Nice to see HIZUMI and the others in the limelight again. Does anybody know anything about the new project with Ryo? (H.U.G.) I think it’s related in some way?
For weeks now, I’ve been watching and analyzing the Liquidize Live Tour from Drays. I’m still amazed how Hiz could hold his voice in Infection. And now know how he lost his scream ability over years. This is a great demonstration of how you should not use your vocal chords. You can hear in the chorus of Garnet 2 different scream tech : fry one (I’m falling, praying, bleeding and screaming…Fake… Bite… Vice… Blame voice…/Days… I wanna die… Days !) and the shout one (Sukui nado mou kiyashinai / Ore wa sonzai o dokoka ni sutete be going to life…), and the shout one sounds so hurtful.
No wonder why he won’t do this anymore.
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They should just mix Drays with NUL already, i mean MASATO and Karyu could be a decent duo.
Edit: is there an instance where band is adding a new member and elements to their sound in the middle of their career? Where the band doesn’t have a rhythm guitar on their previous album and suddenly recruit rhythm guitarist (As a permanent member) on their 5-6th album?
Nega went the other way so it’s possible.
Angelo with Karyu and Giru?
I’ve never heard to angelo, which one is a better guitarist in your opinion?
You mean between Karyu and Giru ?
I think they are both ok, I like them, but they don’t impress me. Do you know the band ’ Pierrot ’ ? One of their 2 guitarist is ’ Aiji ', i’m much more impress by him. He got such a strong personality as a guitarist. Not technical, but a very recognizable guitar playing.
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Yeah. i heard MAD SKY (Mad Messiah) once, and it’s quite catchy despite me not into 90’s vk that much
No it’s between Masato and Giru, i’ve heard cube by NUL and i though his playing were fine.
Speaking about angelo, kohta recently joined in as support bassist (?) or their new guitarist (?)
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Masato and Giru are good yes, in the same range I would say.
Kohta is a bassist and he always was full time member of Angelo. Before Angelo, full time bassist of Pierrot.
Their two-man gig with H.U.G on 2022/12/17 will be streamed live, tickets are already available!
Also, here’s a sample of a Björk cover they played live back in September:
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my 2022 bingo card did not have ex-d’espairsray members involved in a pretty cool bjork cover. more bjork visual kei plz
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they will hold their oneman live tour “Luv PARADE Tour PANDEMONIUM” at 2023/03/03 at OSAKA MUSE, at 2023/03/05 at Nagoya SPADE BOX and at 2023/03/08 at duo MUSIC EXCHANGE
Is there anyone who watch the last live on zaiko ? I hesitate to buy it
Here’s the setlist of the event for those interested:
【H.U.G】
- DON’T DOUBT
- DROP
- 熾-OKI-
- Marry of the blood／D’ESPAIRSRAY
- Flash dancers／TAG
- LOVE THAT NEVER ENDS
- HUG
- HEART
【Luv PARADE】
- BAD GUY／Billie Eilish
- Toxic／Britney Spears
- Poker Face／Lady Gaga
- DEVILS’ PARADE／D’ESPAIRSRAY
- HYPER BALLAD／Bjork
- LOVE IS DEAD／D’ESPAIRSRAY
- BITE THE BULLET／the Underneath
- MIRROR／D’ESPAIRSRAY
En
9. sk8er boi／Avril Lavigne
10. DEATH POINT／D’ESPAIRSRAY
…dang, I kinda wanna hear that sk8er boi cover, haha.
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until 16 january it’s possible to buy the live stream
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OK its time to release a miniiii
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I had the opportunity to watch this at a friend’s place.
The sk8er boi cover was a beautiful mess, especially when you still have the lyrics resonating in your head from back then lol
Bad guy worked really well tho, the arrangement almost sounded like it could’ve been an original song by them.
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Cool! How did you feel about h.u.g ?
Honestly I am not too sure about h.u.g. - I feel like the best song in their set was the tag cover. Most of the other songs sounded kind of chaotic in a bad way? I feel like they’re experimenting a lot and they might not really know where they wanna go sound wise. Also sound in general was not too great either imo.
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New look with support Vo. TAKA (defspiral)
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