TatsuSan

I've finally listened to the album, and the only tracks I really like are SANDMAN, DEAD or ALIVE, and Superhero (kind of). This album has the same problem as Plastic Tree's 十色定理: the album features mostly good compositions with mostly atrocious vocals. IMO, Tatsurou is the weakest link and ruins most songs, except for SANDMAN. His voice has been progressively getting worse over the past few years, and I don't see it improving. I don't know how I could describe it, if it'd be accurate to say his higher notes are more nasally/grating. He should either change his style or retire. In the meantime, MUCC is another band I am ready to stop paying attention to.
 
壊れたピアノとリビングデッド was a fluke

Well, Unlike the other opinions I LOVE THIS ALBUM A LOT!
 
Is the perfect mix of mucc's style and It is the most varied album to date along with Myakuhaku and Shangri-La but more varied than the last 2.
Old Nu-Metal Style like Ameria, Crack and Sandman (Experimentation point)
Jazzy Styles like Jikokeno
Psychodelia Style like Friday the 13th.
Industrial Metal Style like Aku-Jusicte- & Dead Or Alive
Soft Rock Song like COBALT
Alternative Metal with Rock Elements like Kurage and Super Hero (Tatsuro Dedicate this song to his Father after dead)
Mid 2000 Nu Metal Style like Memai and Sei To Shi To Kimi
Punk Rock Songs like Kamikaze Over Drive and My World
Power Ballads Like Alpha and Spica
 
I like the 3 Bonus Track and in my opinion is very ambitious do 83 Minutes Music TODAY... Unlike the same things that are on the TOP List....
 
The innovation is a prominent and understimate skill that bands like MUCC can be proud of them.
 
This is only my opinion, every person can Hate or Love it like they want.

I think it’s very important for MUCC albums to be 69 minutes long
 
I love the gag

That track with Hazuki on guest vocals wins the award for best (probably) unintentional comedy song of the year. What the actual fuck was that?
Aside from that: these guys REALLY didn't need to make this album as long as it is. Like a good 70% of the tracks sound like they were written by some deep learning MUCC AI and quite a few of the songs themselves end up feeling  way longer than they need to be for some reason (Self Hate and My WORLD being two of the main offenders). Also - they really do love that generic ''JUMP THE FUCK UP'' nu-metal rhythm these days don't they?
 
The only songs I can really say I 'liked' were Kurage and Ameria (and i feel like i already partially forgot what both sounded like by the time the album ended). That previous album must've been an accidental fluke.

Well, this was.... an album.
 
I have very little to say about this because most of the songs didn't even register on any scale, they were just there, trying too hard to "be something". Which sometimes worked real well (海月), sometimes terribly (惡 -JUSTICE-), and sometimes even quite hilariously (目眩). Very bloated and unnecessary overall.

A group of aging musicians throwing the kitchen sink in a flailing effort that has too much combined skill and experience to be anything laughably bad. Unfortunately that doesn't stop it from being dreadfully boring and tedious to sit through. They're basically in this part of their careers where they are reaching into every direction, like bringing up that nu metal bounce from their past and the fascination with novelty instruments and other gimmickry to liven up the arrangements that are basically par for the course for them. A bunch of dudes who know how to make songs had a bunch of ideas and this is what came out of it. 

I picked a bad time to try out MUCC again huh?

Strong record. The album feels so fresh..like they‘re in their 20s again lol 
First half is spectacular , 2nd is good; mostly filled with the standard MUCC-formula. 
*edit. I like the old Ameria single version more than the album version 

Strong record. The album feels so fresh..like they‘re in their 20s again lol 
First half is spectacular , 2nd is good; mostly filled with the standard MUCC-formula. 
*edit. I like the old Ameria single version more than the album version 

To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of MUCC's first-ever single "娼婦/廃" (Shoufu/Hai), the band will release a special re-recorded version titled "娼婦 2020" (Shoufu 2020). Tooru Yoshida (keyboardist/producer who has supported MUCC in various ways recently) has overseen the production of this release, while guitarist Miya dealt with remastering duties where applicable. Famed horror mangaka Junji Ito did the cover art (who also designed the band's classic "Houmura uta" cover). The single is a made-to-order product, so they will only produce as many copies as the number of orders they receive for it, starting from 2020/06/09.
 
Tracklist:
 
01 娼婦 (Shoufu) 2020
02 娼婦 (Shoufu) 2006
03 娼婦 (Shoufu) 2000 Original Mix
04 娼婦 (Shoufu) 1999 Demo
 
Cover art:
 
 
(There's also a whole line of Junji Ito collaboration goods being produced apparently.)

They need to take a break...Tatsus voice is getting worse every year.Those thousands of lives are paying tribute..He sounded best around 2004-2007 
And yes Ameria is one of their bests in a decade

reminder that karma was the absolute best album they EVER made

That album, zekuu and kuchiki no tou will never be topped... those are holy trio

They're doing a making-of DVD feature for this album? Really? They just thought it was that good, huh? m'kay that's not delusional
 
It's not the steaming pile of shit I was low-key anticipating, but it wasn't that great. Starts off strong, but then just drops halfway. The weaker songs are only as weak as they are because Tatsurou ruins them, the music itself is decent at worst. What the hell happened to him, anyway? He used to be good, right? Is every VK vocalist's voice just turning to shit lately? We got Arimura, we've got that stupid nose job guy from 己龍, and now this dude.
 
Still, my expectation: 壊れたピアノ > 悪 >> 脈拍

Are they ever going to surpass Homura Uta?

I was kinda looking forward to this album, but seeing how I'm struggling with just the previews (I turned it off halfway in due to boredom/cringe) this one's prolly not for me...

Okay so the previous album was just an accidental fluke or something because this mostly sounds like ass. Ameria's still one of the best tracks they've released over the past decade though

Sandman sounds interesting, but everything else is typical mucc eh

Well, not really. Myakuhaku had 14 songs, including 4 singles which have been released beforehand which makes 10 new songs only.
I prefer bands releasing a shorter album and no singles actually.
 
Their self cover albums, the tribute album and Jigen Bakudan has been released under MSHN already, so I'm not surprised. Seems like their contract with Sony expired.

I just listened to サイコ at Tatsuro’s radio program and DUDE I am blown away. It’s a song that matches very well their concept photos. It sounds like how the pictures look, if that makes sense. 
I can’t wait to listen to the whole album and cry. That’s it from me *mic drop*

So... no Kuchiki no tou pt 2 then...
 
/jk
 
Still interested though. 

Aaaand I'm out>.>

The VIP-members can pre-order the CD until 2019.01.10.
The album will have 8 songs. (Limited edition : 6400 yen; regular edition : 3000 yen)
Apparently, they tried to experiment by implementing jazz, classic, violins, pianos etc.

So it is a mini album. 
 
Bummer.