I decided to write yet another band post. Mostly because this band has importance to me. So many good and bad memories, it has brought things into my life.
Let's start from the beginning shall we?
Versailles - Revenant Choir - 2007
I remember waiting for the clock to tick over to when this song was released. Sounds lame I know, but it was worth the wait. This is the first single from Versailles. I found a cut version due to the speech at the beginning can get rather annoying.
I love how this song dives straight into the heavy drumming and guitar. So much skill from the members in this band. The vocals stay strong throughout the track, Kamjio has a very powerful voice and is carried well. The music and vocals work well together to bring an amazing first single.
I will just be showing you my favourite songs.
Versailles - Red Carpet Days
Again, another song that jumps straight into the heavy guitar and drumming. At live shows, this always got the crowd going, everyone jumping around and getting hyped for the rest of the concert. I remember the band being highly enthusiastic when they played this- I think it was more to get them warmed up! The solo's are near perfection, they are created and played by both guitarists. A lot of people claim it is just Teru or just Hizaki, but in actuality, most of the "solos" are played together. They are far too complex to play on their own. True, they do have a solo each, but you can tell the difference. Again, Kamijo's vocals are strong and carry through the song. I find his vocals are quite unique.
Versailles - Amorphous
I feel this song is slightly underrated. The violin gives this song a whole different feel. Whenever I hear it, it makes me want to dance around whilst singing along. I love this song, it gives off a sad feel, yet it is also quite upbeat? It was refreshing to hear something other than the heavy metal and powerful vocals.
Versailles Philharmonic Quintet - Philia
This song was the single that came out before their Album Holy Grail, which in my opinion, was one of the best. To me, it feels as thought they finally found their sound, heavy metal with opera-esque vocals. Kamijo seemed more comfortable in this song and onwards which gave him more powerful vocals. This was also the first album to be created with Masashi - the bassist.
Versailles - Thanatos
I would like to bring attention to the bassist - Masashi. This song was written by the newly appointed bassist. Personally, I love it. Truly impressed. Maybe I am biased as I love bass? The band sound doesn't change, even though it was written by a new member. The guitar is still powerful and beautifully melodic, the vocals still send tingles, the drumming is changed slightly to work with the bass properly. All in all, I think it went well - again, I feel it is underrated as a song.
Versailles - Ayakashi
This is the final song I will be posting, simply because it is my ultimate favourite. Again it was written by Masashi. The heavy bass, the traditional melody mixed in with heavy drums. The extremely skilled guitar kicks in properly. It just gets heavier and heavier as it goes into the song, it all quieten downs then in comes the beautiful, yet slightly haunting vocals. I never saw this song live, I wish I had. It was played at their final live. I bet the atmosphere was breath-taking. The whole song is powerful. I feel it was their best creation. It flows well. All in all, the song works well to make people feel emotions and I feel that is the whole point in music. This is my favourite song by Versailles.
I have noticed I haven't mentioned Yuki a lot, this is because I feel his talent as a drummer is too much for words, in my honest opinion. It is apparent in all of the songs how much he loves doing what he does, throughout the years of Versailles, his skill got better and better. I think the best song he shows his talent is playing alongside Masashi in Ayakashi.
This is my personal opinion on this band, as I said earlier, it has importance to me.
Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
