ValentinesDay

Like a rotting corpse tied to an endless windmill

Visual kei super group DRUGS with their first album, which is more of a compilation of all of their singles up to a certain point + the independant MV 貘.

The first thing that one notices is the presence of Tsuzuku and his voice. The ex-Mejibray and current solo star is as versatile as ever, being able to transfigure himself into a bull, pig, crow, and the whole farm, and then returning to his humanity. One of the most vocally diverse ... read more

The court of the devil

I don't have much to say on this one. It is a well made kvlt album with an adventurous, avalonian sensation to it, where the knights of hellfire search for their own nocturnal salvation.

It is very tender for a black album. The riffs, especially when isolated (think the end of track 1) are quite mellow and melodic, like honey dripping on hard oak. Other than that quality, the riffs (and by extension the entire technical apparatus of the record) are well done and ... read more

Gassed-up shawty, said I need 'bout 40
Pull up to the party, yeah, yeah, yeah

It's strangely liminal, like being locked in an empty apartment room, not lit outside of a static filled TV with something slowly approaching you from the other side. I can see how this would terrify me if listened at night. I am not the biggest fan of deathcore, but there is a pleasentness to the work here. The vocals especially are delicious in their continued misery and intense insanity, like the sound ... read more

Triboulet, c'est toi?

The extended play appears to me like a rotting jester still in his attire. It is a synthesis of violence and playfulness, wrapped in a package that is undoubtedly Kebyo (the opressive guitar tones mixed with the occasional whiney delievery), but feeling still up to par after hald a decade past their peak. Instrumentally, they are impactful in the way a good cut of the blade is. It does not rumble, but it leaves a mark that is hard to heal. It is precise, somber ... read more