Also, just look at this cover art! It's a back and front booklet. If you own the real CD (I bought my copy digitally on booth though) you can flip the booklet between Lalue and the goddess. The art is done by Chitose Rin feat REL* as usual.
Please consider to buy the CD here, it is totally worth the 1000 yen! The vocals are so splendid, the instrumentals were masterfully crafted. Everything is worth it.
The CD is a sequel to both Vengel and Maisery, being the last battle with the " God(dess) of lies".
There are a lot of references to the other CD's, like the flowers... Mary, paradise etc! I hope I can point out all links later :) This will be done in a compilation post, but I cannot expect it to come out anytime soon, as I prefer to directly get to translating -LostFairy-. I have bought the new CD :).
Well this CD focusses on the past and present of both characters "Lalue" and the " Goddess of lies". The first song focusses on the present of Lalue, who is just emotionlessly cutting flowers for the goddess, who is introduced in song 2. Song 3 and song 4 elaborate on the past of both. The goddess used to be a family of 5, but their souls were fused and put in a doll as a result of an experiment. Lalue used to be a human girl, who was bored by daily life, thought up the existence of angels in her mind as result of having seen them in a picture book, which she of course could not see.Her childish innocent imagination, "White angels take off to the sky and I can see them!", a lie she made up, is seen as witchcraft bij the adults. The adults put her on fire and she dies. Then she actually is subjected to soul transfer, which is not described in Vengel's songs, and becomes a mechanical angel amongst many, used to cut down those who oppose the goddess (which is also not described in Vengel, Vengel focusses on bringing the souls of innocent children to the god). Then the fifth song is a final battle between the two. Lalue manages to win and has reduced the zenoth to zero. What happens then....? Well that is not described well! It is only slightly touched upon in the booklet pages. Thus, I leave it up to your imagination!
The name Zenoth comes from the two words Zenith(highest point of the heaven from the point of the observer) and Zero. They come together in one stanza 偽りの『楽園 OR 頂』を『零』へと還す meaning I will reduce the paradise (zenith) of lies to zero. Zenoth is a coined word like Maisery and Vengel. Vengel = Vengeance + Angel, Maisery = Mary + Misery, Zenoth = Zenith + Zero.
Tracklist:
1. 神が統べる楽園 (Kami ga suberu rakuen)
2. Demythology
3. 五つの光、一つの夢 (itsutsu no hikari, hitotsu no yume)
4. 記憶の花 (Kioku no hana)
5. Zenoth
6. 零 (Zero)
7. 神が統べる楽園 (Instrumental)
8. Demythology (Instrumental)
9. 五つの光、一つの夢 (Instrumental)
10. 記憶の花 (Instrumental)
11. Zenoth (Instrumental)
I shall use the following translations for the titles:
1. Paradise of God
3. Five lights, one dream
4. Flower of memories
The tracks have been released on Youtube and Spotify, but the titles have NOT been translated.
The songs in the order of which I liked to the ones to the ones I liked least. I had great trouble deciding an order. All songs are simply divine. I think I have to go for 2>5>4>1>3. I have no idea where to place the instrumental track 6, but it is just as good as the other songs. 3 is still an amazing song, the softness and gentleness of Hoshio Yuka is truly a godly treat to my ears, but I think all the other songs are slightly slightly superior to this one. 2 truly truly truly is an amazing song, 5 is also truly amazing, at loss of words for that. The blend of a godly voice, a desperate angel's voice... ah... too good to be true. Coincidentially the order in which I like the songs are the same as the order of when I first listened to the XFD.
