Manji 卍

this is epic lol

Start again,with a better vocalist

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

I think the youtuber/musician Jared Dines giving them a listen on one of his videos helped a lot, and I’m so happy for them!

this is epic lol

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

I dropped them after Dadaism 3. I can't believe they still have fans at this point to be quite honest. And yet pathetically I keep checking these previews hoping for that heaviness to pop up again XD 

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

Already dropped them, however is such a waste to see Yoshiatsu stuck in this clown-kei shit concept,cuz he's an unique character in the vk scene.his cleans and his growls both are flawless. He should be doing shit like NAZARE/DIMLIM and not that.

At least for me,after their compilation album they became one of the biggest deceptions in the current vk scene,cuz I really thought that they would be some nice fusion between kuroyuri to kage and Gossip,but now my expectations are very low.And his screams,God I hate them.

I definitely agree that Batsu's vocals would benefit from some tecnique, but I think that the fact that he isn't a "good" singer fits their style. They have this sort of punk, i-don't-give-a-f type of attitude and his vocal style embodies that. I usually prefer more technical singers for sure, but I really don't mind it for the type of band Mamireta is.
 
I dig the song, I think that calling it an "Ojamashimasu" with better production is the perfect description. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.

That sounds like a "telephone version" of Ojamashimasu,but not as catchy,of course.I liked the tight and heavy production,it doesn't sound sloppy like the last tracks, something happened again. However,Batsu's screams ruined it,imo,he desperately needs a vocal coach to learn how to scream "properly" and extend his capacity,but the track is an improvement after all.

Decided to open a sideblog for this band!
Uploaded every booklet i own yesterday, so if you have interest in working for romaji/english translations, please contact me and let's work together!
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That sounds like a "telephone version" of Ojamashimasu,but not as catchy,of course.I liked the tight and heavy production,it doesn't sound sloppy like the last tracks, something happened again. However,Batsu's screams ruined it,imo,he desperately needs a vocal coach to learn how to scream "properly" and extend his capacity,but the track is an improvement after all.

think the albums from Total Death to Sardonic Wrath are fairly straight-forward black metal, with the exception of Goatlord which was recorded back in 91 but only released in 96.
 
But with The Cult Is Alive they obviously changed, and the easiest way to rreally understand them is to look at the inspirations for the album. And I'll keep this real simple, but what they've done is to take some classic styles form the past and spiced up their more modern sound.
 
The Cult Is Alive is obviously very punk inspired, and got plenty classic, 80's punk like The Exploited, GHB and so on, as well as some traits from crust punk like Skitsystem and Doom.
 
F.O.A.D. still has some punk traits, but are more heavy metal inspired. You can hear some Iron Maiden, Motorhead and stuff, but it's leaning more towards epic metal and UPS. Manilla Road is an obvious inspiration, but their epic heavy metal and more thrashy power metal style, but also Omen, Manowar, English Dogs, Savage Grace and similar bands.
 
Dark Thrones and Black Flags is pretty similar to F.O.A.D., but contains less punk, more epic metal and USPM. Pretty much the same inspirations as above.
 
Circle the Wagons is again same as above. No major changes.
 
The Underground Resistance however saw a pretty big change in that all the traits of punk, albeit the punk played a very small role on the recent albums, were gone. Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Agent Steel comes off as huge inspirations. A very black 'n' speed metal album, with some traits of King Diamond, Mercyful Fate and Bathory, Manoway and Manilla Road.
 
Arctic Thunder again got a huge change in sound as it is more a modern take on Dream Death' unique brand of death/thrash/doom metal, with some black metal added to the mix.

Man, it's fuckin Seiya.Any doubt that it's gonna be awesome? Brutally hyped.
(Edit: Hope they bring one more insane vocalist. After keisuke we had SHO and right after we had MIO,all of these bands are somehow connected ,so something really interesting is coming)

Seiya (ex-DEVILOOF gu.) tweeted today that he's searching to recruit a vocalist for a new metalcore project involving Hiroto (ex-DEVILOOF dr.). Requirements include being able to sing and scream, as well as be interested in VK.
 
 

I agree 100%. I like the guitar a lot, but Karma sounds a bit like a pseudo-Yuuki (Initial'L/ex-Lycaon).
Also, I agree with the general consensus here that the cover art is fucking awful. It looks like if Salvador Dali made a Spore poster, which should be a good thing but it's not.

Man,the whole instrumentation of this band is absolutely BRILLIANT,those guys deserve to be applaused.But...Karma,why?His vocals... something is just "off" to me.That chorus was damn catchy again, but please improve your vocals.

So they're rerecording Yuukaku? Nice. I thought that song was forgotten into the abyss with other enjoyable Kiryu classics. 
Still waiting for the day they rerecord 愛シクモ切ナイ仄甘ク喘グ其ノ声ヲ (and give it an easier to say title lol)

Oh yeah, uploaded the newest MV + Episode of XXXX to my Youtube channel! 
(Hopefully they will stay without getting taken down)
Translation help would also be highly appreciated