@Astral Romance
No ,you are not mean at all. I also love Mana's work, and i respect the man himself, but i can't force myself to like it. These songs are just ok, in my opinion, Mana is capable of much more than this. We are talking about the leader of Malice Mizer after all. It would be mean if we thought it was not good, and still said to him it is ok. Fans are like good friends, and we must tell him the truth, not keep him alienated to what we really feel. There will be lots of people who will love this for sure, just look those youtube comments, but Mana should also listen to the people who are not pleased with his recent works.
Maybe it's time for Mana to join a band, and try new things... but it's his decision. I feel that since Dixanadu the quality of his compositions have been decreasing. I just want M10M songs to have the bright, fresh sound from old times. It does not have to sound the same, obviously, what i mean is that when you first hear Dix Infernal or Nocturnal Opera, you feel this great impact,and you can tell those 2 albums have really strong compositions; i did not feel the same with Dixanadu and these new songs.
I care for memorable melodies like the ones in DI and NO. I am not really looking for more technical guitar solos or chords, i don't really care much, if they improve the music, great, but don't forget the heart of the song -- the melodies. I don't want Mana songs to end up like Hizaki songs. That guy thinks more about the guitar lines than everything else.
From what I can gather from the samples and those two songs, in this next album he will continue to explore the "m10m sound sandbox". Hopefully it won't take long until he realises how much his sound is becoming so boring and predictable.
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