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| 3.0 good | Jared Floryan | March 16th 15 |
If you've grown familiar with Nightmare since the band's formation, then To Be or Not to Be is essentially the same song and dance; this kinda goes double for those of you who started getting into them when they first signed with the Avex record label. All things considered, this album manages to be slightly better than the two official releases that came before it. Our hit-and-miss (as of late) second generation visual kei act Nightmare went for a bit of a stripped back feel and - to their credit - they didn't do such a bad job. While it's instrumentally unimpressive and the songwriting chops seem underdeveloped, To Be or Not to Be is a dandy enough record as it is. It's perhaps the only Avex-era Nightmare effort worth reuniting with every now and again, even if this sentiment doesn't say much.
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| 2.5 average | LunarF4 | May 1st 14 |
Since this band started to use electronic effects, the sound has changed a lot. These effects became one of the best Japanese bands in another common Japanese band that uses this type of effect and does not pay much attention to the music itself. They have great albums (The World Ruller, Anima, Killer Show), but since 2010, things have been getting worse for Nightmare.
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