evilcoconut

I think you're only picking Diru because they are arguably the most popular Japanese band with a Western audience. But that doesn't make their music any better or more worthy of appreciation than a shit ton of other Japanese bands. One could easily argue that there are many Japanese bands are worthy of more international attention.

But what's the point? Generally speaking, unless you sing in English, you will NEVER be widely popular with an American audience. That's just how it is. And since America has the biggest music industry, and Japan has the second biggest, what other market is there for them to go for besides America? I don't think Diru deserves to be recognized any more than any other Japanese band. And there are plenty of Japanese metalcore bands with the above influences, jsyk.

When it comes to bands in the world of J-Rock, I would say bands such as FujiFabric, DaizyStripper, and EAT YOU ALIVE are VERY underappreciated.

But when it comes to Japanese bands in the world of music (i.e. consisting of all bands, not just japanese), Dir en grey is easily at the top of the list.

No.

LICKER – Liberate

tiger years are volatile...

FIRE BALL – NEW Beginning W/Jungle Roots

Honey L Days – Love me

Eat You Alive – ???

True Legend

lecca – TV???

lol, the responses in this thread are so predictable.

Try their latest album. If you like it, you'll probably like their other stuff. If you don't, then you probably won't.

Master Q

just added me on last fm

??? (Show Luo) – ?????

well...they need a better singer anyway, lol

D'espairsRay – abyss

So far I love Dope, Love is Dead, Devil's Parade. The rest aren't standing out much to me right now. But I usually need some repeats to really get into an album. I think it's solid though, and like someone else said, not really any bad songs.

jazzy hip hop! japans one of the leading countries in broken beat, house, hip hop and jazz!

I don't have this mentality.

When I decide a band have lost it, I generally stop listening and hoping their new material will satisfy as much as their old music did.

I was just curious.

As for the album...I'm about to listen, lol. As soon as I'm done with the new SCANDAL single. ;p

At first I was like:

But then I remembered Merry now are now on Free-Will and sound like Dir en Grey.

lol, this

hey~ I guess you're the person I just gave the link to on Last FM, lol

FACT – start from here

? lmao. also, nm that he died EONS ago.

exist†trace – ROUGE

somewhat related, but BACK-ON is also awesome. And Smorgas, but they're quite a bit harder