DIR EN GREY new album "MORTAL DOWNER" release

[disposable]

Absolutely horrendous slop cover art. Even if not made by AI, it has the distinction of looking as if it was.

[Delkmiroph]

@Tokage basic artwork, just a montage of elements. Nothing creative tbh.

[Delkmiroph]

New look

Vo. Kyo

Gt. Die

Gt. Kaoru

Ba. Toshiya

Dr. Shinya

[Tokage]

Pretty cool! Definitely digging it more than the album artwork itself

[disposable]

Kaoru's look is like

[Jigsaw]

Kaoru went too fast on his individual photo, lol

Pretty cool new look I gotta say.

[SATAN-GOTH-ZONE]

okay I am into it

[Tokage]

Somehow did not expect this one to be the token PV track based on its title, nor did I expect it to be 6 minutes long. The PV aesthetics seem nice tho, at least based on what I can see so far.

Can't really say anything about the song itself yet, but I like the vibe of the instrumentals.

[Delkmiroph]

@SATAN-GOTH-ZONE rituals, black magic, vodu... I LOVED

[disposable]

The bassline reminds me of Swans' Screen Shot

[Delkmiroph]

The preview songs are available to listen on towerecords page

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[yukina]

The preview songs are actually very promising makes me really excited haha

[disposable]

Interesting textures in places, Kyo isn't grating at all and a few sukekiyo-esque curveballs that I'm thrilled to hear. It's still unfortunate that they're married to this particular alternative/nu-metal riffing that makes the backbone for most of their material. Nostalgically longing for the time when their albums had incredible diverse riffing across the board.