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Posted by Martin [Tags: Detroit Metal City, Live events]
There's a reason why I haven't had chance to catch up on posting or replying to comments in the past couple of days: I met up with the UK-A crew for a weekend of socialising (for a change!) and cinematic viewing at the 22nd Leeds International Film Festival Buy Clomid Without Prescription, . There were some great pieces of J-cinema on offer this year (I missed L: Change the World because I wanted my lunch), Buy Clomid online cod, some of which were interesting anime movies I'd been looking forward to watching.
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Sword of the Stranger
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Ken'ichi Matsuyama's turn as Negishi paints him as an even more awkard and dorky character than I'm familiar with, while Yasuko Matsuyuki seemed to thoroughly enjoy hamming up the character of the obnoxious record manager. A nice surprise was a cameo appearance by none other than Gene Simmons, which adds to the outrageous nature of the comedy and makes the whole experience an absolute riot. The audience were almost rolling in the aisles during this, and I can only concur that it was one of the weekend's highlights. Nice tambourine.
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21 Sep 2008
Posted by Martin [Tags: Detroit Metal City, Huerrgh!]
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The Spïnal Tap comparison is apt I think - the famed parody of the quintessential metal band is a good couple of decades old now, and plenty of laughable acts have popped up since then; Detroit Metal City feels like the anime industry's answer to the question of what ST would be like if the outrageous theatrics of Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Lordi's Eurovision win were taken into account. The over-the-top stupidity of DMC and their fans' reactions had me creased up, from the Krauser's mystique to the violently obsessive air-guitar playing fans, the politically incorrect and crude lyrics (the main reason I think that it's an OAV), not to mention the music itself. The songs by the way aren't actually half bad at capturing the vibe of the genre: you have to give the soundtrack writers credit for making it sound authentic, Antabuse For Sale.
That is, I've listened a fair few metal bands in my time and DMC are everything that's wrong with the bad ones: the pretentiousness, the clichés, the desperation to be controversial that only makes it more ridiculous; it's all captured with a sharp satirical eye. I'd also like to point out that although I love this series for pointing out everything that's wrong with heavy metal and the music industry in general, I try to appreciate as wide a range of music as possible, no matter how heavy it is. Quite a few of the heavier bands are very skilled musicians: metal drumming is hard work; playing guitar with your teeth is a bit of a gimmick but it's pretty hard to do, as is extended periods of fast thrashing that can still sound (more or less) melodic.
One of the reasons why I'm looking forward to hearing Dir en Grey's next record is that they are one of the few heavy rock acts that still appeal to me, and their two latest singles promise a continued evolution of their sound. They went through something of a nu-metal phase with their Western-sounding Marrow of a Bone; while I can understand why they wanted to turn their backs on the image-driven flamboyant theatrics of visual kei and make harder-edged no-nonsense songs that speak for themselves, it seemed as though they were trying be make themselves more appealing to overseas fans and losing their individuality in the process. And of course part of me regrets missing out on their makeup-and-kimonos early years...
As Kaoru mentioned in a recent interview, they want the likes of Dozing Green and (in my view, especially) Glass Skin to be more melodic and as such they have more subtlety and sophistication - it's not only less abrasive and brutal, but carries more mature emotion than their Marrow of a Bone and Withering to Death era material (the softer moments of which were my favourites actually).
I do believe the Angry Men of Osaka may be mellowing out in their old age; which I welcome with open arms because the refrain of "I'll rape your daughter ON YOUR GRAAAAVE!" in Agitated Screams of Maggots makes Kyo sound too much like Krauser II for comfort.
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