Billy - Wednesday ~I did to die~/lynch. - enemy

Merry frickin' Christmas. Here's some presents.

Billy - Wednesday ~somethingsomethinghere~ (download) is a pretty good single for an up-and-coming VK band. All jokes aside about the album art and their current 'outfits' (More like.. birthday suits..), they're talented. The main track sounds rather spooky, without collapsing under its own weight. The song is kind of ploddy and useless in some parts, since they can't figure out a better way to go into the chorus. That chorus that is gotten into through boring means ends up being worth the few seconds of boredom. The song goes through all this strange winding, keeping the bands strange enigmatic sound. The ending though.. it's kinda corny. They could have just ended it. For real. The b-side, Mother Goose is interesting but not interesting at the same time. I find myself having the song in my head, and not remembering what song it really is. I don't mind it, though. It's a good listen. The problem, though, is that they don't really sound like anyone but they don't sound like themselves either. Though.. their mini albums are really good.

lynch. - enemy (download) is what I wanted for a while. It has the heaviness, the groove, and the punch to keep me listening. It's a bit short, but that helps it stay fresh without ramming two more minutes of the same stuff into your ears. Its companion, STARZ is awesome just for the verses, and the first note of the chorus. The chorus kind of throws the song off. The first note is like "YAY" then the next just droops into popland without even sounding the least bit smart. I just keep thinking "I bet a thousand bands have done this before, and in more than one song." The repetition of the opening vocal line at the end is too short, strangely. Therefore, the song stops abruptly. ...Then into my ears leaks this crap that some may call a 'bonus track'. Well this, my friends. This.. is a 'vonus truck' (a la Lolita 23Q) Hazuki whimpers while some limp strumming is playing in the background. I can't listen to it for more than one third, so I can't tell you how the misery stops (Song ends) or how the torture drags (song goes after that one third). I mean, all I can imagine with this is they walk in some small crappy studio at 4 in the morning, all tired and such, attempting to make something interesting. Oh well. Usually vonus trucks aren't good. ::eyes 12012::

So there you have it! A day when I decided to review something, and it happened to be the day designated as Christmas.

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.

Sadie - GRUDGE OF SORROW/lynch. - a grateful shit

On the Sadie side, we have three songs of metalcore-esque ...(insert dramatic word here). I can't say I was really impressed. It's just a slightly advanced version of Trend Killer stuff. Mao's melodic parts are exactly like Trend Killer stuff, like the notes were just rearranged. It's kind of disappointing when you really think about it. I'd say GRUDGE OF SORROW and M.F.P. (Malicious Female Pigs? WHAT KIND OF TITLE IS THAT?) are the listenable ones, the latter more listenable. The guitar harmonies are nice, but they get stale when repeated over and over and, like Mao's vocals, rearranged. I don't know if I'll listen to the first two tracks much, but.. I guess this is good enough to call a release and not something randomly crapped out.

On the lynch. side, there's BUNCHES of creativity here. The switch from the screaming to a nicely written melodic chorus. It's singable, even. Hazuki finally breaks away from sounding like a Deathgaze vocalist and now sounding different. It makes me wonder: Are these guys REALLY on hiatus? If so, that's disappointing! They sound wonderful together, like Deadman. And plus, there's plenty of good songwriting to go around in there, and they seem like they're pretty good friends. So... Hm. Oh well, I hope to still hear Hazuki, because.. his voice is just wonderful.