Morpheus Kitami's Forum Replies

Didn't really have enough time this month to this to this more than a couple of times, but Persuader is definitely a great band. One of the better ones once you get into that "regular PM isn't so great, but having a twisted edge" phase. In retrospect I think there's just enough on this album dragging it away from the sort of perfection I feel Evolution Purgatory once embodied to me. The last two songs on the album in particular kind of just feel like they're there, but the rest is killer.

No, I didn't forget about this, had a whole bunch of unpleasant shit going on between the last release and this one. Still, one year in one month is pretty good time. :)

Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn
A much more proggy album from the same lineup as the last album. Feels a lot more interesting to see Deep Purple doing this rather than the bizarre selection of covers from last time. That said, this album doesn't really feel much like a Deep Purple album a good deal of the time. It's just really that Hammond organ giving that distinct Deep Purple flavor and even then it isn't always the tone setter it should be.
The whole epic fantasy premise the cover promises doesn't quite land. The opening track, which I've linked, does, doing a very nice energetic and dynamic song that the rest of the album just fails to live up to. A lot of this just feels like some generic rock music you'd use in a movie or a game because you couldn't get a real song. It's not outright awful, but I can't really remember most of it after the album finishes playing. Except Kentucky Woman. I hate Kentucky Woman, but that's less because it's necessarily bad but more because I remember when people overplayed the absolute hell out of that song, other covers don't give me that same viscera hatred.

Would Starless (JPN) be able to be added? Some places list it as metal and some don't, dunno what it currently is on RYM.

Also Darkmoon Blade, as that seems to be somewhat obscure, if there's no genre for it (please let there be a genre for it) heavy/thrash I guess.

I think some Deathrock falls into that category, I know Christian Death (at least the first three/four albums) tends to fit that description. Getting more into regular goth rock, but there's also The Danse Society, especially VI, and The Chameleons.

For June could you add:

Ningen Isu - りんごの泪 (it's on two different albums, but it doesn't matter which one you pick)