Seimeisen

I'm digging that artwork and now I'm really considering buying a copy! I never commented on the samples. Most looking forward to 軽蔑と始まり, Downfall, Followers, and 谿壑の欲. I am totally falling in love with Ranunculus; I still don't understand why they named a song like that with a PV like that after a buttercup flower. I might be able to tolerate the album version of 歌踏み; kyo's gibberish fribble-fribble is less comical. Holy Fucking Hell, the re-recordings of 鬼眼 and 理由 are going to be incredible!

コドモドラゴン (CODOMO DRAGON) will be releasing a their 6th single since WOLFMAN, "想葬" (Sousou), on November 7th. As per the exhausting BP routine, the single will be released in four types, submit all obi strips to get a tour pamphlet, they'll do a one month tour for the single (from November 10th to December 16th), and play a tour final on January 9th, 2019. Maybe at that show, they'll announce an album... I dig the look tho

I like this look! I approve! Like others, I haven’t been impressed by the past several singles but I’m still hoping they can make a solid record. Now we just need コドモドラゴン to announce their album

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I prefer re-recordings over new music from Alice Nine. Their compositions suck these days, I don't care for anything from PLANET NINE, and IDEAL was just okay. But their sound/production/instrumentation have improved greatly, and Shou's vocals are so much better than they were in 2006 (compare the album version of jellyfish to the 2014 re-recording). On the other hand, I would have preferred a different selection of songs. The only ones I'm really looking forward to here are Time Machine, Gradation, 光環 and Velvet. I'm somewhat curious about Dice, CROSS GAME, and GEMINI. The rest of the tracklist I'm not that interested in. I would have preferred that they just focus on material from 2004-2006... or to re-record everything pre-GEMINI.

Just let it die already

I was ready to hate this album, but after giving it a listen, it's okay. I will admit that I'm pressed to like this album because I absolutely love 沈黙 and おやすみ. My problem is not because the songs are soft or "pop" (they've done soft songs in the past and have done it well), or that there's no more screaming; my problem is the compositions. A handful of songs on this album start out promising, but then we get to the chorus and I completely lose interest, examples include 蝶々 and insomnia. I absolutely loathe insomnia just for its chorus. I thought I was going to hate オレンジの詩, but I actually like it, even though it's a throwback to DAMY's 雨音, which is a throwback to Plastic Tree's Melancholic. I liked Hello the first few times I heard it on 撲殺ヒーロー, but in the context of the album, it does not interest me. Since I'm such a tracklist critic, I wonder if 幸福のメロディー would have been a better choice for track 6. When it comes to albums, I'm usually all-or-nothing, but with "TODAY," there are a few tracks that are worth saving and a few that aren't. Another reason I'm not too devastated by DEZERT going soft is because DAMY exists.

Only half the songs are translated. Why do people do this Doesn't matter though, I'm not taking this whole album, just "Silence" and "Frogs, Bats, & Machine Guns" But honestly, if it's not original kanji, I'd take English translation over Romaji any day if it's done right $14.19 is bullshit for an 11-track album that's mostly gonna suck. $1.29/song is the norm now, but full albums should usually be $10

Got the iTunes link? I googled it and found nothing. I did find it on mora though, and yeah it does cost extra (¥324/song, ¥2,592 for the album)

We don't need this album. They should have just nationwide re-issued おはよう with 蛙とバットと機関銃 as a b-side, and おやすみ c/w 沈黙 (or just put all four of them on one maxi-single). I have no interest in the other songs.

Really? Dwango exclusive? This is fucking bullshit!

1 was not bad, 5 sounded okay, I hated the melody for the title track, the rest was forgettable. I really hope the rest of the album sounds nothing like this

The b-side is called "叢雲" (そううん; Gathering of Clouds) and the regular version bonus track is a re-recording of 朔宵. Judging by the preview, I actually prefer 叢雲 to 無垢 It's on iTunes and mora and shit: http://mora.jp/package/43000033/A65780/?fmid=newRelease_all_0001

Nothing’s gonna touch their untitled album But goddamn, now I’m really kicking myself for spending ¥2,000 each on おはよう and おやすみ

Actually, the tracklists for both versions are entirely different. They're on the OHP: http://keel.tokyo/DISC.html There are a total of 12 songs that do not appear on either version: It's like they intentionally left out at least one song from each release.

Title translations 死海文書: The Dead Sea Scrolls 予言 - The Prophecy アポカリプティックサウンド - Apocalyptic Sound パラレル世界 - Parallel Universe あのこ - She 規制虫 - Regulation Bug 月が綺麗ですね。- Isn't the Moon so beautiful! シンクロ - Synchro 死の祭壇 - Altar Of Death -ZANGE- -CONFESSION- 魅惑のサマーキラーズ - Enchanted Summer Killers 毒廻る - Poison Turning 命日 - Anniversary (of death) Composition credits (according to iTunes) Z: パラレル世界 and forest 宏崇: SODOM 七星: 月が綺麗ですね。and 死の祭壇 Hoo: シンクロ マモ: everything else 楓 didn't write shit (unless he's Hoo)

Now available on iTunes

Eh, this one will probably grow on me over time but right now I’m not feeling it. LOOOOVED 脳壊す。and DIRTY DIRTY tho. I hope the b-sides are good!

GROTESQUE, RENATUS, SENSE OF EMPTINESS, and A FOOL are what I'm most looking forward to. FIVE is alright, but it sounds out of place. Don't really care for the chorus in FAITH, but everything before it sounds great. I rolled my eyes when I heard the laugh at the end of EXIST.

I expected something darker than this. I don't know why I expected this band to make an album with a consistent theme, but I did. I'm actually not sure if SHAMBARA and 毒廻る will fit in. But then again, this is all just chorus previews, who knows how the rest of the songs will sound. Definitely digging the first and last tracks. Their albums are always scattered as hell. Also, they're putting the album up on iTunes early? That's... different! Usually if anything from SPEED DISK goes on iTunes, it's several months later.

It's not supplied by Amazon. It's from some third party seller called ネヤガワ文芸堂. Pre-orders that are directly from Amazon will be up eventually, I'm sure Keep in mind that 99.99% of Amazon JP third party sellers don't ship internationally. Even if their items are marked as "fulfilled by Amazon." It wasn't always that way, though. There was a time when marketplace sellers fulfilled by Amazon would ship internationally. So many things I regret not buying.

I thought it was okay. They look disgusting here, I have a lot of complaints about the music, and I don't like where they're going, but I don't wanna give up on them, at least not until they release another album. I don't like the key change, I am so tired of BP bands doing key changes in every song, it's stale as fuck. My other complaint is one I don't think I could describe well: I wish they would be more subtle with the MIDI traditional/folk arrangements. There's way too much going on, the fake instruments are not complementing the real ones, they're just distracting.

Just says "all music written by the GazettE" and it's always been that way. Individual composition credits come from interviews I think

The version on their OHP is 256kbps AAC, which I currently have. The DVD/Blu-ray with the PV should have the original 'single version' in lossless audio. Whenever it leaks, I'll make a rip and do some editing, to make sure it transitions properly with the surrounding tracks. I have to wait on the DVD/Blu-ray rips leaking online to do this, because I got the Blu-ray version. I'm pretty sure my optical drive that I bought in 2015 for $20 doesn't take Blu-ray discs.

I had no idea there even was one in Nagoya. I was there for a few days, never saw it, never even thought to see if there was one.