Seelentau

Yup, and Kyo's reacion was like "uh... my burger..." and somehow, the band found it way too funny, because how devastated he looked or so

That stuff about Shinya is frooom VOS, I think.

sukekiyo is definitely not the first band I'd go to if I want to listen to catchy tunes.

fun(?) fact:

ANDROGYNOS leaked

not the release, but the actual event

about one year before it took place

should the EU version of TIW be released on the same date, I'll buy and up it x

For ARCHE, samples were uploaded 20 days before release. For TIW, that day would be tomorrow (6th). Soo samples tomorrow/this week?

There will also be a physical European version of the album, btw.

Unlike Nok, which was only released digitally abroad, I mean.

1 hour ago, Ro plz said:

Rinkaku is the best DIR song ever

what a statement to make

for me it's a draw between original Fukai and DOZING GREEN (Before Construction Ver.)

44 minutes ago, Ro plz said:

Does anyone have the leak? It got taken down 🙄

It's still on vocaroo (where it was originally posted), I just decided to take it down from YouTube because well, it's obviously not cool.

On 8/21/2018 at 11:05 PM, Seelentau said:

Hmm, I can try. This is from their live at 川崎CLUB CITTA' in November 2016:
It starts very quiet, with ambient sounds (Glockenspiel or something like that?). They sounds are coming in one by one until ~0:37, when the actual band starts to play.

The song starts off rather hard until at ~01:07, it calms down and vocals begin at ~01:24.

At 01:43, there's a shift in the music and at ~01:55 something like a high-point begins that goes on until ~02:20.

Then another verse with mellow, slower music until ~02:45, where the same shift from 01:43 is repeated (same lyrics "sono toki..." - "watashi no kokoro o").

Unlike at 01:55, this time, the ambient sounds appear again in the form of a piano/keyboard(?), or at least that's what it sounds like. A piano key again and again, like "dun dundun dundun dundun".

Then at ~03:10 "Ranunculus... Ranunculus...". Still ambient and piano thingy, very very mellow, reminds me of Kukoku no Kyoon.

At ~03:29, the ~01:55 part is repeated again, with the last verse following and some more "Ranunculus". It clocks in at ~05:00 total.

 

The version from April 2018 is a little different. Same ambient intro, but vocals start at ~00:35, the band joins him at ~01:00.

"Watashi no kokoro o" at ~01:07, followed by the high-point. Second verse at ~01:35, "watashi no kokoro o" at 02:07.

Ambient sounds again with "Ranunculus... Ranunculus...". The rest is the same as the other version, but they shortened the song by almost one minute, I think. But I can't pinpoint exactly what is missing or has changed, really.

I think it can be described as a ballad, but it's actually more of ballad-rock-ballad-rock. Nothing over-the-top like DECAYED CROW, but as I said, it kinda reminds me of Kukoku no Kyoon.

Or something like that.

The teaser matches this part of the song:

Unlike at 01:55, this time, the ambient sounds appear again in the form of a piano/keyboard(?), or at least that's what it sounds like. A piano key again and again, like "dun dundun dundun dundun".

You can hear the dun dundun right at the beginning, dunno what instrument that is.

The more recent live version ends after this part btw. So we basically know a little under half of the song now.

On 8/21/2018 at 11:05 PM, Seelentau said:

Hmm, I can try. This is from their live at 川崎CLUB CITTA' in November 2016:
It starts very quiet, with ambient sounds (Glockenspiel or something like that?). They sounds are coming in one by one until ~0:37, when the actual band starts to play.

The song starts off rather hard until at ~01:07, it calms down and vocals begin at ~01:24.

At 01:43, there's a shift in the music and at ~01:55 something like a high-point begins that goes on until ~02:20.

Then another verse with mellow, slower music until ~02:45, where the same shift from 01:43 is repeated (same lyrics "sono toki..." - "watashi no kokoro o").

Unlike at 01:55, this time, the ambient sounds appear again in the form of a piano/keyboard(?), or at least that's what it sounds like. A piano key again and again, like "dun dundun dundun dundun".

Then at ~03:10 "Ranunculus... Ranunculus...". Still ambient and piano thingy, very very mellow, reminds me of Kukoku no Kyoon.

At ~03:29, the ~01:55 part is repeated again, with the last verse following and some more "Ranunculus". It clocks in at ~05:00 total.

 

The version from April 2018 is a little different. Same ambient intro, but vocals start at ~00:35, the band joins him at ~01:00.

"Watashi no kokoro o" at ~01:07, followed by the high-point. Second verse at ~01:35, "watashi no kokoro o" at 02:07.

Ambient sounds again with "Ranunculus... Ranunculus...". The rest is the same as the other version, but they shortened the song by almost one minute, I think. But I can't pinpoint exactly what is missing or has changed, really.

I think it can be described as a ballad, but it's actually more of ballad-rock-ballad-rock. Nothing over-the-top like DECAYED CROW, but as I said, it kinda reminds me of Kukoku no Kyoon.

Or something like that.

The teaser matches this part of the song:

Unlike at 01:55, this time, the ambient sounds appear again in the form of a piano/keyboard(?), or at least that's what it sounds like. A piano key again and again, like "dun dundun dundun dundun".

You can hear the dun dundun right at the beginning, dunno what instrument that is.

The more recent live version ends after this part btw. So we basically know a little under half of the song now.

1 hour ago, Saishu said:

You’ll find out when they release samples. 

Only if it's the same part. And since they know about the leak, I'm not sure they'll include that part in the sample.

I still don't know which song the leak was... ><

degbox bestbox

sad that it's so inactive atm

but yeah, I remember those, but I think from here, actually. They were posted sometime this year, I think.

I must've missed it as well. The only "feud" that existed in the past was Dir en grey vs PIERROT. No clue why, though. Toshiya was their roadie after all.

6 hours ago, blacktooth said:

Was this show in the middle of one of their endless tours?

Well, yes and no. The date before was May 1, so he had almost two months to prepare and rest until June 23.

https://vk.com/video-558881_456239646

lunatic fest. 2018 live

oh hey, another sustain the untruth

I propose to call their genre "dir en kei".

Good thing they don't know about google DeepDream.

3 hours ago, FOSCOR70 said:

Um... Why? And why did your post for 4 likes? It's like i did something bad by asking.

Ignore him and his antics, he's just joking^^

But you can't really put their albums into set genres. Sometimes even single songs are from more than one genre.

I mean, you could probably call it experimental metal, but only because they experiment with various metal genres all the time.

inspiration? 🤔

cosplay

http://kyotakumrau.tumblr.com/post/177304722837/ranunculus-video-wow-a-freak-show-circus-a

RANUNCULUS video. Wow.

A freak show, circus, a spooky spectacle, dark fairytale.

Would be cool if it's some kinda glitter cover that does weird optical illusions when you move it.

But they haven't done glittery shit since Taiyou, so I don't expect too much.

56 minutes ago, Seelentau said:

psychedelic

Found what it reminded me of:

+

psychedelic

I absolutely despise StU. It's the most overplayed, yet most boring song in their entire catalogue and for reasons beyond my understanding, they feel the need to include it on nearly every release.

It's three times on ANDROGYNOS, once on ARCHE, three times on ARCHE AT NIPPON BUDOKAN, twice on DSS AT NIPPON BUDOKAN, once on the MTV live, once on the SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH single, once on TOUR14, once on TOUR16-17 TMOAB, of course once on VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES and again on ARCHE as a remix.

I have it 15 times in my discography and 200 scrobbles on last.fm .__.

But apparently they've performed it only ~172 times, which is nothing compared to the ~535 times OBSCURE was performed.