Vulgar

The recent weak economy in Japan has been creating negative energy non-stop, making people in Japan lose grip of one's sense of values. This has affected even the music charts. The top 5 ranked music. Dir-en-grey has spent more than six months working on their new album [Vulgar] to make people up from this situation. Dir-en-grey has been a big part this time in recording, mixing and producing their new album. Please allow me to introduce to you Dir-en-grey. The band formed in 1997. In 1998 they broke the record by putting their song at nº 7 in the charts from an independent record label. November of that same year, just nearly a year after the band was formed, they performed at the Nippon Budokan, the first band ever to perform from a independent record label. They debuted with three singles at once, which was very uncommon. All three songs reached the top 10 on the music charts.and from then on, all songs they realise always ranked in the top 10. Just recently, in 2002 their 3rd album [Kisou] ranked at nº 3 on the charts at the highest. Proving that nothing can stop them and their music.This new album [Vulgar] includes all kinds of music. Heavy rock, hardcore, techno, and hip hop beats. But they created the sound to be so original, giving us a strong impact from the songs. When I first listened to the 1st track [audience KILLER LOOP] my expectations quiclky turned to excitement. And soon after listening to the 2nd track [THE II D EMPIRE] and the 3rd track [INCREASE BLUE] I was just stunned. It had given me goose bumps. The beautiful melody on the 5th track [SAJOU NO UTA] was a very emotional number with a warm and affectionate baseline. Track nº 13 [OBSCURE] had botha destruct beauty and a tense feeling all in one song. And [AMBER], the last song was a song, than I listened to over and over, and as I listened to it more and more, I felt kindness and a sense of ease. [It was like I expirienced a life-sized drama]

This is what I felt listening to their album [VULGAR].

They carry a massive weapon.
The weapon is not their musical technique.
Their weapon is the cry from their souls.
The songs thay make hit everyone's heart so forcefully, that tha lyrics thay shout burn inside our hearts, and the melody deepens.
The source of all this comes from their souls trembling with pain, making them cry out.

Right now, they aim to hit the world from Japan.