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Realizing that DEZERT, THE BLACK SWAN And DADAROMA are releasing albums soon.
 
 
 

That said, Trophies of Violence and Be(lie)ve are awesome. Really good.

Guys I felt the same ._.
This anime never lived up to it's hype for me.
I agree that the animation and the music was great, and the plot was reaaaally interesting, but imo they fucked up the characters. They just felt SO damn cliche(you don't know how happy I was when Eren got eaten by a titan, then the dread when I realised that he would be coming back cuz he's the main). Mikasa was an awesome character, but then as the episodes went on, her character went downhill. Armin, let's not even talk about him. And ffs, I felt nothing when Petra and the rest of the squad got wiped out by titans, I was like "wellp, too bad I guess .-.".
The only characters I like were Levi and Sasha (mein potato girl <3 )

Me too, haha. Have you finished this yet?
 
It was quite a chore for me to sit through, but it did eventually pick up near the end. There were definitely some exciting and well executed moments, mostly thanks to the animation and music/music direction, but overall I felt like the hype was unfounded.

This is literally the only scene that I remembered from the first few episodes of Attack on Potatoes. Everything else I just kind of slept through.

Is Ruki floating? X'D

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I can't believe there's no thread about them, this band is FREAKING AMAZING! One of the best in their genre  *__*


 

 

 

 
 
Did you guys ever hear about them?
What do you think about this band?

Artist: Kamijo Title: Royal Blood~Revival Best~ 1. Emblem 2. Imperial Concerto 3. 薔薇は美しく散る (Bara wa Utsukushiku Chiru) 4. Aristocrat's Symphony 5. 蝶の花 (Chou no Hana) 6. Audrey 7. この世で一番美しい薔薇よ (Kono Yo de Ichiban Utsukushii Bara Yo) 8. 冬東京 (Fuyu Tokyo) 9. Heel 10. God Palace 11. Royal Blood
Rating: | Looking back with rose colored glasses

 
 
In celebration of his 20th year performing, Kamijo released two new albums: 20th Anniversary All Time Best～革命の系譜～ (Kakumei no Keifu, a collection album of songs from his past bands) and Royal Blood ～Revival Best～. While an anniversary collection is not surprising, as many big artists do this at important landmarks in their careers, an album of songs from older bands is fairly unusual. A collection of songs from old bands that are also completely rewritten is even rarer. Royal Blood  ～Revival Best～ is a gift to long-time fans in more ways than one, and it breathes new life into the classics Kamijo has written.
 
As shown by the tracklist above, Royal Blood is a mixture of songs from Lareine, Versailles, New Sodmy, and 3 (and a half) new original tracks.  All of the older songs are more than remade—they’re reinterpreted. For example, “Aristocrat’s Symphony” has been stripped down of it’s grandiose symphonic metal roots and has been turned into a slower ballad accompanied completely by orchestral arrangement, whereas “薔薇は美しく散る” was turned into a fast paced, yet flowery, metal song. The degree in which songs were reimagined varies greatly, however. For example, the new version of “God Palace” has very little different in arrangement aside from the guitar solo, which was made to sound a lot more like a solo that could be found on the Jealousy album. While much of the instrumental parts are largely the same, it is fairly obvious that the lead guitar is not Hizaki as the guitar timbre changed and the general delivery is less show-y. That doesn’t make Kamijo’s entrance after the solos are over, with a resounding “WATASHI WAAAAAAAA,” any less stupendous.
 
Of all the reimaginations, “薔薇は美しく散る,” “冬東京,” and “Imperial Concerto” were my favorites. As mentioned above, the first has been reinterpreted to be more metallic than the orginal without really losing much of it it’s original flare. My only gripe with this song is that he removed the musical equivalent to the gaussian blur filter used in this ABBA music video that used to grace the middle of the song. I’ve also added a new favorite Lareine song to my repertoire, which is 蝶の花 (Chou no Hana). I love the gentleness of this song and its simple beauty in the chorus. After listening to the original, it is safe to say this is more or less just an updated version—no crazy metal renditions of this song were done.  I will say, though, that I was floored by the new version of  冬 東京 (Fuyu Tokyo). The new introduction is just magical and the overall rendition just brings this song to life in a completely new way. These are all examples of remakes done right—what I want are old tracks remade in a new way and Kamijo gave me exactly what I was looking for.
 
Viewing this album through a critical lens, it is possible to find several areas in which Royal Blood could have done better. For me, most of the shortcomings were in the new songs. It took a lot of thinking to determine if this was because I was just so impressed with the remakes that any of his new material just would easily be outshone, or if the newer tracks were actually just sub-par for what I was expecting. In the end, it was a fair mix of both for me. “この世で一番美しい薔薇よ”  (Kono Yo de Ichiban Utsukushii Bara yo), as the first victim, left me unimpressed. The title itself was too close to as “薔薇は美しく散る” for me and thematically “the prettiest rose in the world” just seems trite at this point. This, coupled with a highly predictable chord progression in the main melody,  didn’t leave me wanting to wake up and smell the roses.
 
“Heel,” another new addition, was more ~experimental~; here, Kamijo tried to incorporate some tango elements into his normal compositional style with mixed results. What was odd about this was that the melody during the verse dragged on for way too long. This melody is a super drawn out vocal line where he bellows dangerously close to being dissident to the rest of the music before gingerly teetering back to safety, then repeating another two or three times. It’s like watching that game where people stab a knife in the space between their fingers quickly to freak out their mom. In this situation, I’m that mom and I am very concerned. Daredevil party tricks aside, this song does have a really nice chorus. I usually skip to it when listening to the song, though.
 
The last new song is the title track of the album, “Royal Blood.” It originally starts off like some sort of epic symphonic piece, bold and bombastic like “Aristocrat’s Symphony” was (the original). To my surprise, it eventually mellows out to become the perfect balance of mixing all of his past bands together –Versailles guitar work and symphonic elements, Lareine guitar and vocal harmonies, and something from that one New Sodmy song, I guess. Did you guys know he was also in a band named New Sodmy? They were a thing for a bit and made music or whatever. Yep. So, basically, this song is this album’s version of “片手に夢を持つ少女” (Katate ni yume wo motsu shoujo) —an up-tempo hype song, probably used as an encore closing.
 
All in all, Royal Blood was a great album solely for the excitement of waiting to hear old songs done anew. I was pretty bummed that Metamorphose got cut, and kind of surprised Fiancailles wasn’t included (unless he didn’t actually write that, but it was objectively Lareine’s best selling song). Maybe in the future we’ll get some more Revival Best songs, but for now, I am content with how this played out and fully expect a full effort dedicated to putting out new material soon.

im not really feeling those album covers... i mean the first one is nice.
 
lol this is so depressing ;__;

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There is not enough Japanese in this site for Chrome to start auto-translating the kanji

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*shoulder pats*
Seconding both what doombox and Kira said! I believe you have inherent value by virtue of your very existence, although it may be difficult to believe what with how the world tries to tell you what's valuable and what's not. But this is why self-love is so important. You really have to build yourself up and shield yourself from the negativity. It's difficult, but keep living. It will get better! Hang in there! ;__;

This is gonna sound super cheesy but, I've been there (that place where you give up on life and yourself) and things will get better. You're not as easily replaceable as you think. But most of all, you gotta care about you. It sounds kinda stupid but you only get to ride the flying rock in space once, lots can happen after today. Lots of good things can still happen if you give them a chance.

It's true that when you look at the world, you're just one person amongst others, but that does not mean that you have no value, that's what I believe. I imagine that what you must be going through must be really hard on you, but please take care of yourself. Even though it can seem desperate right now, life is full of ups and down, and I am certain that there's still a lot of good things which can come in your life as long as you don't give up. And if you need anyone to talk to, you have a great community here, and we take care of each other. We are your friends, and we care ^^

Hmmm I got different ways of discovering music, but it's mostly through a lot of research through google. I look for artists similar related to the ones I like, through splits(discovered Sithu Aye this way, I recommend this artist to everyone *_*), through different blogs(like deathcoreessence) and Bandcamp. I go through the most popular releases first, then I look for specific genres. When I find a band I like, I buy their stuff and see what other bands they recommend themselves. I also tend to check many reviews for random albums, that's how I discovered "While She Sleeps" and "The Royal".
On of course, there's MH :'3
When I go to the general and vk sections, I download everything new I see and try them out, and that's how I discovered "Amber Gris".
Soooo it's not really structured, I just go to various websites, download whatever I can find and check recommendations from my favorite artists

It's true that when you look at the world, you're just one person amongst others, but that does not mean that you have no value, that's what I believe. I imagine that what you must be going through must be really hard on you, but please take care of yourself. Even though it can seem desperate right now, life is full of ups and down, and I am certain that there's still a lot of good things which can come in your life as long as you don't give up. And if you need anyone to talk to, you have a great community here, and we take care of each other. We are your friends, and we care ^^

It's true that when you look at the world, you're just one person amongst others, but that does not mean that you have no value, that's what I believe. I imagine that what you must be going through must be really hard on you, but please take care of yourself. Even though it can seem desperate right now, life is full of ups and down, and I am certain that there's still a lot of good things which can come in your life as long as you don't give up. And if you need anyone to talk to, you have a great community here, and we take care of each other. We are your friends, and we care ^^

Alright alright alright, well this is entertaining xD
Got soooo confused at first omfg desuuuu~
(only weeaboo thing I can bring myself to do ._. DESUUUUU~)

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the mods are being silly xD don't mind them lmao 

The fuck is happening at MH like AM I MISSING SOMETHING!?
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The fuck is happening at MH like AM I MISSING SOMETHING!?
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I hope you get to sometime!
This year at Warped Tour the event was on the waterfront and as soon as they finished their last song Loz jumped off stage, ran across the park and right into the ocean lol. 
 
A re-recording would sound pretty awesome. I'm sure they'd improve the songs just from playing them so much at this point too. Brainwashed did grow on me and I love it now, but in a different way. Like you said, it's got a different feeling than the others. But at the same time it reinvented them too, and I admire that they aren't afraid to change up their sound.