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lol. The rest await in the upcoming FC DVD I suppose.

Uhh... those three songs make up the mode of GAUZE feature? If so, that totally blows! Only one of those songs appeared on GAUZE, and it was also re-recorded! At the very least, the three songs could have been ones that were on GAUZE and haven't been re-recorded.

In the spirit of Halloween I decided to show my face  

I didn't really get into either album all that much, but after listening to Monster again just last night, this is what I can say.
I don't remember much of it (I was awake enough too).
I haven't listened to Music for a good 2 years and I still remember most songs off of it.
 
Even though it fell short in my opinion, Music still had pretty catchy chorus'/break downs with songs like 'evolution', 'Break Down', 'Ultimate 4', 'asking why', and (to a certain extent) 'ishtar'. It was a re-hash of their Self-Titled with more digital flair while still keeping the catchines (Heck, I remember NOW better than Monster)
 
The only track Monster had me like was 'antlion pit' (although 'Incomplete' and the singles had pretty catchy chorus'. Just not my cup of tea).
Throughout the album I remember there being really cool riffs or electronic bits, but no real hooks or chorus' that, like Ito said, were memorable. Because of that it's difficult to put identities to individual songs. 
In the spirit of Halloween, it's more like a bag of mixed candies: It doesn't really matter what you pick up because they all start to taste the same. Except for the King-Sized candies some people give out. You keep those in a separate box. That's like 'antlion pit'. So basically, Halloween for Monster sucked and it only got one King-Sized candy.
Maybe better luck next year.

10 years in the biz and girugamesh are still churning out albums for the masses.

With the recent release of their last mini-album "Gravitation" still making waves, I thought it'd be a good idea to talk about a couple of their previous works.

Just like the previous TGAD, l want to hear why you like these albums, or why you don't, and how they compare to each other in your library.

Don't be afraid to really dig into these albums and pick them apart. I'd love to read some in-depth analysis in these threads.

Here are today's challengers:

 

   vs   

As always, be kind to each other, please. The last time was great, let's keep it up!

I didn't really get into either album all that much, but after listening to Monster again just last night, this is what I can say.
I don't remember much of it (I was awake enough too).
I haven't listened to Music for a good 2 years and I still remember most songs off of it.
 
Even though it fell short in my opinion, Music still had pretty catchy chorus'/break downs with songs like 'evolution', 'Break Down', 'Ultimate 4', 'asking why', and (to a certain extent) 'ishtar'. It was a re-hash of their Self-Titled with more digital flair while still keeping the catchines (Heck, I remember NOW better than Monster)
 
The only track Monster had me like was 'antlion pit' (although 'Incomplete' and the singles had pretty catchy chorus'. Just not my cup of tea).
Throughout the album I remember there being really cool riffs or electronic bits, but no real hooks or chorus' that, like Ito said, were memorable. Because of that it's difficult to put identities to individual songs. 
In the spirit of Halloween, it's more like a bag of mixed candies: It doesn't really matter what you pick up because they all start to taste the same. Except for the King-Sized candies some people give out. You keep those in a separate box. That's like 'antlion pit'. So basically, Halloween for Monster sucked and it only got one King-Sized candy.
Maybe better luck next year.

D'espairsRay -> Desperate 'A' -> D'hairSpray
Dir en Grey -> Dead and Gray -> Die and Stay -> Deer and Grey -> Deer filet
Mucc -> Succ -> Muccthulhu -> Muccdonalds 
Girugamesh -> GiROOgamesh (you know, from that one Sakura-Con commercial...)
the GazettE -> the Gazelle -> the G'Annette -> the Not-It -> the Stop-It
9goats black out -> let's all black out
Sadie -> Lady -> Shady
Sads -> D:
Screw -> Nail
12012 -> 21021 -> 000101101000100
born -> died
Plastic Tree -> Plastic Fork 
SuG -> SucK -> BuG -> NuG -> GuS
Gackt -> Hacked -> Snacked  -> Gackk! the god and death stars -> the god and death star

arleqWIN [arlequin]
...cuz WIN

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Homodachi [Tomodachi]

Ok. Here goes

MY BACTERIA TEAT ISLAND [My bacteria heat island]

Mejigay [ Mejibray]
 
Dhur Im Gay {Dir En Grey}
 
Harley Quinn {Arlequin} 
 
ehhhhh thats about all i could come up with..

Comodo Dragon (Codomo Dragon)
Dickaon (Lycaon) - also means depression in hebew though written differently
Humps (Vamps)
Golden Plumber (Golden Bomber)
NoGood (NoGod)

the Gayzette
Cockloving
Dir en gay
Dessgess (Deathgaze)
Tranny band (lycaon)
Head Fucks President
9gays blackout
N**** (NEGA)
Ex japan
Black Gene For The Next Crime Scene
Pay Money For My Gain
Kackt (german for "is taking a crap")
SuG me
The Piss
girugamess
 
I'm not good at this

But Nocturnal cashlust fits their concept better.

COCKTURNAL FUCKLUST (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST; read somewhere on a tanuki tumblr)
NOCTURNAL BUTTLUST (read it somewhere on MH, I habitually call them this now)
Blunt Ass Nord (Blut Aus Nord; can't remember where I read it)
Oh, and my personal nickname for Royz is Slutz.

Although I don't dig any of the albums, I'll have to go with music. It's way more various both in mood and composition. The thing about MUSIC was that the album essentially another girugämesh, just with a few more electronics added. Melancholic, aggressive and sad songs alike, I'd say that this album is amongst the most virtuous ones in giru's discography, and not only that, the compositions were good. No song sounded like the other, no melody felt overused.
 
Monster lacks in basically everything MUSIC is good at. Compositions feel lazy and repetitive, the vocal tracks are so predictable it's incredible.. and there's way too much electronics and autotune for my taste. So.. my vote goes for MUSIC.
 
..And yeah, I also think Reason of Crying is amongst their best outputs, if not THE best.
 
Favourite tracks on MUSIC: puzzle, イシュタル, asking why, お前に捧げる醜い声
Facourite tracks on MONSTER: MONSTER, VOLTAGE, Antlion Pit

While Music is hardly a fantastic album, I still enjoy it. On the other end, Monster isn't bad either, but it was entirely forgettable. Sure it wasn't the abominations that were NOW and GO and was most certainly a step in the right direction, it didn't stop it from being bland and forgettable. I don't remember a single song off of Monster and haven't be compelled to spinning again after its initial release (and Gravitation is so much better that it is makes Monster obsolete imo) while I can still think back Music and actually can remember the songs in my head.
That and I love the weird ass instrumental track before Puzzle on Music.

I picked up their "Ice Romancer" single off the shelf today, gave that a few whirls and man.....I gotta say, I really miss their old sound. It wasn't super original but it was so Sadie.
'Recall' is such a good song too.

I was at a 9goats concert front row but there wasn't even a stage. Ryo was walking through the crowds and touching peoples faces as he was singing and he touched mine! And also stepped on my foot but apologized while the song was still going (so polite).
Then for some reason the concert got shut down by racists (I don't know..) and then the band held a Q and A.

Thanks!
D: That's a shame. He's the only one out of the 3 not playing anymore. One of my favorite goofy bassists.

Also, does anyone know what hati from 9goats is up to? If he is at all?

I was at a 9goats concert front row but there wasn't even a stage. Ryo was walking through the crowds and touching peoples faces as he was singing and he touched mine! And also stepped on my foot but apologized while the song was still going (so polite).
Then for some reason the concert got shut down by racists (I don't know..) and then the band held a Q and A.

yep that's the only edition they have at the moment.
seems that hati retired after they broke up.

I was at a 9goats concert front row but there wasn't even a stage. Ryo was walking through the crowds and touching peoples faces as he was singing and he touched mine! And also stepped on my foot but apologized while the song was still going (so polite).
Then for some reason the concert got shut down by racists (I don't know..) and then the band held a Q and A.

cookie dough.........and i ate a good amount of it before the oven heated up....cookie dough is dang good....

Time to piss myself.