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TMOAB is so underrated. I loved the visceral and violent production and there were a lot of killer riffs on a good deal of songs like Grief, Disabled Complexes, Rotting Root, and Repetition of Hatred. It's nothing special, but I don't think it's as bad as people discredit it. And I don't care what anyone says, Agitated Screams of Maggots is a jam. 

HYDRA -666- is lit tho

Yeah, he sounded really good on Mode of THE MARROW OF A BONE; but then we get to Mode of DUM SPIRO SPERO and it's a shit show. Mode of VULGAR was also really good.
 
I don't know what it is. He insists on doing falsetto's for legitimately everything now...for some reason; but he can't replicate it live. There is a clear inability to hit those notes on a consistent basis and is one of the main reasons why my enjoyment of Dir en grey's music has tanked -- at some point Kyo's live performances just become so grating on the ear. I enjoy the studio stuff still; but then when I want to hear it live I have to brace myself for all the out of key notes Kyo's going to sing at any given moment.
 
It's a damn shame tbh

In this live he doesn't sound that good but in the DVD  FROM DEPRESSION TO ________ [mode of THE MARROW OF A BONE], he hits most of the notes right, in some songs he sounds even better than the recorded versions

They don’t even need to have analog mastering (though that would be cool), they just need to stop compressing everything so much. There’s no room for the instruments to breathe because the lack of dynamics just sort of mash everything together into BIG HEAVY NOISE. As much as I am a fan of the songwriting in Arche, I think it’s one of their worst sounding records. 

Top 5 one of the worst sentences ive read on MH.
That final remake is on the same level of trash as the Kasumi one. No friggin thanks 

Marrow of a Bone is kind of a mess to listen. But live is the best shit they have ever done.

Marrow of the Bone is my fav. 
 
I wouldn't give a shit about DIR EN GREY if not for it and some of my all time fav performances are from that album.. 

I recently listened to Uroboros for the first time in 5 years, and I'm surprised how well it's held up for me. Some of their later releases (Unraveling, Dum Spiro Spero, Arche) quickly lost their shine for various reasons, I could rant for hours about those; but Uroboros still holds up as one of my favorite in the band's discog

tbh I would have preferred 4 discs of I'll

tbh I would have preferred 4 discs of I'll

tbh I would have preferred 4 discs of I'll

That was the big takeaway for me, as well. Forget the album, I want to know what Ruki is wearing.

That was the big takeaway for me, as well. Forget the album, I want to know what Ruki is wearing.

I have a theory he's only singing less than 50 % of his wordcount on concert releases that cost less than $ 100 per pop.
 
double the price, double the sung lines!

I wouldn't say he was off key for 100% of that teaser; damn near 50% though -- but hey, that's better than Kyo only bothering to sing 50% of a given song like he used to, right? At least there's an effort being made? I guess?

This might be unpopular; but I really really really really like the Pillows. Even their newer stuff, not just the old stuff I have some nostalgia for. They were the first band that got me into J-Rock (through FLCL, obv) and I've never really stopped listening to them since then.
 
Perhaps a big part of my love for them is because of nostalgia, because whenever I hear their music I get feelings of longing for days gone by.

They needed something to wake up the audience. 

All Ima say is this....
 
There's a been a bad trend of people getting uber hype for a GazettE album, with some false hopes that it'll be something totally innovative and new and then get bummed out and turn super negative when its not.
 
the Gazette has shown us time and time again that Visuals and aesthetics don't mean much when it comes to their music so in that aspect, that trailer did nothing for me. 
 
I'm just happy they gonna drop some music soon and keeping my expectations at a minimum. 

trying to enforce the dumbass ''rules'' of the vk scene overseas is a ridiculous idea anyway tbf', but i feel like we've seen this discussion before already

Dir en grey has a strict "no fun allowed" policy. Please enjoy your stay.

This might be unpopular; but I really really really really like the Pillows. Even their newer stuff, not just the old stuff I have some nostalgia for. They were the first band that got me into J-Rock (through FLCL, obv) and I've never really stopped listening to them since then.
 
Perhaps a big part of my love for them is because of nostalgia, because whenever I hear their music I get feelings of longing for days gone by.

Lmao those prices, the only purpose of that collab was to milking fans afterall

Aww, come on. We just want to have cute pet names for the most kawaii band in the industry.