Egnirys cimredopyh

it's true, so sad, and this one too
 
 

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I liked guernica no yoru the best, also femme fatale is pretty sweet. The singles were nice too~
didn’t really care for the rest 

europe got shafted that setlist is AWFUL LOL
 
guess i just don't really care for any of those remakes, woulda rather heard all of side b of TIW instead lololol (ranunculus can stay though---ew)
 

The Official Review team is back with the perfect accompaniment to the avalanche of Halloween candy and pumpkin spice lattes you're about to destroy your body with: the best j-tunes of the summer! This quarter includes a great variety of visual kei, J-Rock, and whatever the heck genre you'd call that second track that @CAT5 wants us to listen to. Come discover some new music that we've curated for you, or re-listen to your favorites now enhanced by the critiques of your favorite Monochromians. Let us temporarily transport you away from your boring job (at least in spirit if not in reality). Agree with our picks? Think we're idiots and shouldn't even be allowed to listen to music much less act as taste makers for the community? Good! Tell us why below.
 
 
@The Reverend's picks
 
"くしゃみ" (Kushami) by まみれた (Mamireta)

 
 
 
"Lemoned" by NITRO DAY

 
"New Order" by Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

 
 
 
@YuyoDrift's picks
 
"Obliterator" by JILUKA

 
"Knight of Sword" by Unlucky Morpheus

 
 
"MAD [K]" by DIMLIM

 
"絶縁体 (Zetsuentai)" by Dir en grey

 
 
@Zeus's picks
"Raununculus" by Dir en grey

 
 
"今宵は飄逸なエゴイスト ～ Ego,Schizoid,Beat." by Demetori

 
 
 
"make my story" by lenny code fiction

 
"RED SWAN" by YOSHIKI feat. HYDE

 
 
"GROTESQUE" by DIMLIM

 
 
"Renatus" by lynch.

 
@CAT5's picks
"Etude of solitude" by toe

 
"からかひ" (Karakai) by Sweet William と 青葉市子 (Ichiko Aoba)

 
Thanks for reading!

May as well remove half the album while you're at it and you'll end up with a solid mini-album 😛

Can't wait for the bangya to scream "Kyo-chaaan" and "Kaworu-samaaa" next to my ears :')

That video seems to be inspired by this:
I guess he likes some old mucc

Love that old school Kiyoharu reference 🙂

That video seems to be inspired by this:
I guess he likes some old mucc

yall  have no taste when it comes to looks smh, the weird shit is at least interesting and creative when you compare it to the boring-ass "check it out bro we're all wearing SUITS" or "dude we're totally wearing kimonos lmao we're so traditional" looks that way too many vk bands do nowadays
 
i'd much rather take the weird yoda stuff over smth like kiryu, who have basically been recycling the same 3 or 4 general styles their entire career, for example.. for people who claim to be into visual stuff a lot of y'all are still pretty quick to write off anything that deviates from the generic vk pretty boy norm

Opinions. 

I hope so. I’m not the type to get worried/emotional about celebrities I don’t even know irl but these lyrics really freak me out a bit. His other lyrics have had a poetic feel or just come of as him trying to shock people and be edgy but these seemed way more real. However he did say in a couple interviews that he was very adamant about Keibetsu to Hajimari being the first track and Ranunculus being the final track so it’s a good sign that the album ends with the one somewhat hopeful song.

Agree, some lyrics are really painful to read, especially because they’re so blunt and direct. I still think that despite some darker elements, the cover art has a very hopeful, peaceful and lively vibe. Maybe along with Ranunculus it’s somewhat symbolic of the light at the end of the tunnel that is this album. 😱

Welcome to the inferno
How may I take your order, sir?
 
New/different artist picture btw:

 
 
You can buy them on mercari, I think. For like 500 JPN or so.
 
Some excerpts from the upcoming ROCKIN'ON interview (thanks to kyotaku, as always):
 
 

Can i go one week on here without having to say the following again?
 
Turn on your location. I just wanna talk.
 
We not bout to disrespect one of holiest DIR EN GREY songs to date here

Sustain grew on me, at least its not as boring as the inferno

Keibetsu to Hajimari, you pleb! Turn in your fan card!

In top 5:
05. Aka
04. Values of Madness
03. Keigaku no Yoku
02. Zetsuentai
01. Keigaku no Hajimari
 
Remakes are all top tier too. I even set up a little playlist with the most recent remakes all in one.

For me it's Celebrate Empty Howls, Rubbish Heap, Followers, Keigaku no yoku. I actually really like the rapping part in Values of Madness but the rest of the song falls a little short IMO.

Is there somekind of rivalry going on between Dir en grey and The Gazette? I know nothing about VK, but I see a lot of comparisions and feud-like commentaries about them. Seems like the 'Metallica VS Megadeth' of the VK scene. Is it possible Rubish Heap was somekind of parody to The Gazette? I'm really clueless about this enmity. Honestly, I like both bands, but comparing them is like comparing Slipknot to Maudlin of the Well (The Gazette would be Slipknot, obviously).
 
Everything from 'Aka' to 'Ranunculus', except for 'Values of Madness'. The second half of the album has the kind of sound I wanted the band to pursue after Arche. 'Aka' would be the ideal: I'd love hearing an album full of songs like it or 'Rinkaku'. A dreamy atmosphere, almost nostalgic, goth rock arpeggios, post-metal/shoegaze-esque chords, sludgy riffing, soaring solos and of course, Kyo's high vocals.
 
In terms of favourite, 'Zetsuentai' is my definitive choice: I love this kind of songs, and I would also love the band to make an album full of long, progressive dirges like 'Vinushka' or 'Diabolos'. They may be predictable (eerie intro, arpeggios, melodic chorus, build up, death metal/core drumming and riffin, etc.), but I really love them. 
 
In fact, I know this is kind of early and pointless, but... What would you like to see on future albums? I would honestly love a double album: CD 1 could be agressive, weird and catchy, while CD 2 could be more experimental and progressive. Just a tought.

訳 is used differently grammatically but yeah. Kyo really likes to be clever and obscure with his Kanji use. The lyrics to 理由 have so many outdated alternate Kanji that my gf can’t even read it. 
 
I actually really like the Kigan remake although I never had a huge emotional attachment to the original. I like the more aggressive chorus while retaining the feel of the verses but I can understand someone not liking the changes since the atmosphere is different even if the composition hasn’t changed much.
 

Rubbish Heap, Aka, Values of Madness, Followers, Keigaku no Yoku

Those three + Zetsuentai