Album Rating: 3.5

man i love perfume of sins. that segue into the tremolo guitar part is such a banging transition

Album Rating: 3.5

I love how this guy keeps using pop and Justin Bieber as comparisons. he's obviously never even heard this band.

Album Rating: 3.5

disc 2 was pretty disappointing tbh. both remakes suck quite a bit.



the live disc is amazing though

Album Rating: 4.0

I too remember when Justin Bieber made a progressive metal song.

to be fair what are you expecting from a guy who 5s Origin

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

“My comments keep getting deleted, but I'm being honest and I'm not trying to troll."

That's unfortunate, because your takes are stupid and the fact you're genuine about them makes you look even dumber.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"It is incorrect to think that someone who likes death metal would enjoy something like Dir En Grey"



Imagine liking more than one music genre.



"to be fair what are you expecting from a guy who 5s Origin"



The funniest thing is that this guy 5'd Origin just because he was butthurt about there being albums in the "best Death metal of 2022" list with clean vocals on them, despite the fact that right now, 8 of the 10 highest rated DM albums so far this year are some of the gnarliest DM albums I've heard in quite a while.

Album Rating: 5.0

IMO it might be the best album they've done yet, really drips with creativity and shows huge leaps from Shinya and Kyo in particular.



There's always a vocal minority of Dir en grey fans that seem personally offended when their sound changes.

Album Rating: 3.5

Perfume of Sins is sweet.

someone remove the prog metal tag so i can actually rate it

Album Rating: 3.5

I can’t be the only one that thinks solos in this band have declined to shockingly low levels?

band was never about solos anyway

@Dr: Apparently the live DVD on this is fantastic; if you say so as well, I need to check it.

Album Rating: 3.5

@calc



Yeah, I don’t follow the live stuff as much as you and evo, but this was next level compared to anything I’d seen from them. Really great stuff. And you’re right, TIW material translates much better in a live setting.

You've still seen a lot of footage, so that's a big deal. Curious where it would end up in my personal ranking.

“There's always a vocal minority of Dir en grey fans that seem personally offended when their sound changes.”

It hasn’t really changed much here, and the three highest rated of their albums on this site (Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero and Arche) are all very different from each other so that doesn’t really apply anyway

Album Rating: 4.0

this sounds like vulgar i dig it

it doesnt sound like vulgar but i dig it too

Album Rating: 4.0

idk i think it sounds more like vulgar than their past 4 at least which means its the most vulgar they've sounded in 14 years

Album Rating: 3.0

personally i think it sounds like Arche more than anything