Kalafina 3rd Album「After Eden」

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I got my book signed by the girls today! :ohoho:

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They're so pretty and nice ^^

hinagiku said:
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1. It's not a good idea to post obvious download link here, IMO. That's why ppl always put only the digit part of the URL, hide it under spoiler/onion or something.

2. I think it's not polite to steal link from other place, unless you're the original uploader. :uh..:
 
I just woke up and the album has finally leaked. Anyway...
Eden - Well, since we knew basically how the whole song unfolds, I don't have many new things to say about it. I love it even though it is nothing out of ordinary.
sandpiper - the beginning of the song is really good. Nice song overall.
Kugatsu - The son/daughter/whatever of Haru wa. Even the structure is the same; Hikaru first and then Wakana (to sing basically uh, the same thing). The Kajiurago bridge is ZZZZZZZZZZZ
in your eyes -I really don't like Hikaru's voice in this song.
destination unknown - Thank you Kajiura for wasting a song with such a great potential and transforming into another Mata Kaze (aka a good song that is extremely repetitive). No, in fact it's even more repetitive.
neverending - Hum, I like this.
Kotonoha - Instead of making this song, put a little more of an effort and create a good ballad.
Magnolia - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Personally...screw these techno songs of theirs
Mune no Yukue - Repetitive again. Why is every single song in this album so repetitive?! But it turned out to be nice, somehow.
Full Symphonia - The guitar part is SO random I can't even conceive what Kajiura was thinking.

The lack of Keiko in this album is disturbing, especially considering that she had more main parts in Red Moon. Overall, a nice album, but nothing more. Basically ALL the songs from the album are nothing out of ordinary, almost as if they were created only to complete the blank spaces of the album and that's it. I'm not even going to comment the ballads, it's so depressing I could cry. Also, many of the songs are actually quite big in length but there is nothing new in the course of the songs (aside from big bridges and so on).
 
^ Looks like you didnt noticed that Keiko got 2 stanzas in Destination unknown and like 1/3 of the lyrics of Mune no Yukue at the begining , not counting her parts in Magia's bridge and in symphonia's beginning. She might didnt had as much parts as in Red Moon but she still having more than in Seventh Heaven.

Imo I dont find Mata Kaze ga repeatitive but anyway.
 
George, I listened to the whole album, of course I noticed whatever she sang as main. 2 stanzas in Destination Unknown and 1/3 of Mune no Yukue...as if that's much to begin with. And I'm talking mainly about the new songs. What I don't like is that Kajiura hardly ever creates a song for Keiko to sing...she is relegated to sing some parts here and there that either Hikaru or Wakana could sing (and probably will as the song continues).

Edit: To complement my post with my impressions. The songs I liked "the most" were...let's say...Eden, sandpiper, destination unknown (not really sure about this), neverending and Mune no Yukue.
 
I downloaded a while ago as i woke up pretty late :uh..: I'll write about the songs i noticed/liked so far only and i'll update as i listen more :shy:

destination unknown-it has a Magia-like feeling,but it's more metal and repetitive.Still i like this.Oh and no Wakana :cry: although i realise that Waka maybe can't sing as low as the other two.

sandpiper: i love the arrangement-composition in this.I was really impressed pleasantly. I was not impressed quite as much for the vocals,but the music is :love:
 
oooh shunchan that's awesome!! You're so lucky you got into the event :XD:
I'm listening to Eden and it's really nice, but the sudden key changes always catch me off guard
 
Thanks for the links. I've finally listened to the whole album.

Eden - such a weak song for a title song. But well, I just don't like such type of songs

Sandpiper - suddenly it's my favourite song from the album. I really enjoy it

Kugatsu - my 2nd favourite song. And 2nd Kalafina ballad besides Kagayaku that I like

In your eyes - Hikaru's annoying sharp vocals :uh..:

Destination unknown - the very beginning sounds like it was sung by Yuuka. :omg: but I can't say I loved the whole song. I was a bit disappointed when I heard the full version. I expected more from this song, maybe too much. So I agree with KP-X

Neverending - reminds me of Hikari no senritsu. Neverending song, everlasting song... Yuki, be more creative please :ohoho:

kotonoha and snow falling - great songs to commit suicide after having listened to them :blood:

Magnolia - same as Destination unknown. My high expectations *sighs*

Mune no Yukue - nothing special. Just like Eden

Symphonia - that guitar solo part could have been longer

Summary of the new songs: only 2 songs that I absolutely loved, 2 songs that I liked but felt disappointed as I expected them to be better, 2 songs that I didn't pay much attention to and will soon forget them, 2 songs that made me think "Life is PAIN, life is PAIN!" :uh..:

The whole impression: this album is definitely different. But I'm not sure it is for the better. I've never been a big Kalafan, but I like Seventh Heaven much more than After eden. This album sounds more mainstream to me :uh..:

Edit: forgot to say - they should finally officially include Yuriko into the group
 
As always, I'll keep my opinions to myself. :XD:

Because when I say what I'm feeling, it always gives me a headache. *traumatized*

:uh..:

:ayashii:

:knife: :plot:
 
Thank you so much! now all we need are scans and the ISO for the DVD and we are set! :V:
 
Must resist :blood: I'll just wait....it will be out wednes!! Can't believe it leaked so soon :uh..:
 
Thank you for the download link. :sohappy: I'll finish this post when I finally listen to the full version.

ok

so

Bear in mind my opinions will be shaped by the fact I actually stopped to pay attention to these. And I'm tired, so I won't be the fantastically and amazingly articulate personification of perfection and beauty that you are clearly accustomed to. No colours for this post because Kalafina is serious ******* business.

LET'S GO

Eden: Eh, it's okay! I kind of like it, but it could do with being a bit shorter, since it doesn't feel like there's anything interesting keeping me from pressing the skip button. The way they sing sounds nice, and the layering is kind of cool, plus I like how happy it actually sounds. Maybe my sixth favourite.

sandpiper: I really, really like how this sounds, and I love the rhythm, and I love how the instruments sound together. I think it's got a really good feel, and I adore it. But the bridges are so long; I can't like it! It just seems like it's been extended for the sake of it being extended. It kind of makes me thing of a song you'd dance around a fire and burn witches to, idk bro.

magia: They didn't do anything extreme to ruin how much I love this song and how much I love singing along and listening to it. But even this gets boring to me when I'm focusing only on the song and not doing anything else, as well. I think I have some kind of music-ADD, or something. Hah!

九月: Ahhh, I love this! I love the piano, and I love the singing in it, and I love how there's flute, and I love the melody, and I think those are those timpani drum things in the background and I love those and-- and I just love it. Ahhh, I love it. I didn't expect to like it this much, but I really do. Favourite song! Favourite!

:love: :shy: :dote: :love: :dote: :shy: :love:

in your eyes: I actually like how Hikaru sounds in this, but with what everyone else is saying, I feel like the odd one out, since the general consensus seems to be "omg no i hate hikaru in this song she sings like shitty pooface", or whatever. Still, I didn't think I'd like it from the sample, since the chorus hasn't grown on me yet, but ahhshfjkshafjkashfka I do really like it. This will probably end up my second to fourth favourite new song, depending on the rest of them and whether they can WOW me with a spontaneous bellydance or something.

--Oh, hi, Keiko. :sparkleguy: Ahah, this is a song where I don't mind the long bridges, since they're fun to listen to, like that weird Arabian sitar... thing.

destination unknown: I like how Hikaru sounds like her balls have dropped, which is a sound I like on her. The deeper, the better. As long as they don't hit the ocean floor and get crushed by the pressure because I assume that they would not enjoy that. It seems like they could've stole a bit of the bridge from "sandpiper" and added it to this, though, since the transition from stanza to chorus is a li--keiko--ttle odd and quick and it means it sounds a little repetitive. But I guess "sandpiper" is just a fat shit and likes to eat up all the bridges itself like a silly troll who won't share its toys.

I AM DISAPPOINT, SANDPIPER (╯ಠ益ಠ)╯︵ ┻━┻(`Д´ノ )ノ (°□°╯)╯ sit in the naughty corner because i am supernanny

neverending: It's called "neverending", but it's one of the shorter ones on the CD. But I like it, mostly because Keiko gets to stop sitting down doing jack shit and be allowed to finally sing a solo.

ことのは: It's like two minutes, why would anyone have suicidal inclinations after listening to it. What a melodramatic thing to say. You know who would never have said that? Jesus Christ. And do you know why he would not have said that? Because he was a manly badass and had great testicular fortitude. You didn't see Jesus complaining when he was dragging that cross up to crucify himself on, did you? No.

Learn from Jesus Christ and grow a pair.

magnolia: This doesn't sound like it should be called "magnolia". It sounds like it should be called either "keiko's final stanza of the album" or "wakana's song #241". Produced by: Dubstep. And what was that weird moan in the background at 5:00? Or was that me just going "omg is this song still happening".

Also, I mourn the constantly diminishing Keiko solos. Seriously. I walk around with a veil on and everything. I go the whole way and don't pussy out.

輝く空の静寂には: I hack into the Pentagon to this song. And I leave it playing when I leave to go to college because it brings all the bitches to the yard. MILKSHAKE. NOT. REQUIRED.

胸の行方: What is this balls that I am listening to. This is like the estranged love child of Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lion King, lowered 18 octaves because Keiko is classy enough to bring people down to her level. Vocal level. Yeah-heeaaah. The chorus, though, llllllllmao. This is what it sounds like when Kajiura Yuki is on weed. It's her way of saying, "MUFASA NEVER DIED, IT WAS A NAZI CONSPIRACY, HE LIVES ON AFTER EDEN, HEIL MUFASA, UBER KAISER MUFASA".

snow falling: This should have been called "neverending" instead because that is how it feels. And snow didn't even fall when I was listening to it, what's with that. That's false advertising and it makes me want to slit my wrists with a protractor.

God what is with the instruments in this song. They don't fit and they sound so random just playing at the same time as each other, like Kajiura just put instruments names in a hat and then burnt the hat and just went with whatever. Why is there the same instruments over and over again, it's so generic and boring and repetitive to just have instruments in every song. Who even needs instruments. You know who doesn't need instruments to make a song? I don't. And probably Jesus didn't either but we don't know about that because all we hear about him is how he was a prophet badass with a beard.

And what's with Kalafina people having voices, anyway? I hate their voices. All of them. Wakana sounds like she's got socks in her throat and has been kicked in the balls and Hikaru has a voice that sounds like knives being inserted into my frontal cortex and Keiko's voice has dropped through the centre of the Earth because it's so deep why doesn't she just voice a male protagonist already because she's such a MAN.

You know what, Kalafina should just not sing. It should just have no instruments as well. This song would be so much better if there was just like silence because that would be postmodern and creative and totally be making a statement and I could fuckin' roll with that.

:blood:

symphonia: You know, I think they should have typo'd this as "symphobia". I'd have lol'd. Not a lot, but I need all the laughs I can get out of this oppressive album that will forever chase me with how bad it obviously is, Kajiura is crap, she's stuck in a metaphorical bog of uncreativity, my eardrums went supernova, makes me want to pull my eyelashes out with a toenail clipper and circumcise myself using inventive methods that include the numerous sharp objects surrounding me etc. etc.

YES I LIKE THIS ALBUM, I AM GOING AGAINST THE TREND, I AM A REBEL, I AM THE WOLF NOT THE SHEEP, I EXPRESS MY OPINIONS AGGRESSIVELY

DEAL WITH IT
 
So I have two solos to look forward to :ohoho:

Coincidentally, unless Snow Falling has drastically changed, I think I'll probably the only huge fan of it here...I've always loved that song to pieces because of the slowly-growing drama in its bridge ('kasa no kage de sotto', and onward). But of course that's just my opinion! :dote:

Still looking forward to Future Destination Unknown :plot:

My order still hasn't been fully processed :uh..:
 
Coincidentally, unless Snow Falling has drastically changed, I think I'll probably the only huge fan of it here...I've always loved that song to pieces because of the slowly-growing drama in its bridge ('kasa no kage de sotto', and onward). But of course that's just my opinion! :dote:

I wouldn't say I loved it, but I do like it. I have complex tsundere-like feelings towards ballads.
 
^ Ah, I see...sort of. Why did it sound like you disliked it in your previous post, though? :confu:
 
^ Ah, I see...sort of.

I think they're very pretty and I really do like them, but I like other songs more, and I'm kind of really picky about which ballads I do actually like, since the structure makes it easy for them to sound similar.

Why did it sound like you disliked it in your previous post, though? :confu:

Whenever I get tired, it's extremely difficult to stop myself from being extremely sarcastic, so... I was sort of mocking other people's criticisms of "snow falling" by making that entire opinion snide and sarcastic. In fact, the entire post after "Kotonoha" was highly sarcastic.

Sorry about that. :bow:
 
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