Saishu

I try very hard to forget Traces Vol. 2

I try very hard to forget Traces Vol. 2

I try very hard to forget Traces Vol. 2

It’s all so dorodoro

Giving Aliene Ma’riage the cold shoulder or what?

DEG isn’t doing anything out of the ordinary though. The dynamic shift from quiet to loud/gentle to heavy is a common practice in music in general. Stuff like Unknown.Despair.Lost just reminds me of old school Metallica, where they would have acoustic intros that led into full on thrash songs. Quiet verse/loud chorus was especially popular in the 90s grunge era. 
 
I guess there’s also the factor of VK/jrock bands typically not giving two shits about sticking to one style or genre. One only needs to listen to practically any MUCC album for proof of this. 

I’m cracking up right now because I dropped $60 on this damn thing and I ended up making my own “best of” anyway. 

You know damn well the fans voted for Garden, but DEG was like “LOL”

I did it!
 
TRACES OF OUCHES DISC 1
 
GARDEN
JEALOUS
Unknown...Despair...a Lost
ゆらめき
密と唾
Schweinの椅子
304号室、白死の桜
Ash 
Berry 
理由 
蛍火 
ザクロ 
腐海 (VoS version)
 
DISC 2
 
Bottom of the death valley 
逆上堪能ケロイドミルク
undecided (2008 remake)
鴉 -karasu- 
Mr.NEWSMAN
audience KILLER LOOP (VoS remaster)
砂上の唄
RED...［em]
Amber 
Merciless Cult 
朔 -saku-  (VoS remaster)
Spilled Milk
愛しさは腐敗につき
CONCEIVED SORROW 
THE FATAL BELIEVER 
THE PLEDGE 
艶かしき安息、躊躇いに微笑み
凌辱の雨 (single version)
 
DISC 3
 
蜷局 
GLASS SKIN 
我、闇とて… 
慟哭と去りぬ
VINUSHKA
流転の塔 
Different Sense 
「欲巣にDREAMBOX」あるいは成熟の理念と冷たい雨
激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 (single version)
霧と繭 (2012 remake)
Behind a vacant image
鱗 
Phenomenon 
懐春 
濤声 
Un deux 
 

 

I’m trying to make sense of the remastering for this compilation, and comparing the liner notes to previous albums, it looks like they tried to get the original mixing engineers to return. Like Eric Westfall mixed Cage on Gauze and he’s listed again on VoS just for Cage. Joe Chicarelli mixed Yurameki on Gauze, but he isn’t listed on VoS. Instead it’s Stan Katayama, who originally mixed Akuro no Oka, so they had him do that in addition to Yurameki. 
 
It’s interesting to say the least, but I still think the stuff on disc 3 was barely touched. 

I’m trying to make sense of the remastering for this compilation, and comparing the liner notes to previous albums, it looks like they tried to get the original mixing engineers to return. Like Eric Westfall mixed Cage on Gauze and he’s listed again on VoS just for Cage. Joe Chicarelli mixed Yurameki on Gauze, but he isn’t listed on VoS. Instead it’s Stan Katayama, who originally mixed Akuro no Oka, so they had him do that in addition to Yurameki. 
 
It’s interesting to say the least, but I still think the stuff on disc 3 was barely touched. 

Lol that’s literally what I said. 
 
But my understanding is that they didn’t put ain’t afraid to die on Macabre because they thought it didn’t fit thematically. Like, somehow Taiyou no Ao does with that shitty sipping-margaritas-by-the-cabana breakdown in the middle. 
 
Fuck that song. 

Seriously. Look how much this thread blew up all because they re-released a bunch of shit we’ve been listening to for years already. 

I just stick around to see if Shinya’s drumming is going to get any worse. He’s going to be the Japanese Lars Ulrich in another ten years. 

There is some truth to this. I roll my eyes and laugh pretty hard when I hear Americans shouting “ANKORE!!!” 
 
Another favorite: when Kyo went thru that phase where he changed lyrics in The Final. In Japanese lives you would see fans holding up one finger and then two during the “hitotsu futatsu” line. Well he changed that part, and a small group of people anticipated the old lyrics and held their fingers up, but Kyo left them hanging. 
 
Did you just assume my sexuality and gender?!?!

I suppose every fandom has its share of blindly devoted soldiers, but the ones with the complete lack of objectivity amaze me. 
 
In fact, I think I just answered my own question about whether or not these people actually listen to the music. I remember when Lotus came out there were people saying how nice it was to hear Kyo sing and the addition of piano was nice new touch to DEG’s style. I’m like, you dumb motherfuckers, Glass Skin wasn’t that long ago!

Lol that’s literally what I said. 
 
But my understanding is that they didn’t put ain’t afraid to die on Macabre because they thought it didn’t fit thematically. Like, somehow Taiyou no Ao does with that shitty sipping-margaritas-by-the-cabana breakdown in the middle. 
 
Fuck that song. 

Seriously. Look how much this thread blew up all because they re-released a bunch of shit we’ve been listening to for years already. 

Seriously. Look how much this thread blew up all because they re-released a bunch of shit we’ve been listening to for years already. 

I listen to visual kei OF COURSE THERES SOMETHING MENTALLY OFF 

I just stick around to see if Shinya’s drumming is going to get any worse. He’s going to be the Japanese Lars Ulrich in another ten years. 

Shit like this pisses me off. I also hear “you can’t even sing along to it”, as if being able to dance and sing along are the only things that qualify music as music. 

Worst thing about being a DEG fan that’s a grown ass man: being lumped in with the fucking weirdos that squee over everything from new haircuts to some subtle facial tics Kyo makes during an interview. Makes me wonder if any of them are actually even listening to the music. 

I suppose every fandom has its share of blindly devoted soldiers, but the ones with the complete lack of objectivity amaze me. 
 
In fact, I think I just answered my own question about whether or not these people actually listen to the music. I remember when Lotus came out there were people saying how nice it was to hear Kyo sing and the addition of piano was nice new touch to DEG’s style. I’m like, you dumb motherfuckers, Glass Skin wasn’t that long ago!

Lol that’s literally what I said. 
 
But my understanding is that they didn’t put ain’t afraid to die on Macabre because they thought it didn’t fit thematically. Like, somehow Taiyou no Ao does with that shitty sipping-margaritas-by-the-cabana breakdown in the middle. 
 
Fuck that song.