DIR EN GREY Tier list/Ranking

Saishu · February 18, 2021, 2:17am

I don’t know whatever

nick · February 18, 2021, 5:21am

GAUZE, VULGAR, and Withering to death. are simply their masterpieces.

Guyokai · February 18, 2021, 2:51pm

Here mine hon. Disappointed a lot of you don’t like six Ugly.

But at least we can all agree that DSS is shit.

NowhereGirl · February 18, 2021, 3:08pm

Arguably, the band cared more about their message, musical style, and overall aesthetic during the DSS era than almost any other. It’s fine to not like the album, but to say they didn’t care is laughably wrong.

potpourri · February 18, 2021, 5:02pm

ranks B - D will probably change like… next week

TomoMAD · February 18, 2021, 5:49pm

All the Albums/EP/Singles are really especials, but it depends about the mood that I’m in the moment.

KentaroFox · February 18, 2021, 6:43pm

I don’t have any Dir en Grey album I genuinely dislike, so just did the hierarchy when the lowest rank is just “OK”

zegram.ghart · February 18, 2021, 6:46pm

I’m sooo pissed off to see DSS is underappreciated (or hated) like that…

But somehow it makes me love it even more.
For me its undeniable magnum opus of their discography. I mean, off-the-charts amazing.

NowhereGirl · February 18, 2021, 7:01pm

It’s the culmination of everything they’ve been trying to do all along.

TAAVI · February 23, 2021, 1:56pm

DSS is when the creative juices in DEG peaked.
Listening to Kisou made me think of a reality where Sea of Retards could have been real.

VkeiWitch · February 23, 2021, 4:02pm

soinatos · February 23, 2021, 5:56pm

Why doesn’t this site have a downvote button?

NowhereGirl · February 24, 2021, 9:00am

Because negativity is negative and we are a culture of sensitive snowflake yes-people.

zeus · February 24, 2021, 11:22am

I believe this answers your question.

thermoplastic · February 25, 2021, 2:20pm

nekkichi · February 28, 2021, 10:57am

that’s a good way to sum arche up tbh

mid · February 28, 2021, 11:58am

Masato · March 1, 2021, 4:25pm

sam158 · March 4, 2021, 6:14pm

I joined to share my opinion. This is undeniably the most objective truth there is. If you don’t agree I’m sorry sweaty but your wrong lol

Gotta say it’s hard for me to listen to older DEG because it feels more “by the numbers” so to speak. The Uroboros/Dum Spiro Spero/Arche trilogy is perhaps the strongest they’ve been, and probably will ever be. There’s not a single second wasted in those records. There’s also an issue with sound, imo. DEG’s production has always been so-so to downright bad, both in studio and live. When they started working with western producers they got an idea of how a record should sound (let’s ignore the brickwall because what isn’t these days). However I do think Uroboros lost all of its soul when it was “remastered”, mostly because the rhythm section lost al of its punch.

I love the comment about Kisou making you think Sea of Retards was real. In fact I kinda subscribed to this because of it. You nailed it!

Zetsu · March 4, 2021, 6:26pm

There’s not a single second wasted in those records
Arche
lol