Nov 30, 2022
I'm a Visual Kei fan first and foremost and Dir en Grey is one of my favourite bands. I used to hate them back when I was younger, believe it or not! I hated them for the same reasons why other non-VK fans hate them; Diru plays loud, aggressive screechy music with lyrics that went too far. However, my opinion changed when exposed to their other works, and as I grew older. I have the utmost respect for their continuous boundary-pushing, ever since they went off the rails in their debut full-length album Gauze (Missa, while a satisfying Kote romp, is far from novel). At
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every turn, their music and PVs suffered censorship (why do you think egnirys cimredopyh is spelled like that? They literally had to reverse the title to AVOID JAIL TIME!) but they never lost heart and continue to push the envelope and experiment, even to this very day. Agitated Screams of Maggots continues along these lines, with horrific imagery of an Eroguro nature. It pairs with Kyo's lyrics, which are rather fittingly about critiques of shocking material and groups like Diru. It's more of a critique of mainstream celebs (and normies, to an extent) who try to co-opt lukewarm shock material (inverted crosses and black lipstick OMG!!!) for attention and money, yet bemoan those who genuinely make their art and very lives center around it. I relate to it, on that level...
Anyway, I only recommend it to Diru and Deathcore fans, and maybe showing it to your little sibling as revenge as we all did with OBSCURE as kids (ahhh, the memories!)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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