So, it's January. Time for my generally yearly idol list. Once again, sorry for those of you waiting for an ode to the idol posterior, but once again I've just not seen enough good ass pics to deliver.
Last years winners have suffered somewhat at the hands of newer (younger) competition, some older members making better impressions on me, and one very prominent re-entry.
Due to this interesting state of affairs, it will now be a top 25. Couldn't fit in all the tags though, so I took out the lower ranked girls.
However, due to the scandal that hit while I was in the middle of writing this post, I have had to search around rather a lot for who in my mind is #25.
Nacchan, I honestly don't care about you having a boyfriend (or your terrible taste in men), but damn you for making me have to think of someone to replace you...
So, first off we shall start with a retrospective of the last two years.
30/01/2012
05/01/2012
FAKSM#16: When Momoiro Clover Z Go Death Metal
Obviously spurred on by Henkka's last couple of posts, Momoclo have decided to join in the action with their wonderful new rearrangement of that Christmas Bside called Santasan on their previous single, Roudou Sanka (also worth a listen if you're into Kinniku Shoujotai or The Go! Team, as Ohtsuki Kenji wrote the lyrics and Ian Parton did the music).
Anyway, here is the "Bloody Christmas" version of Santasan:
[audio:http://www.intlwota.com/metalhead/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/04-Santa-san-Bloody-Christmas-Version.mp3|titles=04 Santa-san ~Bloody Christmas Version~]
Straight from the start, bells and doomyness remind of Sabbath, but more evilly of a group called Legions of Crows from my hometown of Salisbury who release Christmas songs every year. Doom Metal Christmas songs. Sometimes featuring Paul Di'anno, but I digress. Having jingle bells la'd over the top is hilarious. Then death metal as fuck. Blastbeats and heavy riffs. Then Momoclo vocals being happy and cute over it... This is a niche market that I think could work, need to look into it.
Honestly, this puts Babymetal to shame. And everything on my Top 50 Metal Idol Songs list. Even has a random death grunt in here somewhere. Riffs are actually pretty cool death metal riffs, with a hint of groove at points. Hint of a black metal riff somewhere, but still, this just takes everything idols have been slowly building up to for the past couple of years and melds it all in together. Under a Christmas song.
I think no one would be too pissed off if I said this is more metal than Cannibal Corpse.
Then Santa starts raping and murdering the girls or something, while death grunting "hohoho". Completely "wtf" and "rofl" at the same time. Honestly can't think of what more to write because I'm still too busy being in awe at how amazing it is and then giggling at the silliness of it all.
Of course, this being Momoclo no doubt they're giggling at the silliness of it all too, but then again, on their upcoming next single that's out in March, "Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou 'Mugen no Ai'" (if you wondered, this means something like "Violent Universe Symphony, Seventh Movement 'Infinite Love'", just proving their psycho status even further) they have Marty Friedman playing guitar, and it sounds something like a cross between Nightwish's choirs, Megadeth's guitar playing (as you'd expect), random Jpop, bit of Queen, Blind Guardian and some random Vis Kei with added syncopation in the chorus. If you click this within the next two weeks it might still be on youtube. So I'm guessing that despite the ever growing encroachments of Kpop and that generic "sound", Jpop's obsession with metal and general genre-fuckery isn't quite over yet.
Thank fuck.
Anyway, here is the "Bloody Christmas" version of Santasan:
[audio:http://www.intlwota.com/metalhead/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/04-Santa-san-Bloody-Christmas-Version.mp3|titles=04 Santa-san ~Bloody Christmas Version~]
Straight from the start, bells and doomyness remind of Sabbath, but more evilly of a group called Legions of Crows from my hometown of Salisbury who release Christmas songs every year. Doom Metal Christmas songs. Sometimes featuring Paul Di'anno, but I digress. Having jingle bells la'd over the top is hilarious. Then death metal as fuck. Blastbeats and heavy riffs. Then Momoclo vocals being happy and cute over it... This is a niche market that I think could work, need to look into it.
Honestly, this puts Babymetal to shame. And everything on my Top 50 Metal Idol Songs list. Even has a random death grunt in here somewhere. Riffs are actually pretty cool death metal riffs, with a hint of groove at points. Hint of a black metal riff somewhere, but still, this just takes everything idols have been slowly building up to for the past couple of years and melds it all in together. Under a Christmas song.
I think no one would be too pissed off if I said this is more metal than Cannibal Corpse.
Then Santa starts raping and murdering the girls or something, while death grunting "hohoho". Completely "wtf" and "rofl" at the same time. Honestly can't think of what more to write because I'm still too busy being in awe at how amazing it is and then giggling at the silliness of it all.
Of course, this being Momoclo no doubt they're giggling at the silliness of it all too, but then again, on their upcoming next single that's out in March, "Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou 'Mugen no Ai'" (if you wondered, this means something like "Violent Universe Symphony, Seventh Movement 'Infinite Love'", just proving their psycho status even further) they have Marty Friedman playing guitar, and it sounds something like a cross between Nightwish's choirs, Megadeth's guitar playing (as you'd expect), random Jpop, bit of Queen, Blind Guardian and some random Vis Kei with added syncopation in the chorus. If you click this within the next two weeks it might still be on youtube. So I'm guessing that despite the ever growing encroachments of Kpop and that generic "sound", Jpop's obsession with metal and general genre-fuckery isn't quite over yet.
Thank fuck.
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