn't be surprised if they released another album after OUSIA, i'd just be more hyped. I simply cannot wait for more, I love these guys.
 
                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                               ✡✡✡✡✡ out of ✡✡✡✡✡

Tracklist:
1. OUSIA
2. THE WORLD IS MY ROOM
3. 赫音-finis- (guitar & bass re-recording & full remix)
4. 失い (guitar & bass re-recording & full remix)
5. TRIPPER (guitar & bass re-recording & full remix)
6. RUVISH
7. DEJECTED RAIN (new arrange)
8. 赫音-justitia- (guitar & bass re-recording & full remix)
9. BLIND DAYS
10. THE HOPELESS
 
| I came for OUSIA and found some other goodies worth staying for too!
 

For better or for worse, I've stayed away from following the activities of THE BLACK SWAN too closely. I've been under the impression for the longest that they are another one of those bands - gaudy outfits, heavy guitars, formulaic songs, and a step above awful but nothing exciting that catch my attention. My fears stemmed from how bad NEGA burned out near the end of their career. They excelled at this gothic creepiness during their Rebirth Under the Chaos  to approximately Grave of the Sacrifice era which was mostly lost when metalcore took the wheel. THE BLACK SWAN, in contrast, suffer from no such burnout. They succeed at recording genuine depression and pain. It feels much like NEGA during that time period mostly due to sharing a vocalist, but with OUSIA -dispersed- THE BLACK SWAN breaks away from the confines that NEGA never could. It's that rare album that despite its flaws did the near-impossible feat of taking a band I once thought was derivative and making them definitive (or at least demonstrating that these members are more talented and creative than I had given them credit for).
 
  "OUSIA" is eleven minutes of perfection. Opethian riffs are supported by progressive song structures that echo Dir en grey's "Macabre" and Nega's "虚しき「生」の寓意≒「死」の真意", but with enough flair and personality to be its own creation. The guest feature of 優(yuu)(ex-NEGA) on piano is impossible to miss, managing to work in an atmosphere this band usually doesn't go for. The great use of piano, acoustic, and electronic elements keeps the song entertaining for all eleven minutes and every member (even Jin) gets a moment to shine. Yuu's guest appearance makes this song, but the guitarists are the reason why I continue to revisit. They may be no Hizaki, but their virtuosity is something to behold as well; the amount of solos in this song alone are ridiculous. This is how you use influences!
 
  No matter how many solos they throw into the mix to spice things up, Jin will likely make or break the experience. For me, this is his best and most consistent performance in recent memory. He's found the best way to harmonize with the music without sounding out of place. The worst thing I can pin on him is hitting a few sour notes here and there. Late album banger "DEJECTED RAIN" is a wonderful example of this. Jin shows his versatility as a vocalist with his arsenal of mumbling, banshee shrieks, and harmonizing. It impresses me enough to look past his limited singing range, and backed by a wicked riff it's one of the best songs on the album.  
 
Before my hopes for a progressive visual kei band fully blossomed, reality came crashing through the window. There are more than a few flaws with OUSIA -dispersed-, one of them being that there seems to be little thought put into the track list beyond putting the best one first. "OUSIA" should be somewhere towards the middle to end of the album. The follow-up song "THE WORLD IN MY ROOM" is a discordant mess where the band never feels like they're on the same page. "TRIPPER" would be cool if it weren't for those awful eight measures both a minute in and after the solo that sound so lame compared to the rest of the song. "赫音-finis-" and "赫音-justitia-" have cool melodies but don't stick with me otherwise. Ending the album on a core note with "THE HOPELESS" was the last of many strange choices. Of all the styles they showcase on this album they end with the least impressive one.
 
  As far as things sound, I would be wrong to not mention that OUSIA -dispersed- is the latest victim of the loudness war. It is very loud and the music sounds constrained on everything but my most expensive pair of headphones. It hurts to listen to after a few tracks honestly and considering the length this is a problem. The biggest offender by far in the mix is the sound of that bass pedal. It should sound more like a hollow thud or distant rumble and less like a typewriter to be most effective. The typewriter's clack permeates every track and takes quite a bit of power away from the metal.  
 
Despite some missteps OUSIA -dispersed- is a very competent album with more than a few tracks worth revisiting. Among my immediate favorites are the title track, "失い", "DEJECTED RAIN", and "BLIND DAYS". It positively improved my opinion of this band by leaps and bounds. If this is an unfinished product, I can't wait to hear what the whole thing sounds like as intended.
 
 
 

I loved this song! They really "improve" a lot

I just... OMG!!!!! What a perfect previews! I love it! :lolita_love:

^
 
Great news for them!
I hope they can grow further after these 88 dates! And I can't wait for the single!

.......this is why i try to ignore all the gossip and only listen to the music (and ogle the photoshopped photos).
 
yay new single! the recent album was great, will probably pick this up.

I really hope they create another band soon!

I haven't yet, read into it wrong, apparently I will receive it around the 15th! I'd be happy to share it then. 

I really hope they create another band soon!

I really hope they create another band soon!

SET-LIST at 2016/01/11:
 
SE
01.群青(gunjou)
02.true worth
03.Libido.
04.Down Light
05.Crystal
06.STARGAZER
07.Milky way
 
EN1
01.A×L×F
02.言刃-コトバ-(kotoba)
 

Mamo said at the live that they wanted to hold the tour final at Budokan but when they wanted to book, the response was that they are not allowed to perform with that band name and songs like that at Budokan...

MV FULL:
 

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay <3
I loved the new visual <3

lol @ the irony.
 
 
 
according to your impeccable logic every single painting in this world is the same because it's all about putting pigment on canvas.
 
look, we know you don't like electro vk or pop rock or soft rock. that is fine. but it gets old extremely quickly when you go into every thread of bands you don't like and repeat the same thing you've been saying for at least the past 3 years. we already get it. please imagine how it will be like if someone's constantly spamming threads of your favorite bands with posts such as yours and forcing you to read them. it's a habit that's tremendously annoying if not downright disrespectful.
 
i'd much rather use the thread space here to discuss FoLLoW and Masashi so i won't be responding to you anymore. to everyone else: sorry for the digression, let's go back to talking about the band.

HAHA that was what i thought as well. i was like "wait.. did a new guitarist just join them??" XD