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Would be so awesome... i hope for something epic such as princess or god palace =)

Color was horrible, generic poprock crap like uverworld.

Girugamesh is dead.

But i guess they are happy as they are getting more cash now.

Sound Horizon - Miezaru Ude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2SwTwT4oY

The part at 3.52 makes me want to marry her... and what a great beat! No, the whole song is fucking awesome EPIC!

the original band is Maximum the Hormone!!, someone knows:

-The vk band?

-The rappers

-The J-poper

and The two boys who are playing classic guitar on this pv??? DDDD:

thx *-*

Short "review" but: I didn't get impressed at all, sounded really generic and boring.. The second one was alittle better but nothing outstanding 6/10

My favourite band right now, and these are my fav songs by them:

Ano hi no sora ha gokusai de - I dont know why, just so damn beautiful. Great lyrics. A classic.

Zesshoku - Just simply awesome, the seemingly neverending chorus in the end is EPIC.

Tsumibatsu Egoist - My first song i heard of them. A perfect song. Makes me remember the days in Tokyo.

Kono Sekai ni Mihanasaretemo - Beautiful, beautiful and beautiful.

Ring-a Ring-o - one word: EPIC!

And then we have bansaku circus, mr heaven, seeshuuka and so on... Can't believe how many awesome songs this band has released. I love them! One thing i wonder though - WHY NO LIVE DVD yet?

are they trying to invent post j-rock or something?

I couldn't stand any of the three tracks entirely, it's just THAT boring

Hope they do better next time..

It's not often a review thread is being made for "smaller releases" but lets give it a try this time, let's review Kannivalism's new single Split Recollection!

(For you lazy bastards, here is the main song on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t5RYfn9iMU)

Split Recollection - I don't know why but i just love this one. Nice instrumentals and a great atmosphere that makes you dream away. Perfect song to close your eyes to and just sit back and relax. 8/10

Dilemma - Kind of weird and just not that good 4/10

Another world: - Very dreamy and relaxing but nothing special? 5/10

Overall a quite medicore single, the only song that i liked was the first one but thats enough for me. Kannivalism is really going for a more ambient "dreamy sound", which is cool. Well, I give this one 6.5/10 - a decent release. So what do you guys think? Also excuse my bad motivations, bad english and the shortness of the review. Well well, cheers

Not specifically, no. I was referring to the original post, yours, and any that might follow. If you can't find anything unique or "epic" outside of Japan, you aren't looking hard enough.

I guarantee most of your favourites rip off American or European bands. DELUHI, for example, borrow riffs from thrash and heavy metal acts overseas. Versailles, dozens of European symphonic metal acts. Even I'm not so oblivious to my favourite band lifting from Marilyn Manson, KoRn and Edguy. That's not "unique."

In addition, the most unique bands I have discovered thus far happen to be from Canada, Sweden, the UK and America, respectively.

I'm not saying it's impossible to find a good, unique band within Japan. I'm saying the examples given are bad and this post is going to breed more "no one makes music like the Japanese, ehehe" and that mentality is close-minded.

Since OP asked for opinions, there's mine.

Even if you have no proof backing up that Japanese rock bands borrow heavily from western bands (in b4 2-3 examples), let me put it like this. There is alot of music from japan that stands out while there isnt too much from the west that stands out, that said the music cant be good, but there simply come things from japan that cant be produced anywhere else - while what comes from america is being produced everywhere else. Also in japan.

I cant really imagine an american band releasing a song like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8RtxcYRfQ

or this:

Korn, In flames and so on. It's cool but brings nothing new to the music scene.

Do you understand what i mean?

Unique was maybe the wrong world, "stands out" fits better.

Well, except that the beginning of God Palace is lifted almost 1:1 from Nightwish' "Wishmaster".

And seriously. There are an abundance of symphonic metal bands all over the world that can produce similar songs. Don't get me wrong, I like Versailles and I like this song, but if there is one thing they're not it's unique.

I give you that but i still cant come up with any other single western band that keeps releasing songs such as Princess, Ascended master, Aristocrats symphony, After cloudia etc. But yes, Versailles wasnt maybe the best example to put there then. No offense!

I hate this thread already.

It's going to be full of herp Japan is so unique, white people can't make music this good derp derp

What a stupid, close-minded mentality to have.

What i meant isn't that white people cant make music, im listening to alot music from america (avenged sevenfolds newest album kicks ass!). But if there is something that still stands out in in the music industry nowadays, much of it is definitely to be found in japan!

Off to Ikebukuro!

Keep posting guys!

The melodies - japanese people are gods when it comes to coming up with epic melodies and melodic choruses. Thats one of the reasons that makes me addicted to japanese music. Then there is alot of great unique stuff to be found in japanese music that cant be produced anywhere else in the world.

For example, a white person could never come up with something epic such as nogod's "Ring-a Ring-o/ZESSHOKU", Sound Horizon's "Jinsei ha ireko ningyo", Versailles "God Palace" or Mucc's "Libra". Its simply out of question.

So yeah, there is alot of variety and some really awesome, more or less unique stuff, while in the american music scene nothing really stands out at all.

Then i think they look pretty awesome ^^

Well thats just my two cents and excuse my shitty english, im a swede

Will come back with more reasons later!

CHEERS!

Nice pictures!

Can't say that im sad to hear this news. They kinda sucked..

I expected more.. Will come back with a more detailed review later but let me say one thing: There simply arent enough memorable choruses in the songs Also i dont get the ano hi no sora ha gokusai de bashing, that song is one of my absolute favourites ever. So damn beautiful and great lyrics.

some japanese news write it might be suicide. After coming home he drank alcohol and took alot of antidepressants.

The farthest is one of the best song ive heard in many years, but each to their own!

Gave departure one more chance and well, its not that bad but deluhi can do so much better.

Also, someone gotta tell him to stop singing in english...

Probably the worst of these three singles.

Their best song ever and one of the best songs this whole year

Some people here seem to praise naruku to the skies, but i really dont get the hype on (over?) that song. I simply don't find it that solid :/

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Gave it one more try and again, it's solid but nothing memorable.

7/10

Solid but simply boring...

That sucks, meth was one of the more promising indies out there.

R.I.P girugamesh, maybe you should change name to Uverworldx2?

Generic mainstream poprock piece of shit single.

R.I.P