Jigsaw9

LOL didn't have much time this week. Listening to the albums now, will write my thoughts a bit later. Listening to Wintersun now, positive feelings so far.

For me, soul/feeling/accessability/whatever you call it comes first. Usually if there's some catchy melody or hook and some extra special "something" (that I can't describe really xD), that's enough for me to like a song. Or maybe something extra about it, like evoking a memory or feeling of nostalgia, I'm usually partial to that kind of music. Of course, technicality is nice too, when (and only when) it intensifies that cool atmosphere of the song and turns it "supercool". Those instances that make you go "wow!" So all in all, my priority is soul/accessability, but I don't completely discard technicality either when it is employed in reasonable amounts. edit: for example, one of my favorite Japanese guitarists is Imai Hisashi. I think he really shines at catchy song composition, but I don't feel that he would be able to do excessively technical things on his guitar. BUT he's got creativity and a cool/weird way of approaching guitarplay (he tends to improvise and make interesting noises/effects a lot) and a kind of trademark sound and coolness that I just cannot not like his music.

^ I seee~ ...so it must be kinda like atmospheric black metal (with lots of blurry effects I suppose xD).

^ Gonna download this to try before I buy, thanks! To add something substantial to the topic: a list of Tamás' favorite albums recently (taken from a Hungarian interview): Sólstafir: Köld Negura Bunget: Om Kraftwerk: Trans Europa Express Nulladik Változat: Négy Atheist: Elements Baikonour: For The Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos Decapitated: Carnival Is Forever Decoryah: Fall-Dark Waters ICS Vortex: Storm Seeker Kampec Dolores: A bivaly hátán Rotting Christ: Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers

I'm completely out of the loop with these new/post/whatever metal bands so ... what the hell is "blackgaze"? xD

^ Ehh...let's just hope they might do some stuff together in the future then...

MERRY 10th Anniversary NEW LEGEND OF HIGH COLOR『6DAYS』 - 2011.11.13 setlist (Underworld day) 01. GI・GO (intro) 02. Friction ×××× 03. under-world 04. Kigeki no Taboo 05. montage 06. Piranha 07. Gesshoku 08. Akai kutsu 09. Katamichi kippu 10. Kanaria 11. Enzetsu~Surrealism~ 12. [human farm] 13. stupid×cupid 14. Midnight Shangrila 15. Tozasareta rakuen 16. Gekisei -ENCORE 1- 17. Fuyu no Castanet -ENCORE 2- -choral- 18. finale 19. Yakou 20. Fukinkou Kinema 21. Zetsubou 22. Identity -ENCORE 3- 23. Shoudoku

^ Cool to see them together like that. Wish I could understand what they're saying though, lol.

Happy b-day, Marc!

Sounds interesting.

Thanks for the tracklist! Cool titles.

Hmmm not bad actually! Some parts sound a bit hurriedly-put-together for me (the tinkley electro bits) but overall it's a nice steady-beat fast party song, I kinda like it.

Did some drawing (just cheap ballpoint pen on copy paper) after god knows how many years, here's the result: Imago Mortis It's kinda crap (took 30 minutes because I like to get finished quickly), but looks a bit better in real life. xD

^ Haha, that was fun! That burning guitar towards the end was awesome! The song's good too.

^ Haha, that was fun! That burning guitar towards the end was awesome! The song's good too.

LOL

^ LOL. xD Haven't tried Necrophagist myself, but maybe I won't either in the future, based on this... Yep, Mirai is featured on these: The Divine Art of Torture, Harvest Ritual Vol. I, Goblins Be Thine (EP). These are really cool albums, so I recommend them, plus the 1998 album Holocausto de la Morte is quite awesome as well. Their latest album Death Trip 69 is okay too (though no more Mirai there), with some interesting/unusual bits.

MERRY 10th Anniversary NEW LEGEND OF HIGH COLOR『6DAYS』 - 2011.11.12 setlist (M.E.R.R.Y. day) 01. M.E.R.R.Y.MARCH~denwenkaukiyaukumikiyoku~ (intro) 02. Utagoe kissa "Modern" 03. Blind Romance 04. Saihate no Parade 05. Hirahira tonderu. 06. Seinen himitsu Club 07. Coq d'or Mama 08. Hi no de chou, machikado Tsunderera 09. Rururu rarara 10. Last Snow 11. sweet powder 12. Poesy 13. Charlie 14. Oriental BL Circus -ENCORE 1- 15. choral 16. finale 17. Yakou 18. Fukinkou Kinema 19. Hameln 20. Zetsubou -ENCORE 2- 21. Komorebi ga boku wo sagashiteru... Tomorrow's the last day! I wonder if there will be something special, since the gig will begin earlier.

Nice and long!

^ Yep, next single will be released on 2012/01/11, and the title is 夢鬼歌 (I don't have a clue how to romanize this though).

That. was. amazing.

MERRY 10th Anniversary NEW LEGEND OF HIGH COLOR『6DAYS』 - 2011.11.11 setlist (PEEP SHOW day) 01. PEEP SHOW 02. Kyousou Carnival 03. Sentimental New Pop 04. Kimatteru taiyou -PEEP♂HOLE- 05. BLUESCAT 06. Retro Future 07. FREAKS A GO GO -PEEP♀HOLE- 08. Kousou biru no ue de Last Dance 09. Sayonara ame (Rain) 10. Mado kara nigeta Love Song 11. Ringo to uso 12. nameless night~namonaki yoru~ 13. Slow→Dive 14. PLTC 15. Mousou rendez-vous -ENCORE 1- 16. Japanese Modernist (remix intro → actual song) 17. finale 18. Yakou 19. Fukinkou Kinema 20. Zetsubou 21. Shoudoku -ENCORE 2- 22. Calling Note: Gara did some calligraphy before Shoudoku, like in the old days.

Interesting bit of news: SUGIZO will participate (as actor and musician) in the 2012 stage play 7DOORS 青ひげ公の城, based on Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s only opera Bluebeard’s Castle. *proud Hungarian* XD http://www.7doors.jp/

Symphonic versions? Interesting...

Cool pic.