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.

That's not screamo.

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.

They're part of that genre that X Japan is in. Kei something or another I think.

Definitely nowhere close to screamo.

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.

I've only heard one of their albums and quite liked it...though wish I knew what they were singing about lol.

My friend told me that at one point in a song they yell "Oh fuck, it's turkey man!"

Doesn't they sound like just any trash metal band these days? I liked their older material...

Too bad they're not metal at all. Now GTFO my music forum!

Dire 'n Ghey.

Dir en Grey are pretty good band.They also have lots of interesting ideas in videos such as "Obscure" or ''Zan''.

Dir en grey are amazing.

Fixed :D I forgot the ''a'' and I couldn't edit the comment.

Any opinions on Genghis Tron? I happen to freakin' love them, but it seems that not everyone here would...

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....

I dunno...

I like Mana's look, but I don't really care for Dir en Grey's music.

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.

True, true...

I've heard some of Dir en Grey's music and its pretty awesome.

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...

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.

I like them but i think i like Moi Dix Mois more.

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.

Yeah my ex used to have some kind of obsession with Visual Kei. I could never really get into it.