BLAZBLUE SONG ACCORD #1 with CONTINUUM SHIFT

My second post which got something to do with Daisuke Ishiwatari, my all time favourite composer. The new album BLAZBLUE SONG ACCORD #1 with CONTINUUM SHIFT deliver vocal tracks from Blazblue Seiyuus and his intricate guitar and orchestral metal arrangements. Seems like his works are going towards orchestral metal rather than guitar solos back in Guilty Gear days. FYI on Blazblue, he only composed the soundtrack and not the char design whatsoever. Notice the bright and colourful character which differs from his metal oriented style. Maybe it’s time to let Guilty Gear rest in peace.

Track listing, old tracks now available in vocal ver.

1st track, Continuum Shift. Mixture of metal guitar solo with harpsichord. Not much of an impact but I’ll give 4 out of 10 stars for guitar solo complexity.

2nd track, 「強風 」.. Shishigami Bang vocal song track. Performed by Koyama Tsuyoshi. Not a Bang fan so I’ll just let this one slip.

3rd track, 「Condemnation Wings ~Cry Camellia…~ 」. Started with harpsichord solo with, a track for the new character Tsubaki Yayoi( Asami Imai ).

4th track, 「Oriental Flower ~ 花となれ~ 」. Chinese styled track for Litchi, performed by her seiyuu Takahashi Chiaki.

5th track, 「Queen of Rose ~ 真紅の傍観者~ 」. Rachel HHNNGGGGR RRHHHHH!!! Okay, performed by Kana Ueda. Kinda melodic and feels like a ballad, oh yeah, kinda Ali Project too. Vampire loli, what kinda music do you want to pluck into her? Guitar solo was short but awesome, 7 stars out of 10 for that.

6th track, Gluttony Fang. Daisuke’s original piece. Heavy metal oriented, with piano/keyboard solos. Guitar solos are played during the chorus, doesn’t feel much impact.

7th track, Condemnation Wings. Guitar solo version.

8th track, Nightmare Fiction. Sounds something like A7X’s Unholy Confessional in the beginning, then move onto guitar solo enriched with harmonic.

9th track, Memory of Tears. Started out slowly, then there comes the mellow guitar solo that’s so heart melting. Probably the best guitar solo/track in the album.

10th track, Endless Despair. High tempo song with crazy drum bashing.Fast but unclear solo in the middle. Probably final boss fight?

11th track, Rubble Song. From the first time hearing it, I can tell that it’s surely a credits roll song. The feeling of “everything has ended” is clearly expressed.

12 track, 「Stardust memory ~ 約束の場所~ 」. Sung by Kondou Kanako, seiyuu for Noel Vermillion.  a Game Over track from the previous Blazblue. Probably my choice of vocal track, not that good but enough to keep me in tune.

Song Accord #1 already covers like 25% of the original Blazblue track, added with tracks from Continuum Shift. So there’s going to be #2 with Tomokazu Sugita singing?