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I actually really like the song, sounds like a ballad done right. But I agree with Tokage - it's not even the effects, they just Melodyne'd the vocals so hard that he sounds like a vocaloid in some parts.

they're.... kinda overdoing it w/ the digital effects on the vocals tbh

Hi there! My band Nana:[shi] released their first EP called "Morphobia" last month.
Today it's gonna become available on iTunes, Spotify etc. too, so I thought it's a good time to show you guys what we've been working on!

Preview of the whole EP:

Music video to "NOSTALGIA DRIVE":


Hope you like the sound of it! We've been working hard for this the past year!  

Also we're gonna play with AIKOE, BatAAr, Kerbera and Madmans Esprit in Stockholm at 28th October!
First time for me to play outside of Germany - pretty exciting to say the least.

Listen, we all have different opinions about this band, but to point out their weight has absolutely nothing to do with their music or visuals. The fact that 1) you don't normally see this on other band threads, 2) this is an all female band, it's just making others uncomfortable, and yall are looking like total dicks. 
 
Get back on topic guys~

Chronic Bandmate Slappin' Disorder, it's untreatable

This is weird, the way I feel about this. 
 
I think what sucks is I really believe Jin is sincere in his efforts. As bad as his vocals can be and as derivative as his songwriting gets, he’s trying. Maybe trying too hard?
 
i don’t know. He deserves a break. Maybe he should use the time to get a vocal coach or something. Take some music theory. 

This new single will be released on 2017.11.22.
 
Limited edition : 1800 yen + taxes
CD :
1.アサガオが泣いてる (Asagao ga naiteru)
2.ヒルガオの憂鬱(Hirugao no yûutsu)
DVD :
1.アサガオが泣いてる(Asagao ga naiteru)
 
Regular edition : 1500 yen + taxes
CD :
1.アサガオが泣いてる (Asagao ga naiteru)
2.ヒルガオの憂鬱 (Hirugao no yûutsu)
3.ヨルガオは笑う(Yorugao wa warau)
 

 
 
 
 

Previews for the other songs on the EP are up! 
 
 

@SHOKIThanks a lot, glad you liked it! And thanks so much for following us! I don't really compose often myself, but from my experience with the time and dedication you will eventually be able to come up with something good. I think that especially trying to analyse how other bands structure their songs helps a lot to come up with your own music. Hope to see your originals here some day too!
 
 
 
 

this is good what tf are y'all on !!! shits on their overly simplistic first MV track, and their look is GAG worthy catch lime's old school goth FISH (aki anyone?!!!)

Definitely interested. for a "small indie project" made in the "guitarist's apartment" it sounds really professional and polished. You are all very talented without any doubt. You have a new follower on Spotify. I recently started making attempts at composing my own music, I wish someday I can release something that sounds at least half as good as your work does.

The lyric video for our first single is out! You can download the song for free on Bandcamp if you are interested
Definitely the most Metalcore inspired song on the EP, we took a somewhat different direction for the rest.
 

Maybe some of you remember my band's demos from a few years back - we finally managed to finish our first EP and plan to release it digitally for free and physically on the 10th of November! The music is a mix between quite a few styles ranging from Power Metal to Metalcore and of course VK inspired tropes. It's all self produced in our guitarist's apartment, so this is only a small indie project  Here's a teaser with a short song preview at the end! Please let me know what you think!
 

Always surprised how much criticism these guys get, I think their stuff is still miles ahead of most of their peers and really high quality musically. Maybe it's because their first few PVs set an extremely high standard?
 
Anyway, really enjoyed both songs and thought that warui kusuri sounds like one of their best ballads.

yup, i thought of agitated screams of maggots too, and the song was actually pretty good imo. it's been a while since i liked any of their A-sides.
the pv for the ballad was really simple and nothing original but i liked how it was executed. idk it just works well for a ballad. song's a little bland though.

I don't think it's only the clean vocals that make this song more listenable, it's just that they included some more interesting stuff into their songwriting this time. They've always lacked the creativity that bands like Nokubura and now DIMLIM have, to me there was honestly nothing interesting about their old music and that has nothing to do with them being "brutal". On the contrary, I just feel they sounded boring and exchangeable compared to other deathcore bands. And while this guy's vocals are technically good and probably even way above average in VK, I still don't feel he doesn't do anything extraordinary apart from his highs, so using more vocal techniques is not exactly a bad approach.
 
Anyway, this song gives me hope that they can actually write interesting songs, I want them to succeed and I am definitely rooting for them.

Yeah I guess I should, really enjoyed Anaesthetist back then but never really got around to listen to the whole thing!
 
Definitely, he always had his own thing going on, but he sounds better than ever now.
And yeah, he has some really clever things in his lyrics! I really like his approach to social and political topics, seems so down to earth and still conveys a good message (I mean basically it's just "have some empathy"), stuff like "I don't wanna take my country back, I wanna take my country forward" is great in its simplicity. 
 
Overall, I'm glad to see they are aging well! It's kind of a funny story how I got into them haha. My brother was super into Take To The Skies back then and I thought it was rather ridiculous, I had my "huh it's not metul" phase back then. Since I was working for a metal webzine back then, I got the promo CD for Common Dreads and decided to pick it up so my brother could take a listen, too. Somehow, I ended up loving the album and have been enjoying them ever since!

Please DO check The Mindsweep when you have time! It's my favorite album of theirs, "The Appeal & the Mindsweep I" into "The One True Colour" is the best couple of intro+opener they ever done, by far! Hard as fuck, with really meaningful lyrics, just brilliant! There's also several highlights on that album, "The Last Garrison", "Anasthaetist", "Torn Apart", "Dear Future Historians...", what an album!
 
Yeah, Rou evolved so much for this album. Playing with falsettos here and there, a wider vocal range, real nice!
 
"We are the dust on the stained glass windows
Trying to comprehend the cathedral"
 
Gotta love his metaphors, lol

I missed out on Mindsweep but checked them out again with this album. Pretty good stuff, I absolutely loved the more emotional tracks, Rou really pulls them off well, Airfield and An Ode to Lost Jigsaw Pieces are beautiful.  Some of the tracks have also grown a lot on me, for example The Sights, which is one of my favourites now.
 
Lyrics are also fantastic, the "prosecco-glazed lips" line is brilliant.
 
The whole album still absolutely sounds like Enter Shikari, so I honestly don't mind them trying out some new stuff, even though I'd prefer some more of that good old craziness on the next album.

BUCK-TICK is the only band I've enjoyed their entire career's discography. Sometimes what they release as of late doesn't appeal to me right away, but I usually go back to it later and like it a lot. They still goin', goin'.
 
I was really pleasantly surprised with Plastic Tree's last single. I wouldn't say they ever lost their spark, because honestly I really don't like some of their earlier work or some of their most popular songs.. aha. But I love them as a whole. 

Can we all just take a moment and appreciate that artwork? I mean hot damn

Clean vocals aren't that bad ? He sounds a lot like Mikaru (ex-Dio)

The lyric video for our first single is out! You can download the song for free on Bandcamp if you are interested
Definitely the most Metalcore inspired song on the EP, we took a somewhat different direction for the rest.