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Now that I'm at my 4th listening, I can say that 35xxxv is a good album. I was kinda like "meh" after my 1st listening but it has really grown on me since then. Y'all guys saying OOR's trying to sound like western bands, wasn't it the case already before? Their sound started changing since Nicheシンドローム relatively but in all cases, they've always had that Americanized sound if I may say so. I'm not feeling like they're trying hard to sound like any other shit or something, I just have the feel that they do their best to sound as awesome as they always did. They have always done it right. And with regard to the big amount of songs sung in English, everyone can have their own opinion, but it's a shame to sum up the very essence of OOR's music to the language. Taka is a fantastic vocalist, so let's just enjoy his amazing talent regardless of the language he chooses to sing in.   Now speaking more concretely about the new album, as I said, it's a good one for sure. Btw, good review, ! I agree in all points except concerning Suddenly, not that it's not a weak one, but I feel like the whole album keeps an invariable level all the way through. From the first track to the thirtieth, I have enjoyed each track the same way (though I still have doubts including Paper Planes). They are all good and that's what makes the album seem a bit short, as @allisapp pointed out in the following quote. A very relevant point and almost a totally neglected one.  
 
All in all, OOR delivered a good album. I'm joyfully looking forward to see what this band will become in the future! And yeah, before I forget, I consider that you just overrated the album, . I'd give it more like a 7/10, but that's just my very absolute and incontestable opinion.
 
As for Paper Planes, I consider that everything concerning the song has been said in this section of the review so I'm just gonna quote it as well.    

Now that I'm at my 4th listening, I can say that 35xxxv is a good album. I was kinda like "meh" after my 1st listening but it has really grown on me since then. Y'all guys saying OOR's trying to sound like western bands, wasn't it the case already before? Their sound started changing since Nicheシンドローム relatively but in all cases, they've always had that Americanized sound if I may say so. I'm not feeling like they're trying hard to sound like any other shit or something, I just have the feel that they do their best to sound as awesome as they always did. They have always done it right. And with regard to the big amount of songs sung in English, everyone can have their own opinion, but it's a shame to sum up the very essence of OOR's music to the language. Taka is a fantastic vocalist, so let's just enjoy his amazing talent regardless of the language he chooses to sing in.   Now speaking more concretely about the new album, as I said, it's a good one for sure. Btw, good review, ! I agree in all points except concerning Suddenly, not that it's not a weak one, but I feel like the whole album keeps an invariable level all the way through. From the first track to the thirtieth, I have enjoyed each track the same way (though I still have doubts including Paper Planes). They are all good and that's what makes the album seem a bit short, as @allisapp pointed out in the following quote. A very relevant point and almost a totally neglected one.  
 
All in all, OOR delivered a good album. I'm joyfully looking forward to see what this band will become in the future! And yeah, before I forget, I consider that you just overrated the album, . I'd give it more like a 7/10, but that's just my very absolute and incontestable opinion.
 
As for Paper Planes, I consider that everything concerning the song has been said in this section of the review so I'm just gonna quote it as well.    

Awesome! I am so glad I wasn't the only who likes Paper Planes. First time I listened it, I had a huge WTF-reaction, but a listen after listen the track was getting to me. Now it's my favourite track from the album.
 
Paper Planes wasn't the only thing I liked - I must admit that I really like this 30 Seconds to Mars -sound, but I guess I am the only one who does... XD One of the best tracks was the intro, which is weird, because I have never liked intros before. This really got my blood pumping, such a great starter. Take me to the top was quite nice as well, though I don't like how... suddenly it starts. It took me a while to get into Cry out, and I still only like (partly) the chorus and the start of the song.
 
Loved Suddenly, but didn't like Heartache at all. Memories was quite nice as well, but I still haven't totally warmed up to it. Same with Decision. Liked One by One and Stuck in the Middle.
 
I guess the slow songs weren't hit for me in this album. Maybe the sound had something to do with it? Also, I couldn't help but notice how short the album seems like?

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Discography Albums
2008年06月04日 picnic
2010年03月10日 Misstopia
2011年08月03日 To (melt into)
2013年11月30日 zeitgeist
2014年10月15日 Rhapsody in beauty
EP
2007年11月07日 THE NOVEMBERS
2009年03月18日 paraphilia
2012年11月07日 GIFT
2013年05月15日 Fourth wall
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2011年08月03日 (Two) into holy
2014年05月14日 今日も生きたね
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This thread is necessary. Any other fans? ;3

Her words, not mine.
 
Does she look mixed to you?
 

I don't discount your theory. Doctors have been wrong before. When she said no chance of permanent recovery, I believed her, that's all.
 
Anyway, in a blog update I found out where her unusual band name comes from. Raglaia is a combination of R, as in Rami, and the Greek goddess Aglaia, the goddess of beauty and splendor.
 
Also found this: an autobiography of sorts she did for MusicJapanPlus. She described herself as "American and Okinawa mixed breed." I never would have guessed.

The video is no longer available. Btw, it breaks my heart when I see the track-list of that best-of. I mean, DEG's new album had 16 tracks on it. It is sad to see that a good/decent Visual Kei band can last enough to release a best-of with 16 tracks only.

http://i59.tinypic.com/2cz7zpx.jpg" width="200" /> Artist: ONE OK ROCK Album: 35xxxv Score: With a little help from their friends, this album is more than just OK.
The "3xxxv5" intro SE isn't anything particularly special. The only thing remarkable about it is the slight notes of electronics sprinkled in. This is a new addition in ONE OK ROCK's repertoire for 35xxxv and important if you're not fond of the bleep bloop trend in mainstream music, because it's sprinkled all throughout this album. As the hype train rolls into the station, "Take me to the top" welcomes you with a punch to the face. It slams into your eardrums abruptly and screams this isn't going to be like any ONE OK ROCK album you've heard before.

If you're already a fan of ONE OK ROCK, the first thing to catch your attention will be the giant jump up in English skills. Working with producer and album co-writer John Feldmann - whose voice can be heard seconds before the song starts as he chimes in, "...hold on, that's exactly what I'm talking about," - has done wonders for vocalist Taka and taken him well out of 'Engrish' territory where he's unfortunately been treading water for the last handful of albums. Their dream of attaining the sound of their American and European music idols has come to pass with the catchiness and content of "Take me to the top", along with the rest of the record, which is as good as anything you'd hear on American rock radio today. The band has thrown down the gauntlet with this high octane album opener. It houses just the right amounts of guitar phaser, tasteful autotune, and gang vocals to get your fist pumping mightily in the air.

The album has its fill of heavy hitters. This includes not one, but two, Rurouni Kenshin movie themes: A main theme in "Mighty Long Fall", and endroll theme "Heartache", respectively. "Mighty Long Fall" works well as the all encompassing flagship song for 35xxxv. The EDM influence is heavy in drummer Tomoya's stuttering hi-hat during the verses and a spacey synth heavy bridge. "Heartache" sits against it back to back in the tracklist, which I'm sure is gut wrenching for the movie fans as it's quite a beautiful song. While it's stripped down to acoustics for the first half it's not a typical ONE OK ROCK ballad, it branches out bigger and grander towards the end than their previous works with orchestral and electronic accompaniment. It's easy to imagine it bringing the theater audience to tears. The thirds single from the album, "Cry Out," rounds out the promotional tracks that carry the brunt of this album stylistically. It's a nice mid-tempo number, but that is also a double edged sword that aids it in remaining the least memorable of the three.

After this, it feels as if the tracks ping pong back and forth between the more classic ONE OK ROCK feeling and the songs that have John Feldmann's stronger influence in them. And it doesn't always sit 100% within the bands musical abilities, unfortunately. Feldmann is famous for being the vocalist/guitarist for the band Goldfinger, producer and co-writer for albums by: Sleeping With Sirens, Papa Roach, Hilary Duff, Panic at the Disco, Ashlee Simpson, and Good Charlotte, among a long list of others. "Cry Out" and "Mighty Long Fall" sandwich the less dynamic and more straight forward "Suddenly", which is one of the weaker songs on the album and justifiably needed the stronger songs to help keep things moving. The rebellious punk inspired "Memories" is situated directly between two down-tempo tracks, "Heartache" and the dismal Cool Fool Rock theme "Decision". The latter felt as if it also was written with the intention to have a punk flavor, judging by some of the guitar transitions in the chorus, but were toned down to almost a Nickelback "Someday" vibe... which makes every fiber of my being cringe in unison. It's already horribly overdone and too trite for a band as young as ONE OK ROCK. I know the boys wanted North American mainstream appeal, but this is not the way.

However, for every boring and stale decision made in the previous song, they absolutely make up for with the Kellin Quinn (vocalist for Sleeping With Sirens) feature track, "Paper Planes". Kellin, being the only guest vocalist I can remember in ONE OK ROCK history, helps this song stand out. But it's such a huge departure from the signature ONE OK ROCK sound that it demands an intense fan reaction of immediate love or vehement despise. "Paper Planes" is a party starter with loads of electronic drums. The guitars get pushed back in the mix as to not compete with the dual vocalists, but the riffs are still bouncy and just as catchy as anything the vocals have going on. One major complaint is Kellin's voice is higher than Taka's, and thusly cuts across more in the mix. It's hard to tell if this was intentional or not, but Taka joins Toru with the guitars in the back seat of this song. In spite of that, the song is so out of left field that it's hard pressed not to be the most memorable earworm on 35xxxv and possibly ONE OK ROCK's entire discography so far. It's just a pity Taka's voice isn't the one that's going to be stuck in my head for weeks with this track.

The tail end of this album brings back more of that old ONE OK ROCK feeling. The upbeat songs are reminiscent of Nicheシンドローム, and slower ballads bring to mind the more recent 人生×僕＝ which ONE OK ROCKers should enjoy, though, with upgraded language pronunciation and more straight forward lyrics. I believe it was smart on the bands part not to alienate their core fanbase entirely with this album. But it was certainly a blast to hear all the new elements that they included, giving Feldmann so much free reign and making a lot of these new elements feel like their natural progression. It may be hard hearing that this is the album the band has always intended to create once they gained the ability to do so, but I think the band is on the right path to making a footprint in the global market. And with the new friends made on recent tours, they have the right connections to take them wherever they want to go next. It's clear they aren't letting anything stop them now. This is the new and improved ONE OK ROCK and they're holding nothing back.

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黒夢(Kuroyume) RESPECT ALBUM "REVISION UNDERWEAR" will be released at 2015/03/25 (3,780yen)
 
[track list]
01.CAN'T SEE YARD (HER NAME IN BLOOD)
02.13 new ache (THE BROTHELS)
03.CANDY (トリルダン(TRILLDAN))
04.後遺症(kouishou)-aftereffect- (yazzmad)
05.BARTER (SPEECIES)
06.HELLO, CP ISOLATION (THE WASTED)
07.ミザリー(misery) (SAGA)
08.BAD SPEED PLAY (LOKA)
09.NEEDLESS (SAY MY NAME.)
10.SICK (THE BLACK SWAN)
11.アロン(alone) (凛(lin))
12.Heavenly (Vampillia)

I hate plug! I can't believe how people there dare to play music that I don't listen to! It's MH's room so it should be 99% visual kei, but no, instead it's indie rock and k-pop and whatnot. And what's even worse... PLUG IS KILLIN' THE CHAT!

Surprisingly awesome, I wonder why did I never heard about 'em. It's sad how the most amazing bands are always the most overlooked ones... Although Dødheimsgard seem to be quite well known. But whatever. They remind me Solefald for their avant-garde/experimental-ish side, and Aphelion Void is a 15:14 minutes track of pure enjoyment, I could say the same concerning the tracks you posted (Traces of Reality is tremendous). It looks like a great night to get into their entire discography and get lost into there, enjoying their amazing talent.

marionette, 君を壊すガラスの衝動, Rogue, 馬鹿ね。, メランコリック and ジプシー are kind of listenable but overall it's an awful album.  

i feel like sensei is missing something but still nice!
full mv

Plug.dj is so addicting. It just makes me angry I'm not better at multi-tasking so I could hang out with everyone in there more!! XD
I love chatting with everyone and seeing what they like to listen to on a day to day basis.

I love plugging with everyone and I'm always happy seeing others joining in! If those who do vote for the 5th option, it's be awesome to seem them give it a chance so we all can grow as a community, or at least pick up an activity we can all be together in and have fun with. Not only is it a great way to find new music interests as fitear at the top has said (and yes, you better come in moar, good sir!), but we're all enjoying one of our favourite hobbies in hearing and viewing music together while also chatting about it. Call me a shut-in (I won't deny this u-u), but it's an event I look forward to every day and has become an important and fun part of MH, at least to me. It's certainly the only party you'll see me at!

plug is love, plug is life

I wish I had more time to join, but it's always fun when I do. A great way to check out some new music and connect with the other members.

But, it would be awesome if plug allowed videos from other sites (vimeo, jpopsuki.tv, etc.)

(LOL, I wanna hear from the people who vote for "FUCK this site. It's ruining MH! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻")

Cutting the last poll a bit short to get things back on track.

How do you feel about plug.dj? Feel free to elaborate on your responses!
 
To submit a poll for the MH POLL OF THE WEEK, P.M. @CAT5 with your poll question, choices, and state whether it's multiple choice or not.

What the fuck, guys? Am I the only one who enjoy Dødheimsgard here? No way, that's can't be. Such an unique and great band, and when they seem to return to form after a decent, though very disappointing album, no-one even comments of the brilliant song? Disappoiting.
 
Kronet til Konge (10/10)

 
Monumental Possession (8/10)

 
Satanic Art (10/10)

 
666 International (9/10)

New Dødheimsgard track: http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2015-02-13/avant-black-metal-pioneers-dodheimsgard-preview-a-new-track

Oh! My! Fucking! God! Holy shit that is good. That is amazing. Those vocals, man. Immense!

Being a post hardcore x electronic band is okay, but mixed with pop rock? Only FFTH can do it! |
 
Fear From The Hate is a senior band from Garimpeiro Records (an indie loud music label). Being an electronicore in the beginning, they didn't fear to expand their music to other genre, such as pop, rock, punk, and even jazz. Although they changed members so many times, they keep producing music and active. "RETURNERS" is their latest mini album, as their comeback, because they bring the usual theme for their music: electronic and post hardcore!
 
The mini album contain 7 track (with 2 SE), 2 tracks already heard from their latest singles, 1 retake track, and 2 new tracks. After the first SE, they sent us with MEBIUS, a catchy and well made post hardcore track, combined with pop rock chorus, this track is a dope! It's like an anisong music, combined with scream, electronic, in a proportional. The most memorable moment is the guitar melodies in the end of the song. After this track, you will hear Silverwalker, from their latest single, it bring intense drumming and bleep bloop, epic breakdown. It rather has boring riff in the beginning and repeatable gang shout vocal. But, this version is better than the single IMO.
 
The next song is King Boy & Queen Girl, let's dance! Another catchy song with rap in the beginning, let you dance in the middle, and headbang! Honestly I didn't expect the heavy breakdown in a super catchy song lol. Then you can hear Alice, unique track from them, Disney x Post hardcore XD. First I hearing this, the track is very blend, but it's growing on me. Same with Silverwalker, I enjoy the album version than the single. After dramatic SE, you can hear Human VS.Creature, a retake track from their earlier mini album Cursed Screamers For All The Frozen Tears. This track changed better, with progressive sound and without autotune in vocal. If you missed the earlier FFTH, this kind of sound is what they did in the earlier.
 
Overall I like this mini album, very dope, the most disappointed thing only the few new tracks, I hope for full album! The vocalist Lidy can sing well without autotune, and I think they need second guitarist to fill in the rhythm/melodies, and bring more complicated sound. RETURNERS exceed 1961, not just being a pop rock sound, but bring their own color to post hardcore.

It would seem that some of the users here misread or misinterpreted this poll? I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for anyone's opinion on the album. Those who are attentive enough might notice that I intentionally omitted an option for "none" - which effectively makes that option and point of view entirely irrelevant for this thread's sake.
 
However, you're always bound to get those who are determined to share their opinions where they are neither wanted nor appreciated. It's the same ego-driven madness that coerces ppl to to click "dislike" on YT videos instead of closing the tab or going to another video. It's all painfully unnecessary, and I personally cringe upon witnessing it, but at the same time, it's a natural function of the human ego. When people see others praising something that they can't personally appreciate, the ego reads that as an attack, and so it feels the need protect, defend, and validate it's own existence - which is why you end up with worthless posts like some of the ones above.
 
But understanding and accepting this as the nature of things should help you get along with this kind of behavior much better I believe. 

I have listened to Élan several times now and yeah, I still like it but the song's weakness remains in the monotony. I mean, besides the fact that the song is kinda uninspired and sounds generic, the refrain comes after the verse almost without power. As a result, there is nothing to surprise the listener as the song has few variations and overall it is so predictable (and that's what makes it somewhat boring). In this regard, the alternative version is way better. Sagan is not bad, but it has a lot of flaws too. So overall the single could have been better. Anyway I just hope that they have picked an album filler to release this single. In which case we still can hope for an interesting album and if it's not so, well then.
 
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