Dir en grey

[EzraEroguro 174]

The remastering on the old tracks all sound kinda tacky. The rerecorded versions of THE IIID EMPIRE, Beautiful dirt, and Fukai are unnecessary and they sound completely lifeless.

Edited December 27, 2017 by EzraEroguro
Mis-Spelling.

[Saishu 1589]

I’m so sick of the Dir en grey “wall of noise”. I wish they would take notes from Opeth and go analog so I can actually HEAR WHAT EVERYONE IS PLAYING!

 

like seriously what do mixers do these days? Slide all the knobs to the same level and leave for the day? Where’s the tone? Where are the textures? It’s all so flat and sterile. 

[platy 3018]

Yup. They're going through a violent mid-life crisis. 

[nullmoon 784]

What's with this trailer? XD

 

 

[Ozileras10 371]

3 hours ago, Saishu said:

Why the bloody fuck is Beautiful Dirt on a best of album? Is it a crowd favorite I’m not aware of?

Deg probably know it's a bad song, and thought that they might make it into a listenable one by re-recording it. That's why they included it 

Edited December 27, 2017 by Ozileras10

[Ozileras10 371]

12 minutes ago, nullmoon said:

What's with this trailer? XD

 

 

A sign that they'll become PG-13 soon

[nekkichi 6043]

16 minutes ago, nullmoon said:

What's with this trailer? XD

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Ozileras10 said:

They probably know it's a bad song, and thought that they might make it into a listenable one by re-recording it. 

I love how WTD lands a rolling stone japan top-100 rock albums feature, but u step into a Dir en grey thread and suddenly the Koons is western fan opinions

Edited December 27, 2017 by nekkichi

[Ozileras10 371]

10 minutes ago, nekkichi said:

 

I love how WTD lands a [url=http://neojaponisme.com/2007/11/09/100-greatest-japanese-rock-albums/]rolling stone japan top-100 rock albums[/url] feature, but u step into a Dir en grey thread and suddenly the Koons is western fan opinions

I mean WTD is an amazing album, one of my Favorites from them. Beautiful Dirt is the only song that I really dislike from it

[Tokage 5930]

hol up, did they use the fucking Unraveling version of The Final in that trailer instead of the 'classic' version?

 

rip in piss boys.......

[Saishu 1589]

I don’t care if WtD is number 34 on top 100 Japanese rock albums list; I don’t like it. 

[Ito 2438]

1 hour ago, nullmoon said:

What's with this trailer? XD

 

 

The only logical conclusion is DEG is starting a daytime children's show.

[ghost 2687]

TMOAB is so underrated. I loved the visceral and violent production and there were a lot of killer riffs on a good deal of songs like Grief, Disabled Complexes, Rotting Root, and Repetition of Hatred. It's nothing special, but I don't think it's as bad as people discredit it. And I don't care what anyone says, Agitated Screams of Maggots is a jam. 

[Seelentau 884]

The "unplugged" version of ASoM is pretty nice, especially live. I still wonder how they pulled it off...

[AverageS 19]

On 26/12/2017 at 7:32 AM, Seelentau said:

Interesting that you like sukekiyo's first album, but not TMOAB. I think the general opinion on here (or was it on last.fm?) is that IMMORTALIS is pretty bad, production-wise. I can't see it myself, though.

I like it but I can aknowledge its flaws, I do admit the album starts to fall apart as it enters the second half. I still enjoy a few of the latter songs in it, however.

Is it weird to like one and dislike the other? They don't sound very similar to me.

[geist 227]

1 hour ago, Seelentau said:

The "unplugged" version of ASoM is pretty nice, especially live. I still wonder how they pulled it off...

1. Piano recorded by some random guy, probably

 

2. Incoherent screams

[Furik 832]

I love the cartoon. It’s so cute. ❤️❤️❤️

[Seelentau 884]

1 hour ago, geist said:

1. Piano recorded by some random guy, probably

 

2. Incoherent screams

Incoherent? Na. The lyrics are the same as the normal song.

And I'm not sure about the piano. Kyo said that the recording process was special, in some way.

[Saishu 1589]

Unplugged version of AsoM sounds like Kyo was inside the piano screaming while someone played it. That thump at the end is Kyo crawling out and slamming the lid closed. 

[nullmoon 784]

9 hours ago, Ozileras10 said:

I mean WTD is an amazing album, one of my Favorites from them. Beautiful Dirt is the only song that I really dislike from it

My seemingly completely unpopular opinion is that Beautiful Dirt is cool. I wouldn't ever say WTD is in my top DEG albums, but I think it's decent. Then again, I'm one of those heathens who puts Kisou dead last (although Filth is one of my all time faves). 

[AverageS 19]

47 minutes ago, nullmoon said:

My seemingly completely unpopular opinion is that Beautiful Dirt is cool. I wouldn't ever say WTD is in my top DEG albums, but I think it's decent. Then again, I'm one of those heathens who puts Kisou dead last (although Filth is one of my all time faves). 

That indeed is an odd opinion, even more so because as far as I know people tend to ignore FILTH or find it to be about average for a DeG song.

I do not mind Beautiful Dirt but WTD has way better songs that are more deserving of a re-recording.

 

How come you place Kisou dead last, though?

Edited December 28, 2017 by AverageS

[Saishu 1589]

There was a period of time where I considered Kisou the holy grail of DEG recordings, but then one day it came across as too bloated. And as much as I criticize DEG’s production in recent albums, Kisou might be the absolute worst. Listening to it feels like chewing on tin foil. Songs like Zomboid and Pink Killer are such are garbled mess of static it’s hard to believe the guitars are actually playing notes. 

[AverageS 19]

37 minutes ago, Saishu said:

There was a period of time where I considered Kisou the holy grail of DEG recordings, but then one day it came across as too bloated. And as much as I criticize DEG’s production in recent albums, Kisou might be the absolute worst. Listening to it feels like chewing on tin foil. Songs like Zomboid and Pink Killer are such are garbled mess of static it’s hard to believe the guitars are actually playing notes. 

Heavens, production alone dragged it down that much? The rest of the album still has its merits... for the whole decade I've been listening to this band it still stands among my favorites, but I can understand your criticism.

[Saishu 1589]

It’s a tough listen these days, yeah. It’s got some of my favorite DEG songs on there, but I rarely listen to it in its entirety anymore.  As far as “classic” DEG goes, Macabre is the winner for me. 

[AverageS 19]

13 minutes ago, Saishu said:

It’s a tough listen these days, yeah. It’s got some of my favorite DEG songs on there, but I rarely listen to it in its entirety anymore.  As far as “classic” DEG goes, Macabre is the winner for me. 

With that I agree, Macabre is still a great listen and stands proudly among their best works.

[Mamo 1172]

I love Ain't afraid to die I so wish they would remake that one as it never appeared  remastered on any other album. A new version with a sound similar to that of kaishun would be fucking brilliant. I think Ain't afraid to die is their most lovely and beautiful song. It makes me cry to hear it sometimes. And I think it's so underrated and overlooked by most deg fans. 

 

Thoughts?

Edited December 28, 2017 by Mamo