Seelentau

+1. Wake is super-underappreciated and the rework is amazing. I love it.

DIMLIM was the first vkei band that I gave a try in a while... and now this. Good thing I didn't get too invested in them, I guess.

i will say some shit right now.... feel free to agree or disagree with this onion: riyuu/wake belongs to the top 10 greatest songs these dudes ever recorded 

And ZAN is the #1 catchiest song.
 
Yeah, totally agree that GAUZE is full of catchy songs. It'd be nice if one day they came up with an idea of forming an alter-ego band that went back to their old school VK roots and released GAUZE 2.0 lol.
 

More work for Seelentau's wiki.

Love them or hate them, almost everyone's got an opinion about Dir en grey. The scene stops to listen whenever Dir en grey announce a new single or album. As a long time fan of the band, I think it's the perfect time to express how I feel about all of their albums. My feelings will differ from album to album. Some albums have had the benefit of twenty years and others only a few months, so that's always going to be a factor in how I rank things. I will cover this from my least favorite album to my most favorite album, but by no means take this as a definitive list for Dir en grey. Everyone will have their own rankings and their own suggestions for where to start. I happen to think that this also a great order to introduce someone to this band.
 
This is a perfect topic for those that don't listen to Dir en grey or don't know where to start, current fans looking for spicy opinions and a pot to stir, or even old fans looking for a reintroduction into their new era. Not only have I included a PV for each album as a sampler, but I also put together suggested playlists for each album. The playlists are the order that I would have arranged the band if I were them. The songs are the songs that I believe are the best from each period. Some will require more effort than others to construct. To make it simpler, I have included my favorite three tracks and one music video from each album.

I will not consider the mini albums MISSA and six Ugly in this analysis, but some of those tracks will appear in the playlists I create.
 
DUM SPIRO SPERO
 
Album No: 8
Released: August 2, 2011
Length: 67:31
 
 
鬼葬 (kisou)
 
Album No: 3
Released: January 30, 2002
Length: 69:57
 
THE MARROW OF A BONE

Album No: 6
Released: February 7, 2007
Length: 50:05
 
ARCHE
 
 
Album No: 9
Released: December 10, 2014
Length: 68:01
 
🎖️The Insulated World🎖️
 
Album No: 10
Released: September 26, 2018
Length: 50:27

🏅Withering to death.🏅
 
Album No: 5
Released: March 9, 2005
Length: 51:14

🥉MACABRE🥉
 
Album No: 2
Released: September 20, 2000
Length: 72:57

🥈GAUZE🥈
 
Album No: 1
Released: July 28, 1999
Length: 64:47
 
🥇UROBOROS🥇
 
Album No: 7
Released: November 11, 2008
Length: 58:54

👑VULGAR👑
 
Album No: 4
Released: September 10, 2003
Length: 57:02

That's everything folks! Thanks for reading all the way to the end! Did you like it? Did you agree? Do you have your own rankings? Leave them below! I'm interested to know what everyone's opinions are, especially since Dir en grey is one of my favorite bands ever. So many people are passionate about this band like no other. If enough people liked this, I may follow up soon with one for the GazettE.
 

Until next time

Hi all!

Can someone please post DIMLIM's setlist from 2019/09/20 Aoyama RizM?

I've been uploading all that I can find to setlist.fm (thank you very much for providing those), but no one seems to have posted this one yet.

This doesn't sound that bad... to my ears, at least. His pronounciation is really good.

So, according to @Seelentau's deep anaylisis, this is the hide and Tusk photoshoot that inspired Toshiya to enter the VK scene! Awesome! 😍

Yeah, the one on the Osaka Hall VHS/DVD. It's from 1999 though. -I'll-'s first known performance is from August 3, 1998.

https://www.dafont.com/ghastly-panic.font?text=The+Insulated+World
This is the font they've used for TIW.

I'm so glad I have no ear for those details.

I'm so glad I have no ear for those details.

I'm so glad I have no ear for those details.

I'm so glad I have no ear for those details.

I'm so glad I have no ear for those details.

Yeah, the one on the Osaka Hall VHS/DVD. It's from 1999 though. -I'll-'s first known performance is from August 3, 1998.

luuuul, they upload the live DVD and nothing happens
I upload the promo version of the song and it randomly gets killed after 43k views
what the fuck, FIREWALL?

https://direngrey.fandom.com/wiki/The_World_of_Mercy
 
Sorry for the delay, lyrics, romaji and translation are up on the wiki

https://direngrey.fandom.com/wiki/The_World_of_Mercy
 
Sorry for the delay, lyrics, romaji and translation are up on the wiki

omg they played Schwein no Isu live 😮
can't wait for their setlists

誰が知る？　本当の私　本当の心
Dare ga shiru?　Hontō no watashi　Hontō no kokoro
誰が見る？　本当の私　抉れた心えずく
Dare ga miru?　Hontō no watashi　Egureta kokoro ezuku
仲間に入れて？
Nakama ni irete?
交わる今　溶け合いながら　瞳の奥が　白く濁る
Majiwaru ima　Tokeai nagara　Hitomi no oku ga　Shiroku nigoru
誰が知る？　本当の私　本当の心
Dare ga shiru?　Hontō no watashi　Hontō no kokoro
誰が見る？　本当の私　抉れた心えずく
Dare ga miru?　Hontō no watashi　Egureta kokoro ezuku
仲間に入れて？
Nakama ni irete?
交わる今　溶け合いながら　瞳の奥が　白く濁る
Majiwaru ima　Tokeai nagara　Hitomi no oku ga　Shiroku nigoru
手を取って繋ぐ世界　まだ見ぬ未来で腐ろう
Te o totte tsunagu sekai　Mada minu mirai de kusarō
交わる程虚しさは　私を気づかせてくれる
Majiwaru hodo munashisa wa　Watashi o kizukasete kureru
ピエロは踊り狂い咲かせたそれは****
Piero wa odorikurui sakaseta sore wa****
誰が知る？　本当の私　本当の心
Dare ga shiru?　Hontō no watashi　Hontō no kokoro
誰が見る？　本当の私　抉れた心えずく
Dare ga miru?　Hontō no watashi　Egureta kokoro ezuku
仲間に入れて？
Nakama ni irete?
交わる今　溶け合いながら　瞳の奥が　白く濁る
Majiwaru ima　Tokeai nagara　Hitomi no oku ga　Shiroku nigoru
手を取って繋ぐ世界　まだ見ぬ未来で腐ろう
Te o totte tsunagu sekai　Mada minu mirai de kusarō
交わる程虚しさは　私を気づかせてくれる
Majiwaru hodo munashisa wa　Watashi o kizukasete kureru
ピエロは踊り狂い咲かせたそれはそれは綺麗な華
Piero wa odorikurui sakaseta sore wa sore wa kirei na hana
命を減らす遊戯遊戯
Inochi o herasu yūgi yūgi
モザイクかけられた世界　****らの生きてる世界
Mozaiku kakerareta sekai　****ra no ikiteru sekai
そうだ見て見ぬ振り　それがお前口角釣上げ
Sō da miteminu furi　Sore ga omae kōkaku tsuriage
集団リンチで生きてる****感　強要の世界
Shūdan rinchi de ikiteru****kan　Kyōyō no sekai
The world of mercy
 
hypocrisy
 
情に絡み付********
Jō ni karamitsuki********

No problem🙂

誰が知る？ 本当の私本当の心 誰が見る？ 本当の私 抉れた心えずく 仲間に入れて？ 交わる今 溶け合いながら 瞳の奥が 白く濁る
誰が知る？ 本当の私本当の心 誰が見る？ 本当の私 抉れた心えずく 仲間に入れて？ 交わる今 溶け合いながら 瞳の奥が 白く濁る
手を取って繋ぐ世界 まだ見ぬ未来で腐ろう　交わる程虚しさは私を気づかせてくれるピエロは踊り狂い咲かせたそれは****
誰が知る？ 本当の私本当の心 誰が見る？ 本当の私 抉れた心えずく 仲間に入れて？ 交わる今 溶け合いながら 瞳の奥が 白く濁る
手を取って繋ぐ世界 まだ見ぬ未来で腐ろう　交わる程虚しさは私を気づかせてくれるピエロは踊り狂い咲かせたそれはそれは綺麗な華 命を減らす遊戯 遊戯
モザイクかけられた世界 ****らの生きてる世界　そうだ見て見ぬ振りそれがお前口角釣上げ集団リンチで生きてる****感　強要の世界 The world of mercy hypocrisy
情に絡み付*********
 
lyrics are violent and aggressive.
 

Song lyrics. Anyone wanna have a try?