SCREW

[zeus]

SCREW - THICK-SKINNED†CONTRADICTION

So here’s the thing about this song…it’s included on three releases: VENOM, TOUR09, and BRILLIANT. The first one is pretty early in their career and isn’t on streaming services. BRILLIANT also isn’t on Spotify and I couldn’t find it for purchase digitally. That just leaves TOUR09, and this track isn’t available in any form digitally. For a while, I wasn’t even sure if this track was actually on this release. I bought the release to confirm, and then I worked with @koutetsuhime to extract the ly…

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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…

I might be a fan…

I also fell off when they went major because it felt like a lot of their melodies were losing their focus. Them losing aggression and going lighter didn’t help, but even when I listen to the melodies in their major career they aren’t lazy or bad, just not vibing with me. But that’s okay, because I can spin early SCREW for quite some time!