Dir en Grey

Bonus DVD:
01. REPETITION OF HATRED
02. AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS
03. HYDRA
04. dead tree
05. DOZING GREEN
- 1, 2 and 3 were filmed at Zepp Tokyo (JP) on December 22, 2007.
- 4 was filmed at Wacken Open Air (Germany) on August 4, 2007.
- 5 was filmed on TOUR07 THE MARROW OF A BONE (JP).

The first new song (rumored, Toguro) as well as the second, were a fine mixture of "soft" and "hard", and the first song, begun with Kaoru's lengthy and choppy guitar solo in which a spot light was directed onto him, and then moved to Kyo, who surprised me with flawless high notes. Kyo chanted a lot, and the tone was incredibly religious and traditional, that's the only way I could describe that first song. Mind blowing chants, instrumental intrigue and lots of high notes.

The second new song was a cross between DOZING GREEN and MAGGOTS. This song started off with a lot of HEAVY notes, and rapid rifts that spewed forth a mass wave of head banging and ramming into each other. That's all I did, head banged until the soreness in my neck had became numb, yet it still kept coming until Kyo burst into the chorus, and Toshiya launched into a death-metal screech. VERY heavy song, but not an entirely hard song, the chorus and certain parts are soft, and very vocal.

Overall, Kyo's voice was probably the best I've ever heard. He impressed me and performed with a certain vigor I've never ever seen from him. He really threw himself into the most high notes.

MAGGOTS-unplugged---. It was like a prolonged a cappella in which Kyo is crouched down, screaming and roaring into the microphone while the stage is dimmed*. Lots of echoing and throwing his voice around, accompanied by piano. That's all it was.

As for the boys, generally, their atmosphere was fantastic. Extremely lively on stage, Die was all smiles, especially during THE IIID EMPIRE. Kaoru and Toshiya switched sides during Rasetsukoku, and Toshiya was going absolutely ballistic during Rasetsukoku. Literally. He. Went. Nuts. Also, his hair looks extremely good in person. Pictures fail to bring to life the true nature of it. It looked great. Also, Die looks like his own self again, with beautiful auburn/black hair. He gained weight, looks great in the torso. I was glad to see him smiling so brightly.

Nobody will be disappointed with GLASS SKIN live. Very beautiful song live, gut-wrenching. I'll write a full report soon!

screaming and roaring into the microphone while the stage is dimmed

- LTD Deluxe Digipak version with CD (includes bonus tracks) and a DVD (North American exclusive featuring 5 live tracks)

J'vois pas trop l'intérêt de cet version deluxe, généralement un t-shirt de groupe, c'est comme un t-shirt de jeux vidéos, c'est souvent naze et ridicule, les deux vinyles, c'est seulement pour les collectionneurs amoureux des vieilleries (je doute que tout le monde ait le matériel pour faire tourner des 33 tours) et pour ce qui en est du DVD, suffit d'avoir télécharg... acheté (!) In Weal Or Woe, 'fin bon....