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The full version is incredible, I actually think this might be my favorite of his solo songs so far.

Really exciting!! I hope it's something down the lane of Say 1. His work recently has been some of his best and my favorite. Cannot wait!!

What an interesting commercial. The set for the video looks cool. I'm actually getting pretty interested in this EP.

I just got home from the bar and I'm listening to it now for the first time and so far, so good. Since my teen years I've taken a big step back from harder and heavier music. I don't listen to it AS MUCH, but I still appreciate it from lets say Dir en grey and Deathgaze as well as some others. Royz is an album I am just recently into as I liked a lot of their work on recent compilation albums so I decided to check out their newest album.
 
That being said, seeing as this is so far an incredibly pop/rock/VK album.... It's really working for me. Revelation was a great way to start the album and I really like Shippujinrai a lot. Even more than Revelation tbh. Boogeyman definitely has its moments. It's got an excellent rhythm going for it, but the vocals are pretty uninspiring. If I'm being honest about it though, I would probably listen to it dozens of time for the composition and beat.
 
I don't care for the screaming and frantic sound of Egoist. It certainly is far from bad or mediocre, but it's just not really my style anymore. Answer is a song with a pretty neat beat and rhythm which I find important in music recently. Something to really rock out to, and that's what Answer is. I see myself listening to this one a LOT. The intro to Final was pretty interesting and I can tell they composed the song well, but I really hate the vocal layering. Where he's like singing over recordings of him just talking. And it sounds just like I heard it before somewhere... OHHHH It was on the Conquest of Naniwa omnibus. Okay yeah I'll probably put this one on my playlist too then and see if it grows on me more.
 
I can't tell what囁姫遊女 is romanized, so suffice it to say I copied it from Paradoxal's post. Anywho, I totally dig the dance vibe. I love dance music and I love it more when it's put into my VK rock music. I think the cross over of the genres is usually really interesting. But I actually do NOT care for it here at all.
 
Baptism's intro is actually too frantic for me, it's too all over the place and the fact that this is a heavier song turns me off to it. I like Royz for their pop/rock sound and clean vocals. It's not that they do this kind of song poorly, it's just not my preferred style of Royz song.
 
Lilia was actually quite a good single, but it does fit into that darker sound that I don't love from them. I could see myself listening to it more often than say Baptism, but the likelihood is that I'll put it on my iPad and forget it's even on there.
 
Real World turned me off immediately upon intro. It was too messy, but I forwarded a little into the song and I ended up liking what I was hearing. I'm gonna go with a slightly above average rating for this and hope that it grows on me enough to really like it enough to get beyond the intro because the song as a whole is QUITE nice.
 
Ivy being a power pop/rock ballad of sorts puts it in the lead as one of my favorite tracks on the album. This one was an excellent job and I feel the same about Idea. Great way to finish off an album I really enjoyed overall.
 
My iTunes rating of the album is 5/5, so I would say I'm impressed! Gonna go vote in the poll I just noticed was here.

I really like the name, I know it's basically self titled but I like the way they styled it. I'm excited to hear this, their last two EPs were excellent.

I think people are confused if they feel that something related to Moulin Rouge is supposed to be "classy."

It's hardly a simple disease. It's not like you can just take antibiotics and have it cured. I hope that he can rehabilitate quickly, for his sake. Schizophrenia is a horrible mental illness.

Wow that was completely fucking amazing. On par or better than how much I loved Ride-Hazard. This is going to be my summer rock anthem, with 100% certainty.

Well I'm definitely going to check it out, even though I don't love them as much as I used to. I always want to stay positive about artists I used to love.

Well I'm definitely going to check it out, even though I don't love them as much as I used to. I always want to stay positive about artists I used to love.

@Flash-Fab-Supernova Pennsylvania? That's where I'm from and we just got it legalized which is super cool.
 
For those of you on the forum who don't know me, I'm a gay dude so pretty much obviously I'm in love with this. I don't want to get married, personally, but want the option to be available to everyone and I think it's a horrible thing that people want to take this right and experience away from other people.

I love this look on him, it's already so different from the Noble theme, which I love but think he needs to try something different. I am really excited about this, it's gonna be amazing.

I honestly don`t agree with you at all.
 
First off, me and many other people have enjoyed their recent releases. I thought Zero-One was one of the best albums in a long time and have met many people who have felt the same. I have seen many people that love Butterfly Dreamer and You, as well as their latest. A few people disliking it doesn`t make it universally accepted as bad.
 
I can look at pretty much any recent band and see the same comments from people: `Their older stuff was better`, `they aren`t as good as they  used to be`. People and animals dont like change, it`s in their nature. Put a cat in a new environment and he hides under something in fear until he gets used to the surroundings. You fall in love with one sound, then think you want more of that, and the band comes out with something new and you instantly feel betrayed because it is slightly or majorly different in its sound, and you avoid it and think you either think you dislike it or actually do dislike it.
 
The issue now is that there are hundreds of different releases you could be listening to instead, so people wont take as much time listening to something and figuring it out, they will just move on.
 
And how would they keep getting worse because they dont have the experience and maturity to deal with popularity?
Wouldn`t they be gaining this experience and maturity as they move on, isn`t that how it works? How do you gain the experience before you are popular?
 
Also, Danger Crue is far from the label you seem to be describing (PSC). I have never seen Danger Crue force something on a band, or develop bad relations with any of their bands.
They grew or collaborated with some of the biggest acts in VK, including MuCC, Larc, some of L`arc members solo stuff, etc... And maintain great relations with these bands.
 
DC also grew SID, the strongest VK band there has been in a very long time, and the only VK band that can consistently compete with pop acts in the charts. SID and other acts never really strayed from VK (they just did the whole Mousou Nikki collab and gave so much to VK bands), and have always done whatever they wanted to do music-wise. SID never followed trends, they make all sorts of music with different influences and sounds.
 
And what is DC`s history with anime songs? Some of their bands do, some don`t. DIV and UNiTE could have done many by now, Giru could do many more than they do, but they dont.
 
As for being forced to keep pumping out material, I dont think there is any proof, and all DIV releases have seemingly been set when songs were already done. When they announced POV, the songs were already made. UNiTE certainly hasnt been forced to put out material, Girugamesh took as long of a hiatus as they wanted, D.I.D. really takes their time, Alsdead were given what seemed like all the time in the world for their releases. I dont think it can be accepted that they just make a lot of music.
 
As for quality itself, again, not seeing what dropped out in terms of composition, lyrics, production, even album art etc... They all seem to be at the same standard?
 
As for saying the label just pumps out whatever is popular... I don`t see this as holding any weight either. I can take any band from any label and say something like: `Oh VAMPS are only on the label because vampires became popular after Twilight` or `Oh, Takeru is dressing more hip-hop in this PV because K-Pop is popular`.
 
In the end these claims are complete rhetoric that can not be proven either way, and it makes no sense that the biggest `Indie`label, that has always grown their acts, and has a long list of acts that did not change to fit styles, is trying to fit in with the trends of less successful labels in an industry that doesn`t make much money anyway.
 
Btw what is UNiTE trying to be? They are the labels second most popular Ft act atm, and I dont see them copying any trends or sounding like anyone else. And Girugamesh has always been very popular, they were, and still are one of the top ten most requested Japanese bands outside of Japan, and could go to any other label or a full blown major label if they wanted, why dont they? As for D.I.D., Alsdead etc... They aren`t very popular when it comes down to it, they could take other bands that would appeal more to fangirls and exploit them but they dont, instead they are growing good bands and have a label based around great bands instead of just good-looking bishounen. The only reason Kameleo really makes money is all the stuff they sell at lives like the lights, etc... Which were the vocalists idea.
 
What they have now is a great and diverse line-up of bands that can mesh without overlapping, and none of the bands so far are moving away from VK, I`m not seeing the issue or how they can be described as such a label, they seem to be the best.
 
Let`s wait until the second album to see if they really `dropped in quality`, as before the first they came out with Golden Kinema and Taste of Life, two very different tracks with a mix of different B-Sides that some people said the same things about.
 
Thanks for reading.

I think it's capable of destroying more than just the vagina.
 
Fur + leather = sweatfest. I'll be dead by July 4th. The venue in Paris is across the Moulin Rouge. If he wears that...

I really love this song, I have high hopes for this album. Really high hopes.

Only reason I said "doesn't make me a bad fan" is because you had said something to the effect of "Jesus. This fanbase already" or something similar. Which I translated to "why would any fan of anything want to hear rerecorded songs but specifically x fans and if you think you need to hear rerecorded versions you're a bad fan", but I digress.
Anyway, you're totally right in that it's just a difference of opinion, but you also seem to be making it appear that your opinion is gospel and that's why I used the word "elitism" when maybe you didn't feel you were being elitist but it appears that way when you're the kind if person that says things in the vein of "modern music and production value is dull and lifeless"
I mean sure Justin Bieber and Austin Mahone are dull and lifeless, but if you take songs that were good and make them slightly cleaner and maybe louder through production, it doesn't make a great song any less good. And then guess what if you hate the new one just listen to the old one and there's your problem solved.
I, personally, would just really enjoy hearing Say Anything with a 21st century feel that's all.

Song sounds okay, not particularly excited by it. I really liked the Madrigal de Maria album, kind of sad that this is more pop/rock and less heavy rock.
 
Anyway, the covers actually look quite good to me. Really well designed.

Orb was good, it's b-side was better, I loved loved LOVED their last album so it is going to be hard to top and my expectations are high. Hoping this is the last single before an album later this year. 

LOVE these. Here's mine!:
 

gothic
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darkness darkness...†

Kind of disappointing, the amount of brand new full length songs, but I'm sure they'll be at least pretty good as long as they are nothing at all like Kaisenzenya I will like them. I'm still reeling from how great From Kurayami was, such an excellent B-Side.

I.
AM.
DYING.
 
I AM POSSIBLY MORE EXCITED FOR THIS THAN ANYTHING IN THE PAST 5 YEARS.
 
MY BABIES ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN.
LIKE FOR REAL.
ALSO FEMME FATALE SOUNDS COOL.
BUT MOSTLY SCHWARZ STEIN HOLY SHIT.

I.
AM.
DYING.
 
I AM POSSIBLY MORE EXCITED FOR THIS THAN ANYTHING IN THE PAST 5 YEARS.
 
MY BABIES ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN.
LIKE FOR REAL.
ALSO FEMME FATALE SOUNDS COOL.
BUT MOSTLY SCHWARZ STEIN HOLY SHIT.

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