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yall have no taste when it comes to looks smh, the weird shit is at least interesting and creative when you compare it to the boring-ass "check it out bro we're all wearing SUITS" or "dude we're totally wearing kimonos lmao we're so traditional" looks that way too many vk bands do nowadays i'd much rather take the weird yoda stuff over smth like kiryu, who have basically been recycling the same 3 or 4 general styles their entire career, for example.. for people who claim to be into visual stuff a lot of y'all are still pretty quick to write off anything that deviates from the generic vk pretty boy norm

As you wish

In fact, if you like anything after their 2 track demo tape performance as DEATHMASK, you're not a true fan. They sold out with MISSA and became mainstream trash.

Opinions.

Some more info on the album's tracks etc.:

The band will release a new mini album via Itunes ! (5 songs). 0801弐209XX6 have disbanded three years ago.

Kisou was ahead of its time. Haters back off!

I feel comfortable in saying this is some of the band’s best work. Questionable production aside, the songwriting is tight and focused aside from the two weird flubs from Toshiya. To be fair, the main problem with Devote My Life is that fucking main siren riff being too damn loud, but I love that breakdown with Toshiya rumbling away. Other than that, this is the first DEG album in a long time that I can listen to from beginning to end without feeling drained halfway thru. There really isn’t any filler, and they sound super confident in these songs. They’re short in length, but not in content. Fuck it, dawg, I’m happy.

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Mazeran will re-release all 3 singles in one CD, "混乱復刻音源集" (Konran fukkoku ongen-shū) at their live event in October for 1500 yen. [tracklist] 1.赫い絲 2.雪無色 3.ちょっきんこ

1 prayer that Jey's personal reasons are to do with being signed to Starwave and not just with being in a band.

Not really understanding how an opinion on personal taste has more/less merit depending on how long you've been a fan and if you've been to Japan or not. I personally have been listening to this album more than anything they've put out since VULGAR/Withering, so because of that it stands out as being one of their better efforts as far as I'm concerned.

surprised we havent had another "IS THIS THE END OF VISUAL KEI?!?!?!?!" thread re: this album tbh

I went to a renaissance faire for the first time today, and I got covered in rats!

unpopular opinion: I actually like both

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Been listening the shit out of the album for the last couples of days, and it just gets better and better. I have no problem with the placement of songs now, and I accept 'Ningen...' and 'Utafumi' now. My only problem would be 'Values of Madness': I still don't like how it is placed after 'Aka'. The rest of it has finally clicked with me. Also got past the production after finding the right EQ and listening device, as Saishu said. I just hope someone rips CD 1 and 2 in good quality, because I can't get enough of 'The Deeper Vileness' remake and it's only on YouTube. Seriously: I'm really happy with what they did to the song. I would love a complete re-recording of 'The Marrow of a Bone'. Going back to 'The Insulated Wolrld'', I honestly think it's a good album with some standout moments (especially the second half), but they could have done better. It still feels rushed and 'simple', though this was something the band was after. Hope we don't have to wait four more years for another album!

Today's reception V.A 音飴缶 *bought this for the 2 ～If～†Dia† tracks, still have to listen the rest but the V.A seems really cool Arc-turus やられる前にやり返せ！ *bought this 'cause I had love a lot EROS shit stuff, I can finally listen to a decent quality of this Visual-kei DVD Magazine Vol.4-V-ROCK SPECIAL- *I already own the .iso of this, but still haven't buy it in 8 years, for アヲイ collection カナリヤ DT 孵化 *bought this 'cause I like CANARY Not a huge package, but totally cool IMV

The band have announced that they will release their new single "金魚蜂"(Kingyo hachi) on 2018.12.19. Limited edition : 1940 yen CD : 1.金魚蜂(Kingyo hachi) 2.爛(Ran) DVD : 1. 金魚蜂 MV + MAKING Regular edition : 1620 yen CD : 1.金魚蜂(Kingyo hachi) 2.爛(Ran) The other members have yet to upload their individual pictures. http://www.d-out.info/news/release/2456/

This Tokyo metal core band will release their 1st single "North Pole" this winter. Members twitter accounts: Vo. @PhilipeLegault7 Gt. @Latte_Dgt7 Gt. @TheYoungSoul_ Ba. @20rain02 Support Dr. @Ryo_Drums0 (Ryo ex. Poidol)

らせん (Rasen) will release 2 singles in their next live at 難波#G8 (10/09). Called "明鏡止水" and "冥狂死祟". Futarishizuka in one cover and Kikyo in other, I think that both of them have 2 tracks, like the others singles.

麗音 - 『～永遠～』 デモテープ 麗音 - 絹の糸と蜘の意図 デモテープ Luna de Miel - TREACHERY デモテープ

My boyfriend took these random pics of me in a random restaurant(full of hot guys) in Shibuya before going to fox capture plan's live.

Kuloe was missing for a while too (in April) and when he came back he said that he did it because there was unhappiness in his family and it was mentally damaging him and because of bearing all of that he didn't think he could stand on stage in front of everyone. I feel like he's been struggling mentally even after he came back. No matter how much I like him, I don't see him start a new band anytime soon.

They will be missed

I want to cry.

ranunculus is so weird in a sense I don't hate the song (and I love the video), but I absolutely don't want to listen to it like ever, it literally feels like 4 minutes of nothing w/o the visuals to accompany the song; meanwhile I have about 2 or 3 album cuts in my deg playlist and they fit nicely sometime between arche and whatever remains of VOS tracks I have left there.

The best thing to do is come back to this in a few weeks/months. I can imagine people's opinions will have changed wildly by then

Ricko doesn't write the lyrics, Sena does. Jiluka's music is 100% written by Sena. As for my opinion about the album, it's pretty meh imo. I'm of a similar opinion as 123Sandman321. Everything sounds like copy/paste to me. Sena is a really talented guy but I'm disappointed by the lack of diversity, yet at the same time I'm not too surprised that I didn't like the album since I haven't really liked anything they've put out for a while. I've also stopped going to their lives cause they never change their set lists. Everything about them is so futsuu these days imo.

Watching about Japanese food on PBS cuz it’s 9:30AM, nothing else is on and I have insomnia =___= lol

Uroboros > Vulgar > DSS > Gauze > Arche > WtD > Marrow > Macabre > Either Kisou or TIW I already wore my protection and have a wooden club by my side if necessary. Not sure what I'd place on the bottom place but I dislike both deeply I'd have to listen to Kisou again in order to compare it to TIW but I haven't heard it in years and I'm not willing to rn.

I think some people are confusing fans’ interpretations of interviews (that post from earlier today) with direct quotes from the band. That was an analysis a fan made based on a bunch of different sources plus the author’s own feelings on the record, not any single interview. Also Kaoru didn’t say it would sound like Marrow, again that was the takeaway from interviews and pre-release reviews saying it would be simpler and rawer and more aggressive.

oh goodie, a weeb fronted band, a sign of....good things to come :))) members' actual names: Vo.フィリップ (Phillip) ((😮)) Gt.Latte (also in Agony of Torture) Gt.こうだじん (Kodajin(?)) Ba.Hideki Gabriel support Dr.遼 (Ryo) (ex-POIDOL)

Production aside, this album isn't as bad as its made out to be on here. The first 3 songs I admit are nothing but noise but once NINGEN hits, the album gets better. Despite who the song credits went to, I feel like you can hear everyone shine and that there was a lot more thought put into these songs. I have my love for specific tracks on ARCHE but that record was just "lazy" for the most part. There wasn't that much enthusiasm towards it either. Listening to this, I guess i can say I appreciate ARCHE more. Its like DIR EN GREY's (inferior version of) Beautiful Deformity. They needed to go back to basics to find what works again. I really dig that post a few pages back with the individual members comments on the album. You can tell these niggas actually sat down and really gave this their all. Also, from here on out I'm just gonna ignore when Kaoru or anyone else says that an upcoming album sounds like so and so. This sounds nothing like the Marrow of the Bone at all. I love Marrow but the song writing there is inferior to a majority of TIW. I can for sure hear the ARCHE sound though with how simple some of the tracks are and how they stuck to the same keys to write the tracks. My only wish is that for the next release they at least throw in a couple songs with the Drop A# tuning. Literally the highlights of the album is Ningen to Ranunculus. With ARCHE I have to keep skipping to find the songs I fuck with. Honestly this is DIR EN GREY's best work since DSS. Without the first 3 songs, this shit is a solid 9.5/10. Also I might've written this tipsy....

Comparing vanitas with Ranunculus is a sin

"Black, white, green or pale, show off your natural hue F L A M I N G O- OHOH Ohhh oh If you're multi coloured that's cool too!" Hands down some of my favourite lyrics ever!

I really wish the album sounded like the bonus tracks. Like, Jens Bogren’s mixes aren’t perfect, but I can pick out every single detail with no problem. I like how he went for a more natural sounding snare, but it does get a little lost in heavier parts.

I’m loving the 3rd disc performance of Different Sense. Is it just me or has Toshiya’s screams in that song improved greatly? Also sounds like he’s doing more screaming and less shouting/growling. I have only one complaint for this album besides Values of Madness: I wish Papa Kaoru was louder. Fuck, just give me his isolated guitar track and I’ll go celibate. I think the album length is great because it’s easy to actively listen in one sitting without feeling tired. The idea of having a bunch of songs being no longer than 3 and a half minutes worried me at first; but a lot of these songs greatly benefit from it. I can’t imagine an extra minute of songs like Keibetsu to Hajimari or Devote My Life.

I've been playing the sims 4 again. I hadn't played it in like over a year so I was excited to see how much new stuff it had gotten. And oh my god. It finally has a laundry stuff pack. Laundry. Yes. I have no idea why I love it so much in that game when in real life it's one of my most hated things ever.

I actually really like this album. I'm not a very big fan of dir en grey overall (out of their previous albums I've only listened to uroboros, arche and withering to death I think, they were ok but not really that outstanding to me) but this one's pretty good.

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So do they still suck? @ricchubunny @suji @Peace Heavy mk II @emmy

So Dan Lancaster mixed The Insulated World, and looking thru his past works he’s also produced albums for One OK Rock, Blink-182, Crossfaith, Avril Lavigne, and Bring Me The Horizon. He also mixed the Ningen single, so I guess DEG wanted him to mix the entire album since he did such a GREAT JOB with Ningen.

cali≠gari - オヤスミナサイ----。 -不眠盤- & 特典CD(<-main purpose)

Believe it or not, but some fucking weirdos actually listen to music for the sake of the music, the sound the bands or artists make, rather than the lyrical content or meaning behind the songs. Crazy shit I know, but that is actually the truth. Some people actually go so far they judge music based on the music, and not how deep or well-written the lyrics are. What a mess of a world we're living in. Complete and utter insanity amirite?

Mei has a new instagram https://www.instagram.com/karasunasun/ He posted it on his twitter

Ah. Sounds like 2006... cant stop listening to this album, absolutely iconic