Saga

He looks like in pain, but in slow motion.

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

Aliene Ma'riage, along with a few other bands, are going to hold a one-day revival in March.

I made this "tutorial" for all you guys and girls who struggle with the makeup. I work as a makeup artist and this is my tips on how to look visual kei even if you are not asian!
 
This look is the basic visual kei look that most artists use, you can create different looks using this as a base which I will get to later!
 
Let's begin!
 
Step 1:

 
Always start off with a clean face. Moisturize heavily and put on a good primer that minimize pores and smoothens out the skin texture. A primer helps to keep your making looking fresh all day long, also it protects your skin.
 
Step 2:

 
To really get a visual look you should get some colored contacts! The ones portrayed here are called "White Zombie" and you can get them at regular halloween stores, costume shops and also online. Circle lenses are also commonly used in visual kei, those makes your iris/eyes look bigger! Always put on your contacts before you put on your makeup to avoid damaging your eyes.
 
As you can tell, the girl in the photo doesn't have any eyebrows! That's because I recommend you to either pluck your eyebrows, shave them off or just cover them up using a glue stick. Why? Well... because we are going to create a different eyebrow shape that fits the style better! 
 
Step 3:

 
Put on a full coverage foundation that is a little bit lighter than your skintone. It has to be full coverage to cover up any redness and imperfections. You want your skin to look flawless! Also use a concealer to cover up dark circles or other imperfections the foundation didn't cover.
 
Don't use too much foundation because it might look cakey, you want your skin to look as flawless as possible!
 
Step 4:

 
Set the foundation and concealer with a lot of loose powder to get rid of any shine. This will make you look completely matte and also help your makeup to stay in place during the day. Visual kei artists doesn't follow the glowing skin trend so keep it matte. This also makes your skin look even more flawless! Make sure the powder you use is either transperant, or the same color as your skin or a little bit lighter. Never use a powder that is darker than your skin!
 
Step 5:

 
Now it's time for shading/contouring! This is what makes your face look more defined. Visual kei artists doesn't do regular shading/contouring since most of them are men and want to look edgy.
 
What you are going to do is to either use a bronzer, a face powder or a contouring powder. It doesn't really matter what you use, just make sure that the powder is 2-3 shades darker than your skin and is brown in color. Avoid anything shimmery, go for a matte powder. You place this powder using a brush inside the areas I have marked with red and make sure to blend it out.
 
Don't use too much, less is more and you will end up looking dirty if you use too much.
 
If you accidentaly use too much you can just go over it using some more of the powder you used to set your foundation.
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 6:

 
Now it's time to highlight! This is what is going to make your face look brighter, defined and polished.
 
Use a matte light powder, or eyeshadow for this. It should be about 3 shades lighter than your skintone. Again, very important to make sure the powder is matte! If you are very pale you could get away with using a white eyeshadow or a clown white pressed powder.
 
Apply this inside all the blue areas I marked on the picture and it should look something like this:

 
Step 7:

 
Now it's time for the eyes! Start off by creating a guideline using a black eyeliner pencil. Recreate the same shape as the red line shows in the picture above! The green line shows where the shape should stop on the bottom eyelid.(While looking straight forward, the shape you create should  stop right where your pupil begins.) Hope it makes any sense lol?
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 8:

 
Fill it in using black gel liner, or the same eyeliner pencil you used to create the line. Make sure to set it using a matte black eyeshadow to make sure that it lasts all day long!
 
Put a white, or a very light beige/off white eyeliner pencil inside of the blue marking shown in the picture above. This is what makes the eye pop and look more defined!
 
Now your eye should look something like this:

 
Now....

Last step of the basic eye makeup is to add shading in the areas marked in red as shown in the picture above, this creates a fake aegyo-sal which is very popular in asia, also it makes the eye look a bit more interesting! Just use a brown eyeshadow that is a bit darker than your skin, or use the same product you used when you shaded your face.
 
Add some mascara and the basic eye makeup is done and should look something like this:

 
If you want you can add things to this such as rhinestones or stickers! If you want to add a color, a lot of visual kei artists puts a colorful eyeshadow around it like this:

 
If you want a more feminine look you could add long fake eyelashes or more mascara, like this:

 
Step 9:

 
Now it's time for the eyebrows! You want them to be kind of thin, further down towards the eye, slanted upwards so that they look angry and pretty close to the nose bridge. If you have grey hair they should be grey, if you have pink hair they should be pink, etc. I recommend using a waterproof liplinerpencils if you want unnatural colors such as pink, red etc. Eyeshadow works fine though if you want softer/"natural" brows. Avoid black eyebrows, they look harsh. Use a dark brown instead!
 
I picked grey eyebrows, this is what they look like:

 
Step 10:

 
Last step! Lips! You can do whatever you want with your lips. Block them out using a concealer, wear black lipstick, red lipstick, purple lipstick.... It's all up to you!
 
Visual Kei artists often times wear gradient lips. That means you block your lips out using a concealer, then put lipliner in the middle of your lips and blend it outwards! That way your lips look soft, no sharp lines around them etc.
 
In the picture above I tried to show you easy visual kei lips. It's so hard to draw makeup, but I think I did alright. To achieve that type of lip, you forst put on a regular lipcolored lipstick that is slightly darker than your lips. Then you dip your finger, or a brush, in black eyeshadow and blend it into your lips.
 
Using eyeshadow on the lips is very common in visual kei. It makes the lip last longer! Instead of lipgloss you could use a very shimmery eyeshadow or powder highligter for example!
 
Now you just need to fix your hair and you are all done!
 
Hope this tutorial helped some of you, feel free to ask if you have any questions! ❤️
 

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/01/heavy-culture-dir-en-grey-kyo/?fbclid=IwAR2P7l5zDPuaFQQabOWvaO6VN-lap1oBjLsePkbvwYWQ1ToviZrK-Jwm5A4
 
On newer Japanese bands such as BABYMETAL
 
"In regards to BABYMETAL, you just can’t say anything bad about them, can you? The band’s very talented musicians and the girls are powerful performers. The singers are very young hard working ladies who could be your own daughters, how could you not think they are doing a great job? That’s almost like a trick question, I feel."
 
a surprisingly wholesome answer from kyo

We always had the jornals scanning stuff and the blogs with daily updates, but at some point there was a "trading rare lives in p2p" thing going on that sucked. Btw, glad I did not sucked any cock for these hot Matina stuff, because a lot of them are on youtube right now.

We always had the jornals scanning stuff and the blogs with daily updates, but at some point there was a "trading rare lives in p2p" thing going on that sucked. Btw, glad I did not sucked any cock for these hot Matina stuff, because a lot of them are on youtube right now.

O show tem uma hotpage agora: www.dimlimnobrasil.com
29 de Março, domingo e 300 ingressos.
 
É um olho no feed do Facebook pra comprar os ingressos e outro no site da TAM pra comprar a passagem.

I just wanna to rant about bands using platforms like youtube/spotify/twitter (thank god, fuck ameblo) but don't even trying to communicate without using moonrunes.

Finalmente o esmalte preto comprado no halloween vai ser usado novamente.
 
Vai ser bom pra porra.

it's a play on Royz' "Kuroageha" in the form of "Kuroageman". Kuro (Black) + Ageman which is a woman who brings good luck to men (?) As for the blackface, it's likely just the 黒ギャル (Kurogyaru) style (I could be stretching and it's probably just for color-sake, like literally the color black), which can be a bit off-putting. It's entirely based on a literal name-pun, and they somehow came up with enough content to make song, lmao.* 
 
Honestly, this is more entertaining than Royz' recent offerings o3o .
 
*I feel like they focus entirely on the nameplay/"luck" aspect here, but I'm not recognizing/understanding any actual Royz references (outside the visuals and music), if any exist.

well that escalated quickly

Feliz aniversário!
 

Full mv in like 2-3 hours

Really cool hoodie.
 
algo got some "wordart" vibe from the white shirt hah

Feliz aniversário!
 

I am just here for Sena's makeup tips
 
it's 3 months already

DISCLAIMER: I DID NOT TRANSLATE THIS, THIS IS NOT MINE.
Transliteration and translation by:  Dem/SubThatSong
Check out more of their translations, here!: subthatsong.blogspot.com
 
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni akuma ga odoru
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni akuma ga warau
jūzaijin no machi ni kōsoku sareta tenshi ga
*kegareta (hi)ana o chijoku sarete
eikyū ni okasareru
****makai no rakuin o kizamiseigu no kōshinkyoku de
->*omocha no māchi de
gomanetsu na hangyakusha o
dantōdai ni sarashiageta
*uso(itsuwari) de yugamu koi no akumu(yume) de
kirei na omoide ga namida ni somaru
*uso(itsuwari) de yugamu koi no akumu(yume) de
*jigoku no teihen(soko) ni suterareru
*anata no ai(jō) ni shihai sarete
jigoku ni ochimasu
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni tenshi ga odoru
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni tenshi o korosu
jūzaijin no machi ni tōgoku sareta mōja ga
*tadareta (shi)niku o kui chigiri
tomo kū o kurikaesu
****makai no rakuin o kizamiseigu no kōshinkyoku de
->*omocha no māchi de
gomanetsu na hangyakusha o
dantōdai ni shibariageta
*danzai no honō ga kashitsu(ayamachi) o yakitsukushite
*funnyō(sukatoro) no ame ga shukufuku o tsugeta
*zaigō(tsumi) de yugamu koi no akumu(yume) de
buzama na yokubō ga namida ni somaru
*zaigō(tsumi) de yugamu koi no akumu(yume) de
*jigoku no teihen(soko) ni suterareru
*anata no ai(jō) ni shihai sarete
jigoku ni ochimasu
*anata no akumu(yume) ni shihai sarete
jigoku ni ochimasu
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni akuma ga odoru
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni akuma ga warau
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni tenshi ga odoru
*zecchō(akume) no yoru ni tenshi o korosu
Kanji
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に悪魔が踊る
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に悪魔が嗤う
重罪人の街に拘束された天使が
*穢れた(秘)孔を恥辱されて
永久に犯される
****魔界の烙印を刻み性具の行進曲で
->*玩具のマーチで
御満悦な反逆者を
断頭台に晒し上げた
*嘘(偽)で歪む恋の悪夢(夢)で
綺麗な想出が涙に染まる
*嘘(偽)で歪む恋の悪夢(夢)で
*地獄の底辺(底)に捨てられる
*貴方の愛(情)に支配されて
地獄に堕ちます
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に天使が踊る
*絶頂(アクメ)夜に天使を殺す
重罪人の街に投獄された亡者が
*爛れた(屍)肉を喰い千切り
共喰を繰り返す
****魔界の烙印を刻み性具の行進曲で
->玩具のマーチで
御満悦な反逆者を
断頭台に縛り上げた
*断罪の炎が過失(過ち)を焼き尽くして
*糞尿(スカトロ)の雨が祝福を告げた
*罪業(罪)で歪む恋の悪夢(夢)で
無様な欲望が涙に染まる
*罪業(罪)で歪む恋の悪夢(夢)で
*地獄の底辺(底)に捨てられる
*貴方の愛(情)に支配されて
地獄に堕ちます
*貴方の悪夢(夢)に支配されて
地獄に堕ちます
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に悪魔が踊る
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に悪魔が嗤う
*絶頂(アクメ)の夜に天使が踊る
*絶頂(アクメ)夜に天使を殺す
English translation
*the devil dances in the night of orgasms
*the devil sneers in the night of orgasms
the angel that was constrained in the city of felons
*had her filthy hole made into a disgrace,
violated for an eternity
*with a march of playthings
the ecstatic traitor
is publicly humiliated at the guillotine
*in a romantic dream that’s distorted by lies
the beautiful memories are stained with tears
*in a romantic dream that’s distorted by lies
*she’s cast aside at the bottom of hell
*being controlled by your love
she falls into hell
*the angel dances in the night of orgasms
*the angel is killed in the night of orgasms
the soul that was imprisoned in the city of felons
*took a bite of the sore flesh
as they devoured her together repeatedly
*with a march of playthings
the ecstatic traitor
was tied up at the guillotine
*the flames of condemnation are thoroughly burning through the mistakes
*as the rain of feces proclaimed a blessing
*in a romantic dream that’s distorted by sin
the ugly desires are tainted with tears
*in a romantic dream that’s distorted by sin
*she’s cast aside at the bottom of hell
*being controlled by your love
she falls into hell
*being controlled by your dream
she falls into hell
*the devil dances in the night of orgasms
*the devil sneers in the night of orgasms
*the angel dances in the night of orgasms
*the angel is killed in the night of orgasms

Afterthoughts:
Changes made á la typical Galloesque style based solely on my personal hearing:
•••
*絶頂/zecchō/peak/height, the peak of happiness, top of a mountain, reaching the climax of something changed out for アクメ/akume/orgasm
*秘孔/hi+ana (not a real combination)/secret+hole/opening/orifice/slit/cavity changed out to just 孔/ana, omitting 秘/hi
This entire part is messed up to hell, so let’s break it down:
****魔界の烙印を刻み性具の行進曲で/makai no rakuin o kizamiseigu no kōshinkyoku de
Which is about something like “carved with the brand of hell by the march of sex toys”
To begin with, 魔界/makai/world of spirits/hell changed out for 玩具/omocha/toy/plaything.
And *烙印を刻み性具の行進曲/rakuin o kizamiseigu no kōshinkyoku/carving the brand (of hell/changed to plaything)+march of sex toys has been changed out for マーチ/māchi/march
Thus, this line has become
*玩具のマーチで/omocha no māchi de/at the march of the playthings
Damn that’s a change. Big enough for me to put a * in the video
*嘘偽/usoitsuwari which is an emphasis in lying/a “big”/“great” falsehood has been changed out to just 嘘/uso omitting 偽/itsuwari (both stand for lying/falsehood)
*悪夢/akumu/nightmare changed out to just 夢/yume/dream
*底辺/teihen/bottom/basis/foundation, or lower part of society/bottom of a organization holding it up changed out for using only 底/soko/bottom/sole omitting 辺
Classic *愛情/aijō/love/affection changed out for 愛/ai/love
*屍肉/shiniku/dead flesh changed out to just 肉/niku/flesh
*過失/kashitsu/error/blunder/mistake/accident has been changed out for 過ち/ayamachi/mistake/error/fault
*糞尿/funnyō/feces&urine has been changed out for スカトロ/sukatoro/scatology. I’ll be using feces for the song for clarity.
*罪業/zaigō/sin/crime has been changed out for just 罪/tsumi as sin/crime/indiscretion also penalty/sentence/punishment/fault/responsibility (of something done)
Notable on hearing/unsure:
*at 1:00 (and the next time) I can’t make out what Jojo is singing, but the lyrics say 断頭台/dantōdai/guillotine so we’re going with that. It’s not what he’s singing however, that I’m completely sure of, unfortunately.
I was thinking it would be 木馬責め/mokubazeme (spanish wooden horse torture device) because that’s what the girl is seen sitting on in the video - also notable this was used during the Edo period to make Christians denounce their faith, which is even more God damn fitting… argh. Ah well. More info on the device here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_horse_(device)
This device is in present day used for SM-play as a tool for sexually humiliating a person (according the Japanese wiki on the matter, not the English one tho). I’m extremely disappointed this wasn’t the word Jojo is singing.
You win this round, Jojo
*共喰/tomo kū/this combination isn’t real, but he’s put together together+eating, I can hear that Jojo clearly sings tomo but the k in kū seems to disappear which is a bit puzzling to me.
•••
*嗤う/warau
With this kanji, rather than 笑, this laughing becomes sneering/ridiculing laughing
*御満悦な反逆者/gomanetsu na hangyakusha
This is “the ecstatic traitor”, but I want to put a bit more note into this - I would initially go for “delighted traitor” but it doesn’t really convey it properly. 満悦/manetsu is like… great delight, but especially in this case it just doesn’t really “cut it” with delightful. So I chose to put it as ecstasy; the angel is fully enjoying the sinful pleasure of being rammed with the sex toys (naughty, Jojo).
The angel is a rebel/traitor, going against what’s supposed to be “good”, abandoning her pure faith, if you will, completely throwing herself into the pleasure while being violated.
*晒し上げた/sarashiageta
Sarashi, in this case, is as I assume the public humiliation (as performed as a punishment during the Edo period 1603-1868). This could otherwise be bleached, or in more common day language doxxing. The ageru in this case at the end stands that the action is completed, she’s successfully humiliated
*想出/omoide
This is 思い出/omoide/memories/recollections. However. This has an alternative form of 想い出 - also 思出. But not 想出. So, basically, weird. Not the first time Jojo has used this.
*恋/koi
Jojo uses this kanji for love, rather than ai. This love is generally a more romantic kind of love. Thus, I put this as a “romantic dream”
*支配されて/shihai sarete
I just want to point out this “controlled by your love”; it’s a pure domination of her emotions, she’s completely ruled/controlled by him influencing and determining her fate
*亡者/mōja
A dead person, a ghost, but rather than “ghost” I put this as soul. This does refer to a soul that wanders the earth without being able to move on (yet). This word can also be used to describe someone who’s obsessed with something, for example the most classic would be 金の亡者/kin no mōja, someone who’s money-hungry. I can see this as possibly meaning she’s lusting for the pleasure/lust, but since there’s no direct indication for it I’m going with a soul. I do have a strong feeling Jojo might mean she’s lusty for flesh, however. It’s definitely notable.
*爛れた/tadareta+共喰/tomo kū
This word, it’s generally to be sore/inflamed skin/bleary/festered - or to indulge in something. I feel it’s a double meaning here. She’s taking a bite of sore flesh; I’m thinking here they’ve had so much sex that they’re sore af. Bringing me to the next line, which has 共喰/tomo kū which I noted earlier; I’m interpreting this as them devouring her together over and over ( in a sexual manner, which brings in the soreness/too much sex again).
Let’s copy paste here again:
“*告げる/tsugeru
This is one of those words that always makes me stare at the wall, and wonder how to put it. This is to tell/inform/announce, indicate, signal, mark - I see this often used as tsugeru the end or the time. It’s hard to explain. It’s like something has been decided upon, and it’s conveyed, “I’ll tell you when it’s over” is one sentence this word would be used in. But when it’s not an indication for the future I find it hard to decide how to put it. This time we have “proclaimed a blessing”. This rain, supposedly, saying the flames of condemnation are a blessing.
It’s really another great song (and Jojo, as per usual, looks gorgeous). I really really do love Jojo’s complex lyrics, but damn does it take a lot of time. But it’s genuinely fun to figure out his stuff and to put together pieces with the changes and how the sentences change completely. I really dig his style, so much. And I love the references and clever choice of words.

Olá.
 
Sou um dos guerreiros de Soulseek que se afastaram da cena com o tempo, acompanhando-a de longe mas que pretende voltar a dedicar um pouco mais de amor a ela <3. No meu caso, o vício voltou a alguns meses por causa do - pasmem - Spotify.
 
 
 
 

Olá.
 
Sou um dos guerreiros de Soulseek que se afastaram da cena com o tempo, acompanhando-a de longe mas que pretende voltar a dedicar um pouco mais de amor a ela <3. No meu caso, o vício voltou a alguns meses por causa do - pasmem - Spotify.
 
 
 
 

Olá.
 
Sou um dos guerreiros de Soulseek que se afastaram da cena com o tempo, acompanhando-a de longe mas que pretende voltar a dedicar um pouco mais de amor a ela <3. No meu caso, o vício voltou a alguns meses por causa do - pasmem - Spotify.