Nocturnal Bloodlust Thank You Review

Nocturnal Bloodlust has been through a lot recently due to the departure of their ex guitarists Daichi and Cazqui.  After the two guitarists found out that employees at their record label were stealing money from them, they quit the band.  This left the band's future uncertain with many people fearing that they would disband.  Instead, they recruited guitarist, Lin, and recently put out their first song with the new guitarist, "Thank You".

I do like the opening riff that Lin plays in the beginning of the song.  It has a good heavy vibe and is a good way to kick off the song.  Natsu's drumming continues to be good in this song and really does a good job carrying the song through.  Hiro displays his usual combination of growling and melodic vocal work and it continues to be amazing.  However, even with all the good things, the loss of Daichi and Cazqui can be heard and felt in this song.  The lack of guitar solos and great lead lines that were always key things in the band's other songs are missing here and that really hurts the song.  As a result, the song ends up sounding more repetitive then the other songs have sounded in the past.  I've heard Lin doing some soloing in his other band, Abstracts, and he can indeed solo.  However,  he doesn't display any of that in this song and in a band that is so famous for epic guitar solos, you have to be able to deliver on that. I hope that he does that when the band releases their mini album, "Unleashed".

As far as the lyrics go, the band has returned to doing mainly Japanese lyrics as oppose the majority English lyrics they did on more recent songs.  Overall they do flow very well, especially in the chorus. As for the message, there has been a lot of controversy around the message.  This song is clearly a diss track and a lot of people think that it is towards Cazqui and Daichi.  While their names are never mentioned in the song, I can see why people would believe that this song is targeting them.  With lines like "spreading stealth marketing" and "behind your smile is full of deceit", it can give off the vibe that they are saying that Cazqui and Daichi are just trying to promote themselves while leaving the rest of the band behind.  Since they have written songs with these kind of lyrics in the past, I will give them the benefit of the doubt, as far as this song being directed towards the ex guitarists.  Whether it is directed towards the ex guitarists or not, I don't think that doing a diss track so soon after long time members have left the band was such a good idea, because it would only end up causing this kind of controversy. Instead, I think they should of done something like they did with "Deep Inside" where the song would basically be about rising above the pain and soldering on.  It would of had a more positive feel and fans would be more united around a message like that.  The lyrics are not written badly, but I think the theme and message is bad timing.

I said at one point in time that no one in Nocturnal Bloodlust could be replaced and sadly I still feel that way with Thank You.  The song is not bad, but it doesn't feel like a Nocturnal Bloodlust song.  It doesn't have the same level of technicality and power that Daichi and Cazqui brought when they were in the band.  Also, the fact that there is no guitar solo when Lin has proven he is capable of soloing hurts the song as well.  Lin has a lot to compete with in this band and I do hope he succeeds in the future with this band, as I do with all the members, including Cazqui and Daichi.  I give Thank You a 3 out of 5.      

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