Hawks: DIR EN GREY DISCOG BINGE

Hawks 01.25.26	In preparation for an upcoming video that me, Gonzo and Brabiz have coming with our expectations for the new album coming out this year. Looks like I'll be snowed in for the next two days so great time to binge bros!!!
DrGonzo1937 01.25.26	lets fucking go!
Hawks 01.25.26	So hype!!! Gauze was even better on relisten. Will have this done within the next two days. Guess being snowed in is good for something!
DrGonzo1937 01.25.26	i look forward to seeing your opinions on the journey
Hawks 01.25.26	I'm excited for sure brother.
CalculatingInfinity 01.25.26	Have fun, shall await an eventual Uroboros 5.
Hawks 01.25.26	Hahahaha we shall see!
Lasssie 01.25.26	Uroboros fucks
Hawks 01.25.26	I can't wait to hear it HARD.
CalculatingInfinity 01.25.26	I presume Dr already told you but for the love of god listen to the remaster of Uroboros instead of the OG version.
Demon of the Fall 01.25.26	yep, remaster > I never did finish this discog. Oops. Debut is great. The big trilogy is amazing.
Hawks 01.25.26	Will do bros! Excited to get through this discog HARD.
CalculatingInfinity 01.25.26	"I never did finish this discog." To be fair in terms of studio material, you already heard the best stuff. Kisou is worth your time if you can get over the production but otherwise unless you dig into the live stuff I think you can be content with where you at.
Hawks 01.25.26	Kisou is next up for me. About to turn it on right now.
BAT 01.25.26	much prefer the og mix of uroboros but that's just me, remaster has too much reverb while og mix is waaaay more compressed/less dynamic. remaster helps more with it's softer moments at least but less punchy
Hawks 01.25.26	I'm honestly gonna jam the OG first and see how it goes. About to turn it on in a few minutes!
Hawks 01.25.26	Got through the first seven albums, gonna take a break until tomorrow so I don't get burnt out, but so far so good!
heck 01.25.26	remaster is the way to go on this one 100%
samwise2000 01.25.26	uroboros the goat
Hawks 01.25.26	It rips insanely hard.
Demon of the Fall 01.26.26	"To be fair in terms of studio material, you already heard the best stuff." I was only 'missing' Macabre & Kisou for their run up to Arche, so although I'm not a completionist I was interested in the additional context. I've definitely been getting some mixed results so far from some of the remainder, to put it mildly. for the record I absolutely wouldn't do what Hawks is doing, the mad man lol. My discog runs are usually slow and steady (spanning years in this case!)
Hawks 01.26.26	Hahahaha mine usually are too, but I binged hard yesterday because of the damn snow!! Lol
Hawks 01.26.26	ONE MORE ALBUM TO GO!!!! This is one of the most rewarding discogs I've ever jammed. So happy I finally got into these guys.
heck 01.26.26	check out The Unraveling mini-album at some point as well
Hawks 01.26.26	Will do brother.
AlkemestRedux 01.26.26	I gotta actually check these guys out. The only thing I've really heard from them is the music video with all the blood, no idea what it is but I remember my teenage self was like 'whoah tiddies.'
Hawks 01.26.26	I bet you'll dig them bro!
DrGonzo1937 01.26.26	I gotta actually check these guys out. The only thing I've really heard from them is the music video with all the blood, no idea what it is but I remember my teenage self was like 'whoah tiddies.' Obscure
Hawks 01.26.26	Shoutout to you Gonzo bro for finally getting me to jam these guys lol.
Veldin 01.26.26	Shit now I wanna check this band out lol
Hawks 01.26.26	You should bro, I think you'd dig them hard.
Brabiz 01.26.26	Based af Arche rating
BAT 01.26.26	i honestly still haven't heard 9-11, always wanted to get arche on cd but they broke contract with the american distributor sooo it's always like $50+ everytime i check. i diiiid soulseek it the otherweek but saving it for a special occasion, really hoping they tour america again cause i've missed them in my area about 4 times since withering(they did one of the family values tours and that cooould've been my first show buuut dir was like the only band i liked at the time besides korn,) usually sell out fast
Hawks 01.26.26	Get on Arche ASAP, its the best.
Wheniminthemood22 01.26.26	Nicely done
Hawks 01.26.26	Thanks bro!
samwise2000 01.27.26	arche is their most consistent offering and has great production work by tue madsen. still give the edge to uro and dum tho cause the experimentation was off the charts and they wont ever achieve those heights again
CalculatingInfinity 01.27.26	If you add the 15 minute version of Macabre to Unraveling (it was a bonus song exclusive to the most expensive version of the EP) it's their second best album fr, you can't skip that track.
Demon of the Fall 01.27.26	Kisou is a clear margin ahead of Macabre. Macabre is shaping up as a misstep in all honesty (probably my least fave, along with Marrow, maybe).
Hawks 01.27.26	I dig Macabre, but its a bit inconsistent.
Brabiz 01.27.26	“ they broke contract with the american distributor sooo it's always like $50+ everytime i check.” yeah, I spent around 150 for a signed copy that came with a live blu ray. One of my most prized possessions
Veldin 01.27.26	Listened to Gauze and Macabre and loved them both. So stoked to keep going. I’ve seen their name/logo and their image but never knew what they sounded like. Was very surprised to get so many interesting ideas
Hawks 01.27.26	LETS GOOOOO!!!! Glad you dug them bro. Wait until you get to Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero and Arche, you'll be blown away.
Rowhaus 01.28.26	Band is amazing. They're a trip live and the vocalist is a total maniac. Don't miss if they come around m/
CalculatingInfinity 01.29.26	New album confirmed April 8th
Hawks 01.29.26	LFG!!!!
samwise2000 01.30.26	bet it will have an ai cover
CalculatingInfinity 01.30.26	Yep and it'll make me chronically depressed. The album better be fire to compensate.
DrGonzo1937 01.30.26	“ bet it will have an ai cover” Surely they wouldn’t do that lol
Brabiz 01.30.26	Kyo has been obsessed with ai lately, almost everything he’s been involved with in the last 2 years has had ai all over it
DrGonzo1937 01.30.26	Brabiz, check discord man. And this actually really surprises me lol id have bet money these guys would be completely averse to it
CalculatingInfinity 01.30.26	Alright since this can of worms has been opened... "Id have bet money these guys would be completely averse to it" There's two sides to this. 1. AI has been much slower to be adopted in Japan compared to the west and the backlash towards it has not been as severe as here. As to why that is the case, I am not sure. 2. I am very skeptical of the influence the band has over anything except their actual music. It's dynamite tommy's show ultimately as he has owned the band since Gauze; I really doubt the band have any creative control over their visuals/PVs. But, unfortunately Kyo maybe on the AI train which is seriously disappointing.
Brabiz 01.30.26	I’ll get on tonight after work!