Kaleidoscope

ˆ exactly the same feelings about it here. Realistically I can't imagine anyone feeling any ways about the second song, the third is sorta 'aight for it's live purpose and the PV song is actually pretty cool and different from the rest of their A-sides. I still maintain that the overall direction they're heading towards is not good, but as long as they can churn out A-sides of this level I'll stay along for the ride.

Haven't shown myself in so many years, here we go
 

 

Haven't shown myself in so many years, here we go
 

 

Haven't shown myself in so many years, here we go
 

 

Me and Yue from Kizu

Any opinions on "Shin Homura Uta"? I'm positvely surprised with it, the rerecordings sound modern, but still have the raw intensity of the original. I honestly didn't expect Tatsurou would still be able to sound that raw and emotional! 
Really glad these guys are still around and are looking back at their past, their latest album was also great.

During the karaoke contest you guys liked my Gackt stuff apparently, so have another one
 
 

Haven't been doing much VK on my channel in the last few years, but I felt like returning to it recently. Hope you enjoy!
 
 

i hope they do this forever bc it makes americans uncomfortable

Went to Rock Harz Festival this weekend and had a blast, so many good shows. My highlights were Blind Guardian, Death Angel, Dark Tranquillity, Eluveitie and Iced Earth. Pretty sad that I couldn't see Alcest, but the Blind Guardian special show made up for it - they played "Imaginations From the Other Side" (which is my favourite album of theirs) in its entirety and it was nothing short of amazing, props to Hansi for going for some of those high notes again!

Any opinions on "Shin Homura Uta"? I'm positvely surprised with it, the rerecordings sound modern, but still have the raw intensity of the original. I honestly didn't expect Tatsurou would still be able to sound that raw and emotional! 
Really glad these guys are still around and are looking back at their past, their latest album was also great.

Any opinions on "Shin Homura Uta"? I'm positvely surprised with it, the rerecordings sound modern, but still have the raw intensity of the original. I honestly didn't expect Tatsurou would still be able to sound that raw and emotional! 
Really glad these guys are still around and are looking back at their past, their latest album was also great.

I can already say that ADORATIO is the most engaging sukekiyo release to date.
 
I've been following them since day one, but always had trouble getting into their music (don't know why). With IMMORTALIS, I loved "elizabeth addict," and I've probably listened to it 1,000 times by now, but the rest of the album only got one listen; nothing after that really captured my attention, and it felt too long to go back to. VITIUM I also only listened to once a long time ago, while at work (back in my kitchen days);  it was a nice album, pretty chill, but nothing really stood out to me. ADORATIO I've listened to once and already intend to listen to more; every track had something that stood out, something to love, and I grew to appreciate 耳ゾゾ even more (another song that I listened to once then ignored). This album also encourages me to go back to previous material and pay closer attention to further releases.
 
ADORATIO is the sukekiyo release I've been waiting for since they formed. The album cover is hideous as shit, though (lol).
 
Also, speaking of 耳ゾゾ, does anyone know how to translate the title? I managed to translate every other title on the album, but I couldn't come up with anything for ゾゾ that made sense...

I think it's the latter. I can remember some of his moments that have amazed me the most: the first time I heard his deep growls in Vinushka, the chanting bit in Juuyoku, those insane headtones in the Macabre remake, things like that. He does so many things and he does them so well, but I think he does them too much. Sometimes I just want a song where he stays in his powerful midrange for the most part, then whips out a trick as a surprise. Otherwise it's just not special anymore.

so what is the point of those collabs again other than presenting an opportunity to squeeze out more gya dollaryens & fishing dried-up bandoman corpses out of the sea?  none of the ones released so far really add anything other than that ''oh hey, it's that guy'' novelty that fades after like a minute or so

Very good impression from my first listen, 白濁 is stunning.
 
/edit: Disc 2 seems pretty hilarious, the collaboration with Gara sounds like a karaoke evening with Kyo

Very good impression from my first listen, 白濁 is stunning.
 
/edit: Disc 2 seems pretty hilarious, the collaboration with Gara sounds like a karaoke evening with Kyo

Very good impression from my first listen, 白濁 is stunning.
 
/edit: Disc 2 seems pretty hilarious, the collaboration with Gara sounds like a karaoke evening with Kyo

Very good impression from my first listen, 白濁 is stunning.
 
/edit: Disc 2 seems pretty hilarious, the collaboration with Gara sounds like a karaoke evening with Kyo

Very good impression from my first listen, 白濁 is stunning.
 
/edit: Disc 2 seems pretty hilarious, the collaboration with Gara sounds like a karaoke evening with Kyo

During the karaoke contest you guys liked my Gackt stuff apparently, so have another one
 
 

In all honesty though, the tour organizers also kind of contributed to killing off the European scene themselves. I mean, I know they were probably cheaper to fly over than the artists people actually WANT to see, but did they really feel that bringing over ""quality"" acts of a 'literally who?'-level such as HITT or The Fool like 200 times was gonna change the game for the better?

From DADAISM 1 this band was always more multi-faceted than some treated them as. I remember being disappointed even back then that this band wasn't just going to do 6 minute metalcore epics, but instead we got some goofy shit like MONEY and SEX. That was a seminal release for them however, and it's evident that most of the things they've done stylistically already had their precursors in their very first release. Stuff like Saishuu Densha, Risley Circus and etc. I think is all within reason for this band. 
 
What I do take objection to however, is the toning down of the metalcore in favour of some middle of the road Lynch rock dog shit that finally seemed to have gotten the upper hand for the first time on DADAISM 3. I used to think that they're going to do things in cycles and go through their respective stylistic gamut in the span of 4 to 5 releases, but it's kind of warranted to be lead to believe now that a recognisable shift has started to take place on the very molecular level of their musical palette. Rushing to conclusions based on two releases? Possibly, but the fact of the matter is that we've seen this transition happen so many times already, and if it quacks like a duck in a pond with twenty of them it's not hard to become worried.
 
Btw you're already starting to see the same key phrases with this band that you saw with Girugamesh back in the day like "progression" and "if they rewrote X people still wouldn't be satisfied," going even as far as to "you just don't understand what they're about." 
 
 

No deathcore once again, still sounds great though. I like that death metal riff at the end, haven't heard something like this from them before!