Velvet Eden - blanc et noir

I woke up by the doorbell this morning and since I understood what it was I rushed up, received my package and ripped it open.
Today is the release of Velvet Eden's new minialbum blanc et noir in case anyone missed that!

So I did what any other sane person would do, I just said fuck it to sleep and ripped open my package and then put the cd in my computer.

Anyhow, this release includes 6 songs, but only Misery and Goodbye Alice have not been shared on youtube so blanc et noir doesn't really include that many suprises, you know what you're paying for.

Overall, I think the sound is very varied, but I think we can sense a new sound for Velvet Eden in general. Since Chro joined the music is electrnic (of course) but with bits of electric guitar. Luzifer has grown on me, to be honest I wasn't that into it but I'm guessing hearing it live 3 times left some sort of impression on me because now I really enjoy its darker sound combined with Chro's guitar melody.
I have to admit though that the first song I put on was Toxic Queen, I just love it. It reminds me of Black Butterfly, but much better. I don't have many comments about it rather than it's pure awesome.

Those who read my livereports know that I was a bit confused regarding a song they played live, which later ended up being Jailed Prince. It's very rock for Velvet Eden, and the lyrics is all in English! Anyhow, the songs everyone know about isn't that interesting to discuss, so what about Misery and Goodbye Alice?

Misery is a bit slower, but in the middle, my personal favorite part, yet again it gets a bit more "rock" than Velvet Eden normally is, (or maybe I should say was now?), the melody gets a bit darker and the electric guitar more noticable.
As for Goodbye Alice, the beginning reminded me of Paraph, kind of slow and dark, but later the melody gets pretty catchy with the sound of an accordion and the chorus feels almost a bit pop.

The song which has left a big impression on me is No.15. At first I didn't really pay that much attention to it, when it was shared as a demo on youtube, but as always, I downloaded it and listened to it at random and found that I acctually really like this.
Dada said it would sound like old Velvet Eden, I don't know if I agree with that but it's truly great in its own way.
The melody is catchy in the beginning but around the chorus is the interesting part. First before the actual chorus starts, but the chorus itself is my favorite part as that's the part when Dada's vocals makes the song most interesting. The rythm of No.15 is kind of fast and constant and Dada sings sort of fast through out the song but in the chorus it changes and Dada takes longer tones as the melody continues fast in the background which I think sounds pretty cool. I think Dada's voice is at it's best when he doesn't sing that fast to be honest. (my explanation is probably very confusing but I guess you'll get what I mean when listening to No.15)

Tracklist
Luzifer
Toxic Queen
Jailed prince
Misery
No.15
Goodbye Alice

Darkest Labyrinth was kind enough to send the postcard which was announced after I put my order

So, I acctually got 2 free bonuses with my order, first the postcard which was announced some time ago, but also a DVD with the Starwave's bands new year greetings, and Velvet Eden was among them! At first I thought it was the same as the video shared on youtube, but it's not. Nothing that special was announced. The above pictures are screencaps. Also, as always Velvet Eden did sign the copies bought through Darkest Labyrinth, so if you care about that maybe it's worth getting your copy from Darkest Labyrinth instead of CdJapan, or Amazon! The booklet was full of pretty photos, most has been shared already on Chro's and Dada's facebook accounts though.