Tokage

These guys so far have yet to disappoint in my opinion. I love how they manage to have such a unique sound and yet have every single album feel like a sort of logical progression from the last. At the same time, if you're not already on board with their overall sound I think this one ain't gonna be changing your mind as it still definitely undeniably sounds like downy in every respect. I have to side w/ @Jigsaw9 regarding the song progression thing though, I think the first few tracks are the weakest ones (especially that interlude), but everything after track 3 ranges from ''good'' to ''AWWW YEAH'' for me. ''stand alone'' is absolutely one of the standout tracks for me, parts of it really bring that particular old-school brand of 90s post-hardcore/noise rock to mind which I absolutely love.

Looking forward to it! Previous one's still one of my favorite 2019 releases overall so I have high hopes. (Also that look is borderline vk at this point)

So - second question about the mystery cassette: are all the tracks just different demo recordings of Fukinkou Kinema or weird remixes by the members?

maybe one of the gazette's members can take his place. i heard they were diru's roadies anyways so they should know some of the songs

i cant believe i finally made it..... truly the power of the purple name is real

btw i sure as hell hope that everyone preaching the gospel of ''dude you gotta support my anime boys!'' has never ever bought any second-hand cds or downloaded any releases themselves because that would be extremely hypocritical and embarrassing for everyone👀

Yes. Online sales platforms/streaming platforms so far have historically been unreliable as hell as Peace also already mentioned. Stuff might just be there one day and suddenly be gone the next for one reason or another. Plus there's also still the retarded practice of arbitrary region locking which we should really have moved past at this point.

reminder that karma was the absolute best album they EVER made

Okay so the previous album was just an accidental fluke or something because this mostly sounds like ass. Ameria's still one of the best tracks they've released over the past decade though

Evilspeak - Seeing computer-related stuff from back in the early 80s always feels so surreal. Kinda makes me understand the whole obsession synthwave/vaporwave fans have with the aesthetic of that particular era. Anyway - the plot for this one's simple: bullied military academy student gets back at his tormentors using the power of SATANISM (channeled through a computer). I'll be real honest here - I kinda ended up not liking this one as much as I initially expected I would. Maybe it's just that the whole ''bullied nerd gets his revenge'' fantasy has been beaten to death at this point or maybe it's the fact that pretty much all of the characters were as flat as cardboard.. The occult-related bits were entertaining but I couldn't care less about all the other played out drama surrounding it. I'd personally say give this one a pass and just watch Clint Howard in Ice Cream Man instead as it's way more entertaining :^) As a side-note: The whole angle with the demonically influenced man-eating pigs made me wonder if this movie might've at least partially influenced Clive Barker's short story Pig Blood Blues... The Bloodstained Butterfly - A pretty okay giallo from the 70s. A young girl is found murdered and the father of the victim's best friend initially gets arrested for the crime. But are things really as they seem? What I liked about this one is that it seems to kind of emphasize the mystery and police procedural angle more than the sleaze and violence you might expect from other gialli. If you go into this one expecting the almost horror-oriented angle some of the entries in the genre tended to have then you'll end up sorely disappointed. Unfortunately the soundtrack for this one wasn't as much of a banger as usual for the genre.. I have to say that the photography was also a bit more lackluster than the usual giallo fare (though still serviceable). I'd say there are far better gialli to start with if you're new to the genre but if you're at the point where you've already seen all the big names and are still hungry for more then this'll do The Fifth Cord - Now THAT'S more like it! Yet another giallo from roughly around the same timespan as the previous one, but I enjoyed this one a lot more. The plot is (vaguely) similar to The Bloodstained Butterfly to the extent that both are about men being accused of murders they may or may not have committed, but The Fifth Cord takes it into a different direction. This one's definitely a bit more in line with the more slasher-esque entries within the genre at times, and it features some absolutely gorgeous visuals (the entire final sequence especially stands out with lots of cool shadow play and blue colors). Soundtrack for this one is nice as well. Would recommend.

Been seeing some Dutch reports about corona samples also being found in wastewater.. Good shit. Presumably all the filtration it goes through before being recycled into tap water again should make it okay but still

we're in the middle of a global pandemic and twitter ''activists'' still have the time to get mad over a fucking hat? amazing

RIP to Stuart Gordon, who apparently passed away on March 24th Another absolute legend gone

What's the deal with that 謎のカセットテープ cassette release? It seems to just be 5 different versions of 不均衡キネマ

why did you photoshop kanye west's face on there? 😕

Alucarda - That's the good shit. Satanic panic horror from the '70s that's just oozing with atmosphere. Very beautifully shot, the set design is amazingly well done and anyone who's into the atmospheric gothic horror stuff will surely love it just for the visuals alone. The plot itself is just the usual 'demonic corruption' stuff that's been done to death by now, but the somewhat dreamlike manner in which everything is presented makes it work anyway. There's the occasional bout of overacting that veers a bit too far into the 'too silly for its own good' territory, but overall this one's definitely well worth watching.

Not so much an easter egg, but in the interview connected to 13 Shuuji namedrops J.G. Thirlwell's project Foetus in connection to one of the songs on the album. Makes me kinda curious to find out more about the musical stuff these dudes are into lol

secret trick doctors don't want us to know about: current tour gets canceled due to corona and thereby forces the band to stay active for one more year :^)

Honestly - I can kind of see it (especially once you reach the point where the enemies transition from simple 'zombies' into whatever tf they turn into)

Man Ryu sounds pretty rough in that one lol Also props to them for making PVs for every song on the album and all but so far most of them seem kind of... boring

Track 2 is definitely a Sandwich de 120pun? cover. Are any of the other ones covers of Eiji's older stuff? I'm not too familiar with the romanized titles