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Withering to death Dir en gray: the best album to date of Japanese quintet ...

Missa (1997)

Dir en gray began his career in 1997 with the mini album Missa which at the time was well emblematic of this particular style of training after the Japanese underground scene stamped Visual key claiming bluntly near the punk music and metal, with the desire to cultivate any imagery inherited all the years that British glam and gothic styling Japanese ancient or modern. The leader of this movement emerged in the late 80's left the group X japan very popular in the land of the rising sun in the west. In the famous quarter Harujuku Tokyo where every Saturday and Sunday of the month can be found for a "procession" incredible young lolitas, fashion victims, followers of rockabilly and cosplay trend manga and video games, it is not unusual to see fans of this movement Visual key replenish from eccentric and dark clothing , in line with those worn by their idols.

Harujuku girls (Harajuku district in Tokyo)
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Withering to Death (2005)

The band Dir en gray consisting of charismatic Kyo (vocals) accompanied Die (Guitar), Kaoru (Guitar), Toshiya (bass) and Shinya (Drums), mark with the album Withering to Death a break in his career so far uncompromising (Despite the passage in a Major from the album Gauze ). With this record he left because the atmosphere just extremely dark and melancholic debut for a more music-oriented melody and pop, with a more ample and worked. It is still very far from what could easily pass in French radio and Dir en gray , even if it comes off here in the underground scene, a background keeps still very marginal. Fourteen tracks' s shackle relentlessly, but the lot is off the impressive Merciless Cult of 2mn55, Machiavellism of 3mn12, Kodou of 3mn39 and tube The final of 4mn12. We have the pleasure to find on this album, in addition to the CD, a DVD with five videos in the ambience tortured, whose music video The final . Note that all tracks are sung in Japanese, although some have an English title. To discover all the strange music coming out of the ordinary.