Waruiyatsu! (c/w old(er) photo from Cure) is a promising young band. It seems they'd be better live, but from what I heard, they're excellent. In a weird way, too. None of them are especially talented, but together they're great. They're basically your average VK band, but they do the average sound so well, it's good. I've been listening to their single, guaku since July, and I still like it. Can't wait to hear more from these guys. Approved!
Lucy seriously needs to release something. I stumbled across a live recording and it was absolutely stunning. Their bassist plays an upright, which is like, the coolest thing ever. The singer has a Mako-esque voice, except he can actually scream and growl (And really well, too!), the guitarists use dissonance in a way that doesn't sound like a cheap metalcore band, and the dark gloomy mood isn't overdone. Moar! Moar!
Chariots, the new project of Riku, the ex-singer of Phantasmagoria, still minion to Kisaki. I suspect there's a Pumpkin Head guitarist in this band. I can sense his style. But when it comes to these guys, three of them are very talented. The singer and the guitarists. The bassist and drummer are just.. there. Their single, Jade/Cold Pray is pretty interesting. It has something for all kinda of fans. Jade for the people who like hard VK (Like me!!!) Cold Pray for those symphonic-type-VK-people.. and Marvel for people who like boring vonus trucks (with bits of awesome!). Approved.. for now.
Dali fell WAY off of my radar a while ago, but they look super cool right now so I decided to at least poke at their new mini album, the world is mine. It came on and I wasn't really expecting anything special, but I was pleasantly suprised by it. They sound more.. slick and maybe a little badass right now. Except.. All of their awesome was concentrated into two songs, and the others are sub-par. But that's alot better than they've been before December 12th. Approved!
Suicide Ali, who doesn't have good pictures, and has really hard to get music hasn't impressed me with their recently surfaced single, Representa. It's not bad, but it's not really good either. It's just.. an average industrial-influenced rock song. But.. their re-recording of THIS NEW ORDER is absolutely horrible. The song was good in the first place, so why re-record it with ameteur mixing, bad vocals, and horribly recorded basslines? There's basically no point in that. So.. next.
I honestly expected Billy to suck. It didn't. Butterfly United is amazing. Their musicianship and cooperation is so nice. The notes they choose are very.. unusual. It's hard to predict where they're going with a song, which I like. Tons. The only actual complaint I have about them is one I've been thinking about many a time lately. Tsubuku, their bassist is not as prominent as he used to be anymore. This seems to apply to many bass heavy VK bands as of late. The sample that was on their site honestly had me worried. It was oshare-covered syrupy cheese. Which would taste pretty bad. But.. like Dozing Green, it had me fooled! It turned out to be really good. Nice job, Billy. Approved!
R-15 a.k.a. R-18 a.k.a. Catheline a.k.a. make up your frickin' minds is an example of a band who makes no progress. Their mini album, Beautyful Sad Song is not only spelled wrong but not very good. Mamo can't sing in that voice. He should sing more naturally or.. not at all. He's good at the growly stuff with the singety sing chorus, but a whole song where he keeps trying to actually sing? no thanks. It worked on their single-type-thing, Nihil Party, but on this one, he isn't singing the right notes and it sounds just awful. It's not even the adorable kind of "he can't sing" like early GHOST recordings. Well, at least they look nice.
I honestly expected Billy to suck. It didn't. Butterfly United is amazing. Their musicianship and cooperation is so nice. The notes they choose are very.. unusual. It's hard to predict where they're going with a song, which I like. Tons. The only actual complaint I have about them is one I've been thinking about many a time lately. Tsubuku, their bassist is not as prominent as he used to be anymore. This seems to apply to many bass heavy VK bands as of late. The sample that was on their site honestly had me worried. It was oshare-covered syrupy cheese. Which would taste pretty bad. But.. like Dozing Green, it had me fooled! It turned out to be really good. Nice job, Billy. Approved!R-15 a.k.a. R-18 a.k.a. Catheline a.k.a. make up your frickin' minds is an example of a band who makes no progress. Their mini album, Beautyful Sad Song is not only spelled wrong but not very good. Mamo can't sing in that voice. He should sing more naturally or.. not at all. He's good at the growly stuff with the singety sing chorus, but a whole song where he keeps trying to actually sing? no thanks. It worked on their single-type-thing, Nihil Party, but on this one, he isn't singing the right notes and it sounds just awful. It's not even the adorable kind of "he can't sing" like early GHOST recordings. Well, at least they look nice.
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know where to find any of these bands? i've only heard chariots and Suicide Ali
Tonberry Torrents is awesome. There's also alot of Livejournal communities you can lurk around. xD
I actually sometimes find things through search engines. Typing in an album name and artist or whatever then an upload service's name grants wishes.
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