chemicalpictures

That jazzy song is still their best

I love the outro riff on that song!

saaaame!

man what wouldn't I give for another melodic djent kei band in the scene

https://twitter.com/sck_official They're still updating their Twitter!

I mean, their last update was last month, but still xD I guess they're touring again with HOLLOWGRAM

So... about as active as usual.

What is anyone in this band other than Kazu doing otherwise?? Must have *real* jobs.

Totally agree. Shounenki was a cool band!

@ShanethVarosadownloaded on Nihon Ongaku, go check that out

its bad tho

Agreed. They truly are the definition of mediocre.

I found a rip of it and I can back your claim up. Yikes!

Why you think so? Is there any stuff out there where he shows his good skills?

not on raw skill, I should mention, I think there are quite a few others like CHARGEEEEEE, KNZ and Sujk before him. Mainly the way he dances around pentagon "genres" doing his own thing, It oozes potential and personality, it's like he tries his best to not stick to used patterns for ballads or punkish songs that are tried and true.

線香花火, MONOCHROME, 17 and Teenage. comes to mind first and I think shows my point above

One more reason why their disbandment sucks

I thought the same once I saw them live. I regret paying over $60 for hearing the same song on repeat for two hours. 

@ricchubunnyI guess you probably aren't much of a fan of Wing Works, then?

cuz everything there is Ryosuke doing his WW thing

@nekkichi hmmm I'm not really sure. You got a point, but Zonbi and Neverland, for example, are way better with their new vocalists.

@chemicalpictures I really enjoy his first album. But it's nothing really memorable to me.

I think our musical taste is very similar but maybe not for Lolita hahaha I prefer their weird cat-dying-voice tracks 

Seconding the "Soshi-era tracks being boring" statement. Also, his vocal style reminds me of a half-baked Sou from A9. (I could never get into that band either.)

Though, I was also a fan of the brief existence that was Remming, lul. Something about that vocal wobble...

I've enjoyed their singles, but there's something missing from each of them that really makes me "wowed" instead of "this is fine." 

Supposedly they're much better live?

having a good vocalist really helps elevate their music too. haven't been too sold on their music yet, but the anesthesia (?) single is fairly good

someone in the band is hurting. See you  and January 1st really surprised me I never expected  songs like that from them. those two songs really got me in the feels ❤️ Breathe also has a similar heart break vibe to it and the harmonics were really well done.

the side effects has a powerful messages and the call back to decade in the rain was nothing but genius. 

ANSWER / SICKNESS has the sickest breakdown and im stoked to see that live. 

COEXIST / REVOLUTION solid tracks 

I'd give the record an 8/10 

ANSWER / SICKNESS is really cool indeed! my favorite hard track from this album. But the catchiest one imo is STAY THE COURSE. That main riff is simple but really effective, that chorus has been stuck in my head for the past week.

as far as ballads go, January 1st is interesting, but I'm still waiting for them to top 'Whole' as the most teenage heartbroke angst ever, lol

overall a very solid release indeed

Tbh theres alot of current bands I really love but it still feels like theres a 42069 mile gap between dimlim and everybody else

Nothing against him in that regard, as I never got around to listening to his music. I simply didn't like the way he carried himself back then, but they were all young, so it's something I can look past now.

I did however predict this being a thing he'd stoop to, as Gackt, HYDE, and other artists who went to make solo-careers at that time ended up, well, you know.....

If you're willing to give the dude a chance, I believe miyavizm, myv pops and miyaviuta can give you the best sample of what he was doing at the time. lots of great ideas, weird stuff and most of all free experimentation