I got another misconception that might also double as a hot take, but I actually am coming around to the impressive musicianship behind early SCREW. I say early SCREW because I can only find tabs for that period, but holy shit guys, the guitar parts go in. Look at these tabs for example. The song is 105 BPM but they play in double time so it’s actually 210. Tons of harmonizing chords, hands flying all over the neck. Neither guitar was slouching and neither was the rhythm section. RUIN AND DREAD also happens to be one of my favorite SCREW songs!
Same deal with KAIROS as well. It’s a bit faster than RUIN and DREAD, but it’s a bit simpler in exchange. A bit. It would still be really tough for me to play competently at full speed at my current skill level. Even 幻影の鎖 goes in.
I might seriously have to give X-RAYS another listen…