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- Cronos / nice horror flick (nothing too extreme tho) by Guillermo del Toro - Oblivion / pretty okay sci-fi, I enjoyed it (nice visuals too!)

I was kinda looking forward to this release because I surprisingly enjoyed lynch.'s last few singles, so I thought maybe this will be nice too but... I was let-down big time. Although the EP starts out promising with the short and heavier EXODUS and the nice post-whatevercore of ASHES (the highlight for me on the whole record) with its dreamy minimalistic main guitar melody, it all quickly takes a sharp turn towards Boresville throughout the following tracks. Two songs deserve mentioning here, rising out of this pile of samey faceless muck: BE STRONG is prolly the most whimpy and embarrassing song lynch. has put out so far (or at least a strong contender), no matter how much Hazuki's vocals try to save it he succumbs to the dumbed-down atmosphere too it seems, in the form of cringeworthy "la la la"s that go on for almost a minute. The other track is NIGHT, however this one swings the other way: it's actually almost kind of memorable and bearable, but below the enjoyability factor of the first two songs. My tolerance is usually pretty high when it comes to the sound/recording quality of visual kei (or VK-associated) acts but I feel like I must mention here how absolutely ass the whole EP sounds, especially when the "heavy" guitars go on and on, coupled with whatever cymbals the drummer could smash at the moment - it's a recipe for a hissing muddled mess of noise. It doesn't help that the guitars sound like the unfortunate encounter of a block of sandpaper and harmless buzz saws made out of plush. Like, VANISH might be a cool song but I just cannot tell at all what they're playing so whether it actually is a good song or not will probably remain a mystery to me. :'D I wouldn't go nitpicking on this if this was some Z-tier indies fail-kei band but with the slick major-produced metallic image lynch. is trying to convey it's utterly laughable. If this was a single with only EXODUS / ASHES / NIGHT on it, it would be kinda okay but as an EP it's pretty boring and a pain to listen to in the long run (see: previous paragraph). | insert T-shirt saying "the band put out a new record and all I got was a lousy-sounding bootleg with remnants of a good EP"

^ Yeah I guess that one was accidentally left in. Good to know those little tidbits, thanks for the info!

Nice~! Can't wait for the details, who's doing which song.

Oh hey this isn't bad... from 0:32 onwards it sounds like kinda decent thrash metal, I'm surprised. 8D

Hmm let's see! I really wasn't planning on paying much attention to the new single but since I quite liked the title track, I thought I'd give it a few spins. FADELESS is a nice STACKED RUBBISH-like throwback, nothing fancy but has some nice parts here and there - sure, it's not rocket-science music but it somehow strikes a chord with me more than their last several outputs. It's regular "good ol' GazettE" I guess; they did much better but it's still a nice average. QUIET, on the other hand is approximating their "boring average" side, nothing much to say here (too long, snooze-inducing, tho the bridge part is pretty neat I gotta say). Lastly, FORBIDDEN BEAVER (dat title) is here to represent the more uptempo rowdy face of the band, again a safely average song, sort of like a dumbed-down Ruder on sleeping pills. It's not too terrible, tho I don't think I'll be playing it again anytime soon. | average single, tho "average" in this case kinda means "hey, I expected a lot worse!"

Full PV: http://vimeo.com/72676887 Surprisingly, I found myself thinking this isn't too bad! At least I dig it better than anything on their last 2 albums. It does sound kinda STACKED RUBBISH-y, maybe that's part of why my "kinda okay" radar acknowledged it.

Lovin' the song more and more, and the video is beautiful! Nice job.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Louis-%E3%80%9C%E8%89%B6%E8%A1%80%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%80%9C/dp/B00EJ9CFU6/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1376746561&sr=301-3 Samples from all 3 tracks... sounds niiiiiice

Yeah, the official site says PANDORA too, as on the album cover.

Some newer stuff I already posted on my tumblr (not paintings but pen drawings this time): Bandage...dude? (didn't rly give it a title xD) Zombie bros Sirens (this one's only a quick doodle/sketch)

Seconding Pandabear's suggestion for Tool and The Faceless (tho you might wanna start with their last album, since that one has clean vocals).

The Skin I Live In (La Piel que Habito) Excellent thriller/drama, much better and more complex & tricky than I initially expected!

Nice new song!

Whatttt... nooo That's like half the band? I hope DISH will continue somehow.

Animals As Leaders (instrumental prog) Chimp Spanner (see above) Ever Forthright (some of the most far-out trippy random stuff I've heard) Monuments (kinda regular djenty prog) Fellsilent (this one might be a bit heavier) ...these are some of the bands I dig. I'm no expert tho - it just happens that I listen to these bands, but dunno/haven't tried any of the ones you listed (well ok, except for HAARP). xD

Looking forward to seeing you active again! Take care~

Cool! Too bad it's live-only and mail order-only.

Damnnnn nice list.

Poor guy...

I think I first got introduced to ZI:KILL through their PVs for "I Love Cat" and "Slow Down". Really nice old-school sound! I don't think I have a favorite album, been a long time since I last listened to them - but if I remember well, all or most of their releases are kinda almost equally good (for me).

Awesome!

Nice lighting effects! Thanks for the vid.

Sounds good!

Pretty cool, yeah! I like.