ツ···ラ··ラ is an EP by 嘆キ使徒 that was self-released in 1997. This EP is visual kei. Its also only two songs, and only one is on YouTube.
私ノ静ム, the track that is on YouTube is really awesome. It has really heavy Japanese goth vibes and sound to it, especially with the vocals. Deep and sometimes drawn out. The instrument part of it fast and somewhat aggressive, lots of fast snares. Accompanied by lots of bass and some guitar accents. This is an awesome track.
Listen to it here
Christmas Music is an album by Ethel Smith that was released on the label Decca in 1949. This album is Christmas music.
As you may expect, this album is a collection of Christmas song covers by Ethel Smith. There’s covers of more common Christmas tracks, and some lesser used ones. All the tracks are performed on an organ and they have a really nice, warm, and cozy sound and vibe to them. It triggers this weird aesthetic in my head, that I can’t explain, but it really makes the music even nicer.
Listen to this awesome album here
Lolicore, one of my absolute favorite genres, and the genre that has the biggest involvement with my life. Despite this I really don’t post it here that often, anyways, onto the review~
Would you mind touching my heartbreak once again? is an album by pyonpyon hardcore substance that was self-released in 2016 as part of the faux-collective endless saturday.mp3. As you can guess from the opening monologue of this review, this album is lolicore.
Whats interesting about pyonpyon hardcore substance is that his pyonpyon hardcore substance stuff often samples tracks with male vocals. This is pretty uncommon in lolicore, where female vocal samples often reign supreme. The tracks he sampled give the album an awesome Summer vacation vibe. Happy and carefree. His breaks are sample-delic, fast, and upbeat. The fast breaks with the J-rock samples, and sometimes speedcore/gabber, combined with the short track lengths lead to awesome bursts of lolicore energy.
Listen to and download this awesome album here
https://endlesssaturday-mp3.bandcamp.com/album/would-you-mind-touching-my-heartbreak-once-again
Pas D’Hélices Aux Avions is an EP released by Victoire De Castellane on the label Carrere in 1987. This EP is chanson.
This is such a great chanson EP. The first track, Pas D’Hélices Aux Avions, has such a great 80s pop sound. Really cheesy but catchy melodies, dated drums, and great singing, all with heavy pop vibes. I really love this track~
The second track, Ondes De Choc, takes the release in a somewhat different direction. Still obviously pop, but is really obviously a B-Side due to the obviously lower level of production. This track is still awesome though. It has a club beat, but much slower melodies. It sounds more emotional than the other track which is just full on fun. I really like the melodies, her singing, and the vibes/atmosphere on this track.
Listen to this awesome EP here
Adolf Satan is an album by Adolf Satan that was released on the label Bestial Onslaught Productions in 2004. This album is doom metal.
This album has really awesome heavy riffs. The guitar has so much weight to it its like some oversized Acme anvil crashing down at each strum. The music has a really awesome groove to it, obviously slower than majority of metal, but still upbeat enough to really be rocking. The album actually does get upbeat a lot, but still has an awesome doom sound. The vocals on this album and are high pitched, letting them cut through all the low frequencies like butter. They sound very Anal Cunt-esque, leading people to be confused thinking Seth Putnam did the vocals (which he didn’t but he did do drums for awhile for the band [not this album]). They also sometimes have a much different and really unique sound, and are the slowest aspect of the music.
Listen to this awesome album here
CLIMATE グローバル is an album by シルクP A N G E A that was released on the label Business Casual in 2014. This album is vaporwave.
I’m really surprised I haven’t posted this before~! This is such an amazing vaporwave album. This album has such an awesome oldskool classic vaporwave sound and vibes. Very vaporwavey and awesome samples really nicely edited. Very minimally, but edited just enough in just the right ways to really deliver that classic vaporwave sound. Samples range from dope weather channel vibe jazz to 80s pop. This album really is a classic in my opinion and one of my favorites of the genre.
Listen to and download this awesome album for free here
Spade is an album by Kana (sometimes called Moon Kana) that was released in 2004 on the label Kana Ichigosha (which I suspect was made just for this release). This album is goth rock, but is much more modern than all the other goth rock posts I’ve made, and it has a much different sound than those albums too.
This album is obviously rock, but not always obvious on the goth. Probably since Kana is a gothic lolita, which is much different than regular goth and is a much different subculture. Though some tracks do obviously have a goth sound to them, its nothing like what I’ve posted before, much more milder and lolita-fied. Kana is known for her sometimes mildly jarring vocals which might be hit or miss for listeners, I like her vocals but if you don’t you probably wont really care for her music. Her singing is unusual, and the melodies accompanying her are great too. Tracks range from upbeat and rocking to pretty slow.
Listen to most of the tracks from this awesome album here
1話目 is an album by しゅ～ふるまぁ～じゅ that was self-released in 2000. This album is technically visual kei, but it doesn’t follow the norms or sound of the genre AT ALL. This album is heavily inspired by children’s music and circus music, and its the greatest visual kei album ever made.
I love this album so darn much. Its seriously like listening to a kids show, complete with children’s show style singing, melodies, and even story parts with character voices. There’s numerous character voices in this album, some sound more avant-garde children’s music-esque, over-exaggerated cartoonish voices, in the style of children, a little critter, and an old man (but mostly the first two). They sing and do story skits (like a hard af rap album son!) in these voices, accompanied by a rather monotone sinign male that isn’t in a character voice at all. The melodies and everything sounds very children’s music-like, which is one of my favorite traits for music to have. This album is really amazing.
Listen to it here
Ankoku Shinwa (Myth Of Darkness) is an album by Gorugoth that was released on the label Cosmic Garden Productions in 1999. This album is black metal and is a compilation of previously released tracks.
This is an awesome album. The tracks have dope riffs which sound really menacing. The album is raw (which I love) leading to an often messy sound which is awesome. The drums and guitars sometimes get all muddied up (this is a good thing). His vocals are awesome, they switch between high pitch shrieks to low and evil sounding vocals. The album has an aggressive and angry sound and atmosphere to it, there was probably a good amount of anger put into these recordings considering the really unfriendly vibes. I know that like an insane amount of black metal is unfriendly, but this album really delivers that.
Listen to this awesome album here
I’m back to posting~! Its been so long since the last time I posted a review. I kind of burned out and after a very long (probably too long) break I’m back~! Expect reviews daily again~!
SplashZone is an album by ALIENOOD420 that was released on the label H.V.R.F. CENTRAL COMMAND in 2016. SplashZone is one of the albums that made me go back to posting. The music ALIENOOD420 makes is the new genre, Xwave. Xwave is born out of hardvapour (a subgenre of vaporwave) and is themed on aliens instead of the underground Ukrainian raves associated with hardvapour. Xwave has a much different sound than its parent genre, and I feel that this album is really good example of it.
First thing you’ll notice is the heavy use of melodies, something that isn’t the focus in hardvapour. Lots of slow sweeping synths combined with faster trance synths somewhat reminiscent of early 2000s and late 1990s dance music. This drastically sets Xwave apart from hardvapour, and is a really nice addition. ALIENOOD420 has really nice melodies going on, dancey but atmospheric at the same time. Another thing that’s different with xwave is the drums. They sound like a mix of footwork, IDM, hip-hop, and trap. The genre as a whole actually has some IDM vibes, the same upbeat but ambient stuff going on, but taken in a whole new, much more 2001 club friendly, direction. I think this genre has already pretty much died, which really sucks since Xwave is awesome.
Listen and download for free here
https://hvrfcentralcommand.bandcamp.com/album/splashzone
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