[ZERO] [w/DVD, Limited Edition]

After the horrendous release from every artist from Japan in 2010 i was extremely skeptical of this release especially after the mini-album "Will" which was just terrible... Anyway, i listened to this and was absolutely amazed, the opening song "Bastard" starts off very heavily, and is nothing like anything released in Japan at this time, it doesn't follow a typical pop sound it just doesn't, it's very DuelJewel, then the song "Oborozuki" is the song chosen to promote this mini album, it is actually surprisingly complex, it has a few progressive metal influences and even changes it's time signature a few times such as in the bridge i think i counted 5/8 for a bar, i'm not sure, so yeah, if you enjoy that song you should check out progressive metal artists too, the next song "Kaede" is one of my least favourite songs but it's not too bad, it's still better than everything else released in japan this year, it's is a very light song and also carries a few progressive metal influences, for example the bridge is in a 3/4 time signature and the guitar and piano follows progressive metal elements, not a bad song at all, the next song "Code:Liberate" is pretty heavy and has very dark chords, the chorus is quite pop, and just what you expect from DuelJewel, the bridge is also very strange, they completely ignore the time signature although it is kind of 4/4 but the guitar does not follow this pattern, the last song on the album "Lost" is probably the only song on the album that sounds anything like any of the songs on "Will" but it also has that very classic DuelJewel sound and also sounds quite abit like "Kogetsu" from "The Birth" single, but anyway this is quite slow and light and has a pretty catchy chorus, one of my least favorites but i still enjoy this song. So to rap this up, get this release, seriously it's just realy good.