![]() Guitarist Luke Takamura made an unpredictable, bombastic track that just keeps on building upon an almost tribal rhythm that drummer Raiden Yuzawa goes absolutely wild with. On the more experimental side of things, ‘Mighty Punch Line’ is the album’s most pleasant surprise. ‘Planet / The Hell’ is a fun, uncomplicated stomper, as are ‘Goblin’s Scale’ and the almost seventies Aerosmith-ish riff rocker ‘Run Run Run!’.Īs per usual, the ballads don’t fare quite as well, though the hyper-melodic eighties-styled power ballad ‘Utao Odoro xxx Shiyo’ – clearly a composition by former guitarist Ace Shimizu – is fairly enjoyable. Hamada’s actual first contribution, the classy heavy metal of ‘Koryotaru Shinsekai’ is a far better track, as are the bombastic metal monsters ‘Jigoku No Kane Wo Narasunowa Omae’ and ‘The Bloodiests -Mottomo Chinamagusai Yatsura-‘. It’s a good hardrocker with a memorable chorus, but it sounds far more like founding guitarist Damian Hamada’s overproduced Creatures project than it does like Seikima-II. The first brand-new track that surfaced from the album was opening track ‘Love Letter From A Dead End’ and it kind of misrepresents the album. ![]() A majority of the album consists of the traditional heavy metal that dominated the band’s earliest releases and the melodic hardrock that became more prominent later on, with a few experiments thrown in a for good measure. Or at least as consistent as a genre-fluid band as Seikima-II can be. As a whole, ‘Bloodiest’ sounds remarkably consistent though. ![]() ![]() Especially if you get the 2-cd version, the second disc of which is literally a compilation of tracks released this century. Quite a few songs appeared on singles and compilations over the last thirteen years. Not all material on ‘Bloodiest’ is brand-new. Funny how 23 years can pass and the new album is simply just another Seikima-II album. ‘Bloodiest’ does end up sounding like a mixtape of all eras of the band. Aside from the current touring line-up, all former members of note contributed to the album as well. Apparently there were more worlds to conquer, as there have been occasional reunion tours since and now there is a new album in ‘Bloodiest’, possibly the most Seikima-II album title ever. ![]() Kabuki rock demons Seikima-II are back! In accordance with their silly mythology, the band split up on new year’s eve in 1999, claiming the world was conquered. ![]()
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