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  1. I feel ya..
    nullmoon reacted to StriderSubzero in #108: DIR EN GREY - VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES   
    Thank you all for the fascinating history on the lyrics and taboos. First I've heard of any of this.
     
    About OP's review though, I simply cannot understand why so many people hate "audrey" so much. That's one of my favorite DEG songs.
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    nullmoon reacted to Seelentau in Dir en grey   
    "ryouri" means "cooking" xD
    You basically asked if the cooking is alright
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    nullmoon reacted to saishuu in Early 2000's "transition-kei"   
    yeah, they've even inspired Kuroyume!
     
     
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    nullmoon reacted to chemicalpictures in Early 2000's "transition-kei"   
    I think early An Cafe and aicle are more linked to oshare, buy you may be right, things were definitely blurry enough.
     
    Lolita23q's Suiren no Heya and ayabie's Saishuu Hentai Page/Gothic Party definitely shows a clearer picture, imo
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    nullmoon reacted to Crube in Dir en grey   
    I was just lazy when I incorporated and Zero and Tefutefu into the proper album. I tacked and Zero as the intro and Teflonteflon before The inferno so it balances out the whole two song titles in English and two song titles in Kanji setup.
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    nullmoon reacted to emmny in Dir en grey   
    yes bitches
    who else will pay shinya to drink and kyo to die his hair and be spotted with random girls in shinjuku ? moneyz well spent
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    nullmoon reacted to geist in Dir en grey   
    I’ve always been puzzled by those sentiments because if you’re a band that writes, promotes, releases, and tours music — your entire purpose is to maximize how many people are buying your products and for how much. These guys don’t do it for free, they expect that you’ll give them money in return for whatever they’re selling and promoting. 
     
    To criticize ANYTHING as being a “cash grab” in popular music just seems weird to me because that’s the whole point. 
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    nullmoon reacted to Saishu in Dir en grey   
    Rinkaku is mostly just a slightly different mix. More low end, and Shinya’s toms sound less digital than the single version. 
     
    The ending is so fucking gorgeous it hurts. 
  9. Thanks
    nullmoon got a reaction from emmny in Dir en grey   
    Pink Killer is totally and utterly horrendous. I actively avoid it because of how aurally offensive it is. 
  10. Yikes
    nullmoon got a reaction from emmny in Dir en grey   
    Nah, he's waiting until you have a daughter XD 
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    nullmoon reacted to Asakusa in Dir en grey   
    Uunnggh I LOVE Phenomenon, I'd marry to an album (or mini-album) in the same line musically
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    nullmoon reacted to Saishu in Dir en grey   
    Behind a vacant image
    uroko
    sustain the untruth
    chain repulsion
    cause of fickleness 
    midwife
    tefu tefu
    phenomenon
    the inferno
    and zero
    kaishun
    rinkaku
    magayasou
    soshaku
    revelation of mankind
    tousei
    kukoku no kyouon
    un deux
     
    It still needs to be tweaked. I was going for a combination of Arche at Budokan 2016.02.06 and just trying to treat it as an old school LP with a side a and side b, with and zero being the split. I also liked the idea of starting things off with one of the more somber tracks and ending with a positive one. 
     
    Its still kind of a mess, but DEG never really adhering to one style makes it difficult to get a good flow. 
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    nullmoon reacted to Asakusa in Dir en grey   
    Also Rinkaku, pay attention to the single ver. and the album ver. 
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    nullmoon reacted to Pretsy in Dir en grey   
    Myaku and [KR]Cube have extended intros/outros
    Child Prey's Vulgar Version has different EQ levels for guitars and Kyo screams "The reasons why one can't laugh..." part instead of speaking through walkie-talkie/megaphone filtering (single version)
    Embryo's single version has different lyrics
    Ryoujoku no Ame's single version feels much more one take-ier, has WtD mixing enabled and Kyo falsettoing during the climax part instead of mumbling (TMOAB version)
    Lotus' single version is much muddier and does not push Toshiya to the front.
     
     
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    nullmoon reacted to Saishu in Dir en grey   
    Embryo has different lyrics and Ryoujoku no Ame has re-recorded vocals. Those are the first two I think of aside from what you already mentioned. 
     
    I actually prefer Lotus’ single version. It has better dynamics I think. 
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    nullmoon reacted to blacktooth in Dir en grey   
    I always got Seinfeld transition vibes from it. I really liked my first listen-through of MOO but that just took me out of it.
     
    I always tweak the tracklists of their albums and throw in single versions or B-sides. Generally I try to respect the artist's intent when it comes to album sequence, but I don't think DEG even has an intent.
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    nullmoon reacted to Saishu in Dir en grey   
    The problem is with the track sequencing, which is another issue DEG has. Very rarely do their albums flow well from track to track. The problem with DSS is Different Sense shouldn’t have followed Beelezebub; it’s too different of a mood shift for it to work, so they slapped on that interlude that sounds like Shinya and Toshiya tumbled down the stairs together. 
     
    I mean, shit, why is Clever Sleazoid in between Namamekashiki and Ware, Yami Tote on Vestige? That’s ridiculous.  Arche is a mess too, especially the latter half. 
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    nullmoon reacted to Saishu in Dir en grey   
    I mentioned it elsewhere, but they used several mixing engineers for this, not one. And I refuse to believe no one thinks the now-audible bass and drums in the Vulgar and WtD tracks is an improvement. Not all the remastering worked well, but then I think some of this stuff couldn’t be saved to begin with (Kisou, Marrow). 
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    nullmoon reacted to Nowhere Girl in Dir en grey   
    For some reason, I don't own a physical copy of VULGAR, so this would please me.
    For some other reason, I own two copies of Withering to death. (cardboard 1st press and black English version). 
     
    No, I don't know, either.
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    nullmoon reacted to DogManX in Dir en grey   
    Just listened to the new .. "album" .. i guess. That shit made my head hurt a lot. I mean... if you wanna cash cow the shit out of this band, at least give them something listenable.. those remasters are of the worst kind I ever heard... and OH Yeah, this is like the first time I listened to the remake of a remake of a song, or even the remake of a pre-remake. Awesome right? My ears are puking but oh well .. some die hard fans will come all over this just because there's DIR EN GREY on it.
     
    At least they kept the cover authentic. This really sounds like a CD with ALOT of scratches.
     
    I'm out. VOS sucks. 0 points.
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    nullmoon reacted to Crube in Dir en grey   
    So, did the band completely forget they redid undecided or they didn't add it to the expanded and remastered version of UROBOROS because the song title wasn't all in caps mode?
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    nullmoon reacted to Seimeisen in #108: DIR EN GREY - VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES   
    YES 👏 FUCKING 👏 PLEASE!! Even if they were just released individually, I'd pay for a re-release of VULGAR and Withering. Those VESTIGE remasters were great!
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    nullmoon reacted to Seimeisen in Dir en grey   
    Either the fans that actually voted have considerably poor taste, or the band threw out a few votes. I like both songs, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose 陵辱の雨.
     
    I'm trying to remember why I didn't vote. Did I not know about it until after the polls closed? Did I just not give a shit? 'cause I'm really wishing I did vote. If I did, I'd have more of a right to bitch about the song selection.
     
    DOZING GREEN and CLEVER SLEAZOID should have swapped places on the tracklist. Not only is it more chronological (especially since SLEAZOID is the single version, released 6 months after Wtd.), but it flows better. I mean, not that tracklist flow mattered in the slightest here... I'm done ranting for the 432,000th time. Disc 3 is a joke. I'm shutting up now.
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    nullmoon reacted to Manji 卍 in Dir en grey   
    still missing Embryo in this best album.so,i just can wait for a possible future re record
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    nullmoon reacted to blacktooth in Dir en grey   
    That dog is indubitably British.
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