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And the final tracklist order :
 
枯詩 (Kare Uta)
CASSIS
D.L.N
CALM ENVY
reila
UNTITLED
WITHOUT A TRACE
紅蓮 (Guren)
白き憂鬱 (Shiroki Yuutsu)
PLEDGE
絲 (Ito) (Included only in limited edition)
体温 (Taion) (Included only in limited edition)

 

Limited Edition [12 tracks]

 
Regular Edition [10 tracks]

| Another solid effort but it doesn't stand out as much as it could.
 
With the head of a human, a bird's torso, a long, flowing tail, and a voice said to surpass all the gods and angels in Nirvana, the fantastical creature known as the Kalavinka is the inspiration behind 陰陽座's fourteenth album, 迦陵頻伽 (Karyobinga). 陰陽座's known for taking heavy amounts of inspiration from Japanese folklore and incorporating it into their music - even though they sound more like Iron Maiden than anything else - so this is a positively peculiar route to follow after their recent focus on Japanese deities and folklore. The Japanese interpretation of the Kalavinka is portrayed faithfully on the album cover; vocalist Kuroneko's upper torso is dressed as a winged Bodhisattva and her lower half is birdlike. It's both a gorgeous sight and a lofty proposition.
 
I'm torn on 迦陵頻伽. On one hand, the feel and flow of the album are all too familiar. I peg it as some hybrid of 金剛九尾 (Kongokyuubi) and snippets of their last two albums because of the pacing and atmosphere. 金剛九尾 ranks among my least favorite of their albums, but to its credit, 迦陵頻伽 is much more polished and straightforward, as if MATATABI had a destination in mind when composing. On the other hand, there is lots of carry over from 風神界逅 (Fuujinkaikou) and 雷神創世 (Raijinsousei), which I regard as near perfect. It's not as ambitious as their last effort, and at times it feels like they're marking boxes off a checklist, but this consistency is why they've never released a bad album. An opportunity to incorporate some Indian and East Asian influences into more songs was missed and would have greatly opened up their sound, but I can look past that. If it didn't appeal to you before, this will not change your mind.
 
Where this album impresses me is how the mystic, haunting atmosphere of their earlier eras returns. It's no longer as dark or ominous, but still present and mysterious. Opener "迦陵頻伽" really catches what I'm trying to describe here, and it's got one of the catchiest choruses in their repertoire. Centerpiece "人魚の檻" is a masterful emotional manipulator that's hogged my repeat button for the last few weeks. Those in need of a fix of heavy metal should check out "廿弐匹目は毒蝮" or lead single "愛する者よ、死に候え", and "轆轤首" is the token track where they buck all expectations and try something new. It's tone reminds me of "無風忍法帖" and it's one of my favorites of the album. The canned strings of "轆轤首" were a curious choice, and "御前の瞳に羞いの砂" sounds suspiciously familiar, but I'll admit these are minor quibbles.
 
陰陽座 is in the midst of a second renaissance after the release of 2012's 鬼子母神 (Kishibojin), breaking a streak of tepid albums with a concept so beautifully realized that it still sounds fresh today. 迦陵頻伽 stabilizes this upward trend, and while it's not the best thing ever it's pretty good.
 
 
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I know Seiya made a comment about them.
I'm not exactly sure what stance he made, but I think Hiroto's comment is more just a general tweet riffing on the bullshit that is Trump.

So it looks like Ryuya is playing a (session) band called ラストマイケル (Last Michael).
 
 

they can't risk fans thinking a9 isn't illuminati

good single
but why is everybody using "one eye" "cross" or " triangles" ? .--.

Track lists to both singles (regular version)
 
GAMUSHARA
1. GAMUSHARA
2. BABY GO FOR IT
3. OH MY GOD
 
WHITE DUST
1. WHITE DUST
2.  シンデレラ (CINDERELLA)
3. GIRLS BE AMBITOUS
 
Hate because "Girls be ambitious" title 3... 2... 1... START
 
Nevermind... to me hating them all time about everything is ridiculous...

i just hope that members who left MBHI and went to RAZOR,stay in RAZOR

Well that's just the thing about the VK scene. There's a lot more to it than just having good music. Absolutely their music was good. Great even. These members are well in to their 30's now, and were nearing their 30's around the time they disbanded. They had been doing the indie thing for a while. At some point (whether it be Sin or the whole band) they chose to decide if it was worth continuing. They can have the best music in the world but if they aren't getting signed despite their efforts and they're tired of just scraping by financially... it's an understandable choice to call it quits. 

Yeah apart from the MBHI-shattering SKULL reunion, I haven't seen any activity from Sin either :[
 
I found myself listening to SKULL in the car last night among others of better times <//3

SKULL was the peak of my VK fan-living life. They were the first band I actually collected their entire discography.
 
But... this is just a theory. 
 
SKULL wasn't a short lived band. If I'm not mistaken, they started anywhere from 2002-2004 (2004 I believe but I could be wrong). So they'd been around for a while until there was a PSC hosted live with them and BORN. I only know this because they disbanded while I was following them very closely. Shortly after that live it was announced BORN would join PSC and SKULL would disband. I'm thinking they just kind of got tired of trying to score higher than where they were. So I think that live is what decided if they wanted to continue or call it a good run and move on. 
 
After SKULL's disbandment, all members except Sin went on as a support band for Igaguri Chiba. (Yomi from Nightmare who is ironically good friends with Tenten... who later formed MBHI with 3 former SKULL members. small world.)

They did have the reunion live, but I'm convinced Sin has pretty much retired.

Yeah I'd like to know something about this to. SKULL were actually really great now that I'm thinking back on it.

Shamelessly milking fans for money XDDD

Same 

that's exactly the reason why they included two songs in both cd's XD

i don't wanna be negative but honestly,the name " lack-co" sounds like another band with expiration date,and also i don't care much about Taira now that Razor has formed,my concern was only ex Skull and MBHI members,them are great musicians.

I'm not sure if you heard, but they did have a reunion live in December.

He's also Tenten. 
He's gone by Tenten and Taira with various spellings. Granted Taira wasn't really used until Chemical Pictures. Hanamuke, KuRt, Benii etc were just tenten in hiragana i believe. 
Taira is his real name I think though. One of my friends knew that name some how before he used it. LOL?????
 
idk i've given up on tenten tho. after MBHI disbanding and Daisuke (ex. SKULL) vanishing again... I just don't have it in me lol. idc about lack-co or re:MBHI

DAMN DAMN DAMN
holyshit!! sound as good as deviloof,thank u ...i think we all should look forward more All Must Die stuff on net

Oh yeah! Hopefully this will be the album's track list.

I need new songs ... hope they'll release some more information about their album soon!
 
still wonder if they remember syphilischancroidchlamydiaclervicitisprotozoaaids or if they need to look it up every time they write it... (like I did)