blacktooth

Anyone posting pictures yet?

More of a drip, really.

I suppose Dir en grey is enough of a phenomenon that Japanese people have a different sense regarding copyright laws when it comes to them.

I can't remember how quickly we got Arche, but haven't Japan's copyright laws been bolstered over the past few years? Unless we've got some real internet bad boys out in Nihon, I'm not going to get my hopes up about being able to listen to it before Wednesday.

The vinyl pressings of Uroboros and DSS aren't the best, but they're fun novelty items nonetheless. I've only spun them about once each. I still need to know what material TIW is packaged in. If it's boring old glossy card paper I'll pass on the physical release but if it's some sort of space age parallax scratch-and-sniff hologram I'll be happy to buy it. i know at least one of the band members lurks this place so I hope he reads this

I was about to say “they should grab the guy who mastered Adoratio” but it turns out that’s just Tue Madsen too. Huh.

I am ready to experience the destruction of existence as DIR EN GREY advances forward in human sensation.

I hope the album is actually in silky smooth 64kbps.

Rubbish Heap intro is proof that someone has been listening to too much Death Grips.

insulator is a longboi

My headphones disconnected so I thought you had uploaded 15 minutes of silence.

I’ll buy the physical CD of the packaging has some kind of lenticular effect or at least foil blocking.

I thought 50 minutes was mere speculation. Was that confirmed anywhere?

We can always make our own samples next week.

At this point I wouldn’t even bother listening if they release samples.

I'm still firmly in the "the mouse clicks are part of the song" camp. The Insulated World is the Internet and the concept of the album is that we're surfing through a web of pain and suffering with Deg.

People loved it when it first came out, then hated it for some years after that, and now people are back to loving it and even saying it's their favorite Deg album.

I don't have high hopes on the album mix, but as long as it doesn't sound like it was recorded in the sewer from the Kasumi video like Arche did I'll be fine. Ranunculus's mix is... decent. I'll give it that.

That's so subtle I had completely forgotten about it. To keep in topic here, let's hope the new album is not drenched in reverb.

Where's that again?

Cue speculation that all of the lyrics on that album are directed toward Kisaki.

I agree with you there. I think the model better predicts future releases, but it depends on whether or not you include the unravering

I saw a graph some years ago that showed that each new Deg album alternates between being good and bad. Can’t argue with science.

I actually have a lot of nostalgia for the TMOAB era but it doesn’t hold up when I listen these days. I agree about the harsh vocals for the most part, but Grief has to be one of Kyo’s best.

He doesn't show off his tattoos so much anymore, which is a big shift. Uroboros era was a great look all around with the mandatory wallet chains and Toshiya in general.