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Alright man take it easy and I hope everything works out for you. 
 
We'll be here when you get back

I'm happy you're here, OS-kun.

b/w shines, and title track is a little suck for me. in a word, average overall but track 2 rules the aura of this single.
nice debut review bro.

This is my first review here on MH, and this single is worth of a review  
 
-Yamiyo no Lion: the a-side of the single confirms again what Kamijo can really do, a reprise of his natural style and genre that characterized him since Lareine. Rhytmic song with gothic epic chorus, which makes it a very good tune --->9/10
 
-Bastille: the best song of the single imo!! Revolutionary, it is made on a style atypical for Kamijo and approaches him to industrial music -in fact in some ways it reminds me of Schwein's music- --->10/10
 
-Unmei: this track is the self-cover of the third part of God Palace -Method of Inheritance-, with a music closer to Versailles' Remember Forever. It is a very enjoyable thing he made for his fans and i'd like that he could make more self-covers in the future. --->9/10
 
Final Vote ---> 9/10 
It is a very good single, like Moulin Rouge has been: but it shows that Kamijo can do everything (yes also heavy music) without any problems. And i want to do a wish: he should try an industrial concept, i think that he will be successful

Artist: ALSDEAD Album: STARLESS Score: Is this a fluke or does ALSDEAD finally have some spark?
Despite my absence on most visual kei threads on the forums concerning new bands, I do follow some bands and check out new releases from time to time. The only time I find myself compelled to make a review is when:

something exceeds my expectations of a band is incredibly bad and deserves no hype when the hype is mellow, the release deserves a review and doesn't have one
ALSDEAD is a band that's by and far ignored on Monochrome Heaven - after having an explosive opening with their first two singles their flop of a self-titled relegated them to the trash bin for many, and their subpar output since 2009 hasn't helped them any. They've found a cult following in people that crave the sound they produce, but for those outside that small group this band has offered very little worth listening to. Even though Separator (barely) made our best-of list last year, anyone that follows my reviews knows I roasted that album over an open spit for being so dull it left me with very little to say about it. I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that the band that crafted Violent of Reason and F-99 could release so many boring songs, so I find myself downloading a release from them now and again to see if they've become interesting once more.

I thought I would never say this, but ALSDEAD have released something I find genuinely interesting. For a couple of plays at least.

I can't pinpoint exactly why I like STARLESS so much. Both tracks are solid and I can always appreciate the balance between an aggressive track and a more laid-back rock track. Both songs are exactly as long as they need to be, feature tasteful use of studio pyrotechnics, and clean production. Picture is also outside of ALSDEAD's comfort zone, and they nail it well. I'm sure they've done tracks like this before, but as a person that doesn't follow ALSDEAD like that this was a welcome surprise. If I wanted to nitpick, I could mention that STARLESS' solo is a little on the simple side, but that's a small blip.

This is the first release I've heard by ALSDEAD with Nikky from GALEYD, so I attribute a lot of the positive things I said here to him. I don't know if Maki is still the main composer after all, but bands that tend to only have one composer get stale quick, which was my problem with this band for the longest. If Meku's stranglehold over most of GALEYD's output caused other members of the band to have to put their creativity on pause and this is the first time that Nikky's been able to express himself, GALEYD's disbandment might be the single greatest thing that's ever happened to this band. Well, aside from their ex-drummer adopting a name better than Peanuts Benjamin and the band playing at that lolicon in the middle of New Mexico.

For once, I have nothing negative to say. The single does it job well, which is to raise hype for an upcoming album. If the material on the album is as consistent as the small teaser we have now, I might have something nice to say about the album at the end of the year.

Score: | How disappointing...
 
Let's get something out of the way early: this album sounds like shit.
 
The production is abysmal. Their standards have been slipping ever since I BELIEVE IN ME, and the EXODUS EP released not too long ago was a little dry for my taste. In comparison, this is a desert. A vast, barren desert where the bass and treble are too damn high, and the midsection is non existent. For a casual listener of music, this may not be an issue. But for an enthusiast like me who invested a few hundred bucks into his listening equipment, I hear nothing but production flaws. It's enough to turn potentially great songs into good songs, and mediocre songs into indistinguishable rumbling, and it's enough to take a point off the top automatically.
 
There is the odd occasion in which I can overlook lackluster production if the quality of the music is great. I've been a fan of lynch. for years, and they are one of my favorite bands, so this would be one of those times...except it's not. This album is both too long and too repetitive, and whatever ideas lynch. had didn't stretch over all songs equally. There are tracks like ENVY, DEVIL, and PHOENIX that are okay, but there's nothing that's really good. Just average songs and shit songs.
 
What's lacking is enough to scratch off two more points. There's not enough clean vocals, pop influence, or melodic variety for my tastes. For example, BULLET was decent up until the one minute mark, where the band launches into 2014's dullest breakdown. If it were just BULLET, I'd write it off as a bad track. But there are too many nameless, faceless tracks that follow one after the other that feel like cut and paste sections of melodies. Almost every track is awash with monotone harsh vocals, which becomes unpleasant to listen to after the sixth or seventh track. If it weren't already bad enough, every time there's an opportunity for a track's arrangement to grow they either repeat themselves or launch into a breakdown. The songs themselves feel too constrained and recycled, and while I don't mind if a band recycles riffs from time to time, three times in one album is too much. If you want examples, attempt to describe to yourself the differences in riffs on MAD, MERCILESS, and GUILLOTINE. I can't.
 
So 2014 comes and goes and lynch. swings and misses again. The constant misplaced metalcore influences are irritating, and lynch.'s inconsistency on the detail and creative fronts are sinking their credibility as a band that can produce decent albums at worst. If they're going to continue to show so little compositional enthusiasm, they may as well just stop.

Good review, gj.
 
I still love this album a little, I like the breakdown parts for sure, it's not only breakdown during those riffs, so it's not so boring.
but, Hazuki's unclean vocal in this album is dull as IKTPQ's growl-only vocals lol, a pity.
the pos songs you said, I love them b'cuz of simple and strong breakdown.
and, EXODUS EP is still my best favorite of lynch for my taste. then again you know how much I love breakdown and don't mind melodies lol.
 
 
ps. I'm such a moshcore lover that only few people could understand me what I love......

1st Buried In Verona - Faceless
2nd I Killed The Prom Queen - Beloved
3rd To Catch A Fox - Dishearten
4th Tell Me A Fairytale - Sleepwalker
5th Killing The Messenger - What Matters Most
6th Ice Nine Kills - The Predator Becomes The Prey
7th For The Fallen Dreams - Heavy Hearts
8th Jamie's Elsewhere - Rebel Revive
9th Architects - Lost Forever／／Lost Together
10th Dead By April - Let The World Know
11th Alesana - The Decade
12th Memphis May Fire - Unconditional
13th Benighted - Carnivore Sublime
14th Ready Set Fall - Memento
15th Demon Hunter - Extremist
16th Eskimo Callboy - We Are The Mess
17th Austrian Death Machine - Triple Brutal
18th Chiodos - Devil
19th InDirections - Clockworks
20th Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
21th Emmure - Eternal Enemies
22th Abandoned By Bears - When Nothing Goes Right Go Left
23th The Unguided - Fragile Immortality
24th Yashin - D.E.A.D
25th Comeback Kid - Die Knowing
26th Behemoth - The Satanist
27th Deceptions - Unheard Voices
28th I Declare War - We Are Violent People By Nature
29th Carnifex - Die Without Hope
30th Caliban - Ghost Empire
31th For Today - Fight The Silence
32th I Drink My Coffee Alone - Winterfrühlingsommerherbst
33th Issues - Issues
34th Artema - Stargazer
35th Above All Nations - Fearless Youth
36th From Alaska - Iceberg
37th Me In A Million - Still In The Balance
38th Akissforjersey - New Bodies
39th Intervals - A Voice Within
40th About An Author - Where The Wild Things Aren't
41th Periphery - Clear
42th Abandon All Ships - Malocchio
43th Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force
44th We Are The In Crowd - Weird Kids
45th The Bunny The Bear - Food Chain
 
 
totally showed my taste this year.
will update to top 50
whatever you call me, genericore fan or others, I'm such a person chasing for breakdown, lol.