Gazette - Guren/Siva - Wrong of Justice

PSC has been on the fail bus for the most part lately. There's no denying it. Alice Nine is terrible. Miyavi is formulaic. Kra is dull. Gazette has been disappointing. Now, Screw, Sug, and Kagrra may be a glimmer of hope, it's not big enough to make the other bands take a look (Except in Gazette's case), and not small enough to make them look like Undercode. But that middle ground makes it hard to be interested in PSC releases.

Like this one. Gazette has been lookin' gooood. That's a bad sign. When a no-longer-VK-sounding major band starts VKing it up, they're obviously compensating. They released Guren recently. And I don't think anyone heard it on time. Except die-hard fans. And I consider myself a moderate fan of this band. I can forgive them no matter how crappy they get. 'Cause I admire Ruki. Musically and visually. But.. Guren, which sounds like a very weak Kagrra song fails to make me go "Wow that's a new step" even though it is. It's a weak slowie that belongs on track 6 of an album. So I only watch the PV to stare at them. The sound is just a background thing. So onto Kugutsue. This song has so much potential. It has some catchy screamy bits that could be awesome live, but then the guitars are weak, and stay in a comfort zone, as with Ruki's constant comfort zone vocals. But I actually really like this song. I think Ruki's inability to scream in a smooth manner helps songs like this, and their guest singers' inability to sing in a manner that isn't unusual and kinda jarring, too. It works! It puts spice on this otherwise bland and dull song. It's also nice being able to hear Reita's voice clearly. So next is our vonus truck. I guess they knew that people are going to want to see the Guren PV with Ruki's mic-fellatio really bad, so they didn't have to try to do anything with the vonus truck but one thing. Make money. Sap fangirls by luring them in with a vonus truck that they can't hear until buying or downloading. And in this case, buying BOTH VERSIONS to get a poster. How does this stuff possibly get so many people? In short... YOUR SEXY CAN'T SAVE YOU FOREVER!!!

So on the Undercode side is Siva. With Wrong of Justice. I won't go on about it, but basically, this single should be called "We Don't Care, But You Should Still Buy Our Stuff" It's uninspired, generic, and dull. It's hard to keep up with a band that only comes up with one good riff for every five songs. Their demotype song was awesome, and the first two singles were tolerable. But this is not. It just goes in one ear, irritates me a bit, and falls out the other. In (relatively) short... VK BANDS ARE GETTING LAZY AND IT'S HARD TO DEFEND THE NEW ONES NOW THX ALOT.

VK Fashion #1

Screw, the perfect blend of just about every band out there! Their look for their album Fusion of the Core was funny because you could tell who plays what by just looking at them. Blonde vocalist, red haired guitarist, black haired bassist, brownish haired drummer. But now, there's a bit more going on, even if the vocalist does look like Ruki. Everyone else looks really boring and generic. This is one of those bands who obviously won't be visual for long. Pretty soon we're gonna see them in suits.


Sug is so adorable. Just look at them! It's just too bad their looks are all they have going for them. The outfits are pretty nice, especially Takeru (You know, the only member people care about, despite the fact they're all lookers). The vest is so cool. The hairstyles aren't so great, but they're made up for by everything else. If only I liked them...


wearing matching clothing-- a sign of suckage! Look what it did to Alice Nine. While before their visuals had me interested, and they had a certain aura, but now they look like.. some band. If it weren't for Tsubuku (green/pink/black hair) and Mi-ne (glasses), I wouldn't know this was Billy. Blegh.


SHUGA DESU-- I mean, Sugar is lookin' fly with their elaborate costumes. I'm definately liking it. Everyone's outfits are so detailed and well-designed with nothing tacky or out of place. Koto actually has this really cool skirt thing going on but you can't see it here, unfortunately. Their official page, http://sugar-ant.com/ has full pictures of each member. I've always considered Sugar to be a very well dressed band.


Danger Gang is looking cool, too. Waka's hair is so cool. The colors work so well. Drummerlady is looking a bit awkward with the funny hair and odd makeup (which reduces her prettiness by like 50), but everyone else is looking cool, even if they are just.. their normal selves with bigger hair.


Siva has never looked cool until now. The guy on the far right who's name I won't bother learning has really really cool hair, and from what I can see, cool makeup too. Everyone else is.. everyone else, but they still look awesome. They look like they'd sound pretty good, but unfortunately they'll never top their first song, Beautiful Drug.


LM.C.. Maya is cute blah blah Aiji is old and wears tons of makeup and requires photoshopping.. their outfits are boring.. blah blah blah.


Unsraw is.. still Unsraw. The vocalist's hair finally doesn't look like crap, but otherwise, everyone else is just.. the same as they were before. Not that I'm tired of it. I'm actually quite fond of it, but they don't seem to change often. I wonder how long they'll wear those masks.

So! Now for our awards...

Most adorable: Sug
Best dressed: Sugar
Best hair: Siva
Best makeup: Siva
Worst dressed: Billy
Best all around: Sugar, Siva (It's a tie!!)

Siva's Two Maxi Singles/Sadie - The Trend Killer/Alice Nine - Zekkeishoku

Siva - Shita no Koku

Well, it's Siva. And it's nice. I'll cut to the chase.

Spatial Art - This sounds like what my CD player would sound like during an An Cafe album. Except for the end. The heck's with that shaker? This odd... noise thing seems to be a fetish for Siva or something.
Riot - Hi! This is good. I like the rapped vocals, and the beginning is really good. This is pretty much the good, good part. Like. THE single. Or something.
Maniac W.L. - This song would be sorta kinda boring without the cool guitar riffs. 'Specially the beginning. The chorus really saves the song, too. Other than that, this song needs some spice.

Siva - Tomo Hana Kenranki

Pain of Moment - Ugh. Intro? Meh! Skip!
Mafia - The noises again. How lame! Okay, you smoke and drink. I know. I hope you had a nice cancer stick and liver failure glass. Anyways! This song is awesome. So, that makes up for the lameness of the lame beginning. Nothing stands out, but nothing's boring either. As usual, the guitars are excellent.
Isolation. - Listenable. Very listenable. I love this song, no less than the others, despite its long/softness. So many other cool riffs, too.

So there you have it, two Siva singles. Yeah, they're BIG RELEASES, but, they're still excellent. You go, Kisaki.

Sadie - The Trend Killer

Oh my gosh, this is the BEST Sadie release ever. Kudos! Kudos! Kudos!

Enter the Killing - I dunno why, but I like this. Cool distorted beat, and whatnot.
Under the Chaos - Oh my, I noticed immediately that the metalcore/melodeath riffs are so well done. The screaming is so much.. uhh.. cooler! This song sounds like it could be two songs, if it were on like.. Dekai or something.
Psycho Culture - This song's alright. I have much love for the left guitar. I love how Mao imitated Kyo alot on this song, 'cause it's in his own Mao-like way. The drummming's nice and tight on this one, which was missing from the maxi singles. The chorus is addictive. ..Yeah.
melancholia - What's with that title anyway? Uhh.. This song's alright. FILLER ALERT. oops
Children of Despair - DO I HEAR MUDVAYNE?! No? That's Sadie? Oh. Sorry. Do I hear Dir en Grey's IIID Empire? No? Oh.. ...This song owns both of those songs though, so that's alright. The screaming and whatnot is really cool. I REALLY like the "WHOOOOOA"s in the background and whatnot.
Coldplay - First off, the band Coldplay sucks.. This song reminds me of some metalcore bands I used to like. Except uh.. better? Oh well.

So, there you have it, a great Sadie mini album! Definately worth a listen. I dunno how people can say Sadie sucks. ...Oh well, they can go listen to Gauze. Or Missa. Depending on how annoying/elitist they are. Oh, and if they're also Diru haters, I guess that doesn't apply. THOSE people can throw on some Nightmare or some other crappy band. LOL OPINION ATTACK.

Alice Nine - Zekkeishoku

I had high hopes for this album, but they were crushed on first listen. I MIGHT give it another chance. Velvet and Kowloon -blah blahnsjdchsdfn- are the only cool songs on this whole album.

Yeah. I updated. Woo. Next time I'll probably review Loki n' Roll, and D'espairsRay's recent single, and maybe something Dari related. See you then!