Saishu

I hope all the track titles are similar. esc. ext. txt.

It’s... fine? I mean it’s not great, but it’s way more interesting to listen to than A Will and Luv. I actually like more than two tracks on this one.

Wasn’t the band’s early concept something like “human madness”? That may have been their initial direction

I find the discourse about when and how the audience reacts during a DEG show ridiculous. A few months back fans were claiming Kyo reverted back to his self-harm theatrics as a way to get more from the crowd, so the solution was to give as much as you can. Now it’s “don’t cheer when he’s using the red microphone cord as a prop for his intestines”? Like, what is it?

Me? No. But if that’s how others enjoy it, oh well.

And how often will a band encourage the crowd to make noise or sing along? I mean a live show by nature isn’t a quiet experience unless it’s a symphony or some shit.

I don’t hear anything noteworthy about that b-side at all. I just hear standard djent style staccato riffing over some Babymetal synth. and I really do not like those harsh vocals

I don’t understand why these VK acts don’t realize by now that western audiences are noisy as fuck. It’s not like they tour here every year. People are going to get excited.

Are bassists out of fashion now?

That couldn’t come up with a more interesting drum part

That live performance of World of Mercy just further showcases how boring Shinya is

Holy shit this song sucks

Before Issei left every Dimlim song sounded like it was recorded while the band fell down the stairs

Shudder is probably my favorite 12012 song.

Diamond and the Wataru choke out we’re within three months of each other. The shift back to darker music started with Seven, but I can only assume going full on GRAWR was just too much and Yuusuke bounced

I can’t listen to songs like Baal-zebul, Abuse, and Madman and take that self-titled seriously. I’d like some sort of chronicle that explains the sudden style shifts they went thru in such a short span of time. Yuusuke probably decided to quit when he saw where things were headed.

I forgot Cunning Killer was a thing so I just listened to it. When the music drops so Wataru can scream “self-awareness release of the go” like a 5 year old stomping his feet at his mom, I lost my shit.

L’arc~en~FINAL Kaisan TOUR

It was all better than shit like Diamond. Though the self titled has some of 12012’s worst tracks, I’d rather listen to that than the generic, milquetoast pop rock they farted out for a couple albums

Here I secured a copy what now, Retsu? edit: I see photobucket is mad that I didn’t want to pay them $6 for them to store my photos lol

Again, he could just throw it on streaming services or sell it digitally.

Deicida of Silence aged about as well as the self titled album that preceded it. That is to say they were dated when they came out and they’re even worse now

Wait are we pretending that those three minis were all high quality? Because yo what the fuck?

Oh, Issei. Yeah, he’s a dipshit, but his band is in much better shape than Dimlim. Unfortunately.

Sho and Hiroshi haven’t said a word. Retsu is the only one flailing his arms all over social media. I love where Retsu took Dimlim with Chedoara, and I’ve supported them to the best of my ability from the other side of the pond (bought Chedoara and Rijin physically and digitally, and stream them on Spotify), but as I’ve said before the band needs someone to take care of the business side of things. “We don’t want to hear opinions” is exactly why they think they can continue on playing this dense and intricate music live with just three members and some playback to fill the missing space. Someone needs to slap some sense into them. Probably just Retsu. And he’s so protective over Kidoairaku, it’s weird. PUT IT ON SPOTIFY OR SOMETHING, YOU DIPSHIT! WTF?!