DogManX

狂骨の鳴り - Haunting, atmospheric, really stunning. But.. an intro. So -/10 The Blossoming Beelzebub - I love progressive Metal. I love Avantgarde. So I just have to love this. It's like nothing I've ever heard before. The whole song is just constantly building up and down slowly. No real structure, Nothing. Pure emotion, transformed into music. 10/10 Different Sense - Until Kyo singing, a badass metal song. The refrain vocal line seems predictable, so I didn't really enjoy that bc I had the strong feeling i've heard it somewhat somewhere before. Live it also sucks ass, but as a whole, still pretty decent. 7/10 Amon - I don't know what I actually like about this song. The spontaneousity the way it flows? Toshiya's crunchy slap bass? The song title? But I definitely like it, that's for sure. 8/10. 「欲巣にDREAMBOX」あるいは成熟の理念と冷たい雨 - Oh well, I love it. Sincerely. I'm no expert at describing a unique sounding metal band, and this is the point where I could lose my job over it. The way the song is build from a slow, defensive, but still dangerous sounding atmosphere to the sudden breakout of energy and emotion. Powerchords chugging, drums hammering, Kyo screaming like a death god. And then sudden disappearance, the return of that same slow, defensive pattern. Before my brain sets off, I give it a 10/10. 獣慾 - Heavy, fast, brutal. This song takes much time to discover all the patterns it contains. It's worth having that endurance. Also, that oriental-inspired recurring theme is giving it the special touch. 7/10 滴る朦朧 - It definitely is one of the strangest songs I've heard in a while. All I can think of while listening to it is "confusion". And not in a bad way. The always changing rhythm, the remarkable guitar riffs actually saves it from being a filler. 8/10 Lotus - I've hated the single, and on the album it definitely sounds better. But still it feels unfinished to me. And the vocals in the refrain still sound kinda annoying. But that riff at the beginning is absolute killer. 5/10 Diabolos - It's not really worth being compared to Vinushka, since except for the similar guitar riffs in the middle part, it's pretty much a song on its own. The lyrics are extremely beautiful, was well as the guitar solo after the first refrain. Also the climax is amazing. Only thing I don't like is the middle part which sounds...generous. Every other metal band would have thrown blast beats into that section, instead Shinya drums in the most boring and slow way possible. You don't do dum-dum-chack when there's RAGE going on, son. But for other than that, still a great song to listen to. 9/10 暁 - A cult-fitting song which pretty much sums up what's going on in the whole album. I once believed to discover that it's an acoustic anagram of Aoi Tsuki, but eventually it might have been just wishful thinking. Still, it is so crazy I can't describe it. But it's definitely good. 8/10 Decayed Crow - Hm..I like it. It's the most brutal song on the album, with the most distorted guitars and the..lamest drum patterns imaginable to that overall sound. But still live it kicks fucking ass. So 6/10 激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 - Defeinitely weaker than the single version. It sounds compressed. Other than that, there's nothing really special about it. Generous guitar riffs, growling all over the place, relatively good drum job by Shinya. The only thing that makes that song so special is the sudden melody coming in the refrain. Other than that, nothing to remember. 6/10 Vanitas - Many fans reported to have uncontrolled ejaculations over the greatness of this song, which I can't really understand. It sounds not too bad to me, but that's it. It doesn't beat any other ballad they've done in their whole history, only if you consider The Final to be a ballad. And I skip this song whenever I can. 4/10 流転の塔 - On CD, other than live, I can actually enjoy it. It's utter craziness and that deep cult-like feeling you get when you listen to it. I'm too tired to describe it right now, because it's one of these songs you need to be more of a philosopher than a music expert to describe it. But its progressive touch is too haunting to let go of it. 8/10 羅刹国 [*] - Hardcore. Mosh pit alarm. There's nothing more to say to rasetsukoku, really. Its kickass riffs, slap bass and drums makes you literaly go CRAZY. 8/10 Amon [*][symphonic Version] - Actually I went through many metal bands who decided to put on that symphonic add. Well, all to say to this is, there's hell of things that can go wrong as there's hell of things that can go right with it. And I don't....really...like it in this instance. It sounds like plain amateur work. The same sounds are used over and over again, and (this amy sound evil now) in a typical japanese way to be totally desensibilized about the impact of symphonic music.Calm parts are layered with grinding violins where you don't really need anything. So sorry, this is not really a good alternative to Amon. Even worse. 4/10

Oh well I feel like doing a song-to-song review. I'm bored enough to. So lets start this shit. Conceived Sorrow - laut.de once wrote "good work fooling us with a ballad to begin the album". I'd just say good work fooling us with a good song. 9/10 Lie Buried With A Vengeance - Actually not that bad, it's just that cheap, muddy flat production that sucks all of the impact out of the song. The spicy guitar riffs, everything. Live it's actually a killer. 5/10 The Fatal Believer - Just no. This song has nothing to it. Utterly stupid and useless. 1/10 Agitated Screams Of Maggots - I love it. Thrashy, brutal, fast and haunting guitars with Kyo screaming like a maniac. The best "brutal" song they ever made. 10/10 Grief - And there goes the euphory. Alright, we're back at zero. Nothing more to say to this mess. There's not even a way to describe it. 0/10 Ryoujoku No Ame - To say the least, the single version was actually pretty good to listen to, and live it's also not a bad song. But with this cheap, super-dry production it just sounds like shit. Plus Kyo's annoying high vocals, whose double-layers were also removed during the chorus. Unbearable. 3/10 Disabled Complexes - With the funky ground tone this actually had potential, but overall it ended up being to flat and too much concentrating on the switch in the middle from soft to brutal. And the "Psycho Kirraa" Kyo screams at the end is.. killing my nerves. 4/10 Rotting Root - After all, a good song again. Extremely grooving guitars, and it's actually one of the less songs i voluntarily put into playlists. But what's that "fucking sandal" Kyo screams all the time? I know it's actually different, but it's one of these instances where I just can't honor Kyo's efforts to throw in english. It's pointless, no one understands a word, it's all GGRRRWAARRWWAAAARRRWAAA like "Garbage" on WtD used to be. 7/10 艶かしき安息，躊躇いに微笑み - A good, calm ballad with mostly acoustic guitars feels almost out of place in an album such as this. At the end it even has a psychotic climax, who would've thought. Nonetheless I can't disagree with the majority of fans taking this as their favourite TMOAB-Song. It's really good. 8/10 The Pledge - When I first went through the album, apart from the fact that I absolutely could not tell without looking when songs actually switched, this was the only song that stuck in my head, mostly for Kyo's vocal line during the chorus. A good powerful ballad. 8/10 Repetition Of Hatred - Stomping, heavy, and a sickass guitar solo finishing. Absolutely cool. 9/10 The Deeper Vileness - Well well, some GRRAAWWARWWWAARWWWAAARWWAAAKKJJAKJJAAKJAAAA again. Despite from the horror english, this song is not that bad. It has a haunting heavy riff leading to the chorus and an utter hateful atmosphere. The production, like in LBWAV before, takes most of it though. 7/10 Clever Sleazoid - To make it short, the remake is as stupid and useless as the single version. Kyo's english is..what?.. Right, HORRIBLE. No, you don't listen to a guy struggling with a clump of hot tomatoes in his mouth, that's Kyo, speaking english! The riffs are uninspired, the production is cheap and flat, the song, except for that little shining guitar break before the last part, goes nowhere. It seems, like many others in this album, to be made simply to sound the most brutal way possible. Which..well kinda worked. It sounds brutally awkward. 2/10