Xhide1 30 Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) New original album will be released 2020.7.29 01. Unfinished 02. Unending Sorceress 03. Near The End 04. 籠の鳥 05. Salome 06. Make your choice 07. Top of the "M" 08. Dogura Magura 09. Carry on singing to the sky 3,080円 https://diskunion.net/metal/ct/detail/HMHR200615-200 New visual: Edited June 15, 2020 by Xhide1 2 1 CAT5, GuancheVK and Romlaw reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himeaimichu 1535 Posted June 15, 2020 This band keeps getting more Vkei and I'm all here for it 3 YuyoDrift, Xerath and Xhide1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakarimashita 317 Posted June 15, 2020 About damn time, after the little preview of 籠の鳥 (6 months ago!) I thought they forgot they had an album to release, lol 1 Xhide1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) I wonder if they couldn't finish the album 😅 considering there are few songs this time it might be the case... Edited June 15, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romlaw 82 Posted June 15, 2020 Fuki ascended to demon waifu status The hype is through the roof now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuancheVK 1658 Posted June 15, 2020 I'll be attentive to cdjapan to buy it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuyashii 124 Posted June 17, 2020 Those guys are hard-working uh? Change of Generation wasn't that long ago and IIRC they actually released an acoustic album and some remake of their touhou stuff after that? I really liked the japanese-folky song with the japanese name, it is a very interesting change of pace from the rest of their stuff. They do the overly bombastic symphonic power metal thing very well, but it just becomes pretty stale after a while, so it's interesting to hear them mixing those sounds with a more modern metal sinfluence. Not sure about the previews since those are probably choruses (which are usually the more power metally parts of their songs) but I still hope they include some other influences in their music. I won't lie but as much as Fuki is pretty much perfect vocally wise, once you heard one recent song by her, you've listened to them all. Haven't heard any recent vocal performance by her that truly stood out. Everything has the same big ass vibrato-laden notes in the same range and tbh her voice has been sounding a tad lower nowadays and her vibrato sometimes sounds a bit uncontrolled (as evidenced by the last track). I don't blame her for getting older, and you need to acknowledge she still performs ato an absurdly high stake degree, but the impact of hearing her vocal performances nowadays is considerably lower compared to something like Light Bringer's Resistance from 2010, for instance. I don't like the song much, but the track at 2:02 is interesting to hear from a vocal standpoint, her "j-poppy" voice is pretty cool for a change. Her low register and her operatic head voice could really be explored more IMO (oddly she used those voices much more during the pre-2010 Light Bringer albums when she still hadn't found her voice yet). Cool to hear Hirano's growls improving so much lately too. 1 Wakarimashita reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakarimashita 317 Posted June 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, kuyashii said: Those guys are hard-working uh? Change of Generation wasn't that long ago and IIRC they actually released an acoustic album and some remake of their touhou stuff after that? I really liked the japanese-folky song with the japanese name, it is a very interesting change of pace from the rest of their stuff. They do the overly bombastic symphonic power metal thing very well, but it just becomes pretty stale after a while, so it's interesting to hear them mixing those sounds with a more modern metal sinfluence. Not sure about the previews since those are probably choruses (which are usually the more power metally parts of their songs) but I still hope they include some other influences in their music. I won't lie but as much as Fuki is pretty much perfect vocally wise, once you heard one recent song by her, you've listened to them all. Haven't heard any recent vocal performance by her that truly stood out. Everything has the same big ass vibrato-laden notes in the same range and tbh her voice has been sounding a tad lower nowadays and her vibrato sometimes sounds a bit uncontrolled (as evidenced by the last track). I don't blame her for getting older, and you need to acknowledge she still performs ato an absurdly high stake degree, but the impact of hearing her vocal performances nowadays is considerably lower compared to something like Light Bringer's Resistance from 2010, for instance. I don't like the song much, but the track at 2:02 is interesting to hear from a vocal standpoint, her "j-poppy" voice is pretty cool for a change. Her low register and her operatic head voice could really be explored more IMO (oddly she used those voices much more during the pre-2010 Light Bringer albums when she still hadn't found her voice yet). Cool to hear Hirano's growls improving so much lately too. I will have to agree with most of what you just said. At this point it's all about how long you can endure the same sound over and over again - vocalist included. So far so good to me... 1 kuyashii reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuyashii 124 Posted June 17, 2020 While I feel like the comparision might not be 100% adequate, I feel like it's similar to what Kyo's vocals in DeG became recently: it was mindblowing to hear him doing 4 or 5 different vocal styles and spanning 2,5-3 octaves in every song he was singing at first, but not only it became stale to hear, his voice started declining to a point where he couldn't really do as well as he used to and as a result of both factors, every new song was becoming increasingly underwhelming to hear. The unfair part is that you can hardly say there was a decline in Fuki's voice to begin with (just likely her voice maturing like it happens with every human being), while Kyo is another story altogether. BTW, I just noticed that the part that begins and finishes the teaser sound a lot like a part of "Art of Life" by X Japan. Not accusing it to be plagiarism, maybe it was a homage, I know that Hirano is a big X fan and they have a song called "Jealousy" that is highly influenced by X in style and arrangement (as well as being a nod to X's "Silent Jealousy" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, kuyashii said: BTW, I just noticed that the part that begins and finishes the teaser sound a lot like a part of "Art of Life" by X Japan. Not accusing it to be plagiarism, maybe it was a homage, I know that Hirano is a big X fan and they have a song called "Jealousy" that is highly influenced by X in style and arrangement (as well as being a nod to X's "Silent Jealousy" Probably it's a homage for Angra, wich Shiren is a big fan too. Their song Carry On uses the same part from Schubert's symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) I believe that's why the name of the album... and Ankimo's song is called "Carry on singing to the sky" 😅 Edited June 18, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuancheVK 1658 Posted June 18, 2020 I already have it pre-ordered. I love its power metal sound Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukami 5086 Posted June 29, 2020 2 Xhide1 and GuancheVK reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Amazing song and MV!! I love the new visual Edited June 29, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakarimashita 317 Posted June 29, 2020 Neat track, but I feel like they recycled both the environment (same abandoned facility?) and visual effects (backwards lipsynch?) from CADAVER/REVADAC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Yeah i think it's the same location from CADAVER's MV🤔 the moon effect is very cool btw Fuki will release a new solo blu-ray: Edited June 29, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yukimoto 1237 Posted June 29, 2020 that song was pretty epic. They just get better and better! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted August 4, 2020 it's available on Spotify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Kyo_Toriko 537 Posted September 15, 2020 Just finished my first time to listen through the whole album! I must say, this album is really decent, and mixing up symphonic metal was so great! And the first half tracks remind me some X-Japan vibes, Anyway, I think I need to listen to it more to digest the whole album! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jun_ 383 Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/14/2020 at 11:21 AM, Yukami said: I'm in love with this song. And I love the fact they did it for André Matos (ex-ANGRA, ex-Shaaman, Viper) who died last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) QUADRATUM From Unlucky Morpheus『Loud Playing Workshop』 release : 2021/01/27 Edited December 21, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xhide1 30 Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Jill is awesome ! Edited December 26, 2020 by Xhide1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites