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I’d be okay with Jens Bogren mixing a full DEG album.
 
I’ve come to like the raw sound of TIW, but my main issue is that Toshiya and Shinya are somehow up front and buried at the same time. For my money the worst sounding album is Kisou, though. 

I’d be okay with Jens Bogren mixing a full DEG album.
 
I’ve come to like the raw sound of TIW, but my main issue is that Toshiya and Shinya are somehow up front and buried at the same time. For my money the worst sounding album is Kisou, though. 

Uroboros remaster is poop

Early 12012 was heavier than whatever the hell that was before they called it quits. 

Pretty much just Dimlim at this point. And to me they’re new because I only like the post-Issei stuff. 
 
I liked Xaa-Xaa, but I lost interest quickly. Kind of got numb to all the stuff they were putting out. 
 
I heard one Develop One’s Faculties album and liked it a lot. I should probably give them more of a listen. 

That artwork looks like something I’d see printed on a plate at my grandmother’s house. 

Most of them are the worst

Goddamn I hate Issei’s “drumming” so much!!!

Well the user name certainly fits. 

Retsu probably just got tired of dealing with Issei’s train wreck songwriting. 

There’s a reason why Yoin is one of the best songs Gazette has done in the last 7-8 years. Ruki didn’t fucking write it. 

Retsu probably just got tired of dealing with Issei’s train wreck songwriting. 

I think Nega’s (and Black Swan’s) problem was Jin didn’t know shit about music but insisted on writing it. The potential was there in both bands in terms of musicianship, but they were stuck playing middling j-core that did little to really showcase what they were capable of. 
 
Jin’s voice was always a problem though. He tried so hard to make every syllable that came out of his mouth sound pained and tortured that he sacrificed good tone and delivery. Nega is an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, but I am not unaware of how bad most of their discog is. 
 
I fucking hate Guilt Trip. One of the worst VK songs in history. 

Jesus drum triggering Christ this is a goddamn mess. 

Well the user name certainly fits. 

The promos for Vestige of Scratches had those weird animated shorts featuring creatures that represented the band. 
 
Also, I work with several Japanese people and none of them have even heard of Dir en grey. They’re mostly familiar with L’arc and X Japan though. 

Shinya, of all the Final Fantasy characters...
 
ugh 
 
 

So yeah, he’s some dude that used to cover DEG songs while pretending to be Die. And I use the word “cover” loosely because you could never actually hear him playing over the original track. But boy could he ever mimic the stage presence that Die stole from Cipher. 

Please post more so I can see that glorious avatar plastered all over the forum. 

Goddamn I hate Issei’s “drumming” so much!!!

Goddamn I hate Issei’s “drumming” so much!!!

Love when a band has a fantastic drummer, then released music that makes it sound like they have no drummer. 

I like the ethereal vibe in kyo's vocals but all those synths and effects kinda ruin the track for me, especially in the percussion department. I'm all for experimentation but a more organic sound suits them far more. I mean, they're very capable musicians after all.

Wow, Vulgar seems to be the sweet spot. 

Yeah, the Epocalipse stuff sounded like a band on the album, but Satsuki doesn’t tour with a band. So what was the point if he just ended up performing on stage by himself with the music being a backing track?
 
Comparing the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Satsuki though. Interesting. All I say is if you think those bands never had changes in direction, you’ve never actually listened to them.