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  1. Posted

     because ruki's voice sounds so much better now. Because of ruki's old singing voice (you know, that high pitch style that makes him sound like a little kid) 

     

    I totally agree. He's made some progress on his vocals. And I love the Decade performances! Like you said it's awesome to hear the same old songs with better vocals.

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    I really love disorder. It has that raw, garage band punk sound, it's chaotic yet has its moments of softness, and certain songs have a very Japan-esque quality to them.

    For me it's this album that defines their sound, the sound I am most in love with. And it's not because it's the first album I heard from them (it was SR, which I HATED on my first (unfinished) listen.)

    Favorite songs off the album are

    hana kotoba

    tokyo shinjuu

    social riot machines

    Maximum impulse

    shichigatsu yoka

    saraba

  5. Posted

    Screw - Xrays
    the GazettE - Toxic, Remember the Urge, Division

     

    And when I buy a CD I always buy the limited edition so basically the GazettE ate my money, pooped it out, and I bought that too. Toxic LE is now 18$ on amazon (allbeit used). Wish I had waited instead of paying the full 60$+ for it...
    And Screw's Xrays is so atrociously bad that I'm kind of embarrassed that I ever had an urge to buy it.

  10. Posted

    My dad listened to a lot of Queen and Electric Light Orchestra so I grew up loving these two bands.

    He also listened to a lot of Korean oldies so people like Lee Moon Sae, Seo Taiji, Jo Ha Moon, and Jo Yung Pil.

     

    Strangely, even though I love those groups, I listen to much heavier music.

     

    Here's one of my favorites by Lee Moon Sae.

    It's called "the beginning of the end"

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oci4KpDpMu8

  17. Posted

    The album's really grown on me after listening to it for like 2 weeks.

    Songs I love are:

     

    -Malformed Box:  I LOVE this intro. Best electronic one they've done so far and it goes into my top, right with the one from Dim and Disorder. 

     

    -Inside Beast: I think they decently pulled of the electronic rock and I've always, for the most part, loved the female vocals in the GazettE's music.

     

    -Devouring One Another: People have been talking about Marilyn Manson influences and I really enjoy it. This track has a kind of cool about it, kind of like My     Devil on the Bed. Not an outstanding track but within the context of the album I think it's nice.

     

    -Redo: This track is just fun, light, and pretty catchy too. I think that's all this track is supposed to be.

     

    -Last Heaven:  I agree when people say the GazettE have written much better ballads, but I like the instrumentals. I actually really enjoy Ruki's singing in this song, it's somewhat like how I sing. I like the solo, it's a casual listen, good to go.

     

    -Loss: female vocals

     

    -In Blossom: This is actually like my 2nd favorite song on the album. I like the heavy intro; it contradicts what you think the song might sound like with no false pretenses, but also leads into the more sober parts of the song without sounding out of place. At least IMO. most people don't seem to think so. What really attracts me is the use of female vocals in the melody.

     

    -Karasu: I also really like this track. For me it's a throwback to their more chaotic, frenzy of an album Disorder. Ruki's vocals are actually interesting to me in this one as he sings in that overly dramatic style. I think the chorus could've been better. There isn't enough contrast between that and the pre-chorus so the chorus doesn't really stand out.

     

    Kuroku:....I like the part where Ruki starts "rapping" and I actually like the chorus. It's different approach to the typical headbanging song.

     

    Dazzling to Darkness: I like the instrumentals, Ruki's vocals are weak.

     

    Coda: Self-explanatory, but I think it kinda gets too intense. At that point I think some nicely placed vocals would make it work. I'm not a fan of abrupt endings either, ESpecially for a closer. You just get pulled back into reality to quick. It's like, "songs done, now get back to work"

     

     

    So, I think the songs alone don't hold much impact but to me it's a perfect album. It's a cohesive listen. On a more personal level, the musical style on this album more fits my taste than Division or Toxic. For example, I love the use of female vocals in every song. It's just a quality that I like. But I mean, my favorite album by the GazettE is Disorder. and THEN Dim (Wahht???). I really liked their punk, anti-social, rebel style.

     

    I'd give this a 7/10.

  19. Posted

    I think a good sign is after my initial listen of the album, I went back to listen to Division and found it was much worse than I remember.

    For the most part, Beautiful Deformity improves upon everything in Division leaving their last album somewhat obsolete, although maybe it's one of those things where without Division (and Toxic) we wouldn't have this latest album.

     

    I want to do a more in depth review, but here are some thoughts from my initial listen.

     

    Intro - Great lead into the album, nice transition into second track.

    Inside Beast - Super catchy, chorus is actually not bad, better use of female vocals, great integration of electronics

    Redo - pretty fun, found myself singing the melody while at work. I...kinda get Do As Infinity vibes from the song.....

    Karasu - I actually really enjoy the track, I'm reminded a lot of their sound from Disorder, which is one of my favorite albums by them.

    Kuroku...- Fun rock out track, with some aight melody sections.

    To Dazzling Darkness - I found this track ultimately underwhelming. I can't say that I really remember it, besides the intro.

     

    The album will grow on me within the next few days, but something I can already tell is that these don't feel like completed songs.

    A lot of the sections within songs sound more like placeholders like "Okay, what if we did this here? We can try something later. Oh wait, the deadline is tomorrow. Let's just roll with it!" 

    That was the same problem with Division; good bits and pieces, but no good wholes.

     

    Ruki's vocals are also becoming more and more annoying to me. He seems to just blend everything together with no real distinct melody, which is what annoyed me about "Quiet." 

     

    Anywho, 5.5/10 for now.

  21. Posted

    I didn't really enjoy the release.

    Listened through it once, don't really remember the songs, listened to it a second time and I still don't really remember. 

    People have already talked a great deal about the album, but something I do want to re-iterate is the atrocity of Mao's vocals. He's too wild.

    He's always growling and screeching, and when he's singing it's backed up by more gutturals.

     

    Instrumentally the album was uninspiring for the most part and I was greatly reminded of 12012's approach to hardcore music.

    4/10

  23. Posted

    I'm just not loving the direction they're taking with their music. With songs like "The Requiem" and "madara", It sounds like they're trying to hard too be hardcore or whatever with heavy chugging, gurgling, growling, fast beats, 'intense' melodies, etc. It's too "in your face" for my taste. 

     

    They've proved they can be dark yet sophisticated with releases like "Gain", "The Trend Killer", heck even "Cold Blood", allowing the listener to feel the tones of their despair, sadness, or whatever they're intending, instead of being bombarded by it.

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