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Status Updates posted by lichtlune
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So when are we going to get new info on Moi dix mois or Versailles new albums? I need something exciting to look forward to this year. Answer my prayers vkei gods.
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KAMIJO needs an artist page but I'm too lazy to make one right now. I need general thoughts on "SANG" come on I don't even know if you guys liked it or not. There's been like no discussion about it whatsoever lol
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I liked a couple of songs on it. The first real track and I think SANG I were my two favorites, and I liked the lareine-ish song on in the middle. That being said: too many SE interludes and I'm ready for him to do something else thematically.
I haven't listened to it a ton because I'm waiting to be able to stream it / buy it on iTunes, but kammykams isn't putting it up anywhere digitally.
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How are you guys liking new Schwarz Stein stuff? My favorite songs - Forest of Paralysis and Wachtraum.
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I'm actually disappointed by Immortal Verses. I think it's only marginally better than Recurrence Of Hallucination because even though we get five "new" songs, they still sound recycled and partly copied & pasted from older SS or Hora's solo material 😔 Also, Kaya is a great singer but the vocals sound a little strange in the mix at times. Vocals should never invoke the image of "guy in small room singing loudly into a mic", at least not with such persistence as is the case with this mini. Where's Schwarz Stein's ethereal vibe? It's like they lost touch with themselves. Wachtraum is the only song I didn't want to skip on first listen 😕
Hora's RESONANT on the other hand really surprised me. I was expecting the same old but he actually seems to have progressed a little sonically with this one. It's a very somber, moody, and atmospheric album. He seems to have borrowed a little from movie soundtracks and put his own spin on it which I really like (I was getting strong Disasterpiece ["It follows" soundtrack] vibes for example).
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Nightmare/ナイトメア may have gotten a lot of their popularity from Death Note but they deserve their place among the best visual kei bands of all time imo. Love this band! 😍
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They have TOO many bangers not to be. Sad to see how they've diminished over time though...
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lichtlune and reminiscing2004 reacted to this
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I think they are of a pretty high "Legend Status", so to speak, at least based on their success in Japan. They probably get a little less praise then you'd proportionally expect in the western fan world.
Every time I revisit Nightmare, I'm impressed at how good a lot of their songwriting is. Particularly, from like 2004-2008 I find, every album is full of really dense, but easy to listen to, tunes. I listened to Killer Show for the first time in ages a few days ago and I was amazed how much of a melodic contribution the bass was. Great bass lines and total earworm guitar solos on every track, it's crazy. Only thing that got a little annoying was how formulaic every track felt on that album, but you've got an album like anima, in contrast, which is full of some really varied and progressive tracks.
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Kamijo's Eye of Providence is not that good I could deal with his english on sang but I would rather him sing from Japanese again from not on out and quit the gimmicks...
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I'm listening to it on YT. I wish Kamijo relied more on guitars and bass and not so much on those cheap synthetic symphonic sounds. They're exhausting after a time and they don't really add quality to his music.
Japanese has its charm; no need for English; even less if he can't pronounce it decently. Part of the charm in listening to Japanese music is the language itself.
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"The file selected is too large. Max 1024kB" But it's 255 kb's...
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Clearveil is so good! saki needs to come back.
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I don't care what anyone says but Happy Unbirthday is a awesome release.
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I don't like cain's band but I'm still going to keep using his band pics. He's too pretty. Just get better Dead Children.
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I want money for plastic surgery :c I need to start working as soon as possible!
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I love BEGINNING OF DARKNESS by Krad! I hope they make more songs like that...
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I love your cover photo! I didn't know you could do gifs... woah.
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So listening to that new DIO song. Where are the death growls though?
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You're a spooky scary ghost!? Are you going to go around haunting newcomers now? not nice! >:o
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I can't stop accidentally tagging people on facebook! Damn touch screens. Whatever I'll just be known as the creepy tag guy.