Mihenno 4195 Posted January 15, 2017 I don't have time to write fully detailed reviews, so I'm just going to share with you my favorite releases and songs from 2016 with short blurbs. Also, these aren't best to least best, they're all equal to me and it'd be pretty hard to choose one over the others so they're not in any specific order except maybe alphabetically. Enjoy and thanks for reading! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ・FAVORITE RELEASES・ 甘い暴力 - 嘘キス Honestly, fucking phenomenal. 10/10. This is the new unit that was formed after the disbandment of 黒姫の夢遊病 and 白日ノ夢. I can't wait for them to release more music in 2017 because this song is lit. ----- AmyDolly - creation Literally disgusted at myself for liking this. There's something super addictive about it even though it sounds atrocious. I just can't get enough. Both songs are cringeworthy yet bangers at the same time??? ----- アンフィル - アクア This is probably my favorite Anfiel song EVER. Shogo's voice is so smooth and sexy like milk and it just flows nicely throughout the entire song. ----- Axkey - アイシア/DAHLIA Both songs are super catchy and the vocals suit the music perfectly. Pretty perfect release to me <3 ----- BLESSCODE - Imperial City I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A SONG LIKE THIS. FROM THE CHORUS TO THE SOLO, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. I THINK THIS WAS THE SINGLE OF THE YEAR THAT I WAS MOST HYPED FOR EVER SINCE I HEARD THE PREVIEWS EVEN NOW WHEN I LISTEN TO IT, I'M STILL LIKE "OH FUCK" The 2 other tracks on this release compliment the single exceptionally. This release is just so well-rounded and hot like fuck omg ----- DECAYS - Baby who wanders More like "Baby who fucks me up" This was a nice surprise this year. I normally wouldn't have given this a listen, but a lot of people were saying such good things about it and I can see why. I can get down with any song that has a violin in it tbh. ----- dexcore - The Dead Sea This was probably right under Imperial City for single I was most hyped for. I'm really not into harsh and brutal vocals, but when they're paired with hot, angelic clean vocals, then I'm into them. The chorus in The Dead Sea is fucking phenomenal. It's also my ringtone. Mistake and Hunger are fucking lit as well. I can't wait to hear more from these guys! ----- FoLLoW - FoLLoW If you haven't listened to FoLLoW yet, do yourself a favor and listen to this album. I know the album art is atrocious but their music is SO GOOD. Ever since hiroki showed me プラネタリウム, I've been hooked. It's a shame they decided to disband. ----- 白日ノ夢 - 白き記憶 I don't even know what to say other than THIS MINI ALBUM IS FUCKING AWESOME. Kou is for sure one of my favorite vocalists and every release is phenomenal. I can't think of one release that I didn't like between Shounenki, Hakujitsu, and Kurohime. 事例03 -策略- from this release is a fucking B A N G E R ----- Kra - 宇宙トラベラー [CELL+CORE] Another band that has yet to release something that I didn't like. While these are 2 separate mini albums, I'm counting them as a whole because they're equally brilliant. Songs like Eclipse are highly reminiscent of Kra's earlier songs and I'm glad they revisit earlier sounds. ----- 黒姫の夢遊病 - リィザ SLEEPING BEAUTY, NIGHTMARE KISS PAINFUL PRINCESS RIZA SLEEPLESS BEAUTY, FEAR, EVIL KISS DARKNESS BEAUTY RIZA RIZA SAVE ME RIZAAAAA ----- 凛 - 「the end of corruption world」 Kisaki pls come back All my jams packed into one release ----- MAN WITH A MISSION - The World's On Fire Whoa... something that's not vk. This is probably my favorite album by MWAM. The first 3 tracks are so explosive that I couldn't help myself but to venture further into the album. ----- ピノキオ - Melancholy box Someone made a status about this album, so I decided to check it out and I was extremely pleased. Pleasant album from start to finish with some really stand-out tracks! ----- RAINDIA - トラッシュジュウス Another release that surprised me this year. I listened to this single on repeat for 4 hours while I was on a plane. I can easily listen to 碧落ノ彼岸花 on repeat all day. ----- RAZOR - RED INVISIBLE After losing interest in BORN in 2012, my initial thought was: "I'm going to hate this." Did I? Not at all. Surprise surprise. I literally found all 6 tracks enjoyable. PRIMARY and RED ZONE are my favorites. ----- SHIVA - 救世主-メシア- UH........ RIDICULOUSLY GOOD. LIKE DAMN. ----- 少年記 - TIMELESS BANG ME one last time. ----- vistlip - Snowman I haven't enjoyed a vistlip single in its entirety since CHIMERA. Either the singles weren't that great, or there was a B side I didn't care for. With Snowman, I could get behind all 3 tracks which is the first since 2013 LOL ----- パノラマ虚構ゼノン - XENON BEST SELECTION YAAAAAAASSSSS SO MANY BANGERS ----- -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - オキラ Dude this release was crazy good especially 本当はね、私わるい子。 ----- 10 hiroki, enyx, echo and 7 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mihenno 4195 Posted January 15, 2017 ・FAVORITE SONGS・ Aimer - us アンティック-珈琲店- - JIBUN アンフィル - オフレコディスコ アンフィル - 指切り アンフィル - ラヴァ アンフィル - Lamplight=melody アンフィル - セピア Angelo - リテラシー アルルカン - omit ASTARIA - Dancing rendez-vous!! Axkey - クリアノート BLESSCODE - Gone with the Wind BRATBAX - Jailbird BUCK-TICK - DEVIL'S WINGS Develop One's Faculties - この世界が嫌いな人へ DIV - 神様がもしいるなら Fixer - MaercS GARAK'S - ガラクタヒーロー GLAM GRAMM@R - リトル・マーメイド ~the First Love~ グラムヘイズ - 優しい街 グラムヘイズ - ハナムケノウタ グラムヘイズ - I say goodbye,what about you? GOTCHAROCKA - Ash GRIMOIRE - ネバーエンド 白日ノ夢 - 事例02 -お祈り- Initial'L - MOON LIGHT DOWN KAVKA - Nameless 清春 - FUGITIVE 黒姫の夢遊病 - 旅立ちの輪舞曲 黒姫の夢遊病 - 黒猫姫 LIEVRE CLAY - Infinite Loop LIEVRE CLAY - colors LIPHLICH - シャルルの憂鬱 LONDBOY - アイリス #ロストワールド - メルトリアム the LOTUS - ダムド 『Awaking "-ELIZA-"』 the LOTUS - HALION Luccica - ButterfLux Lydiar - the Elpis Megamasso - ふとん史 Migimimi sleep tight - GOODBYE MORRIGAN - NECRO THE NOVEMBERS - 美しい火 ペンタゴン - ドラマ Purple Stone - パニックパニック! Purple Stone - パラダイス・ダンス the Raid. - Let's Get Crazy the Raid. - Re:born Rides in ReVellion - Seirios Rides in ReVellion - Another... Rides in ReVellion - Close. Rides in ReVellion - RAIN Royz - R.I.P SALIVAN - TRUST SALIVAN - Clever Trap SALIVAN - PROGRESS 砂月-SATSUKI- - CRYING SHIVA - 蟻-ARI- SHIVA - VARUNA SHIVA - キミノカゲ SHIVA - DayBreak 少年記 - 離さない Sioux - カミオ TRA TRA TRA - メルト umbrella - アラン UNiTE. - 無限ピクセル vistlip - Imitation Gold vistlip - 彩〔Re:Birth〕 ViV - anagram ViV - EMOTION ザアザア - カミソリ -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - 悪いのはバンドマン -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - 死んでほしい -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - 愛シ貴女狂怪性 -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - 小夜時雨 -真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - 一祭合祭 ぞんび - 墓場 de ラヴソング 7 echo, BrenGun, Zeus and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CAT5 9075 Posted January 16, 2017 Yassssssssssssssssssssssss, Aimer! That DECAYS album was such a pleasant surprise! 1 Mihenno reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiroki 5521 Posted January 16, 2017 9 hours ago, Mihi said: ・FAVORITE SONGS・ SALIVAN - Clever Trap [...] vistlip - 彩〔Re:Birth〕 !!!!! were you drunk when you wrote your list? lololol anyway, nice list a little surprised you chose Snowman over CONTRAST for vistlip though. but i agree that everything vistlip did in 2016 (EXCEPT aya rebirth) was wayyy better than disasters like COLD CASE. so that's a relief. i'm also surprised how many people REALLY liked anfiel's aqua. i mean, yeah i love it (obviously) but was it markedly better than the other stuff they did in 2016?? i'm probably too biased to tell though haha.. also loved everything Axkey did, especially Fantasia, which placed just outside my top 10 singles. RAINDIA was a nice surprise too... never thought i'd buy their stuff when they first started out. 2 yakihiko and Mihenno reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yakihiko 1480 Posted January 16, 2017 Cool list! Thank you for this 白日ノ夢's mini... what can I say besides of being a lovely release? I hope Kra can do more great releases like that to us all ;D "This is probably my favorite Anfiel song EVER" Same here! アクア is by far my favorite song too <3 Also you made "オフレコディスコ" and "指切り" for favorites from their respectives singles, they are for me as well Looking for vistlip's and don't find CONTRAST songs, I have to agree with hiroki, that was a surprise lol Happy to see Aimer, I have totally forgot about her release with TK! Still need to listen to. I haven't listened to Lamplight=melody and Snowman yet so can't talk about it. 1 Mihenno reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echo 547 Posted January 17, 2017 On 1/16/2017 at 5:37 AM, Mihi said: If you haven't listened to FoLLoW yet, do yourself a favor and listen to this album. I know the album art is atrocious but their music is SO GOOD. Ever since hiroki showed me プラネタリウム, I've been hooked. It's a shame they decided to disband. <333333333333333333 and yay! Tra!!! <33333333 I've heard of Man With a Mission! I think someone recommended them to me a while ago, but I just never got around to listening to them. I'll definitely give them a try! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites