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This makes me wanna listen The gazette 2002-2004 discography

Yeah,I came to this conclusion while listening .and JoJo once made a tweet mentioning the album when it was released. Gallo,merry and Marco have similar atmosphere

The spot is out.  <3 
Dear demon lord. 

Dum spiro spero is a damn good album,but the funny thing is that  i could never stop to listen the entire album like other albums from their discography.it feels like the songs works listening separatly,from time to time,cuz it seems to get lost in it's own haze when you try to grap the whole album,just like ARCHE,imo...I really hope that the next album be something more fun to listen,like six ugly.i like the atmosphere of the three latest re records,and i'd be fine if the new album have the same guitar tone.also,hope that Utafumi get a "album version'' more improved ,
if they include this track

This release is so unnecessary,a CD with all of their intros, seriously?! Loved this band,but they already released their best album (Wich was a compilation of their discography instead best) so this is a kind of "please give us all of your money one last time"

This makes me wanna listen The gazette 2002-2004 discography

"Hiatus"  Well stay hopeful if you want ^^ 

Wow that's a lineup I would not expect to see.. they'll probably become a formal band sooner or later.
I doubt they did all these costumes and photoshoot for a one day only thing

They've uploaded a bunch of audio to promote their first gig
 

it could be their management says "leave us the fuck alone" and no one tries anymore.

https://twitter.com/ziggrat_info/status/963732405050777600/photo/1
 
 
La'veil MizeriA and ジグラット (Ziggrat) will release a coupling CD at their 2MAN live 『逢魔時のお誕生会』
CD Title
『逢魔ヶ時に鐘は鳴る』
Tracklist
1.Farewell feat.社
2.絶体プリズム feat.祈狂
Price: ¥1000
RD: 24.02.2018

Thank god that they ditched that rapper. lol.

I hope they're being "sarcastic" with that name.

Dum spiro spero is a damn good album,but the funny thing is that  i could never stop to listen the entire album like other albums from their discography.it feels like the songs works listening separatly,from time to time,cuz it seems to get lost in it's own haze when you try to grap the whole album,just like ARCHE,imo...I really hope that the next album be something more fun to listen,like six ugly.i like the atmosphere of the three latest re records,and i'd be fine if the new album have the same guitar tone.also,hope that Utafumi get a "album version'' more improved ,
if they include this track

There's been a lot of negativity in this thread recently (not sure if troll or not). Just throwing my hat in the ring with some positive (but hopefully fair) mini-reviews. You do not have to agree with my opinion.
 
GAUZE: Slightly awkward in places. Much of this is generic for a VK band. Unlike almost anything later, this is basically a true Visual Kei album, with strong pop hooks, light, bouncy instrumentals, and some exceptions. Mazohyst is the first sign that the band want to go conceptual, epic, and darker than their peers. The Mode of... tracks do little more than just exist, possibly a throwback to La:Sadie's or perhaps Malice Mizer. I find Schwein no Isu and MASK very forgettable. ZAN is gigantic; the remake doesn't stand up to Kyo's insanity in the original version, yet it makes up for it by being br00tal (or something). Also, the video for Yokan is fucking hot.
Fav track: アクロの丘
 
MACABRE: This album is the seed of what is to come. It's almost a proto-UROBOROS in its concept, yet maintains the playful pop of GAUZE enough that it isn't totally bleak. You can tell that they wanted this album to be truly epic, but their immaturity as a band means that it doesn't quite hit that mark. It's still great, though. The only song I'd lose here is audrey (too predictable/tedious). 
Fav track: egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection
 
ain't afraid to die: Just this one song alone is better than many albums out there. Glorious.
 
Kisou: I guess some people love this and some loathe it. For me, it's the former. This is the first time we see DEG try something totally new. It's like Experimental Industrial Electronic Punk; really raw and in your face. The amount of sonic variety means that there should be something here for everyone. The interludes are cool, although I can see why maybe they're disliked. I'd say that this album is almost perfect, with only The Domestic Fucker Family being weirdly out of place. Oh, and PINK KILLER is amazing. 
Fav track: 鴉-karasu-
 
six Ugly: Strangely, there are two remakes here, with Children being only 2 years old at the time. However, everything here is good. Excellent, in fact. It'd be cool to see Hades back in the live show. 
Fav track: HADES
 
VULGAR: OBSCURE is enormous. That's not to say that this is the only reason to listen to the album. When this first came out, I was a little disappointed, as every track sounded more or less the same (just guitars, barely any electronics unlike Kisou). It quickly grew on me, though. There's very little to dislike here (at a stretch, maybe Sajou no Uta is a tad forgettable). At this point, there's almost none of the old DEG sound left.
Fav track:  NEW AGE CULTURE
 
Withering to death.: I was so not excited when this was announced and I have no idea why. I dithered on the purchase until I heard a clip of 愛しさは腐敗につき, and then instabought it just for that song. Wow, this thing is great. Some people criticise the production (it sounds too clean?), although it seems fine to me. This is a return to a more playful aesthetic for the band that I still really wish they'd touch back on. Aside from the rather blah Jesus Christ R 'n R, this album is solid. dead tree to the end is basically perfect. Yes, even Beautiful Dirt. Yes, even GARBAGE. Love this thing.
Fav track: Spilled Milk
 
THE MARROW OF A BONE: Weird Engrishy titles, weird Engrishy lyrics, Kyo's voice steadily getting worse with each successive live, and the band just suddenly went very dark and angry. This album turned a lot of people away from the band. I listened once and almost threw away the CD. Didn't listen to the band for months. Then I gave it a second try, and it made sense. I spent an entire Summer listening to nothing but this while painting. It was truly something else. Yes, it's messy, ugly, and raw as fuck, but that was the point. It's grotesque and Kyo sounds like a cat in a blender. But alongside all this rage, we have moments of utter spellbinding beauty, too; songs that are some of the highlights of DEG's entire career up until this point. Just fantastic. My only complaint might be that some of it feels a little undercooked. A little repetitive, perhaps. But it feels honest and true in its message.
Fav track: 艶かしき安息、躊躇いに微笑み
 
UROBOROS: Hoo, boy. This one. This is the album that MACABRE wanted to be, but wasn't. It's also possibly the most complicated album in terms of song structure and writing techniques. This thing is an absolute beast; a monster. In my opinion, this may be the band's finest moment. Every track here has a reason to exist. It's marvellous. Possibly my favourite album next to Kisou.
The initial release was plagued by slightly dodgy mixing (didn't notice how bad it was at the time). Another big problem with the original version was the inclusion of the atrocious English versions of Glass Skin and DOZING GREEN. The remaster fixes these things, but also adds in the remake HYDRA 666 for absolutely no reason. It doesn't really fit and already had its place on the single. 
Fav track: VINUSHKA
 
DUM SPIRO SPERO: Thought UROBOROS was complex? Think again! Here, the band decided to cram as many ideas as they possibly could into each song, resulting in some completely bizarre Frankenstein's monster of an LP. This is the sort of album that you could probably hear something different in every time you listened. In the studio, it works very, very well, but live, the album falls short, with the band's meagre 5-piece unable to fully re-create the enormous sound they created with computer magic. This album is good, but it's also quite bleak, dreary, and at times a little tedious. It tries to push the UROBOROS idea too hard and goes a bit off the deep end, for better or for worse. This was also the time where the band's output became glacial. Hageshisa to... was released two years prior to this, and I was already bored of it when the album finally came out (and the mixing was terrible). Also, side note: the 'symphonic' versions are absolutely rubbish. They should have hired an orchestra or some actual performers to play with them (not necessarily on stage). Also, second side-note: this is the beginning of the polarising 'Kyopera'.
Fav track:  「欲巣にDREAMBOX」あるいは成熟の理念と冷たい雨
 
ARCHE: On the surface, this is a return to the band's old sound... sort of. It's like looking through a gloomy telescope at that old material and reminiscing on it. I'd say this is more mature, more measured. Less spontaneous. It's really very good. I have absolutely no complaints here.
Fav track: 濤声
 
TL;DR: I am a Dir en grey fan and I like the band's music. So there.

The look is ok as always,but I just felt like I was listening to amaterasu or gekka bijin. I really wanted to appreciate it, however their music is just stale.they should take a break or go to a side project and come with something really interesting. 
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Hisame ex. Grieva has opened a new twitter
https://twitter.com/____h_s_m___

In case someone didn't see. Upcoming PV song is included 

Surprise me.  #MoreGauze&MacabreVibes

MEIDARA will release a free 2 month consecutive live limited release. 黒盤「混沌鬼ごっこ」(kuroban "konton onigokko") will be released from 2018.02.06. 白盤「キソウテンガイ」(shiroban "kisoutengai") will be released from 2018.03.27. They will also hold their one year anniversary live 【混沌の奇想】at 池袋CYBER (Ikebukuro CYBER) on 2018.05.09.