"Yesterday was the day of the global release of Black Hole's new album, and as you know, I'm a fan of Black Hole. So, of course, I got my hands on one right away. ”

"This album is Black Hole's second all-English album, and compared with the previous one, the pattern of Black Hole this time is undoubtedly much larger, and their eyes are aimed at the world. ”

"This album was released simultaneously in more than a dozen countries and regions around the world, and the scale and momentum are much larger than the last time. ”

"Black Hole Production, the first masterpiece, this is not just a slogan, in my opinion, it is also a fact. ”

"Black Hole is undoubtedly a prolific group, and in just six years since their debut, this young band has already released five albums and more than seventy songs, and the quality of each song has stood the test. ”

"They single-handedly changed the Chinese music market, ending the psychedelic rock dynasty that dominated the music scene for nearly a decade, creating two new music styles, hard rock and metal, and promoting a new vitality in the music market. ”

According to the data, among the 182 new bands formed in the whole of last year, 76 bands checked the metal option in the music genre in the record, accounting for 41.76%, an increase of 8.4% from the previous year. ”

Last year's survey report showed that among the most popular music genres, metal music has surpassed rock and roll, ranking third, second only to pop and folk, which shows that metal music has begun to become the mainstream music genre in the domestic music scene. ”

As the pioneer of this music genre, Black Hole has not stopped, but continues to innovate and find new directions. ”

"The name of this new album is Rock and Metal, and it can be seen that Black Hole wants to promote this style of music to the world, so the metal style songs on the album are the majority. ”

"There are a total of 12 songs on the whole album, and they divide them into two sides, A and B, which is quite retro, and the innovative spirit of Black Hole is vividly reflected in this album. ”

"The first two songs on the A side of the album are two love songs. Black Hole is a good blend of metal and pop, complemented by Cao Wu's signature high-pitched voice and the band's superb instrumental skills, creating a unique interpretation of metal love songs. ”

"It's very aggressive, it's contagious, it's more popular, it's acceptable to most people, and it's technically difficult. I can foresee that in the next few years, these two songs will have a very high appearance rate in music talent shows. ”

"The next two songs are my personal favorites, beautiful guitar melodies, relaxed and murmuring interpretations, quite artistic lyrics, to me, these are folk songs!"

"In the past few years, a few years before psychedelic rock became popular, some people also tried to combine folk and rock, such as the early grass children, homecoming bands, and so on. However, folk rock has not developed rapidly, and there are very few newcomers who choose this style, and now even rock music is a niche genre, let alone the music industry as a whole. ”

"Personally, I like folk rock very much, but I don't know why, this group of musicians who engage in folk rock in China always like to combine local folk songs and rock. It's not bad, it's just that except for the early songs of the grass kids, most of the works are actually ballads with a layer of rock skin, which makes me dislike it. ”

"In recent years, the one who can match my appetite has to be the Black Hole Band...... Anyway, the only folk rock that I have been more amazed and liked in recent years is the two songs that Cao Wu wrote on the stage of "The Strongest New Band". ”

"Cao Wu's love for traditional culture is obvious to all, as can be seen from the many traditional elements in Black Hole's previous music works. "Give You a Little Color" and "Jiu'er" are the same, the main body of the two songs is the Qin art native to the northwest region, and Cao Wu adapted it, combining local folk songs and hard rock together, radiating a new vitality. ”

Perhaps it was that this attempt that inspired him, and this time on the new album, there are two Western-leaning folk metals, which is a bold attempt. ”

In the choice of instruments and the writing of the lyrics of these two songs, a lot of country music elements equivalent to Mi folk songs are used, and Cao Wu can also be heard in singing in that direction. However, in terms of the core arrangement, he still uses his own set of metal theories. Bang! Two completely different music styles collided with an unprecedented brilliant spark!

"The fifth song on the A side slapped a lot of people who questioned the musical strength of the black hole. I know that there have been people on the Internet who have questioned the professional strength of black holes, thinking that they just rely on fast pace, distorted sound effects and soaring pitch to attract people, but the actual strength is very weak. ”

However, the song appeared, a textbook psychedelic rock, even in front of the Big Goose, which was not inferior in any way. ”

"When I heard this song, I was so excited that I felt like I saw the black hole's disdainful eyes. We can play psychedelic rock well, but we're too lazy to do this corny stuff, and since you want to hear it, just write a song and deal with it. ”

It's just that a casual song is countless times better than what many people rack their brains to write. ”

"I'm wondering, if the Black Hole Band had been born ten years earlier, what would the domestic music industry be like?"

"The last song on the A-side, it's a disco rock, yes, a realm where a master was born, a deserted place, grass growing again. ”

"I've been amazed countless times that the Black Hole Band is truly a treasure band. Of course, the core of this is Cao Wu's creative ability, but Batu, Lele and Lu Qingsong also surprised me. Not every band can master as many styles as they do. ”

"I was amazed at how well they could, no matter what the style of music, they were able to play like they had been doing it all their lives, and God gave it to us. ”

"Okay, now that we're done with the sycophants, it's time to say something nasty, let's turn our attention to the recently hotly discussed B-side of 'Rock?and Metal', commonly known as 'The Dark Side of the Moon'. ”

"Like a lot of people, I didn't realize what was going to happen when I heard the first song of the opening line, 'Back in Black,' I just thought it was just hard rock similar to the title song of the same name from the previous album, 'Rock or Bust.' ”

"It wasn't until I heard the third song "Lady?evil" that I realized something was wrong. ”