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| 4.0 excellent | CalculatingInfinity | November 5th 16 |
Overall I appreciate this album more than I enjoy it, but musically it has plenty awesome songs and moments abound. Lyrically the album is littered with intrigue and depth, ranging from a variety of topics from visions of death while going deeper into the suicide forest of Mt. Fuji to Imai spouting the most odd and obscure references to history/literature you'll hear in music today which add greatly to the enjoyment of this. Also Imai's electronic fetish really has taken a big grip here, much to their benefit due to them sounding lush and aggressive while blending with their sound perfectly. Variety being the spice of life, every single song is vastly different with them finding new musical ideas to explore constantly (even by their standards). Fun 80's Goth influenced jam about a mermaid dying at dawn but in love with someone, mystical cult like chanting, electronic rock taken to an obscene extreme, rain setting to tone for a huge violin 7 minute ballad...it's all here. Main problem they suffer here is many songs have awesome segments but don't quite fall into place for an awesome song due to individual songwriting or production choices. Jukai's solo being ill-fitting for the song musically and lyrically, the annoying bell sound in Seaside Story, septem's chorus being very underwhelming due to it being musically uninteresting are all examples. However easily worst of all butchering New World by taking all the power the song had in the single version by adding unnecessary extra electronics which covers a beautiful guitar line in the verses and the high pitched tone which lifts the chorus to a beautiful driving anthem along with mixing the guitars to have less punch. Despite the album's flaws, I enjoyed this as much as Sexy Stream Liner and it is a fitting 20th album for them: 3.8
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| 4.0 excellent | Jared Floryan | September 29th 16 |
Already twenty albums in now and Buck-Tick continue insisting on dishing out quality work. The Japanese rock ensemble's most recent outing Atom Miraiha No.9 is still unmistakably B-T in both name and essence, and it's yet another consistent album. A part of me shouldn't be too surprised at this point, though the other half acts otherwise. Atsushi Sakurai's vocal performance on the effort is strong in character as ever whilst the songwriting contributions from Hisashi Imai and Hidehiko Hoshino basically follow suit - also there's Toll Yagami's gravity-defying hair. Electronics have been emphasized even when compared to recordings such as One Life, One Death and Sexy Stream Liner, though not to a level where they're a hindrance in the least. Keep the steadiness coming, Hinan Go-Go! Angel recommends: "Devil's Wings," "Bi NEO Universe," "Jukai," "Cuba Libre," and "Ai no Souretsu".
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| 5.0 classic | crossparallel | October 15th 16 |
Waited long enough to be sure, definitely a 5 for me. Not what I expected and all the better for it.
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| 3.5 great | Jau Peacecraft | October 15th 16 |
BT finally releases an album with some character after the last two entries.
Not a challenging album by any means, but any band that's been around this long is bound to recycle some of their own ideas.
However, the band makes it work, albeit if some of the songs are overwrought & bloated, & provides a comfortable listen for their long time fans.
As for me, I'm still waiting for something that tops Razzle Dazzle creatively. This album is a step in that direction, but the band doesn't take many risks here.
*10/17/16 - Might need a 3rd or 4th listen, this is at least a 3.5 perhaps.
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| 5.0 classic | urainus | November 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arche | November 17th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | hiddia | February 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aranox | December 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | June 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Takato | October 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | EvoHavok | September 28th 16 |
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