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Nothing in the OP spoke of only vk-bands though...

KEEP YOUR HANDs OFF MY GIRL => restart

Ah, so that's what blacktooth meant xD But I actually meant any song by Dir en grey. :^)

Ask me when Dir played a song the last time :^)

Tereko trading is still a thing, but it's very hard to get into the scene for newcomers, especially those in the West. It's also very easy to get shunned in the scene. Personally, I really don't like it when people hoard rarities just so that they have something that nobody else has. It's one of the highest forms of arrogance. This does not only go for tereko, but also Western bootlegs (like rare video recordings, demos etc.). There are so many 90s Slipknot shows that won't ever see the light of the day, simply because whoever has them refuses to leak them .__. But then again, I'm obviously not uploading my terekos for a similar reason: If I did, they'd lose their worth and I wouldn't be able to trade them for more^^

lul, Yubisui was talking to someone from DEG just recently, can't remember to whom or what the context was, though it's on kyotaku's tumblr

FTFY and it's all just Kyo noises

I trade them for other songs. :] And yes, as I said, that's one of the lines on the screen during the performance. Same for Ranunculus (which is also clearly audible in the refrain).

No, I have recordings of those songs. The second song is "Punk is not dead", yes. Aside of "gone mad", the line "I cannot love myself" also appears on the screen. No clue about backing vocals, but they're not credited, at least.

The song they played at mode of DSS reminds me of "Bring them to light", tempo-wise. It's entirely guttural, too. There's a slower, more melodic part in the middle. ~3 minutes long. The Tour18 song has Toshiya providing backing growls. Kyo mostly sings with his normal voice. Again, fast paced tempo with a slower section in the middle, Kyo growls here. Some crazy gibberish in the latter half. The chorus has this "climax" thingy to it, that Kyo does in some songs. ~3:30 long. Ranunculus is a ballad. Very slow and melodic.

Reminds me of Toshl aka ToshL But I think that was due to legal / trademark reasons...

Did... did they name their album XLLL?

If they have been compared to or called the next Dir en grey, obviously. :]

Reading this, I'm so glad that I absolutely have no ear for music lol I'd never be able to tell if a song is good or bad in its mixing, or if the drums are flat or whatever else could be wrong with a song

what did I just watch xD

That tour titles comes from the single, though.

29.06.2018 Shinkiba Studio Coast NINGEN WO KABURU DIFFERENT SENSE SHITATARU MOUROU MAGAYASOU FUKAI (Vestige of Scratches ver.) Ash (First time since 2002 ; 2018 ver.) Midwife New Song (Ranunculus) KODOKU NI SHISU, YUENI KODOKU. audience KILLER LOOP VINUSHKA DISABLED COMPLEXES Beautiful Dirt Encore Behind a vacant image THE FINAL (2013 ver.) (New Song) UTAFUMI THE IIID EMPIRE

it's literally in the title

Damn, I forgot how enjoyable their lives are, good thing that VENA II and FATELESS come with live stuff

Of course I can add to this topic as well For DIR EN GREY, it's: SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH: Deity => MACABRE. I can't listen to Deity without expecting MACABRE to follow. UROBOROS -with proof in the name of living-: dead tree => INWARD SCREAM => HYDRA -666-. Probably the heaviest combination I can think of. Can't find INWARD SCREAM online, though. 😕 Rinkaku: mazohyst of decadence => Tsumi to Batsu. Probably the darkest combination I can think of, considering the lyrics of both songs.

I second the UROBOROS / DSS post and want to add that in general, DIR EN GREY's releases in their most complete form (so to speak) always have very nice packaging and extras. Honourable mentions go out to the a knot releases, they came in a cardboard box in the past. If such a release is sold with the cardboard box included, it drives up the price by at least 2000 JPN, most of the time. Also, shout-out to the It withers and withers -Bootlegged- release that came in a round metal container: Edit: I also just realised that this is not exactly a box set... oh well, whatever^^'

tbh I can't even remember where I know them from, but they always seemed like such a small band to me that I took their message back then as a break-up I'm surprised to actually see them on MH, too

lol what, they broke up in June 2017 cool, I liked their EPs back then, will definitely keep an eye on this

This year, actually.