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235 fucking pages of some of the cringiest arguments the internet has ever seen. I'm glad to have been apart of it. 

Man, and I thought trying to get old X Japan LP's for a reasonable price was a pain in the ass.

2 hours ago, Seelentau said:

And it's not even done under the DIR EN GREY band name, so it's made even more obvious that it's just a cashgrab.

About 1/2 of 1 cent is made for each song streamed on Spotify, which is then split every which way between the label and everyone else. I'm not even sure if the band would receive a cut or not. Based on their average views, they make about $4/month on the ambient collection.

And again, how much of that $4 are the members even receiving? One hell of a "cashgrab".

I forgot exactly how bad Vanitas was until I re-listened to it and almost threw up. 

I was in the car this morning, on my way to work, and 12012's "Suicide" came on. It was a nice drive. I laughed, mocked the song for being terrible, and reminisced how bad 12012 had gotten by the end. Little did I know I would be re-listening to Vanitas today, an album so atrocious I legitimately forgot it existed.

God damn. Please no one take this personally, it's just my subjective opinion on music; but NEGA deserve to be wiped from the history books. Their CD's should be burned, live albums sent to a landfill, and let's just forget this ever happened. 

19 hours ago, nekkichi said:

what are we thinking about mastering and production choices on this, girlies?

you forgot about "mixing", we can't leave that out.

19 hours ago, Desqui said:

Can someone post a good produced/mixed/mastered song and a bad one and then point out where it's good and bad cuz I'd really like to understand what fans are talking about.

Here's a pretty good example.

Kiss's first album:

The follow-up album:

Hotter Than Hell is a good album as far as Kiss goes; but it sounds like dogshit compared to their debut. The Producer, Richie Wise, took responsibility for the "sub-par sonics".

1 hour ago, Saishu said:

He’s only hitting one cymbal. It’s one of those crashes with the big holes around it. Makes them sound like crash/splash hybrid

Correct, I believe drummers refer to it as a "trash crash" because of the holes cut into it and how the sound is altered as a result -- which can veer towards a sort-of "white noise" sound depending on its design.

I was mistaken and thought the shadow cast by the cymbal was another cymbal. Otherwise, yes, it's the cymbal and synth presumably causing that sound. 

3 hours ago, Seelentau said:

At 3:32, when Kyo begins the last verse, there's a "TSCHING"-kinda sound.

I'm surprised no one here has gone digging for the Audience recordings yet to find out exactly what's going on. It appears to be a combination of Shinya hitting two cymbals at once (crash and something else) in addition to the synth.

The Live in question:

Live from Cleveland on the same tour with a better view of Shinya:

15 hours ago, Nowhere Girl said:

Production =/= mixing =/= mastering.

 

 

Needless pedantry tbh. When laymen say "Production", they are not referring to the sole process of recording tracks. That's just disconnected from how people talk. Furthermore, "production" -- the assembly -- of the product can be as loose or strict as you want it to be in a given context (i.e. a modern record producer and their role in music production).

8 minutes ago, nullmoon said:

When did everyone start hating on this song? When the album came out everyone was (rightfully) dumping on Devote My Life. Did I miss a meeting or something? 

Well, at least Celebrate Empty Howls is a complete song. Devote My Life takes one idea and just runs with it. Of all the songs on The Insulated World, that’s the one that needs to go. 

Great single. Unconventional in ways; but in the grand scheme of things it's in-line with their current output and I'm digging the hell out of it, including that soul-crushing breakdown near the end.

But, the mixing bothers me. Kyo's vocals are a little high (as always) and at first glance -- the levels suddenly spike near the end, it felt like a noticeable jump in volume; but I could just be hearing things.

Clever Sleazoid is weird. I miss the original intro; but it's still very good with some noticeable harmonic interplay between Kaoru and Die.

dude war lmao

18 hours ago, Seelentau said:

 

New look:

Kaoru averting his eyes like “not this shit again”. He’s been watching too many Tim Burton movies during quarantine. The Beetlejuice vibes are lit. 

Kaoru, stop trying to turn me on like this at work. It's so inappropriate. This half-time chugging stuff they've been doing lately (also with ningen o kaburu) is my shit. What do the kids say, nowadays? "I fuck with this"?

The instrumentals are great, and Kyo sounds old when he tries to do the falsettos now. I can't wait for the full single.

It's different, and interesting. Ranunculus has a strong main theme, so it's interesting to hear it used in this ambient, easy-listening, context. I just wish they kept it in its original form and didn't separate it into 37 separate tracks. 

I mean, we're getting into the more obsessive aspects of fandom; but I would enjoy if they released more tracks like these. They must have a whole catalog of intros and outros they've used over the years so it would be cool if they were to release them as some sort of supplement, or standalone feature like on streaming sites as they did here.

Where the hell is his chin?!

19 hours ago, benzaiten._ said:

no thanks that would be even worse than the covid-19 pandemic

My whole family could die of covid and I’d still think this was worse. 

The song will be good, and Clever Sleazoid will be an improvement over the original — like all of their remakes with the exception of Kasumi, which was dog shit. 

I love and hate this at the same time. They were really bad by the end, but I’m at least excited to see where they go. 

As a Brian Wilson fan, this makes me happy. 
 

I've been playing guitar in a band for a few years. Last year was the first time I've ever recorded in a studio so I was over the moon.

Shits gonna be dope. 

I really don’t like how often they go back to the strummed intro riff. They should get a second full time guitarist (if they don’t have one already). 
 

The Shota guitarist is excellent, but they layer soooo many guitar tracks that there’s no way he’s playing all those parts live. 

This is your brain on weed. smh 

I mean, this Lime dudes got a point. Why release a full album when you can get your fans to buy 3 songs of varying quality for $15-30? 

Release several singles a year and you don’t have to worry about writing full albums. And besides, changing the formula is a bad business move when your current model is already profitable. 
 

Kizu feels very “corporate” to me. As if several music execs got together and formulated a band who could more efficiently deliver profits. Everything about them feels very “corporate” to me. Designed in such a deliberate way.