Why, who’d
sing a parody better than a ragtag band of Vipperloids? Teto laments about the immense
grievances she experienced in our crooked world… somehow connected to several
myths surrounding the benefits of Vitamin C… Well, as if it matters! :) Solid and
powerful heavy metal is surprising though, you rarely encounter such a sound
even in more serious works nowadays… Perhaps that’s what makes a parody a good
parody!
Twins
attack! The two songs released by NexDart are far from being twin-like
identical but both are awesome in their own kind. ‘Frienemy’, sung by Rin, is a
jaunty nasty yet somehow enticing piece. ‘Wreath’, sung by Len, is quite a serious,
lyrical and deep thing. Why, a smart trick to please every crowd :)
NexDart has
made another take on his song ‘Coward’, this time employing V flower as vocalist
(initially it was Len). I think flower’s version has more character, so try it
out!
Listening
to Maiko’s vocals synthesized by SHEBA (also known as Shiiba Eiji) is a
pure audio pleasure. Not to say instrumentals are bad – a heavy mix of
industrial and thrash metal. Guest guitar solo by Mr. Hot Cake also makes a
hit, swaying the sound more towards thrash. Excellent work!
The title
translates as ‘Blow up calmly!’ (yes, imperative).
Hidaritsuu=cast-P
has released another awesome song! Two major changes are evident. First, the
producer ditched power metal in favor of HR/HM sound. Second, and more
important: the lyrics will NOT embarrass everyone (knowing Japanese) around if
you turn the song loud. Unexpected, huh? :)
While I can’t
grasp how exactly that ‘electric fire’ thing works from a physics point of view,
the amount of energy here is definitely impressive. Miss Tsurumaki Maki is a VOICEROID
and thus cannot compete with more advanced software in terms of quality.
Nevertheless, her bright vocals are quite enjoyable here.
While the mood of this hard rock song isn’t exclusively melancholic, there are some certain somber notes around. Anyway, the visuals of ink dissolving in water may just set the right atmosphere… at least if you like to watch dissolving ink ;)
A frenzied
vocal cover of a frenzied song! Tomato-san revs up the clean parts while
Datsuraku-san handles screaming (his job is obviously easier :). I must mention
Utsu-P pitched the chorus quite high for an average human to sing :)
A debut
work by SUISO laboratories. ‘Oxygen’ is a blissful hard/j-rock song featuring
vivid GUMI’s vocals as well as a bit over the top instrumentals :) Enjoy!
A perfection in simplicity: the latest song from ensou is built so solid you won’t find a single flaw. The sound is absolutely delicious! The bass drums. Deliver. Punch. BOOM! ;) Guitars are not so punchy (why would they?) but they put their weight rather well too :) Top this with GUMI’s edgy voice and you get some pretty killer song!
Another
latest release featuring Megurine Luka – Nihil by shatehouu. This EP got 4
tracks. The style is mostly post-hardcore with some metalcore sound here and
there. Fast tempo and quite intense music coupled with lyrics full of angst
(suddenly! :) Luka sounds quite good here. Check it out!
Listening
to TREASON//REASON album by idoyklik. One of the greatest releases of
2016! Atmospheric music with some prog influences. Made with taste and talent.
Production is also good. Definitely recommend!
Jakkan
Araki reinvigorates psychedelic rock using modern voice-synthesizing software
(namely UTAU) as well as modern video production tools. To be honest, Ritsu’s
parts in “Bokura wa zutto” are by far the least impressive of all the songs I’ve
heard in a while. But they say that’s part of psychedelic scene aesthetics :)
The visuals here are totally in line with the mentioned aesthetics. Which means
you don’t have a single chance to understand what’s going on unless helped with
a little friendly dose of acid. To sum it up, rather weird but rather interesting
experience :)
No, this track
seems to be unrelated to ‘Sleeping beauty’ made by 164 back in goode olde
2008 which was somewhat popular at the moment. The producer of today’s song,
lovin-san, labels his piece 'dark fantasy hard rock’. While I wholeheartedly agree
with ‘hard rock’ part, and maybe even with ‘fantasy’, I can’t feel any specific
‘darkness’ in it :) Anyway, the song has decent production compared with the
majority of Vocaloid hard rock works.
Satanistka
has made another cool, if short MMD metal video. This time it’s a cover of the
song ‘Numb’ by Linkin Park (btw I was shocked the band’s still active ;) The
cover (by Alex Terrible) employs a tad more brutal vocals; unfortunately, the
recording quality is subpar :(
Starring in
the video is a custom MMD model named (obviously just 4 lulz) Satan Kuzya 666.
So far for each new video Satanistka makes a new model; the concept of
recycling isn’t that popular here in Russia :) New version of Kuzya excels at
being the opposite of TDA’s Miku it’s derived from. New Kuzya is so burly and
beefy she can kick ass in quite a literal sense :)
Youtube:
Just look
at those spiky hair thingies! So kawaii!!! (^ᴗ^)
A stylish
nu metal piece with excellent mix and lovely Rin vocals by NexDart. For those
who prefer Len over Rin there’s version with him singing on Piapro.
Unfortunately,
Kasane Teto isn’t a frequent guest here on VMW. So the fact she majestically
grants us a second good song in a row is kinda special event :) Surprisingly, a combination of Teto and alternative metal
is not as cute as with heavy metal, but too much cuteness is ill for the mental
health of a metalhead ;) Besides, ‘doppel’ has solid blues vibes which is not a
common feature of the scene. It also boasts such an awesome bass drum punch I
still refuse to believe it can exist! Really, guys, just how many oddities are
there in one tune? :)
