Everyone, thank you for the warm welcome!!
I really like the recent album. It took some time to get used to the change, but now I can't stop listening to it. But it feels a little... Americanised, if you know what I mean. As for the collaborations... I never really thought about that, yet I don't think of it as bad.
About girugamesh: I was so sad to see them disband, and sure I would love to hear more music of them but they had their reasons and I respect that.
I will try to follow the members' other activities... But I don't think they'll be joining new bands (or maybe I'm utterly misinformed).