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https://natalie.mu/music/pp/direngrey10
Based on this interview, Josh Wilbur mixed the title song.
Google translated the sentence "──今回の表題曲ではミックスエンジニアにジョシュ・ウィルバーを起用してますね" as "── Josh Wilbur is appointed as the mix engineer for this title song."

This should make us rethink a lot of things...
 

I'm with you on this, that's one thing that could be better but i'm so happy that doesn't sound like the mess they used on their singles before DRAGOUT anymore haha.
The song is a heavy banger! i also got the feeling that this could be an album opener, would be cool to start the album with such energy and the intro SE was cool, gives an eerie mood (and i'm glad about the fact that wasn't a random EDM piece, thanks)

Not bad! I liked the BtBaM-esque high scream part, but the drums still sound programmed. The cymbals aren't sustained enough to sound realistic.

Anyone who thinks working 30 hours straight in the studio is okay should probably just work solo. No one should work under those conditions. 

The band issued the following statement:
 
Thank you for your continued support of NAZARE.
 Since January of this year, Vo. Mio has requested to withdraw from the band due to family circumstances, and we have had discussions among the members many times.
 And this time, it was diagnosed by a doctor that Vo. Mio had worsening symptoms such as bipolar disorder and hysterical episodes that have been presenting before.
 We decided that it would be difficult to continue the band activities due to the two things overlapping, so we decided to wait for the NAZARE ONEMAN LIVE TOUR 2020 "NEMOPHILA" TOUR FINAL Shibuya WWWX performance on January 11, 2021 and stop activities.
 
 To all the fans who support NAZARE: we deeply apologize for the very disappointing news to those concerned who have been supporting us on a daily basis.
 
Member statements here: http://www.nazare-official.com/news/0/52628/
 

http://www.nazare-official.com/news/0/52628/
 
They disbanded

It's actually Kyoseph Kyostar.

I feel like this fandom whines, complains, gets what they want, and cry some more. 
 
I'm on Ro's side on this one.

>tfw you're old enough to remember when The Gya collectively assumed "new" fukai chorus was a product of kyo forgetting lyrics midway and improvising on the go

>tfw all of their reworked lyrics sound like that and that shit was done in studio

I feel like there’s LESS melody in the new version.  Like the melodic guitar line from the part where Kyo sings “the night is cold and long” is barely even there in the new one. 

the fact is that all of their remakes are better than their original versions and i will give irrefutable proof that you just can not compete with right here:
 
a) more modern recording quality. cutting edge modern editing & recording techinques used by the creme de la creme of western metal and japanese metal alike
b) deeper voice. kyo's screams have never sounded better. he is the japanese mike patton and he DESERVES to show it off because other bands can't compete with that twisted madness
c) old songs are too visual kei. there i said it. you may not like it but its true: now finally these songs are dope enough to actually listen to with your friends who listen to real metal because there are CRAZY riffs and hardcore vocals that don't sound visual kei
d) more poetic lyrics. compare the lyrics for the original tsumi to batsu to the lyrics of tsumi to kisei? yeah.... enough said i think. don't need to elaborate
e) they play them live. honestly - compare the amount of times the band has played the original versions of these songs live after the remakes came out to the amount of times they've played the new versions live. it's obvious even the band KNOWS that these remakes are doper. better. and also more intense & that's why they play them live
 
just my opinion... i dont know why you guys insist on doubting these guys. they gave us sustain the untruth ffs!

This thread is a living internet museum really.

I never implied that it was bad. It's just very JILUKA to me. And I also own everything they've released (once Japan Post will deliver their DVD to me ...) and my comment about them being the new lynch. wasn't meant to be negative. lynch. is a very consistent band that knows their sound, but I generally like every release they have. It was meant to be a humorous nod to consistency. God forbid.

Production =/= mixing =/= mastering.
 
Production is song creation, choosing instruments, recording them, crafting them to get the right atmosphere for the project.
Mixing is the balance of the stems recorded for each song.
Mastering is making sure all songs across an album are balanced the same, and getting the final 'sound' of the album with effects like EQ and compression.
 
For example, The Insulated World is a pretty well-produced album (a little laziness in writing aside). The mix is okay, but it's absolutely destroyed by an atrocious master that makes everything sound far too compressed, creating a fatiguing listen.
 
 

I was going to say the same! for the heavy oriented songs on the album is one of the best to me and such a fun way to start the album with high energy
(how did we get from talking about the single to trashing songs from TIW? haha)

I was going to say the same! for the heavy oriented songs on the album is one of the best to me and such a fun way to start the album with high energy
(how did we get from talking about the single to trashing songs from TIW? haha)

You don't like fun? 😟
Dunno. For me, Keibetsu is like Rasetsukoku. Which is fun and catchy.

I mean the worst songs have got to be either Downfall or Keibetsu to hajimari. Downfall is pretty much a heavier R to the Core (which is probably the worst song on Vulgar IMO).
 
It's hard for me to dislike Devote My Life because of those smooth sliding bass grooves

Wow, not everyone has to think everything a band releases is great ya know? I've been a fan of Jiluka for a while and have basically all their releases and just feel that this one song is very sub-par compared to their previous stuff and actually feel that it has lost some of the Jiluka vibes that made them stand out to begin with. But that's just my opinion, if you enjoy the song then great but just because you do, doesn't mean everyone else has to. 😛 Although I'm still looking forward to the EP that's meant to be out later this year, hoping they step the game back up for it.

luckily we have sukekiyo to bless us with the good tunes : )

After world of mercy came out kyo straight up said he wanted to release another music video collection so thats most likely the case   

I think we won't be able to watch the full video until the next "Average blablabla video collection" DVD/Blu-Ray, same with the full TWOM music video

I think we won't be able to watch the full video until the next "Average blablabla video collection" DVD/Blu-Ray, same with the full TWOM music video

The full version of the single is really amazing! The ending felt like it was a straight punch to my face lol loving it so far. For the remake of Clever the only thing that bugs me a little is the change of the intro riff but i love what they did with the rest of the song, gained a lot of power. Also, I like this mixing a lot more than in TWOM and TIW.