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GULLET was generic as shit. I don't understand the love for them. gossip was pretty terrible, too. Outside of hiro's voice, there was nothing that made them stand out. Well I'm just assuming certain things about his taste in music based off of what he's posted in various threads and in this one. Maybe that isn't right but it's the only way for me to ask questions and get answers. I'm throwing out some of the more popular bands of the last few years that weren't included on that list and I'm asking him why those weren't considered when compared to some of the bands on his list that I personally find unlistenable. Sure, not everyone's going to like the same things but not seeing the staple GULLET, tosinn, gossip or Heartless answers really intrigued me. So I decided to ask Honestly though I'm no expert on this subject. I skipped over the whole "BE ENAMORED WITH RARE KVLT INDIE BANDS" phase and jumped right to the cynicism.

The Rudie Satan Park: over hyped bad to mediocre VK. People only like them because they're heavy and full of screams and that doesn't make it good music. The vocalist, while OK at screaming, positively rapes my ears with his singing. Please, gtfo. Darty Drop: LOL. Next. Le'veil: Le'veil is to D'espairsRay what La:Sadie's is to Dir en grey - no one would care about them if it weren't for what they became. As they are, they aren't bad but they aren't special. They're decidedly average and deserve no spot on a top 10. I would really like to ask why you haven't considered GULLET, tosinn, or gossip for any of those positions.

The only one I can second on that sume's list is Black:List. Everything else I'm either unfamiliar with or were horrible.

Wintersun is good. Just had to plug that in for them. Anyway, it's good to see that they're getting ready to put out something else. I'm glad they're taking their time with their music *coughcoughincomparisontoVKBANDScoughcough* when it comes to crafting, recording and releasing material. I'm awaiting a better vocal performance from Annette and just a more cohesive unit as a whole. Now that they've had time to bond I think they can be a more tight knit group than they were with Tarja. Also must second Mono2's comment on Tarja. When she didn't have as much power behind her voice (Angels Fall First and Oceanborn) the band was very enjoyable. Then around Wishmaster - Once she started to pack power with her voice and instead of meshing with the band she just...floated on top of them. There were very few songs where her vocals actually fit well with the music. I don't actually mind Annette at all. Her voice isn't as bombastic as Tarja's so old school fans aren't used to vocals and music meshing together (which is probably what they describe as poppy) but we gave her time so now she has to show us she's improved a lot. I heard her vocal range is now a soprano so maybe we're in for some surprises this album.

^ I thought OBSCURE was Drop A...

Came across them when someone uploaded Abnormal Head Machine over on old new TW. Said it was an awesome release, downloaded it and...loathed every minute of it. Regardless of that, gave them another chance and they eventually won me over with felony and RED HOT COBRA.

-rebooting this topic- I literally JUST noticed this and I haven't seen it anywhere else but: Towards the back of the bird, where the wings meet if you use a bit of imagination you can see a drawing of the band playing on it's back. Guitarist, Hazuki, then Asanao, then the other guitarist on the other wing. It might take a bit of staring but that's definitely there. 2 for 2 in my quest to analyze Japanese Rock album covers for cool stuff. Also, JUDGEMENT single was good. Obligatory fangasming here.

It's quite a shame these guys disbanded, though I guess it was inevitable with one of them moving and another taking a teaching position. Was hoping they'd get one more album out.

Err...shouldn't a mod move this to the rumors section?

Well on-topic: That information isn't "new" because I do remember seeing it around the time that Jasmine was first announced dead. I still don't know where they got their facts from - it's the only site that I've seen that talks about Yokohama off the top of my head. tbh though it doesn't give that much information.

At first I was shocked by this news and automatically assumed that the worst would happen, but since it seems like a genuine hiatus I guess it isn't so bad after all. They better come back with plans for an album in mind - it's been two years. It's time.

Video is gone already. Did anyone dl/rip it?

There was no ballad on Gama so you probably are thinking of Disorder.

Nope, it definitely sounds remastered.

I have to second this. Jyou looks like an alien.

Just want to point this out before someone else does but neither one of those bands are covering themselves like you mentioned. I'm pretty sure 90% of Giru's fanbase want them to go back to their earlier style and a sizeable chunk of Gazette's fanbase want them to return to their DIM sound. In terms of all three they aren't doing the same thing over and over again. It's just up to debate over who is doing their new style right and who isn't. Also, seconded about the YAY's in Mary. They are so badly placed. It doesn't make me like the song any less though.

I want the creepy bassist and the pink-haired tranny back. Seriously Lycaon, what the fuck happened? ID is the lamest SE you've ever come up with - it even beats flowing in terms of lameness. But even as this went on, I retain my hope. VERDICT: n/a Then EROS comes in. As much as I want to like it, you made it damn near impossible. It's earsplittingly bad to the point where I'm pretending it doesn't exist. The longer it goes on, the more I want it to end. For all intents and purposes, I'm going to call those elements they incorporated (badly) "country swing" and they make me feel like I'm in a bad strip club where Yuuki's squealing at me while he's removing his thong. Not good. Rito and Satoshi's needless twin guitar melody doesn't mesh with all the crap going on in the background and I'm too busy applying brain bleach to remember anything noteworthy Hiyuu did. I know there was a poorly-placed bass interlude but other than that I can't care. VERDICT: ... PINK MILK WITH DRUGS MY DRINK. sounds odd. I'm going to call what Yuuki does "vocal vomit" here because once he starts he doesn't shut up ever. He keeps attempting different things but from the badly processed barking to the YEA YEA YEA's and the UH UH UH's make what he does do right inconsequential because sooner or later he's going to do something to nullify it. It's psychotic but not in the good way. It could have used some fine-tuning and a Yuuki that dropped his vocals just a bit. VERDICT: meh Mary is the only good track on this single and it's great in comparison to everything else on here but it's just an average track when compared to the rest of their output. This is straightforward Lycaon with their new guitar tuning and it's the first song where I'm not polarized enough to be able to appreciate Hiyuu's bass lines. Yuuki also doesn't screw up in the vocals either and the guitar melody actually WORKS. Hey Rito, we need more songs like this and not that disaster called "the rest of this single". VERDICT: OK. It's listenable. I might even like it after a while! MAD NEUROSIS CHILD isn't bad. The effects they put over Yuuki's voice work to his benefit in my book - I detest it when vocalists put effects over their voice but it makes him sound less annoying so I'll take it. However, I find the guitar tuning to be ill-fitting for this song - it's supposed to be heavy but where they have it set takes a lot of that away. Still, this is the song on the CD closest to their older concept of "hunting instinct" - at least in sound anyway. VERDICT: Why wasn't this the single? I've taken to not writing too many reviews because of time constraints but this is just exceptionally bad and the fans need to know what they're in for. They are capable of SO MUCH BETTER so I don't what happened but Lycaon needs to tune the guitars down a notch and Yuuki needs to lay off the helium. Back to the drawing board guys, and this time come back with something respectable. I'm counting on you. EDIT: I just glanced over the lyrics and...Yuuki screams YEAH in almost every song. Just worth noting that whenever he can't think of something worthwhile to sing he just screams that.

This. Guys...just no. I enjoy these types of threads but only when they're done right. If this was changed from "most brutal" to "heaviest" then we have a great thread. None of these bands in here (save maybe GREGORY and some of DEATHGAZE) can be considered anything remotely brutal. Everything else is just heavy. Heavy =/= brutal. And OP's definition of brutal is closer to heavy or dense or harsh. I wonder if his definition of heavy is brutal xD. But OT: If I had to pick one I'd probably second GREGORY or something. Most people don't look to VK for br00tal music. The bands that try usually end up failing.

Most bands usually release a memorial last single before they disband. Would have been nice for the fans if they did that. Oh well :\

Well played UC. Didn't expect this at all.

Now? No. Did he before? Don't know. The other three of them smoke though so make of that what you can.

As far as I'm concerned, the first press hasn't even started selling yet! Might as well view this as type A and type B. They did the same thing with chains of collar, except this one isn't live-distributed (thank god, they have too much of that crap already)

OK they're awful confident. The first press hasn't even gone on sale and they're releasing a second press?

It's like A Noble Was Born in Chaos all over again. Each of the composing members did one track in the same order! Interested.

So...it's good? Or just decent? Hmmm...now I want to hear it just to judge for myself. As long as the quality is there I won't complain too much. EDIT: and what about Yuuki's T-Bag?