To mark their 10 year anniversary, D’espairsray have released ‘FINAL CALL’. After their recent European Tour, I’m sure fans worldwide will be grabbing this single. Hopefully from places where it costs good old fashion money.

1. FINAL CALL
2. GOING ON!
3. ARK IN THE STORM

FINAL CALL

To start of with, FINAL CALL is most definitely enjoyable. Karyu’s predominantly noticeable guitar is the basis to the intro and creates a flowing current throughout with similar and varied riffs. A fairly slow solo is thrown in and it certainly blends with the song. It was nice to hear.
While managing to attain their unique sound, D’espairsray together have again created another well written song. Hizumi’s vocals are punchy and powerful throughout. The song is for the most part basic but effective and while it doesn’t beat the greatness of some of their other songs, it still manages to have gathered a few plays on my laptop.
It’s still growing on me despite the fact that I already love it, I guess that has to be a sure sign that some of this review may differ in a few weeks.
So far so good! A good choice to base a single on.

8.5/10

GOING ON!

The intro to this song sounds slightly common and unimaginative to begin with. Hizumi adapts to a sort of rap style for the lyrics in the first verse but soon changes to his normal style of singing in the chorus. The band all seem to follow a fairly mediocre sound throughout and Tsukasa’s repetitive really kill it for me.
The structure of the song is sound but so far the overall sound has failed to impress me. I find the band chants/growls scattered throughout to be moderately annoying.
There are sections throughout the song that are very well done indeed but overall to me, the song is lacking in something thatFINAL CALL had. Iffy in my opinion.

5.5/10

ARK IN THE STORM

ARK IN THE STORM begins sounding like a sped up PARADOX 5. However, it really suits what’s about to come. The change to a pretty dramatic verse is welcomed and it’s definitely nice to hear after Going on. Hizumi’s vocals mix with the song superbly and Tsukasa’s drumming definitely keeps up the beat. While improving on the previous song, it still seems to lack something. The replay value for me just isn’t there. It doesn’t have the impact and uniqueness that FINAL CALL has. Maybe it’s just me?

7/10

Overall, I’d give the single 7.5/10. FINAL CALL is a great single and I guess the other 2 are only B sides so maybe it isn’t fair to judge it on them. *Shrug* Well, I’m going to listen to FINAL CALL on repeat for a while.

Nihility