Album Rating: 5.0

Yea of course. Old Dir en Grey stuff is great.

Album Rating: 5.0

Perfection.

Album Rating: 4.5

Samwise, all Dir En Grey stuff is great.

Album Rating: 5.0

i've just jammed this for the first time in a long time and the production is just absolutely flawless

Album Rating: 5.0

Tue Madsen was a blessing to this band. He will be missed (unless they somehow get him again for their next album, which probably wont happen). This, Unravelling, DSS and Arche all sound stellar production wise

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes! I hope we will witness a return to form on their next outing.

Album Rating: 5.0

Perfection [2]

Album Rating: 5.0

damn straight

Album Rating: 5.0

Fucking truth.

Album Rating: 5.0

So, it’s gonna take a bit to dispel the affectionate nostalgia I have for the original release, bad production and all, but for the most part, are all the instrumental and vocal tracks here the same as on the original, or was it re-recorded, Japanese versions of “Glass Skin” et al notwithstanding?

Album Rating: 5.0

Its all the same im pretty sure, just some new tracks and MUCH better production

Album Rating: 5.0

Was it? I thought they re-recorded everything? Could be very wrong with that assessment, but I’m sure I read that at the time

Album Rating: 5.0

Was gonna say Kyo’s uncleans sounds a bit more polished here, and the tone for the drums sounds cleaner.

Album Rating: 5.0

the drums are the best part here, they sound phenomenal. every time the drums kick in in vinshuka, it blows me away every time on the R&E version

Album Rating: 5.0

From what I read, the remaster has triggered drums and re-amped guitars.

Album Rating: 5.0

Sound-wise, that makes sense, I can hear that.

Album Rating: 5.0

so, an inventive way of re-recording?

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean it had to be only partial for the instruments. The vocals are the same.

dss and arche are super clippy... wouldn't praise them too much for sound

Album Rating: 5.0

That's an all too common issue with modern metal records, unfortunately. As far as that goes, they sound more pleasant than a lot of similar productions, because I usually tend to like how Tue Madsen works with this style (he did the mixing and mastering for this, The Unraveling and Arche and the mixing for DSS, with the mastering done by Alan Douches in that case and a separate one for the vinyl).

I wouldn't mind the production found on some death metal records nowadays, but it won't be happening with this band, and they could've sounded worse (see TIW).