lynch. - roaring in the dark

Okay.. so lynch. seems to have lost their metalness, as if Hazuki forgot he was in DEATHGAZE OF ALL BANDS. Not that I dislike soft music, but.. when it's done in a way that's more boring than anything, I just get irritated. Anyway, onto the review.

The single starts with an awesome riff, but suddenly wanders off and gets lost in generic VK land. Then I wanna turn it off, then remember I have to listen to the whole thing a couple times to review it. I really don't like the fact that the riffs are featherweight, the couple parts where he screams are kept under a wet pillow, and overall, this song could have been pulled off by any random dime-a-dozen VK band. After this crap ends, then we're treated to what could be a quarter of lynch. This would be much better, if there were more.. punch to it, because they're not so good at the whole whisper-to-scream thing. It just sounds silly here. The little growly bit is pretty powerful here, though. But after that it immediately nosedives again. I don't really get why they decided that they didn't want to evolve.. Instead they went into clicheland and now ANYONE could do their music. And soon enough, the fangirls and stuck up elite folk will eat it up.

Okay! I shall now wait for something else to come up on my radar. Maybe Danger Gang, maybe something that came out just in time for me to give you a review, or maybe even something that isn't new. Whatever it is, I hope it won't be as annoying or boring as reviewing this.

Dir en grey - Agitated Screams of Maggots

STOP. CANNON TIME. Here's where I give my (underappreciated) opinion on Dir en grey, once again! Ah yes, ah yes. So, here's the lowdown.

LOL DIS SINGL SUX ITZ SOOOO WESTURN OMG I H8 DEEROO NOW I WSH DEY WER STIL VK!11!111!1!!!1 2 MUCH SKREEMIN KYO SUX GRRHRHFRDGG DEY KOPY FVT BANDZSZZ I KAN HEER IT GAAH DEYRE SO LAZYYYYY

:| Happy? I bet not because I just made a mockery of mose Diru 'fans' who stick around just to be annoying and like a wrench in the gears. I don't mind bad reviews-- but when someone repeats themselves over and over without ANY good points that actually could be used in a conversation and not a bash/attack, that's trolling, Officer. That's pretty much what everyone does, except us few who actually like it. There's no way to justify hanging around and just over and over saying the same tired lines about every time they do ANYTHING, even announce TOUR DATES. It all comes down to this: Take your bland VK bands, and just leave. Damn. Is it that hard to realize the band doesn't give a rat's ass what you think about their current direction? Obviously, if they've done a repeat offence for two albums, going on three, they WANT to do this. So.. in short, shut the hell up.

So anyway! With my nearly-no-holds-barred-I-bet-if-people-read-this-I'd-be-flamed-by-total-jerks rant out of the way, I shall now actually review this thing.

The main.. song.. thing.. it's just what I wanted. It's almost perfect. All it's missing is a grooving breakdown and a nice quick blastbeat. Other than that, it's a great direction for them to go in, because, face it, he'll probably sing this better live. (See: Sleazoid) He doesn't have to do any showoffy stuff here, which he seems incapable of doing due to him using too much of his energy at once, so he should be able to at least not be absolutely terrible. But, back to the single. The production is much better than anything post VULGAR. Everything's pretty clear, and Kyo isn't buried or overpowering. Shinya's audible! It makes me smile... almost. Well, actually, the only sad part is when the song ends.

So, next, we have the live ones. THIS is what people should be ragging on, instead of the single-- the single was awesome. This, on the other hand.. this is just.. not acceptable. I'm sure if they release it on some DVD it'll be just fine. SEEING Kyo make the errors somehow soothes the mind. After it's been raked up by the horrible sounds he makes during clean vocal parts. ..Then you can tell, the horrible sounds are caused by him overworking himself. So, all is well by then.

Okay! There we go! I just let out a little frustration at fanbases and reviewed a nice single while at it. I even listened to it twice! Now, I'll wait to see if anyone gets mad enough to comment or something. See you next week when I will probably review... something recent. Whatever comes to mind. XD

Gazette - Filth in the Beauty

I'm too lazy to make it look fancy and whatnot.. so yeah. What you see is what you get. XD

The main track is excellent. The beginning sounds like you're listening to the wrong song, but a thick riff reassures the listener. The song itself is pretty catchy, it's missing a screw here, a bolt there, but overall is a nice song. I feel they should have elaborated on a few parts, but that's okay. The song is still great. It's nothing to really go crazy over, but it's something nice to listen to here and there. Rich Excrement is kind of mish-mashy with its blurry riffs (see Saku), incoherent rambling (see Piass), and.. enjoyability! (see BOTH). The shouty parts sound fist-raise-worthy. The only thing is.. the song ends in a really botchy kinda way. Where.. you're like "Huh? That's.. it?" Crucify Sorrow can just.. I don't know. Go party over there with.. Bath Room and BARETTA. It has a good riff here and a good one there, but Ruki stumbles about with his exaggerated tongue rolls. It's kind of annoying when the song ain't that great. He REALLY abuses the double-track-rule here too. Not Behemoth level, but still..

Okay, that's all folks! Yes, I know, I skipped a week. It was either that or do a half-baked review of UnsraW's Gate of Death.. which would be just as boring as the single itself.