Dir en grey

[TheSeventhOne]

Anyone a fan of this band? The new album is brilliant but it took about 5 minutes to decide which forum to put this thread in as it's almost impossible to categorize them.

One of the best albums of 08;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2892635024_370d9d2dea.jpg

[zeon]

im not really quite a HEAVY fan of this band but im really into visual kei though
gazette and so on .. they are quite goood
and i mean SRSLY good :D

[TheSeventhOne]

They ditched the whole visual kei thing a fair few years ago now...

Then:
http://dietrichthrall.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/dir_en_grey.jpg

Now:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/16425191.jpg

[Green_Jelly]

After seeing their signature guitars on the ESP website, I watched a few videos on Youtube. What I heard was somewhere between Marilyn Manson and Meshuggah. Kind of liked it. Very extreme though.

[TheSeventhOne]

After seeing their signature guitars on the ESP website, I watched a few videos on Youtube. What I heard was somewhere between Marilyn Manson and Meshuggah. Kind of liked it. Very extreme though.
I reccomend trying out Uroboros if you're into more obscure, technical, slightly progressive sounding stuff. The Marrow of a Bone is a lot more raw and probably heavier. But if you're not into that as much then Vulgar and Withering to Death are probably their most accessible albums.

[fairycake92]

i love them, have EVERY album and single and you know..i cant even choose a fave song. i love red soil from the new one..
withering to death album was my absolute fave once, still got some excellent songs (final, kodou, garbage, -saku-.

amazing band

[zeon]

saku is tha bomb man ...
srsly heavy xD
no gazette fans ?

[punkforlife93]

I think that they blow, personally, but I have very little taste for their style of music.

[XCount Me InX]

theyre good, but it really shouldnt be in this section

[technicolour]

I thought they were a pop act for 13 year old girls?

[Delanoir]

Uroboros is easily their best album in my opinion.

Before that, Withering Death was probably my favorite. I love how varied their sound is, though. Kyo is ridiculous live, in a good way. Sometimes between songs, he'll do crazy stuff with his voice and a delay pedal with growls and all kinds of other things layering on top of itself. It sounds awesome, an he does is all by himself with no backing.

[+}-136-{+]

theyre good, but it really shouldnt be in this section

Agreed.

[TheSeventhOne]

Agreed.

Based on their recent output I disagree.

[tomohawkjoe]

nope, they really don't belong here.

[TheSeventhOne]

Anyone care to suggest what section they SHOULD be in then?

[slorggetti]

I thought they were a pop act for 13 year old girls?
They are.

[The Spoon]

I remember seeing a crazy music video for them when i was like 10. My cousin got me into them. I really forgot all about them. Their new stuff is really good