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Now that I'm starting to recognize songs from each other, I'm really starting to like this album more! The beginning of the album is really strong! However I still feel like it's missing some stand out tracks. I kinda wish they would've saved insomnia for this album.. With Shuuen I was listening to 灰降ル丘... non-stop, but Konton no Hako doesn't have songs like that /:

shiiit~ OMEGA's really cool. It's more of the same stuff OMNIGOD had. VENOM has been playing in my head non-stop @_@ ZeTes sounds a bit too metal for my taste. drumming, rhythm changes and such. Also it got epic metal speeches, which I pretty much hate lol. But I feel like it's growing on me. too bad Ivy's and GRIMOIRE's download links were dead. I'll look them up later. thanks again for the recommendations!!

yea well my initial impression is pretty dull on kondon no hako tbh. It's the same that happened with Shuuen as well, so I'm prepared to give it some more time. I think it would be easier to get into their albums if they didn't release 16 track albums. Rather focused their creative effort on lesser amount of songs, but I suppose this is their way of doing things.. so whatever. Anyone know why -in the Blue- is so short? Because it's such a cliché of a j-rock song? It sounds pretty cool and I would have loved it to be a full length.

Hey, I've listened to the omnigod many times now and I'm really liking it!! Western influences are really heavy, but it's just refreshing among the monotone and uniform sound many VK bands aim for these days. Stand out tracks for me so far are Punch me if you can, tyrant, genesis and I'm liking the ballads too. but really it's all good. thanks for the tip itsukoii I'll download the rest of your recommendations too

yea how is this topic so inactive? I've been getting into nocturnal bloodlust a lot more lately. I always acknowledged them but never delved deeper. Do you people have any recommandations on what albums to listen?

Ooohh~ i actually did see that before on twitter or something but didn't understand what I was looking at lol. What to discuss about it though? It's one more tattoo of psychadelic vomit. Really cool of course. I've started liking meto more and more lately

I actually remember reading an interview of DEG long time ago, where they were saying that the guys in the band never really spent any time together to begin with. They've never been like good friends or anything, it's been more of a professional relationship since the start and this was supposedly their strength as a band, cuz everyone concentrates on the creative side of things and I guess you don't get fed up with people that easily if you don't hang around them. I'm sorry I don't have any source for this, but this was marrow- or pre-marrow era stuff If I remember correctly. oh and on topic: before the next album is out, X Japan will call it quits.

you got pics of the tattoo?

Grieva almost lost me already with Shuuen because it was just chocked full of samey songs. This release has similar vibes to it. It's a shame really, cuz Oni to Kage was such an awesome album with no unnecessary tracks. Still I ended up liking Shuuen too in the end, so I don't really know what I'm trying to say here. That I'm excited about this album?

Yea that was my initial reaction at first as well. when I was just a small kid, I remember how even ZAN was too aggressive lol But MARROW grew on me and I actually got into western death metal, etc. afterwards as diru made my tolerance grow. I think I need to give ARCHE a new try seeing all these positive opinions. Didn't like it too much when it was first released...

MARROW was actually the album that got me back to diru. I hadn't been listening them in years and just happened to see their album being sold in a store. I picked it up as it's really not that common to see vk or japanese music on sale here. Loved the album and I probably still rank it among my top favourites of diru. I feel like the gazette might have been aiming for something similar with their DOGMA

Hah wtf were those explosions at the end? I'm impressed at how well tzk can sing with cigarette hanging from his mouth. Cool song ^^

It actually fell out of my playlist already D: I go more often back to dadaism #1 now. it's weird cuz on the paper dadaism#2 does everything right, like it was just the thing I had hoped from DDRM. But I just like their heavier songs on #1 more and morfine 1 & especially 2 are just my favourite songs of theirs. ...still.. dadaism#2 is banging as well of course, who am I kidding ^^

Wow that's so beautiful!

Lol I want to hear the limp bizkit cover!

i'm glad Disorder is getting this much love <3 Love the punk influences they got back then. Dogma is really impressive too, I'm actually getting hyped to see them live now

Yea it really depends on what era gazette you like. For me, big part being nostalgia value for sure, are Cassis and maybe Filth in Beauty. I've actually been listening to early gazette lately and I'm liking it way better than before!

hey this was a lot better than I expected! first ep got some cool songs. I get Mejibray vibes from the songs and the fact they only got 1 guitar, also from singer's high notes. Definitely a band I'm gonna keep my eyes on!

This actually sounds pretty promising as far as new band is concerned. For Karma anyway...

No way!!! T_T this... really... fuck

What's the history with avelcain and eve? I guess you're talking about the eve of Lycaon? I'm fairly new fan of avelcain so I have absolutely no problem with their current state. At first I felt like avelcain was just a really good b-tier vk band, but slowly they became one of my all time favourite acts. I agree that their guitar work isn't very versatile, but that's why their heavier emphasis on melodies as of late is welcome imo. Karma is the main reason I like them so much and he has yet to dissapoint me. Oh and +1 for the new album!

Eh, sounds like luna sea the song. As in nothing surprising or unique about it. then again I only really like their first few albums so yea...

Hey they still finish up with candydive pinky heaven? That's cool! I was surprised how good of a live song that is!

Wow those b-sides were pretty cool! I especially liked the ballad. And the single has definitely grown on me more. I don't think the chorus comes out of nowhere anymore, there are similar hooks and cues in the pre-chorus-thing that tie it together.

I love the look, like really, and the sound is pretty good as well. Just nothing too memorable I'm afraid, but I'm interested in hearing more in the future (: