VULGAR Customer Reviews

This is one of the best album from Dir en Grey, in my opinion. The style of the songs is more mixed in comparison to ''Withering To Death'', there are very hard rock songs and melodic hard rock songs too.

Besides six Ugly, this was Dir en grey's first venture into the American rock genre (whereas GAUZE and MACABRE were still more pop, and Kisou . . . well, I'm still trying to forget that album), and they managed to pull it off very well. This album has it all: Fast paced songs like THE IIID EMPIRE and OBSCURE, slower songs like RED...[em] and SAJOU NO UTA, and just fun songs like Child prey and ASUNAKI KOUFUKU, KOENAKI ASU. This album seems to come in layers: The first four tracks are fast rock songs, the fifth and sixth are slower songs, the next three are fun to listen to, and all of them from there (excluding AMBER) are faster-set songs once again. Kyo's voice is simply amazing in this album: From screeching in songs like audience KILLER LOOP to singing melodically in KASUMI, you can clearly see how far he's come in terms of a singer within the past few years. Also, the actual lyrics are darker and more mysterious (ie. INCREASE BLUE, AMBER, and Child prey). I would pick this up if you want to get into Dir en grey, or if you're already a fan and need to get into this band somehow. RECOMMENDED SONGS: DRAIN AWAY, audience KILLER LOOP, OBSCURE, Child prey, and ASUNAKI KOUFUKU, KOENAKI ASU.

One of the world's most dynamic and exciting bands delivered in a mayor fashion with their 2003 release Vulgar. Although not a perfect album - it does suffer some flaws, mainly the terrible Child Prey - it's still the bands strongest release to date. Uncompromising and extreme is the delivery, wrapped in cotton candy and barbed wire. A great metal album, rock album and pop album - at the same time.

The songs are awesome to listen to and the CD sleeve contents are pretty. Not to mention it comes with an English translation! :)