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  2. Posted

    24 minutes ago, 123Sandman321 said:

    Ruki wanting to branch out brought us Beautiful Deformity, so I'm more and more skeptical

    Lol, exactly what I was thinking of with my post. 

  5. Posted

    4 hours ago, suji said:

    Isn't their international shipping like $50?! I once tried to order some Merry stuff way back and a representative messaged me that shipping in the US would be $50, and $55(?) for Europe...I dropped that shit immediately. Back to proxies for me~

    It definitely wasn’t cheap (¥3,400 for shipping), but the total was far less than what CDJapan was going to charge me via their proxy service. 

  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, Kiryu999 said:

    Kai didn't mention what edition it is. I hope not cause 12,000yen for that I'll be pissed

    It’s supposed to come in a metallic box. I hope the translation didn’t get screwed up and they meant foil box. 

     

    Because let’s be honest, the majority of the price for the thing is for the CD and the Blu-ray. Those alone average about ¥9,000 total. 

  8. Posted

    Speaking of Undying, I was just listening to Vacant and there’s a point before the chorus where it sounds like Ruki wants to start singing Dim Scene, then stops himself. 

     

    And this is what’s so disappointing about this band lately. I don’t want them to necessarily try anything new, I just want better songwriting. I don’t literally want another Dim, I want another album with strong and varied compositions. I wish I hadn’t heard here three tracks from Ninth, because I’m bored already. 

  9. Posted

    DEG and Gazette are both rehashing old shit at this point, so I don’t even have a comment about who’s writing better songs. Gazette trounces DEG when it comes to production, that’s for sure. 

     

    Vocally, Ruki is more consistent than Kyo in terms of performance, but holy fuck is he getting stale with his melodies and phrasing. Ruki is the reason why so many Gazette songs over the last 8 years sound the same to me. 

  12. Posted

    On 5/29/2018 at 1:23 AM, ghost said:

     

     

    Web Store release but no international shipping

    It's a different slap in the face when a band offers up a special edition of a release exclusive to their webstore or a specific webfront but doesn't ship outside Japan. I'm looking at you sukekiyo. There's no extra work involved and, if they're worried about risk, they can offer insured/signature shipping as the only option.

     

    You can absolutely get international shipping with Sukekiyo. I ordered Adoratio directly from the Galaxy Broad shop.

  13. Posted

    I find Division to be the most enjoyable out of the weird 2011-2013 period, mostly because it feels less bloated than Toxic and Beautiful Deformity. Also, it has Yoin, which is one of Gazette’s best songs. Period. 

     

    I’m sure Toxic’s songs work best in a live setting, but I’m pretty much yawning by the time Devil In My Bed rolls around. Beautiful Deformity sounds like the leftovers from Division, and considering how often they were squeezing material out at the time, that’s entirely plausible. 

     

    I’m expecting Ninth to be more varied than Dogma, but whether or not the songwriting is on par I cannot say. 

  16. Posted

    I’m not sure how I would describe the song structure, because for me there’s no clear distinction what the chorus is. It’s like a collection of different verses. Dir en grey’s Blossoming Beelzebub is also similar in that way where it’s just this constantly shifting piece. The structure is more, I dunno, literary than musical? I’m not sure how to explain it. There’s a beginning, an end, and various acts in between. 

  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, chemicalpictures said:

    BORING.

     

    Say what you wanna about DOGMA, but this song doesn't come anywhere near OMINOUS

     

    by the way, I always get so confused when people mention DOGMA. Are they talking about the song DOGMA, or the album as a whole? because I do agree it has some weak tracks here and there, but the song DOGMA, composition-wise, is miles ahead most of the shit they release. Hell, most of the shit VK has produced in the decade. The way the verse, bridge and chorus are structured there is very very clever. the whole dark age project, despite its lows, is the most concise shit I've seen in a mainstream band in a good while

    Dogma, the song, is fucking brilliant in how it’s composed. It’s always moving forward and doesn’t follow the standard song structure. I think maybe one early riff gets repeated in a later section? I’d definitely take more songs like Dogma and Undying from these guys. 

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  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, jduv86 said:

    Kind of reminds me of Nakigahara and DIM Scene. I'm getting DIM album vibes from this. Not bad. I feel it goes by quickly so that's a plus because overall the song isn't really that interesting. It's a decent song. I'm still hyped for this album. It's already showing more versatility than Dogma.

    If it was anything like those two songs I would like it. 

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  23. Posted

    On 5/21/2018 at 4:48 PM, Tokage said:

    Since each track will be written by a different member, maybe this can be a good indicator of who's actually responsible for the shit changes in musical direction these guys have been taking lately :^)

     

    Also, that look makes them seem like bootleg power rangers or some shit

    They’ve never shied away from crediting who writes each song, though. 

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