In case if
you’re tired with Miku’s laments, Koke-P can offer you… well, IA’s laments. And
no, it’s not simply a matter of personal preferences. ‘3 minutes to dawn’
places IA just in another league of lamenting, so to speak. Because, first, it’s
hard rock; and second, it’s stylish hard rock – a beast as rare as a unicorn (and
maybe even as a flying pony). Jaunty atmosphere and skillful work with IA’s
vocals come as bonus features.
Now moving
to more serious matters. Not exactly grave matters as the title may suggest –
those frigging emos like to exaggerate everything, but still it’s a piece from
Okame-P, and the guy knows his business. This time Okame-P tries to drown you
in a flurry of synths, with strange sound effects adding to the experience. The
song was written somewhat earlier and was considered for the producer’s second
album ‘Lamento’. The reasons why it was dropped remain unclear, but the song
would fit the overall sound of ‘Lamento’ as perfectly as it could ever be.
For a
warm-up, let's take a look at the new tune from Mode-san. Well, it’s really
warm (and old-skool) for post-hardcore. Also, it’s post-hardcore about a ninja.
Because emo ninja is totally legitimate concept! ;)
Miku has katana in her right hand, wakizashi in her left hand and, naturally, zettai ryouiki somewhere in between. The question is: which is more dangerous? :)
A beautiful
lyrical ballad by Nora and Ram. A lot of melodic acoustic guitar play, quite a
little heavy distorted parts… And Lily who sounds surprisingly good (now that’s
a real marvel ;)
A new piece
from TOSHI-san. Very aggressive and fast-paced sound set up with top quality
mix. Somewhat psycho keyboard shrills add quite an unusual taste together with
somewhat psycho Luka. Not very ‘friendly’ but definitely novel tune.
Okame-P-sama.
Blows Up. Your. Mind. For those who still have their mental abilities (relatively)
intact while listening to this picoreamo porn, try to count the number of
different music genres crammed into this one song :)
Miku seems
to be unmoving (and yes, she’s awesome). Well, she’s android; that explains
everything… :)
Another
work from 2016 Rock Song Vocaloid Arrange festival. Originally performed by
GO!GO!7188. This one has faaaaar way more life and jauntiness in it, busting
those Visual-key posers as easily as you please. Oh, and Kokone is marvelous!
Enjoy!
This is the
cover of the song once performed by a visual-key band Janne Da Arc. It’s made
by ukaku-san to participate in 2016 Rock Song Vocaloid Arrange festival held on
Nicovideo. All in all, pretty decent old-school heavy metal with Dream Theater
influences.
This,
gentlemen, is definitely the weirdest audiovisual experience I’ve encountered
in a while. Mere words cannot stand up to this psychedelic inferno. Proceed
with caution.
A piece of
light-hearted hard rock from yuuhi & his friends. IA leads the way; Ling is
not that prominent here. There’s also version (same link) with live vocals by Miss
uzakin which is also very enjoyable. Btw, the shot at the end of the video
shows the team worked at it – great feature!
A dose of
wild and ferocious djent from Rusan Maruchino. The sound is heavily infused
with electronics, cool job. Finally, finally Gumi’s lyrics are of the darkest
shade of angst! ;)
An
unusually heavy piece from ShoPen-san. It’s full-armed metalcore with dense and atmospheric sound. Only the lyrics (in English) seem to be quite the opposite of the common
angst. Hmm, am I missing some new trend in this genre? :)
Great releases
keep coming from Russia. We should thank Sander-P (or Alexander Pivnev if you
prefer real names) for the latest one. It took eight months of work – hard
work, to be sure – but the outcome proves to be worth the time invested.
