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| 2.0 poor | Jared Floryan | September 10th 15 |
I may have said this somewhere beforehand: originality is a musical quality I normally don't prioritize over the rest, although that's not to say I don't encourage uniqueness. Speaking of which, it's a characteristic that Sadie don't seem to give two shits and a flying fuck about on The Black Diamonds. Even when you put the whole variety thing aside, though, the album's incredibly one-dimensional and lacks a specific flavor that's as difficult to notice as it is to taste. This band wastes their composition potential to an unbelievable degree. However, despite many, many shortcomings, I will say Sadie have good taste in animals; I'm a cat person, by the by, so I'm giving these boys a brownie point (assuming that is a feline on the cover).
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| 0.0 | INTERNATIONAL POPSTAR STEVEN WILSON | February 18th 15 |
Woah wtf that Mukurou song might as well have just been a cover of Rosier by Luna Sea. Jesus, there's taking inspiration from and then there's plagarism.
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| 0.0 | Jau Peacecraft | July 13th 14 |
This band started out as a pass? Visual-Kei clone (particularly considering the surface similarity of Mao's & Kyo (of Dir
en grey fame)'s vocals.
However, since 2011's COLD BLOOD, the band has been progressively developing a much better sound (skill, structure,
sound & production wise), & has been taking their music into a different , more hardcore metal direction similar in vain
to NEGA's recent VANITAS album, yet still retaining a just pop enough penchant.
This album is the first one where I feel like the band embraces the newer direction of visual-kei to emulate hardcore &
metal elements, but in doing so is given a proper palette to display their own sound.
Even for those who aren't into j-rock, visual-lei in general or who listen to more "legit" hardcore & metal acts, The Black
Diamonds is a good headbanger & downright catchy to boot.
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| 3.5 great | Greidy | February 23rd 17 |
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