DIR EN GREY released their 10th album "The Insulated World" on September 26, 2018

[blacktooth 227]

NEW ALBUM

THE INSULATED WORLD

NEW SCREENSAVER

 

[RinFukurou 46]

my life has a meaning again

[geist 227]

Did Kyos face morph into a demonic vagina?

[nekkichi 6043]

43 minutes ago, geist said:

Did Kyos face morph into a demonic vagina?

that's their ghost-singer

[platy 3018]

Dir en Grey - meet the motion graphics intern

 

[Saishu 1589]

27 minutes ago, nekkichi said:

that's their ghost-singer

The Insulated World inspired by Ghost confirmed. 

[Furik 832]

Yessssss. Looks futuristic and modern. No more Latin BS and classic oriental sounding avant-garde stuff.

 

GIVE ME TRAP EDM DIR EN GREY. 

[Tokage 5930]

please no

[Saishu 1589]

Probably gonna be a bunch of 2001 era nu-metal grooves.

[matthazell 35]

whenever people complain about dir sounding the same since like 2012, i always imagine what'd people say if they sounded as stale as lynch lmao

their new album preview legit sounded all like songs i've heard before, with just different notes in the melodies 

[Jigsaw9 6783]

27 minutes ago, Saishu said:

Probably gonna be a bunch of 2001 era nu-metal grooves.

I want this.

[Manji 卍 743]

i  take the last 4 re recorded tracks as an example for the mood of this album +  ningen wo kaburu and it gives a clue about how this album is going to sound like.well...i'm guessing lots of nu metal grooves and those little electronic effects like on SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH

Edited July 4, 2018 by Manji 卍

[Saishu 1589]

1 hour ago, matthazell said:

whenever people complain about dir sounding the same since like 2012, i always imagine what'd people say if they sounded as stale as lynch lmao

their new album preview legit sounded all like songs i've heard before, with just different notes in the melodies 

Well, not since 2012, but Utafumi and Ningen wo Kaburu sound like Arche leftovers. Hell, Ningen sounds like they crammed almost all of Arche into three and a half minutes. 

[geist 227]

47 minutes ago, Saishu said:

Well, not since 2012, but Utafumi and Ningen wo Kaburu sound like Arche leftovers. Hell, Ningen sounds like they crammed almost all of Arche into three and a half minutes. 

 

No way. Stylistically they have a lot in common with Sustain the Untruth and feature those signature Kaoru grooves typical of this “era”; but that’s really it. 

 

Kyos vocal delivery is also totally different. On Arche he relied on death growls and theyre virtually non existent on Utafumi, Ningen o kaburu, or the Ash remake. 

 

Lets not forget that Arche developed over time and the band progressed through different styles in just that period alone. So maybe on one Arche song they may feel like “leftovers” but compared to tracks such as The Inferno and Soshaku they’re rather different. 

Edited July 4, 2018 by geist

[emmny 4139]

hopefully the budget went into mastering those tracks cuz that was one sad promo...

[Kelrya 145]

There are death growls in Utafumi. He’s been doing more mid range screaming lately though which isn’t really his strong suit in my opinion. Unless there’s a ton of distortion like WtD/MoaB era they sound kinda weak. The first chorus in the remake of IIID Empire is pathetic sounding tbh. It sounded like there were a few growls on Ningen wo Kaburu but the mix is trash so who can tell for sure. There were definitely growls at the end of the IIID Empire remake but again everything is buried in the mix. From what I read at the time it sounds like the new song they played at the DSS tour in 2016 sounded like their DSS era so I’m looking forward to hearing that one.

Edited July 5, 2018 by Kelrya

[Saishu 1589]

When I say Arche leftovers, I mean both songs wouldn’t be out of place on the album, not that it sounds like particular songs (even though Ningen has some Un Deux moments). 

 

Also, Arche had way less harsh vocals than previous albums. 

[Kelrya 145]

Utafumi and Ningen wo Kaburu feel Arche-ish instrumentally but with worse mixing and more harsh vocals.

[matthazell 35]

while ningen was tame for dir, i have to say, i still prefer it way over Utafuckme

at least musically it was more interesting while uta was obviously made to be new concert closer material for kyo to crackle on

[Manji 卍 743]

Imo, Utafumi was way more ARCHE-shi and Ningen wo Kaburu sounds like part of a new DeG era,just like Sustain the Untruth 

Edited July 5, 2018 by Manji 卍

[Seelentau 884]

Reading this, I'm so glad that I absolutely have no ear for music lol

I'd never be able to tell if a song is good or bad in its mixing, or if the drums are flat or whatever else could be wrong with a song

[VESSMIER 873]

So... what's the best place to preorder this when you live in Europe? 👀

[LIDL 692]

1 hour ago, VESSMIER said:

So... what's the best place to preorder this when you live in Europe? 👀

CDJP or Amazon JP, here are links:

 

CDJP

 

Amazon:

 

BLURAY 

DVD

DELUXE

REGULAR

[Karma’s Hat 3107]

It's very hard to tell what exactly is their style right now before the album comes out, because that's when they break out of the three minute single formula with the growly verses and poppy chorus melodies. There are hints, and I agree with Geist that some, even fairly major things have happened and Kyo's vocal performance is the biggest one. He has really let loose after Arche on Sukekiyo and on the Dir en grey singles, and I can't wait to see whether the compositions can hold their end on that front. I don't care about the "style" of music they play as long as they just manage to let go and experiment with the style and be spontaneous, different etc. Much like Sukekiyo did with their last album ( and that album still is so fucking good and it has held up 100% since it's release. There's just no way the well insulated room can ever live up to it  ) 

[VESSMIER 873]

Thanks @LIDL! 👌