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I finally got to listen to the whole thing tonight. As others pointed out, it's hard to judge a DeG album on it's first listen. I really didn't like DSS at all when it first came out, and it slowly grew on me, so I'll reserve any negative feelings on the album until I've heard it at least 3 or 4 times all the way through.
So far, I like about 8 out of the 13 songs, so that's a pretty solid score.
I think the most honest thing I can say after the first listen is that I hope they don't go 4 years between releases again. I think a big part of my opinion on the album is that we had a long wait to build up anticipation. I wonder how people's feelings would been if this kind of album just came out a year after Arche.

Yep it was formed by Daisuke after Kagerou disband

I finally got to listen to the whole thing tonight. As others pointed out, it's hard to judge a DeG album on it's first listen. I really didn't like DSS at all when it first came out, and it slowly grew on me, so I'll reserve any negative feelings on the album until I've heard it at least 3 or 4 times all the way through.
So far, I like about 8 out of the 13 songs, so that's a pretty solid score.
I think the most honest thing I can say after the first listen is that I hope they don't go 4 years between releases again. I think a big part of my opinion on the album is that we had a long wait to build up anticipation. I wonder how people's feelings would been if this kind of album just came out a year after Arche.

I was surprised to see that there was no topic on Buck-Tick so far, seeing as they're one of the pioneers of Visual Kei and have been going strong for over 30 years now.
Who else listens to B-T? What do you think of them?
 

 
櫻井 敦司 [SAKURAI ATSUSHI]
On Vocal
DATE OF BIRTH：7th March 1966
BLOOD TYPE：O
BIRTHPLACE：FUJIOKA CITY, GUNMA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT：177cm / 65kg
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN：PISCES
 

 
今井 寿 [IMAI HISASHI]
On GUITAR
DATE OF BIRTH：21st October 1965
BLOOD TYPE：O
BIRTHPLACE：FUJIOKA CITY, GUNMA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT：175cm / 58kg
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN：LIBRA
 

 
星野 英彦 [HOSHINO HIDEHIKO]
On GUITAR
DATE OF BIRTH：16th June 1966
BLOOD TYPE：A
BIRTHPLACE：FUJIOKA CITY, GUNMA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT：179cm / 66kg
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN：GEMINI
 

 
樋󠄀口 豊 [HIGUCHI YUTAKA]
On BASS
DATE OF BIRTH：24th January 1967
BLOOD TYPE：A
BIRTHPLACE：TAKASAKI CITY, GUNMA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT：162cm / 50kg
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN：AQUARIUS
 

 
ヤガミ・トール [YAGAMI TOLL]
On DRUMS
DATE OF BIRTH：19th August 1962
BLOOD TYPE：A
BIRTHPLACE：TAKASAKI CITY, GUNMA
HEIGHT / WEIGHT：170cm / 55kg
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN：LEO
 

Such a great band with so many bops. I think I became super into them when ROMANCE released, which is still one of my favourite songs to this day. Atsushi is also probably one of the most attractive men alive.
 
 
 

My only regret is that I wasn't able to find them sooner, I missed out on so many years of listening just cause of my own incompetence in searching in the past.
Despite this I feel like I've already been listening to them for years, I think Atsushi's voice has a very nostalgic tone to it, I'm not really good at explaining.
They're my favorite band as a flip side to my fav metal band.
 
I'm really moved by the friendship and connection between all the members, even most marriages don't work that long or smoothly. Even more so when I read Imai was looking into a medium that they were all destined to meet from a past life haha.
I guess aside from loving Atsushi's lyrics, style and what he's overcome /B-T experimentation, I really just envy to have such friends. The same with the twin flame like situation Atsushi had with Issay.
 
Think I could write too much about what they mean to me now so I'll cut it, but-
I was torn a bit between Six/Nine, but I'm sure now that Darker than Darkness is my favorite album, from cover art to end track. (I had even wrote an exact lyric from DtD on an art piece a few months before hearing it, it felt surreal by chance lol.)

One thing that amazes me about this band is how despite being in the scene for 30 years, they still release better/more interesting music then 99% of other Japanese rock bands. There's only a handful of bands in the world who have kept up a streak that long without turning crap. Their last two albums have been really great imo.

I just love the way Diru threads always dramatically escalade from "fuck these guys" to "OMG I love it."
 
truly the most hated and loved bands ever.

Yeah Kyo seems legit suicidal. Not even in his usual edgelord way, but actually truly depressed. It’s kind of concerning. Plus some of his recent Twitter posts.

Hi there.

I've been lurking on this site for years probably. I drop by any time one of my favorite bands has a new release, and I just finally decided to make an account. 
I hope that by coming by here I can learn about some bands I've never heard of, and meet some people who like the same kinds of bands I do.

I'm a big fan of the darker, moodier stuff. Mostly any band where Ryo has done vocals or Aie has played the guitar, I'm hooked.
Some of my favorites have been Buck-Tick, Dir En Grey, 9Goats Black Out, Deadman, Sukekiyo, Sugar/Konig/MORE, KEEL, MUCC, The GazettE and more.

I started listening to Jrock in general when my girlfriend introduced me a few years ago. Now it's about 70% of all I listen to.
If you've got any suggestions on bands you think I'd like, please let me know.

It's nice to meet you all!  はじめまして!

I'm digging that artwork and now I'm really considering buying a copy!
 
I never commented on the samples. Most looking forward to 軽蔑と始まり, Downfall, Followers, and 谿壑の欲. I am totally falling in love with Ranunculus; I still don't understand why they named a song like that with a PV like that after a buttercup flower. I might be able to tolerate the album version of 歌踏み; kyo's gibberish fribble-fribble is less comical.
 
Holy Fucking Hell, the re-recordings of 鬼眼 and 理由 are going to be incredible!

The insert art looks pretty actually. What is that? Colosseum or something??

i bet u die sent him the demos so he BEEN practising

This guy did a cover before the album even dropped. That's some dedication.
 

it's out x

come on. come ooonnnnn!

Hi there.

I've been lurking on this site for years probably. I drop by any time one of my favorite bands has a new release, and I just finally decided to make an account. 
I hope that by coming by here I can learn about some bands I've never heard of, and meet some people who like the same kinds of bands I do.

I'm a big fan of the darker, moodier stuff. Mostly any band where Ryo has done vocals or Aie has played the guitar, I'm hooked.
Some of my favorites have been Buck-Tick, Dir En Grey, 9Goats Black Out, Deadman, Sukekiyo, Sugar/Konig/MORE, KEEL, MUCC, The GazettE and more.

I started listening to Jrock in general when my girlfriend introduced me a few years ago. Now it's about 70% of all I listen to.
If you've got any suggestions on bands you think I'd like, please let me know.

It's nice to meet you all!  はじめまして!

Whoever voted for Akinori is a Christian. Nothing wrong with that btw. 

then commit tax fraud x

I voted for Akinori. Weed really messes up a perosn and leads them to do worse drugs like nikwil and caffine 

I can’t read the 2chan thread anymore because it’s become, as one user put it, a ネタバレ祭り.
I’m gonna try to sleep for a while and then check for leaks. I am so pumped though, people are saying that it contains elements of all of their albums plus both of sukekiyo’s albums. Apparently the first track 軽蔑と始まり is pretty nuts (Kyo said it’s his favorite song on the album) and Aka is very pretty.

I dead ass forgot we had a discord lmao. 
I meant the actual chat.

everyone in this thread when the album has leaked
 

I exclusively listen to this Dir en Grey, btw:
 

According to someone with the album the remakes were mixed by the same person who did the Hageshisa single.