Review by Alan

This was my first Gazette CD. I hadn't heard much of them, but everywhere I went in the J-Rock community here in the U.S., the name followed. I downloaded the song "Shadow VI II I" and really dug the song. So I decided to buy this CD and give them a shot. All I can say is...... wow! This may be the best CD of 2006!

I'm a HUGE Hyde fan. I flew cross-country to see his U.S. tour in California. When I was there, I was floored by a rocked out version of "evergreen". I soon found out that the song was available as a B-Side to the "Countdown" single. Having the entire "Faith" album, I had little desire to own the singles. But when I heard that he was including amazing B-Side's like this song, well, I just had to start collecting them! Amazing, simply amazing!

I was turned on to 12012 after meeting Miyawaki and Sakai at Anime Expo 2006. I picked this CD up and was not disappointed! Any fan of indy VK J-Rock will benefit from picking this CD up. Especially good are the songs "incur..." and "shower".