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His regular vocal troubles are undoubtedly caused by all that inhale shit he does. There is no way to inhale screams without repercussions. In this case, tonsillitis is bacterial. He's always pushing himself too hard and that's a key way to prolong infections like that.. So yeah. The growling is much better for his throat, and is not the cause for this one as above stated. But it is NOT going to be helping. He just needs to come to terms with the fact he might lose his voice permanently if he's not careful.

No, now he's just appropriating their sound. BEFORE he was flat out plagiarising. These new songs don't share many structural similarities or riffs that have clearly just had only a few notes changed. He's getting better at being unoriginal. (Or maybe these band members are like FUCK YOU, WE CAN WRITE OUR OWN MUSIC, JUST STICK TO LYRICS).

Nearly the whole VANITAS album. Not bad, even though I'm not the biggest fan of it. Still, they played all the other songs in their last DVDs and I was getting bored of the "singles". Versatility is never a bad thing.

Totally prefer THE FINAL remake to the original. Maybe because the original era of Dir en grey was when they thought their albums could sound like demos and that's okay. 01. Dir en grey - Cage 02. Balzac - Legacy II 03. ギルガメッシュ - 零-ゼロ- 04. Wagdug Futuristic Unity - HAKAI 05. Synthetic Breed - Resilience 06. Dir en grey - 砂上の唄 07. 石川忠 - Megatron 08. ネガ - 無 09. Dir en grey - ワルシャワの幻想(THE STALIN) 10. The Sex Pistols - No Fun Dir en grey really likes getting in there, don't they. Even though Chu Ishikawa is a genius, I'm gonna have to go with Gensou. It's a good cover of a great song, and coincidentally the best Dir en grey track from the awful DSS "cycle", and their only heavy one I can really tolerate.

I must be the only person who thinks MACABRE is a boring song. I much prefer Zan. I might buy this version.

I promise you, Nega, I do not have any more money. Wai u not beleev mi.

ALL THE BANDS I KNOW I SHOULD LISTEN TO BUT DON'T. Would that Luna Sea song be on their Complete Best CD? I really should do more with that than use it as a paperweight. It's undoubtedly worth more than that. Nega - 空白 Mad Capsule Markets - ALL THE TIME IN SUNNY BEACH Substance D - Tweek Howard Shore, Metric and K'naan - Mecca Dir en grey - アクロの丘 Mad Capsule Markets - JAG AK-47 - 河流 Michael Jackson - Jam ムック - ぬけがら Nega - quadrangle TOO MANY GOOD CHOICES. I suppose Nega wins just because they're Nega and one of the artists I love the most of all time. But if that bias wasn't there, Jackson and Mucc'd have a decent shot.

That'll be the saddest thing I'll ever have to listen to.

The likelihood of my getting a physical copy of Defection is still probably minimal. And I sincerely hope someone uploads that Jin-band CD. Unlike that best of that never happened >.>

Unfortunately I don't know any of those. But I've been meaning to get into Gackt so I might try that track first d: ikd-sj - Ichigo-Philia Nega - Abase Dir en grey - Red Soil Carcass - Doctrinal Expletives Taproot - Words Don't Mean a Thing Deftones - Tempest Dir en grey - Hydra Mushroomhead - The Final Act Farcefood - Rest in Peace Timezone - World Destruction Surprisingly English-based, this one. Of course the most obscure is the one that makes me go all emotional and shiz. This list isn't particularly embarrassing or 'hipster'. I must be lucky. Ironically I found the favourite pick track completely by accident, along with the whole EP (which is weirdly lacking a recording timeframe--some songs sound very modern, while others sound like indie pop from the early '00s or rap-rock from the mid '90s; however, this one is more a power ballad).

God they sound much happier than the last time I heard them. He has a good voice though. Might be nice to hear him push his range.

Slight necro. I love this guy. I had Ultramania already a few years ago because I was a nu metal fan and it was one of the best albums in the genre. When I checked out his earlier stuff on impulse, I decided I loved every single album he's ever done. Not straight away, of course. From metal to the cheesy '80s synthpop he did on the first album was a huge step. ATOMOS is the one I have left to listen to fully over and over again until I love it. I ended up deciding my favourite song is Gyosil Idea, and my favourite album is 7th Issue, which I FINALLY managed to import last week (it's so fucking rare), along with the Goodbye Best album from ST&Boys. The past year he's become one of my most listened artists. I'm so impressed with him, his work ethic, most of the things he announces (if he does say anything that is) and the strength of his material that I named an important character of my novel after him and namedrop a song in dialogue. I have a feeling this will happen again. There's a great torrent on Asiatorrents that has everything (most of the albums in 320) if any of you can't find his frankly impossibly sparse CD releases. I'm going to import the others if they ever pop up on EBay. I'm saving up for the Anniversary Boxset but I don't know if I'll find it any time soon.

17. 秒「」深 (New Ver.) AGAIN? Jesus Christ, they're not going to stop until their entire back catalogue is redone, are they?

I don't like they one they use. Drumkit from Hell. It's always recognisable, and always lacking. When a band uses a drum machine with power, it can sound great. '80s bands did it right. That and the 8-string guitars weren't as distorted as the 7-strings, which meant there was even more space in the mix that should've been filled up with bass and drums.

Most of the EPs were limited, yes. I actually hated the re-recording of Nothing (which I owned long before finding a copy of the original). Again, it was mostly the drum machine that made it sound too hollow for my liking. Just I is the only EP they haven't issued as a bonus track of something, and Catch 33 is the only option. Robotic is good, yes, but the weak drum sample left a lot of empty space the guitars didn't quite fill up. I mean, whenever I play I, I have to turn the volume up. It sounds flat. Besides, the drummer is robotic enough! He's a bloody genius when it comes to what he does. Why replace him, if the aesthetic qualities is no longer something they're after (which it clearly isn't, because they went back to organic studio drumming merely a year or so later). Of course they shouldn't, unless they do some HEAVY AND SIGNIFICANT remastering. That and limited printings are the only things that justifies a re-release. Maybe not COMPLETELY, but enough not to irk me. I usually just buy the better version and sell the old one.

Well...they've released all their other albums in special editions since, always including EPs as bonus tracks...and "I" is a sold out limited run...and Frederick Thordendal is making music with Special Defects again...and the album sounds like plastic because of that drum machine and would not hold out to the super-clean mixing of recent efforts (Koloss and Pitch Black). Then there's the fact Meshuggah is big enough to release anything they want. I think it's far from pointless xD But in another to-be-fair moment, I don't mind Vildhjarta. At least their singer(s) sound like their balls have dropped.

Hope the singer moves on to a new band. His screams were what made these guys stand out.

Just got an internet boost and discovered that I can now handle constant heavy downloading. I'm looking for two things and I'd appreciate some pointers in the direction I could take. The first is kei mini-albums that are cohesive and arguably of high quality (well, regarding the band that releases it, and not necessarily in general). Basically after that release everyone likes a band for, then constantly criticises the later work of because none of it sounds as good as it did. Cocklobin's Dark Design Catalogue, D'espairsRay's Coll:set and Nega's Faded Film of a Japanese Sadness are examples I know that I can think of. There are also a few albums I don't mind (Sadie's mini-albums and first album, maybe). Heavy is not a requirement, but I do like a more rock/metal approach to balance out ballads. Oriental is a plus. The second is the brand of V/N/whatever-K that takes after nu metal more than metalcore, around Dir en grey's SIX-UGLY/VULGAR sound. And by nu metal I don't mean just repetitive riffs and structures, because the majority of VK has that. I also mean a more hip-hop oriented drumbeat, loud bass, mild electronics (bit-crushing like MUSIC-era Girugamesh is cool too), etc.. Deathgaze doesn't count, but select songs of the Gazette (Agony) count (and non-K Mad Capsule Markets' 4 Plugs was good but way too monotonous). Again, heavy is not required, but I don't really know if there's a thing as "soft" nu metal. If you know any VULGAR rip-off bands that don't suck, they're okay (not talking VAJRA). A bit of punk isn't bad either. I love Child Prey. I expect both to be around the 2000-2006 mark, but there must be exceptions. If the two overlap, sweet. But that's optional. If I haven't mentioned a band here, I probably don't know them.

Catch 33 is their best album imo. I'm waiting for them to re-release it with I as a bonus track. Apparently Meshuggah are in my top artists charts on last.fm, and I've seen them live a couple of times so I guess I'm a fan. They're still better than all the kids who claim to see them as an influence.

Is Kyo screaming like he used to again, or am I just going mad with longing.

Last track. It's still not really worth it. I have all the CDs with these songs on it, except track 7. I'll see if the Perestroika shit is remastered though. I find the actual albums of that band unlistenable. If this is an improvement, I might get it for the sake of completeness.

http://www.jpopasia.com/news/nega-announcing-final-album::12667.html I really hope this isn't the real tracklist, because even a collection of remastered/re-recorded singles like this doesn't make it worth buying AT ALL, especially if you already own their last compilation CD (on which five of these songs WERE remastered) and PV DVD (which had basically everything). An unreleased song for 40+ USD? I'm not that much of a sucker.

I'm not going to review track-by-track, because I think so very few people here are even trying to do that (one line summarisation followed with a IDUNLIKEIT/10? Seriously?). It must be uncool to review properly. New generation, do-it-as-fucking-quickly-as-possible. Instead, I'm just going to say that this album grew on me, just a tiny bit. The improvements are definitely in the guitar and drumwork, but that's not saying much: San is getting staler and staler, and Yuu's triggers are still obnoxious (though my god that awfully loud, reverbed snare is gone! THIS MAKES THEM SO MUCH MORE LISTE-- And then there's Jin. --GODDAMMIT). The Peretroika WEEOOH noises actually make this album stand out a bit more from the rest of Nega's bland-to-blander catalogue from 2008 onwards; unlike Perestroika, I actually care, now that the drums don't give me an instant migraine. The intro (despite ripping off parts of Dir en grey's DSS intro) is the best they've done for a while, which doesn't say much since it's only a mood-etting piece and doesn't require much attention. Now the negatives: Jin's YAAAAH noise is a billion times more painful than his UUUUUUNGHs. The guitar mix is muddy. The breakdowns are generic. The 12 minute ballad point is hard to get past (though it stands much better by itself). Jin is off-key even more than usual. There is no atmosphere for the majority; when there is, it's only because of the synths. The tracklist acts like it's shouting at me. If Nega's intention was to give me a migraine as quickly as possible, they've succeeded. I still love their back catalogue, so I gave it a try. I even bought it. It only JUST passes. If they get any worse, I'm going to have to give up. I can't afford the painkillers; not after importing the bloody CD for 50 bucks. Their last album had melody and keyboards all the way through; it had ambience; it had atmosphere. Granted the musicianship is mildly better, but the creativity has been plunging downwards. The 12 minute song is a step in the right direction, but it's too big a step (this album would have been recieved in a significantly more negative manner, I think, if it wasn't here). Just take that much care composing the rest and you could have a tight CD. (Granted, it's still pretty impressive considering they probably wrote and recorded this AFTER announcing the tracklisting.) My personal score is 5/10 (again, not a giant achievement--their first releases would get over 7).

Not the same technique at all, pig squeals are made by grinding falsecord until it cracks, then using the lips and tongue to curve the sound. Kyo's doing gutterals. Uuurgoiii. Not ureee.

Agree heavily^ Dir en grey has always done what's popular in whichever scene they were introduced to. This album is a lot more intricate than "let's all growl indecipherably over riffs too progressive for the little kiddies cuz that's what's in now". And it is much less "posery" than MOAB. There is no pig squealing on this album, though. They are just very formed gutterals. With the technique Kyo chose to use, adding "oi" to the end will cover what would usually be an abrupt trail off. Sounds a lot more powerful ending them that way. He's not using his lips as much as he did on Uroboros, mainly because he's adapted to the new style of harsh vocals now than he was in 2008.