Wicked Teletubby

I've pointed that out in both setlists.

they will - via Okami Records for Europe. not sure of US release though.

 

Now someone less lazy can go and fix all the setlists over at setlist.fm since they're wrong.

I'll go for it.

fuck. that song is awesome.

yes. she also edited that post out with some titles.

SE instrumental opening played by band 

(it’s a guitar melody that brings to mind rain or tear drops, with bass and drums joining after Shinya and Toshiya come on stage; I was told by a Japanese friend that they did something similar during Ghoul tour? -> “and Zero”)

01 new song: un deux

02 new song: Chain repulsion (fast&heavier song, great for live concerts)

03 new song: Cause of fickleness (Kyo: high tones plus shouting, fast guitars [11/17 no10])

04 new song (“flowers song”; middle tempo, some growling) 

05 karasu

06 new song (“crying song”, entry played by Die on acoustic guitar, mostly sang, opening melody is repeated few times during the song, it gets really quiet (guitar + Kyo) in the middle and after Kyo”s shout all instruments come back for final part/culmination)

07 Rinkaku

08 new song (“lanterns song”, ballad, starts with dialogue between two guitars, one heavy, one “rain sound”, Kyo joins singing; it’s a slow song, but with heavier parts, guitar solo?)

09 DREAMBOX

10 new song (“high tones”, starts with Kyo singing insanely high, middle tempo to fast, organs? [11/17 no3])

11 akatsuki

12 Hageshisa…

13 SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH

E14 Toguro (info from mixi: Kaoru used 6 string guitar)

E15 spilled milk

E16 Deeper Vileness

E17 Rasetsu Koku

E18 new song (same as last night, heavier song)

 

 

*edited to add titles where possible

too short but still enough to give goosebumps. can't wait.

Touru had his hand wrapped so tightly he couldn't move any finger.

he was forced to use the mic stand.

well, just because I hate it when I don't know the titles.

a nice review of the show written by kyotakumrau (what a nice fella!).

2014.11.17 TOUR14-15 BY THE GRACE OF GOD CLUB CITTA Kawasaki -a knot only-

Stage was pretty simple tonight, they had a huge screen in the back and 5 tall, slim speakers with a spotlight on top of each one, so they kind of looked like human silhouette in the dim light.

 

BGM was suddenly cut off and lights went off as well. And in the next moment a black and white video started. And they made it as creepy as possible in a Japanese-horror-movie-style creepy. There was some object at the bottom, but video only showed the top of it. To me it looked like some plastic bag, maybe iv bag, because there was something attached to it, maybe a tube (maybe!). There were two people crouching over the object, but only their arms and shoulders were shown. It looked a bit like someone tried to put two dimensions together and something went wrong - figures were bending down, but their hands didn’t touch the object, but went inside, but actually didn’t… and something was moving inside the bag (I guess the most catchy thing was that we had no idea what we were looking at XD).

 

Everyone was so distracted by the video that Kaoru playing first notes of the opening came as a big surprise Dim lighting can be also at fault. Suddenly he was standing on the stage and playing his guitar with a single spotlight directed at him. Soon Die joined and they started playing a very soft melody on guitars as an opening. Next was Shinya and Toshiya. Kyo came on stage as the last one. He was wearing a dark (black? navy? - my bet is black) jacket with embroidered gold emblem on the chest on the left side. His hair is very short on the sides, giving his hair a mohawk look, his roots are black with blond ends; it looked very cool. He also had a large dressing on the edge of his left hand, which was a bit soaked with blood

 

Instrumental opening smoothly led to the first song, a very sad ballad with guitar melodies prevailing the most. Throughout the night they kept mixing new songs with ‘older’ songs. Fans joined singing during SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH with a really great energy. Second new song included so many high notes for Kyo, it was totally amazing. Bottom of the death valley started with the bass solo from Toshiya, which was also more delicate. Next two new songs (“flower song” and “crying song”) had again really nice guitar parts, second song had a video showing first someone’s eyes very slowly, very sad eyes and then her (?) face. I love Rinkaku and that moment when Kyo sings “Minerva”. And he always comes to the edge of the stage to rouse a roar from fans. 8th song (“lantern song”) was again a ballad. Lighting changed to orange and red, and those warm colors were contrasting greatly with the sadness of the song. Video for this song showed hundreds of paper lanterns flying up and a line of people (only silhouette) taking a photo of them.

At this point atmosphere changed slightly, and the following song was bit faster, rhythmical. The ending of the first part was heavier and fans showed that they are ready for that

 

They had many breaks between the songs, when Kyo was crouching down in front of drums and other members also stood a bit in the back. At those times it was pretty dark as well. I think it helped to set the right mood for all those ballads and sad songs.

 

Encore was much more energetic than the main part, they played some good old songs

During the first bit of encore Kyo wrapped microphone cable over his hand and it must have upset the cut/wound on his hand and it started to bleed. A lot. He smeared the blood over his face and across his chest, when he continued to sing blood was oozing over his arm.

But it didn’t stop him from enjoying the encore and minus the blood he behaved same as usual (even if that must had hurt a lot T_T). Kyo was asking the crowd for louder cheer, repeatedly asking if we can still go on before the last song.

(also, Kyo wrote a message for aknot saying that he is sorry for causing fans to worry and to enjoy the rest of the shows, his hand simply has to heal).

 

After the last song band members went into the part of throwing goodies to the fans. Kyo threw his bottles first as usual, then guitarists were throwing picks, Kyo came back again holding his towel and he actually wiped the blood from his chest and… totally failed at throwing it to the fans, the towel landed between the stage and the barrier, thanks to which *historical moment* Kyo’s towel was taken by ONE fan XD I would like to say it didn’t involve any bloodshed, but …oh well XD

But Kyo’s face when he failed at throwing his towel was absolutely adorable (even if it lasted only a very brief moment).

After that “business” went as usual and other members threw their towels/water bottles/beer/picks/drumsticks - ah Shinya was shooting rubber wristbands at the crowd (like a rubber band), which was priceless.

 

It was a really good concert that I enjoyed very much, it was not as heavy as DIR EN GREY concerts can be, but I really like new songs and the atmosphere was great!

We will see how setlist will change tomorrow (or rather today)

sounds to me like Touru brought a lot of sukekiyo into DIR EN GREY. oh well...

here's cameran pic of Toshiya from the show...

... and a painted report.

here come the details. thanks kyotakumrau again.

Track 12 is supposed to be "Juuyoku" I believe. Also, cool that they're playing most of the new album live already~

yeah, sorry.

will keep it updated.

here we go. first tour supporting ARCHE has just kicked off.

if I got it right, Touru's doing his blood thing again.

an attendee reports that new material sounds somewhat raw and needs time to really shine.

merch pics at CLUB CITTA'. from http://kyotakumrau.tumblr.com/

each time DIR EN GREY embarks on a tour, I get this setlist hype and this beautiful forum is always an awesome cure for this itch.

tour kicks off tomorrow. let's see what new songs will we get before the nyu arbum release date.

CD&DLでーた 11-12 2014

taken off here: http://kyotakumrau.tumblr.com/

well yeah. somewhere around this time.

the band has also released a t-shirt that gives a hint about the title.

not even sure to be honest. if you try and google it, you'll get a pretty big period of time somewhere around Christmas.

I gave it up and just waiting.

new album title will be revealed on Yuletide.

the album itself is presumably due in spring 2015.

Deep Six is awesome.

official physical release dates are:

Jan. 19th - UK,

Jan. 20th - US.

there.

new album is titled The Pale Emperor and has a tentative release date of January 16th, 2015.

tracklisting is as follows:

some minor news.

DIR EN GREY and Sukekiyo are now confirmed for rockin'on presents COUNTDOWN JAPAN 14/15 on Dec 29th and 30th at Makuhari Messe Hall.

the band will also appear in a new issue of CD & DL DATA.

not enough Avril Lavigne.

erm. what are you guys talking about?

so the guys at setlist.fm believe that New Songs played during recent GAUZE tour were Soshaku and Behind a vacant image.