Dir En Grey The Insulated World
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BigPleb
October 9th 2018


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This album rules so I'll just sit here in my positivity bubble.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
October 9th 2018


18952 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It still riffs though pleb m/

CalculatingInfinity
October 9th 2018


9941 Comments


Tbh people should just listen to Adoratio instead and wait for the eventual Budokan show of this to come out (or catch them on tour).

Jasdevi087
October 9th 2018


8176 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

This has better vox than Adoratio though so it does have something

AcmeApathyAmok
October 9th 2018


784 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Is it too early to speculate whether or not there will even be another DEG album after this? Might as well do a crash course album run on Sukekiyo and force myself to do a serious deep dive listen cause the past few times I’ve listened to the project, I wasn’t as focused as I think I should be. Or...I can kill two birds with one stone and do that and an album run of the LTS stuff too.

Nitroadict
October 10th 2018


205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@Acme: Doubtful it'll be the last Diru album. ADORATIO sounds like the real debut of Sukekiyo compared to their debut of whatever they jammed out that given weekend. I feel like they'll do more of what they did on TIW only maybe not sniff so much glue while behind the 1's and 2's.

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


@Acme: I think they could do one more, but that's the maximum. If you're doing a Sukekiyo run, I suggest you skip Immortalis and Vitium completely and watch Persuasio instead. It's most of Immortalis and Vitium with stunning production and atmosphere. I like it as much as Dir's best live show, so I can't recommend it enough.

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


If that feels a bit too drastic of an undertaking, I suggest the 3 songs on the Anima single and Adoratio as your starting point. Adoratio may be monolithic for an album but it's more accessible than a 2 hour show for some people. Either way, they're their own seperate identity which deserves as much attention which Dir has been given.

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


@Nitro: The songs weren't 'made from a jam at a weekend', but oh boi did it sound like it was mixed in that period of time.

Nitroadict
October 10th 2018


205 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

@Calc: True, I just put on Latour and I guess the production left more of a sour note than I remember. "Oh, welp. That was certainly an album." was my initial reaction.

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


Pretty much, rough first attempt. Watch Persuasio or Mutans for the songs to leave more of an impression.

BigPleb
October 10th 2018


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I wouldn't even be mad if this was their last outing, band has grown more than most and covered so many genres.

EvoHavok
October 10th 2018


8096 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'd like more stuff from them.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
October 10th 2018


18952 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'd be gutted if they ended on this tbh

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


I'd rather it end now than make another album which is worse. I can see the band being milked more, no more Tue and even tighter deadlines than this album being a possibility.

BigPleb
October 10th 2018


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Opener here still bangs.

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


One of the better tracks yeah, gonna open up the pit in London.

Henderson
October 10th 2018


129 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Values of Madness and Downfall are the only ones I find a bit meh after repeated listens. Everything else goes from pretty good to awesome (Followers and Keigaku no Yoku are simply sick). Production still sucks though, that I agree with. I'm hoping for a remaster someday.



I'm so disappointed though... for once they're playing not too far from where I live and because of work I won't be able to see them

CalculatingInfinity
October 10th 2018


9941 Comments


I'm getting into this more jamming on my phone speaker so I don't have to listen on earphones, I'm starting to love the opener.

JizzInMyPants
October 10th 2018


2965 Comments


Just listen to some benighted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j913gtJxNsQ

They do proper heavy fast chaotic shit good. 90% of the time DeG is underwhelming when it comes to that.

DeG is best when it comes to atmospherics, textures, and experimentation which is what this album is missing for the most part.



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