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Musically needs polishing but I agree vocals have extreme potential just from the intro alone

I wouldn't say wasted talent because it definitely gave him more exposure to fans who weren't aware of him before and he was still active. They video is certainly different than galeyd but after meku left even his Twitter was comprised of things not even VK related. I know he went to a music institute. I can recall the source where I found that but I'm sure it's easily located if your willing to put the time to find it. So I doubt VK was really the full idea he had when studying but it was a route he decided to take at the time.

I tried searching everywhere and can't find anything either. : | I wonder if it's simply an unreleased song???

I was really curious about the musical direction when this line-up was announced. I'm very familiar with 4 of their members (Kouryuu, Tetsuya, Ryoga, and Tsurugi). After finally hearing this release I can safely say elements from each musician really shine in this group. Tetsuya (ex. SKULL, ex. MBHI and ex. support for Igaguri Chiba) is more than just a drummer. He's responsible for most of the instrumental compositions for SKULL so I've come to recognize his musical phrasing and production (though I'm not sure how much production plays in this). Tsurugi ( Sadie) offers more melodic guitar leads that aren't too heavy (which worked best with stuff like ice romancer and swallow rain from Sadie. Ryoga I'm familiar with but I was never really in to Born. However, his strategies on vocal phrasing is very similar though it seems he's developed a slightly different approach. The resemblance is still there. Then we get our heavier chugga-chugs that come from Kouryuu (ex. Keith, ex. Dopes, ex. MBHI). I've known of him for some time and i don't even know his full past band list but I knew him the most from MBHI. The song I think that displays all of that properly and in a tasteful manner is "Primary". I think the slower song "Missing Piece" is their weakest song and feels out of place. My favorite song is "埋葬 (maisou)" because it sounds intense and like it'd be a shit ton of fun live. If I'm not mistaken, Ryoga posted on twitter about filming a video so I'm assuming they'll announce another release soon! I'm really looking forward to following these guys and I'm really glad to see Tetsuya still involved in the scene. He went off the radar somewhat after SKULL aside from doing stuff for Chiba... let's not lose him again. lol. Great review @Zeus!

Yesssssss

It makes sense. It's a bummer that Japan is so strict on their drug laws for things like Marijuana. Harder drugs is understandable. It breaks my heart that it was right before they had the 10 years of Blood shows.... Like... damn. My heart aches.

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I feel like I was iffy about it at first too but it had been a decent amount of time since his last release so I figured people's influences change during that time. So while it's still pretty different from Ubu I also feel like it still stays true to his style. Im glad you liked this review and let me know what you think later down the road

Great Review! I checked them out during their earlier releases... but I'm curious about this one now. Definitely going to check it out. :'3

Aha

@tanukityler thoughts?

I voted Girugamesh. While I do understand the similarities I believe both bands wanted different things and went different directions. They're comparable in their earlier stages, but later in their musical careers not so much in my opinion. Girugamesh went through some weird phases but I think it's not because they got bad... they were just trying to figure out their next step (which I believe was to ditch vk in the long run). But I think once that happened it caused their music style to become inconsistent... but I still preferred it over despa... I personally could never find a song I really liked by them :<

DAAAAANG They're good. LOL THE ALBUM IS ONLY ON AMAZON. Was it released on September 10th???? The vocals are really strong and the guitar work is really melodic but it doesn't over power the vocals. Bass and drum levels are also really good. Thank you for posting this... I will keep my eyes peeled to get my hands on some trickidy tracks by these fellas here.

@tanukityler This is all I have on hand, but once I'm done dog sitting and get back home to booklet, I'll try to type out the rest. Most if not all words/lyrics are by Ikepy and Jamil and most if not all music is by Daiki. Hope this helps! Free Me Redemption All This Pain LAST DAY Bakemono

Going to Seattle for sure