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| 3.5 great | Jared Floryan | September 26th 18 |
Much to my disappointment, Dir En Grey couldn't summon forth cotton candy. Looking at it on the bright side, however, I got something almost as delicious if not more so: another sweet addition to this act's diverse-sounding catalog. The Insulated World, the band's tenth studio release, is a rip roarer in both style and *especially* instrumental talents. While admittedly it's quite a few steps below the 'Dynamically Divine Diru Trilogy', this quintet still knows how to get dem creative juices flowing and help expand the customers' brains. Some compositions feel more underdeveloped than others (e.g. "Downfall") and the pacing isn't as watertight as this angel would've preferred, not to mention that the production values are quite horrid. Those criticisms aside, album #10 could stand a chance against the past three monoliths or at the very least GAUZE had said flaws been intercepted. But as is, I think I'm still gonna be jiving to The Insulated World for a while. Strong 3.5. Angel recommends: "Keibetsu to Hajimari," "Aka," "Followers," and "Keigaku no Yoku".
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| 3.0 good | davezillaMP3 | May 29th 20 |
So the first few tracks really do rip, but man does it get mediocre for most of the second half, with a few bright spots here and there (Like the start of "Values of madness") but at least it ends on a high note with the beautiful balled "Ranunculus"
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| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | January 23rd 20 |
For me this is Diru?s weakest effort. It has a few great moments, but it?s all around an unfocused drag that?s held up by RANUNCULUS which is hands down one the band?s top 5 greatest songs
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| 3.0 good | notagenius | January 2nd 20 |
"ranunculus" is pretty standing out. but not any others.
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| 4.5 superb | Reini Eden | September 26th 18 |
Fucking amazing Fucking amazing fucking amazing fucking amazing fucking amazing fucking amazing
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| 0.0 | Fag3469 | September 25th 18 |
So far I'm loving the new tracks, especially devote my life and ranunculus.
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| 3.0 good | mlwry | December 15th 25 |
| 1.5 very poor | Tool1 | February 26th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | moku | November 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | haley | May 31st 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Tori | May 17th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Piglet | January 26th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Belal | July 3rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | baruga | June 21st 22 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | February 24th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 17th 21 |
| 2.5 average | brvb | August 22nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Zaleb | July 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | RobotE | February 6th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | January 24th 20 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | July 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | July 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Dr7 | April 3rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Ddv94 | March 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Kaze | February 3rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | Daedus | December 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Bulgaro | December 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Blurbs | December 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | AriDoe | December 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | mRA | December 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Zen1th | December 6th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Aster | December 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Uzumaki | November 13th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | XIWinD | November 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | October 23rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | October 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | SadLad | October 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | heck | October 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | elch21 | October 3rd 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Elynna | October 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | September 28th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Lefuet | September 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | AlexDiru | September 27th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | darkvam | September 27th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Jeejee | September 27th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Dummit | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobcarl2 | September 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Greidy | September 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | September 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Wadlez | September 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Simon K. STAFF | September 26th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Faraudo | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kal12012 | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Leecam27 | September 26th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Aranox | September 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | EvoHavok | September 25th 18 |
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