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Was there any info on who produced/mixed the album?
 
There it is another reason to make their music more available to anyone willing to pay for it: with more money they could hire a better engineer to make their albums sound better (which usually costs more). I kinda have the feel that Issei himself mixes the music. While the music sounds less mechanic than Various-era Dimlim, with less overtly digital-sounding guitars and slightly less triggered drums (or maybe he got better samples to trigger?), the ultra-low tuning of the guitars and bass make the mix sound really messy. Toning down the synths and strings and stuff could help to make their mix sound clearer. Hell, he can even look at tutorials on YT, you can find a lot of videos about mixing and stuff for most DAWs.
 
The album is somewhat decent! Of course it's no Dimlim, Issei is still an asshole and I'd never give him my money, but it's a decent beginning for someone with such a reputation like him.

I really don't understand why you'd want Issei out. Sure he's a dick, but a competent dick. And as far as I know, no other member has shown any actual ability to write anything amazingly compelling to be able to pull what DIMLIM did with Retsu.

You know, the album is nowhere the trainwreck I was expecting! Those are just my impressions from a first listen.
 
Let me start with the biggest problem: Mio's singing. He is trying WAY TOO HARD to sing in a range he doesn't have. He is indeed a very good screamer (he's way better than Sho when he started out, he doesn't overabuse inhales and is overall more versatile) but for now his clean voice is making me have a harder time enjoying the music. Maybe he can go under an impressive improvement like Sho did, but who knows?
 
While there is recently a whole wave of VK bands that put A WHOLE LOT of emphasis on musicianship sometimes to the expense of songwriting, I feel like the musicianship is not only capable but also used in a way it doesn't try to compensate for bad songwriting (different to something like Jiluka's lastest album which is nearly unlistenable). Despite the over-triggered drum sound that doesn't make him much favor, Issei is indeed a good drummer and way more capable than the repetitive machine gun double bass blasting I've heard in a lot of his stuff would indicate. The bass-heavy production renders the music a bit messy, and it doesn't help that their sound is very layered (with lots of guitar leads, vocal harmonies, orchestral and electronic instrumentation), so the mix is kinda muddy (I had wishes of DeG going for 8-strings before but this album reminded me that with their awful production values of late, the music would sound like a total mess).
 
The songwriting is all over the place (there are proggy pieces, the all-out aggressive stuff in line with the promotional singles, synth-heavy "anthemic" live-oriented stuff, ballads here and there) pretty much like early Dimlim, but I consider it to be a slight improvement over something like Various (sorry, but I really dislike it). One of the biggest complains is the abundance of synth sounds that a lot of times subtract more than add to the song (not to mention how they clutter the mix even further). Couldn't care less about the anime ED ballads though and the unabashedly "live-oriented" songs with all the gang vocals and call-and-response bits don't do much for me either.
 
My favorite tracks were "Judas" (which sadly suffers from some of the worst vocals of the album), "unknown" and "Blink".

Excellent review mate, hit the head on the nail with this. This was a hot mess, as was early DIMLIM, but it was somehow a breath of fresh air with all its excess

You know, the album is nowhere the trainwreck I was expecting! Those are just my impressions from a first listen.
 
Let me start with the biggest problem: Mio's singing. He is trying WAY TOO HARD to sing in a range he doesn't have. He is indeed a very good screamer (he's way better than Sho when he started out, he doesn't overabuse inhales and is overall more versatile) but for now his clean voice is making me have a harder time enjoying the music. Maybe he can go under an impressive improvement like Sho did, but who knows?
 
While there is recently a whole wave of VK bands that put A WHOLE LOT of emphasis on musicianship sometimes to the expense of songwriting, I feel like the musicianship is not only capable but also used in a way it doesn't try to compensate for bad songwriting (different to something like Jiluka's lastest album which is nearly unlistenable). Despite the over-triggered drum sound that doesn't make him much favor, Issei is indeed a good drummer and way more capable than the repetitive machine gun double bass blasting I've heard in a lot of his stuff would indicate. The bass-heavy production renders the music a bit messy, and it doesn't help that their sound is very layered (with lots of guitar leads, vocal harmonies, orchestral and electronic instrumentation), so the mix is kinda muddy (I had wishes of DeG going for 8-strings before but this album reminded me that with their awful production values of late, the music would sound like a total mess).
 
The songwriting is all over the place (there are proggy pieces, the all-out aggressive stuff in line with the promotional singles, synth-heavy "anthemic" live-oriented stuff, ballads here and there) pretty much like early Dimlim, but I consider it to be a slight improvement over something like Various (sorry, but I really dislike it). One of the biggest complains is the abundance of synth sounds that a lot of times subtract more than add to the song (not to mention how they clutter the mix even further). Couldn't care less about the anime ED ballads though and the unabashedly "live-oriented" songs with all the gang vocals and call-and-response bits don't do much for me either.
 
My favorite tracks were "Judas" (which sadly suffers from some of the worst vocals of the album), "unknown" and "Blink".

You know, the album is nowhere the trainwreck I was expecting! Those are just my impressions from a first listen.
 
Let me start with the biggest problem: Mio's singing. He is trying WAY TOO HARD to sing in a range he doesn't have. He is indeed a very good screamer (he's way better than Sho when he started out, he doesn't overabuse inhales and is overall more versatile) but for now his clean voice is making me have a harder time enjoying the music. Maybe he can go under an impressive improvement like Sho did, but who knows?
 
While there is recently a whole wave of VK bands that put A WHOLE LOT of emphasis on musicianship sometimes to the expense of songwriting, I feel like the musicianship is not only capable but also used in a way it doesn't try to compensate for bad songwriting (different to something like Jiluka's lastest album which is nearly unlistenable). Despite the over-triggered drum sound that doesn't make him much favor, Issei is indeed a good drummer and way more capable than the repetitive machine gun double bass blasting I've heard in a lot of his stuff would indicate. The bass-heavy production renders the music a bit messy, and it doesn't help that their sound is very layered (with lots of guitar leads, vocal harmonies, orchestral and electronic instrumentation), so the mix is kinda muddy (I had wishes of DeG going for 8-strings before but this album reminded me that with their awful production values of late, the music would sound like a total mess).
 
The songwriting is all over the place (there are proggy pieces, the all-out aggressive stuff in line with the promotional singles, synth-heavy "anthemic" live-oriented stuff, ballads here and there) pretty much like early Dimlim, but I consider it to be a slight improvement over something like Various (sorry, but I really dislike it). One of the biggest complains is the abundance of synth sounds that a lot of times subtract more than add to the song (not to mention how they clutter the mix even further). Couldn't care less about the anime ED ballads though and the unabashedly "live-oriented" songs with all the gang vocals and call-and-response bits don't do much for me either.
 
My favorite tracks were "Judas" (which sadly suffers from some of the worst vocals of the album), "unknown" and "Blink".

Personally,this is a strange record.i like it,but at the same time it makes me confused.Even with it's flaws and dissonances,it was inspired,but again it feels like a package of good ideas badly executed. 
I'm hooked by the vocalist,and I really hope issei can chill out and find a balance in his productions or just leave it to someone else take over and make it real good,just like the DIMLIM's paradox
 
[full album is up on Roppu's channel]
 

We should get Baldman to react to this, just because we’re cruel.

I noticed a shift between Phoenix Rising and Pantheon, but by that time Anzi was gone. It seems he had disagreements in terms of music direction and other things with the other members for a while and it had showed for a while. 
The songwritin, iirc, had been mostly divided between Sono, Ayame and Anzi, with the latter gone I can only assume they took the approach they had been trying for a while. It seens JaY has already started to collaborate, he used to play in Lightbringer before, so there's that🤔
 
Pantheon 1 and 2 were conceptual releases. Let's see if the new album follows that trend or goes in another direction.

Or talking about Laputa to a Spanish speaking person.

Quite the guest list he's assembled.
 
Vorvados
WPCL-12983
23/01/2019
11 songs
feat.
・Fuki (ex.LIGHT BRINGER, Unlucky Morpheus, Fuki Commune, DOLL$BOXX)
・Sono (Matenrou Opera, Unmei Kosaten)
・HARUKA (TEARS OF TRAGEDY)
・AKANE LIV (LIV MOON)
・DOUGEN (THOUSAND EYES, UNDEAD CORPORATION, AFTERZERO)
・Dancho (NoGoD)
・Masatoshi Ono (GALNERYUS, ex.Fort Bragg)
・YUHKI (GALNERYUS, YUHKINEN, ALHAMBRA)
・Rob Marcello (US guitarist)
・Jacky Vincent (UK guitarist)

Oh my, looking forward for his song with Fuki

I know it's short for "negative", but Nega is really awkward to mention to someone if you speak portuguese. It's a corruption of "negra" which is feminine for "black" so it has some unintentionally racist undertones (it can be used as an endearing term though, there's even a famous song named after it).

For me it's Schwartz:Mist
idk if the second word is supposed to be english but if it's german like the first one tries to be, that translates to black shit.
 
also, dad-aroma.

Their name is only the third funniest thing about them. It trails behind the music, and the woefully out-of-place drummer.

I know that one is a reference to Sex Pistols (you know, the punk band). They wanted something edgier so they changed the pistols for machineguns.

Their new album "背水之陣"(Hasui no jin)  will be released on 2018.10.24. (2700 yen)  Concerning some translations, I am not really sure. The English translations were provided by the band.
 
Tracklist :
1. 魔ノ都(Ma no mayuri)  Urbs Diaboli
2. 無二ノ決戦(Muni no kessen)  A Showdown Like No Other
3. 撫デ斬リ(Nade zanri)  Sword Sweep
4. 屍ヲ晒セ(Kabane o sarashise) Die In Glory
5. 無慈悲ナ仏神(Mu-jihina busshin)  Merciless Deities
6. 反撃ノ時(hangeki no toki) Time To Strike Back
7. 背水之陣(Hasui no jin) The Final Stand
8. 文物ト戦(Bunbutsu to ikusa) Civilizations And Wars
9. 降伏勧告((Kôfuku kankoku)  Summons To Surrender
10. 時代ノ碑(Jidai no ishibumi) Epigraphy Of An Er
 

The whole album was uploaded a few weeks ago !
 
 

"Koufoku Ron" isn't that bad but it's kind of the underwhelming early Dimlim sound that doesn't really take me anywhere. The vocalists screams need a bit more of polishing but I really like his style (his high ass squealing sounds way cleaner than Sho's - kinda like Hinata from Ligro and the way he mixes inhales and exhales is pretty cool). The cleans were pretty bad though.
 
"Adolfism" doesn't sound good at all and couldn't have a cringier songtitle. The final shriek was really cool though
 
I still think the best thing that Issei ever did was leave Dimlim.  

Time to prepare the memes

I don't get why issei thinks that mixing house beats and imitating-nega-imitating-DSS-era-Dir-en-grey on one album is a good idea but this is unlistenable
 
anyone seriously expecting Issei to form another new band once this one disbands by november or so?

I actually got a stronger Sukekiyo vibe from their more recent stuff than a DeG one too. Haven't really heard their stuff much but it's pretty crazy how Mao's singing improved with time (i'm not talking since the beginning of this project, I mean since the beginning of his career) , and the music is also took a huge improvement since "Chainsaw" too. That one barely qualifies as music lol

At least he talks

Or we could download them once they leak. But then we’d get the death penalty if we can’t pay 500,000, so...