Album Rating: 4.5

I consider Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero and Arche to be DEG's equivalent of Swans' The Seer, To Be Kind and The Glowing Man. In other words, I think those three albums to be DEG's Holy Trinity albums.

Album Rating: 5.0

"I haven’t revisited the Sukekiyo stuff recently so my memory of it isn’t good"



Engrain Adoratio to your brain because it's as good, if not better than DEG's 'holy trinity'.

Album Rating: 4.5

I've actually got Adoratio on my iTunes...but haven't listened to it yet. Yep, I'll be doing that now.

Album Rating: 5.0

oooooooo I'm excited for you then. A gigantic first listen but its worth it if you stick with it.

Album Rating: 5.0

New Dir this year, Kaoru said this on a radio show. Looking at Dir and Sukekiyo's tour lineups, my predictions are either early September or (preferably) December.

Album Rating: 5.0

hype!

Album Rating: 4.0

*apprehension*

Album Rating: 5.0

a little, yeah lol



still, it's a new diru album

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, I’m a bit apprehensive myself. I’d say I’m approaching this with less hype than I would normally give for DEG cause the singles while I was very hyped about them at the time are only just “OK” to me as of present. Also could be that my music tastes recently are not aligned w/DEG currently and I’m not as interested or invested in the band as I was even as recent as 2 years ago when Utafumi dropped.

Album Rating: 5.0

"Also could be that my music tastes recently are not aligned w/DEG currently"



Na, Utafumi underdelivered and Ningen's production is horrific. I'm excited for the final modes but for the new album I'll just wait and see.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, looking forward to it, just not as hyped as I was for some previous releases.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Na, Utafumi underdelivered and Ningen's production is horrific. I'm excited for the final modes but for the new album I'll just wait and see."

Yeah, I was really disappointed w/Utafumi but live it's pretty decent...Ningen was a better song in almost every way than Utafumi, but as a single it didn't wow me like Rinkaku and Sustain the untruth and its production was so banal I thought they had a production crisis.

Listening to Adoratio, I really like the band that Sukekiyo's trying to be, and I especially love how it's more introspective and moodier for lack of a better description. However, I do admit it was a bit too much for me to take in with just my first listen as it's quite a long album (yet something like a Yob album which is similar in length wasn't a complaint I had with that band?). I do think that repeated listens and patience on my end will be worth it when I find the time to revisit it.

Album Rating: 4.0

the only thing that was good about Ningen wo Kaburu is that i'm absolutely astounded that Kyo can still belt F5s

Album Rating: 4.5

I really like the vocal melody in Ningen's chorus a lot even if it reminds me of Un deux a bit too much. That and the aforementioned F5s he belts in the song are the positives of that song IMO.

Album Rating: 4.0

i don't really like it tbh

I really hope the band doesn’t get stuck in a rut

Dunno why but I have a bad feeling that whatever they do next will be underwhelming. Here’s hoping my feelings are wrong

Album Rating: 4.5

Intrigued

Actually it’s a decapitated pregnant torso with roots growing out of the abdomen

Album Rating: 5.0

"However, I do admit it was a bit too much for me to take in with just my first listen as it's quite a long album (yet something like a Yob album which is similar in length wasn't a complaint I had with that band?). I do think that repeated listens and patience on my end will be worth it when I find the time to revisit it."



Yeah, it gets better every listen until eventually, it's seamless to listen to. Jamming the CD with the lovely booklet is a ritual I have every few months. Also with the length, with Yob's type of music that album length would be easier to listen to.



"Dunno why but I have a bad feeling that whatever they do next will be underwhelming."



There's plenty of reasons why they could drop a dud next. They have an uphill battle to climb.

Album Rating: 5.0

The new album titled "the insulated world'' will release 26th September...I'm still tempted to pre-order welp.