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02-17-2009, 05:30 PM
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Dir en Grey?
Anyone heard of 'em? I got the recommendation from a friend of mine and they sound pretty good from what I've heard. They'd be considered somewhat screamo by American standards because of the "good-cop bad-cop" vocals, but maybe the Japanese have different rules, they're still pretty awesome.
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02-17-2009, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Felreaper
They'd be considered somewhat screamo by American standards because of the "good-cop bad-cop" vocals, but maybe the Japanese have different rules, they're still pretty awesome.
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That's not screamo.
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02-17-2009, 05:39 PM
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Yeah, the more i listen, they're a lot of everything. I may have found a new obsession that would fit nicely next to my others.
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02-17-2009, 06:39 PM
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They're part of that genre that X Japan is in. Kei something or another I think.
Definitely nowhere close to screamo.
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02-17-2009, 06:59 PM
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Visual Kei. Popular with female junior high students.
I used to listen to Dir en grey, but then I realized they were just kind of a perversion of everything that was popular in the American Nu-Metal scene. They're pretty crazy though, a student of mine told me that they were fined once for putting on a TV performance that was deemed too grotesque.
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02-18-2009, 03:45 AM
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I've only heard one of their albums and quite liked it...though wish I knew what they were singing about lol.
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02-18-2009, 08:25 AM
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My friend told me that at one point in a song they yell "Oh fuck, it's turkey man!"
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02-18-2009, 03:31 PM
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Doesn't they sound like just any trash metal band these days? I liked their older material...
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02-18-2009, 06:19 PM
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Too bad they're not metal at all. Now GTFO my music forum!
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02-19-2009, 10:21 AM
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Dire 'n Ghey.
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02-19-2009, 02:12 PM
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Dir en Grey are pretty good band.They also have lots of interesting ideas in videos such as "Obscure" or ''Zan''.
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02-19-2009, 03:11 PM
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Dir en grey are amazing.
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02-19-2009, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Devil's Darling
Dir en Grey are a pretty good band.They also have lots of interesting ideas in videos such as "Obscure" or ''Zan''.
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Fixed  I forgot the ''a'' and I couldn't edit the comment.
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02-20-2009, 05:44 AM
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Any opinions on Genghis Tron? I happen to freakin' love them, but it seems that not everyone here would...
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02-20-2009, 06:50 AM
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I love Genghis Tron. Who knew putting weird electronic noises in grindcore could be so fucking cool!
I don't see how they relate to the topic though....
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02-20-2009, 11:36 AM
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I dunno...
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02-20-2009, 11:39 AM
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I like Mana's look, but I don't really care for Dir en Grey's music.
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02-23-2009, 04:15 PM
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Everyone likes Mana's look.
They're pretty good to listen to if you want some obscure background noise to contemplate things in some sort of thoughtless-rythm state of mind.
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02-23-2009, 04:28 PM
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True, true...
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02-23-2009, 09:02 PM
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I've heard some of Dir en Grey's music and its pretty awesome.
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02-26-2009, 11:12 AM
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I like Dir en Grey, "Repetition of Hate" and some of their early-mid stuff is where it's at. They're a pretty decent band overall. For creativity I'd give them a 7 or 8, but I don't know about their consumer whore-isms...
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02-27-2009, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua
I like Mana's look, but I don't really care for Dir en Grey's music.
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I should hit myself for knowing this, but I'm pretty sure Mana is the front man for Malice Mizer and Moi Dix Mois, not Dir en grey.
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03-20-2009, 10:14 PM
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I like them but i think i like Moi Dix Mois more.
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04-02-2009, 07:03 PM
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I really do enjoy them. I am not too into the J-Rock scene, but Dir En Grey will forever hold a special place in my heart. If you're looking for something rough and loud, check out "Byo Shin", "Obscure", or "The Final"; however, if you want something a bit more soft and acoustic, but still headbang-able, try listening to "Undecided". It is, without a doubt, my favorite Dir En Grey song.
Oh! & if you end up liking them, check out D'espairsRay.. they are very similar and even better.
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04-02-2009, 07:24 PM
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Yeah my ex used to have some kind of obsession with Visual Kei. I could never really get into it.
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