Saishu

Why is the PV in portrait mode though? Is making videos formatted for phones a thing now?

There’s always iTunes if you want to go the “cheap but still support the band” route. 

I don’t know if I should be worried or excited that the limited edition has more shit than the limited edition of Ninth, but costs less. 

Or continue to do whatever Ruki wants only without the Eye of Sauron looming over him?

I can’t call Ninth muddy anymore after spending time with a CD copy of it, but I do notice that the mix varies across several songs. Utsusemi is way too fuzzy, and maybe that was intentional, but I’d like more oomph behind it. Some of the heavier tracks also sound really compressed to my ears. 

Yeah, Unfinished is literally just Shiver and Ibitsu again. 
 
It also sounds really awkward coming after three of the heaviest tracks on the album. 

Well no, they shouldn’t. Just pointing out things are different over there. 
 
But if VK is indeed a yakuza run business, it’s no wonder so many bands come and go. 

I mean, 17,756 is basically 18,000. 

I mean, 17,756 is basically 18,000. 

Yes, but I believe he also wrote the snoozefest ballad, so watch it. 

Ah, another member of the Baldman family. 

Well no, they shouldn’t. Just pointing out things are different over there. 
 
But if VK is indeed a yakuza run business, it’s no wonder so many bands come and go. 

I mean let’s not forget the huge drama with Lynch when Akinori got caught with pot. 

I mean let’s not forget the huge drama with Lynch when Akinori got caught with pot. 

You say dumb shit when you’ve got your nose wrapped up and your oxygen supply is limited. 

Ruki always says a lot of shit that amounts to nothing though. 

Fuck Yoshiki

Fuck Yoshiki

Ruki is consistent and can definitely deliver live, but as I’ve said before I feel like he recycles his melodies a lot. So, I mean, he’s a great performer, but he gets a bit stale sometimes. Even his songwriting seems to repeat himself. Unfinished sounds like another version of Shiver and Ibitsu (but I’m only assuming he wrote Unfinished). 

Yeah, Babylon’s Taboo sounds like it could have been written by any number of western nu metal bands in the early ‘00s. 
 
Ninth is really strange. Like I said, I don’t necessarily like it more than Dogma, but I’ve listened to it more in the past two days than I did when Dogma first came out. The variety in the tracks and shorter run time are huge positives here, as Dogma being a heavy slog for 50 minutes straight didn’t always sit well. Real problem is there’s nothing on Ninth that even approaches songs like Dogma or Undying in terms of composition.  And yeah, Ruki’s lack of creativity is a downer. 
 
Nice to hear Reita again (he got buried in Dogma) and Kai is a fucking beast!

Know what would be cool? If they remastered (though re-recording might be better) Peep Show, M.E.R.R.Y, and Underworld. I call that Merry’s “tin can era”.

“U” is next to “i” and even in 2018 I struggle with touch screen keyboards. As for “bero”, I’m just going by what’s on US iTunes. 
 
I don’t like some of the heaviest tracks because they sound so much like other heavy Gazette tracks. And despite Ruki’s vocal skills, I don’t think he’s that creative with melodies or phrasing, so it’s usually his fault when a song sounds just like another Gazette song. 

Know what would be cool? If they remastered (though re-recording might be better) Peep Show, M.E.R.R.Y, and Underworld. I call that Merry’s “tin can era”.

I’ll reserve final judgment for when I get the actual CD tomorrow. iTunes files don’t always sound the greatest. 

The story I heard about RES ending was that two of the guys in the band would get into actual physical fights on a regular basis. This is coming from someone who said they spoke to Satsuki personally. I believe that this person spoke to him, but I don’t necessarily believe Satsuki’s story.