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my dude you have an entire wiki dedicated to the band, numerous entries at vk.gy that detailed describe members history since the early 90's, occasionally seem to tweet past band members of the members to get info about the dudes, claim to be the 6th member of the band. did i miss anything? 

People taking photos of band they like, news at 11...

I have a feeling the first half songs will sound better on stage. Their live sound engineer is really good, so hopefully it won't sound like a compressed wall of noise. I am interested to see which songs they throw in the mix, because TIW needs some room to breathe, especially in a sweaty, dark venue.

I knew Kyo’s English had improved when I watched mode of Kisou and he said Fooka instead of Foocha. And it only took 15 years!

6.5 car stereos with the treble turned up to 11 and ReplayGain turned off while rolling down the windows three-fourths on a moderately windy slope for optimum listening experience out of 10

Anyone else think moving to Japan to be closer to the band is super cringey even for a Visual Kei forum?

Some more info on the album's tracks etc.:
 

I’m loving the 3rd disc performance of Different Sense. Is it just me or has Toshiya’s screams in that song improved greatly? Also sounds like he’s doing more screaming and less shouting/growling. 
 
I have only one complaint for this album besides Values of Madness: I wish Papa Kaoru was louder. Fuck, just give me his isolated guitar track and I’ll go celibate. 
 
I think the album length is great because it’s easy to actively listen in one sitting without feeling tired. The idea of having a bunch of songs being no longer than 3 and a half minutes worried me at first; but a lot of these songs greatly benefit from it. I can’t imagine an extra minute of songs like Keibetsu to Hajimari or Devote My Life. 

between kaoru's non-existent lips, kyo's forehead zit and shinya's misery, toshiya looks regal a.f. tbh

Toshiya has always been the hottest one. Sorry not sorry lol

I dunno man, despite the mixing, this album really shines where their strong points are. I HATED MOAB, and i think people likening it to that are just basing it off of the harsh vocals. This album is pretty great.
 
Still think Ranunculus doesn't fit on the album.

I honestly think the exhausting wall of nonsensical screaming noise is the whole point of the first half of the album. It’s basically a concept album about Kyo’s mental state and that’s why it ends with the most hopeful song musically and lyrically. At least that’s how I’ve interpreted it since he said in an interview that the order was deliberate.
 
I agree about the production though.

On initial listen: This is a bad album.
 
I'm that person who praises DEG almost all the time (I still skip audrey, though). I enjoy songs like The inferno and Midwife. However, I simply cannot defend this dumpster-fire.
 
I haven't really ever had a problem with the mix and master on any previous album, with the exception of the poor album version of Hageshisa and the constant torrent of Madsenverb which has plagued the last few releases (which I like but gets stale after hearing it for four albums in a row).
However, here, the production, mixing, mastering are unforgivable. I know many bedroom producers who can make a better sounding album than this. Hell, even I  can make something that sounds better than this. The guitar tone in particular is fucking horrendous. The whole thing is so compressed that it actually hurts to listen to. This is probably the worst album I have ever heard in terms of brickwalling. It's so loud that it's completely flat, with no dynamics whatsoever.
 
The first 6 songs on the album are a blur of noise, Kyo screaming nonsensically accompanied by a solid wall of distortion. Aside from the singles, I couldn't hear anything in here which resembled a song. It's exhausting, impenetrable, and boring. From Aka onwards, I somewhat enjoyed what I was hearing. There were a few tracks which sounded very similar to previous ones. I heard a Rinkaku pt2, DREAMBOX pt2, LIE BURIED pt2. Seems lazy, but okay. Just sort of mediocre.
 
Overall, I felt there were no stand-out tracks whatsoever.
 
The worst thing is, song-wise, this is the album I wanted. Something raw, angry, and fun, like MARROW. But I didn't want it to sound like this! Perhaps there are good songs here. It's going to take a while for me to digest what's going on and get over the fact that it sounds so terrible. I really want to like this. Again, I'm the fan who enjoys almost every song from this band with very few exceptions.
 
Since they did such a piss-poor job with this one, from everything about the audio to the packaging (misspellings, missing translations, etc), I predict that we'll see a remaster in the vein of UROBOROS within the next few years.

Ooo the mental visual. This kinda need to happen

Ooo the mental visual. This kinda need to happen

Surely this is in reverse order? There are many here who would burn you at the stake for putting the holy quadrinity dead last 😂

I am positively sure these new songs would be 1000% better live. They sounds like made to be live songs to me. At least the music does. Kyo better rehearse for the live, man. So he can reach those notes. He is getting better lately so that is a step on the right direction. 

My bad, I have no idea why I even brought clipping into this other than I shouldn’t try posting while talking to co-workers. 
 
The album is compressed to hell and it’s not a new thing, but it just seems really bad this time. Aka in particular could have been a lot prettier with a better approach to the mix. Why is the guitar solo so buried? Wouldn’t the dramatic moments be a bit more explosive and emotional if the gentle sections were quieter?
 
Of course the actual songwriting is good, but the mix is not pleasing to my ears. 

You can’t play it loud because it’s already loud. It sounds like it’s naturally cranked up to 10, hence the clipping and distortion. Raising the volume doesn’t make it sound better. Oddly enough, I hear more intricacies when I turn the volume DOWN. We’re not new to this, but sometimes there are cases worse than others. This might be DEG’s worst. 
 
Mind you one of  the reasons why so many recordings are compressed is to accommodate people listening to lossy rips thru shitty earbuds. So yeah, I’m pining for the good ol’ days of music that sounds nice on everything. 

Yeah the pacing is the biggest problem. Idk why they decided to throw all the heaviest songs on the first half.