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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[MindScrew Almost everything connected with the band]], from the music to their [=PVs=] and their art, among others.
* WidgetSeries: By far one of the best examples of Japanese Postmodernism.
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** Even fans who otherwise think TheyChangedItNowItSucks ''love'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdSXPlMlE4 The Final]]."

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** Even fans who otherwise think TheyChangedItNowItSucks ''love'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdSXPlMlE4 The Final]].THE FINAL]]."



* BrownNote: "Sa Bir" from ''UROBOROS'' and "Kyoukotsu no Nari" from ''DUM SPIRO SPERO''. Especially the latter, thanks to massive SensoryAbuse and its sheer loudness (at least when played live).

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* BrownNote: "Sa Bir" "SA BIR" from ''UROBOROS'' and "Kyoukotsu no Nari" from ''DUM SPIRO SPERO''. Especially the latter, thanks to massive SensoryAbuse and its sheer loudness (at least when played live).



* EnsembleDarkHorse: Of NuMetal (before the ''UROBOROS'' era) and {{deathcore}} in recent years. Also considered by many to be the dark horse of the TechnicalDeathMetal genre and, according to some, [[GrooveMetal djent]].

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Of NuMetal (before the ''UROBOROS'' era) and {{deathcore}} in recent years. Also considered by many to be the dark horse of the TechnicalDeathMetal genre and, according to some, [[GrooveMetal djent]].{{djent}}.



** Music/{{Kuroyume}} fans vs. Dir En Grey fans engage in massive arguments about who really kickstarted the Nagoya and Eroguro kei sub-movements, as well as which band was more groundbreaking and experimental (and responsible for keeping Music/VisualKei alive). This FandomRivalry approaches Music/{{Pantera}} vs. Music/{{Exhorder}} levels in many Music/VisualKei circles. [[note]][[{{Irony}} Just like with Pantera and Exhorder, the members of Dir En Grey and Kuroyume are friends]] - Kyo even [[AscendedFanboy worked as a roadie]] for Kiyoharu and were pretty close.[[/note]]

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** Music/{{Kuroyume}} fans vs. Dir En Grey en grey fans engage in massive arguments about who really kickstarted the Nagoya and Eroguro kei sub-movements, as well as which band was more groundbreaking and experimental (and responsible for keeping Music/VisualKei alive). This FandomRivalry approaches Music/{{Pantera}} vs. Music/{{Exhorder}} levels in many Music/VisualKei circles. [[note]][[{{Irony}} Just like with Pantera and Exhorder, the members of Dir En Grey en grey and Kuroyume are friends]] - Kyo even [[AscendedFanboy worked as a roadie]] for Kiyoharu and were pretty close.[[/note]]



* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The band is beginning to develop this as of ''THE UNRAVELING'' and the 2013 tour. Many of the newer songs sound much like other more recent songs (to the degree that when played live and badly mixed, telling ''what'' song the band is playing is difficult). But since releasing "Sustain the Untruth" (and eventually ''ARCHE''), they somehow averted this trope.

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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The band is beginning to develop this as of ''THE UNRAVELING'' and the 2013 tour. Many of the newer songs sound much like other more recent songs (to the degree that when played live and badly mixed, telling ''what'' song the band is playing is difficult). But since releasing "Sustain the Untruth" untruth" (and eventually ''ARCHE''), they somehow averted this trope.



* LessDisturbingInContext: A lyrical case involves "Mazohyst of Decadence", which, ripped from its context of abortion being a primary method of birth control in Japan, seems like a right-wing anti-abortion rant and UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming, when it's actually lashing out at a society that refuses to acknowledge the need for birth control and sex education and uses the most painful and traumatizing last-ditch procedure as a substitute for preventing pregnancy in the first place.

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* LessDisturbingInContext: A lyrical case involves "Mazohyst "mazohyst of Decadence", decadence", which, ripped from its context of abortion being a primary method of birth control in Japan, seems like a right-wing anti-abortion rant and UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming, when it's actually lashing out at a society that refuses to acknowledge the need for birth control and sex education and uses the most painful and traumatizing last-ditch procedure as a substitute for preventing pregnancy in the first place.



** "Agitated Screams of Maggots" is an ''entire track'' filled with this, mainly because of Kyo's [[WordSaladLyrics badly written]], [[JapaneseRanguage badly pronounced]] [[GratuitousEnglish English]] lyrics, with lines such as "I'm gonna slash your wound just like mine", "[[WordSaladLyrics You can't shoot the silver bullet into me!]]" and the ever-notorious [[MemeticMutation "I'LL RAPE YOUR DAUGHTER ON OUR GRAVE!"]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice It is so wrong]] in [[GratuitousRape so]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence many]] [[{{Squick}} ways]] that it's not even funny.
** The ClusterFBomb at the end of "Lie Buried with a Vengeance" which is occasionally interrupted by Kyo making [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] noises that sound an awful lot like "Ooga-booga-booga." [[note]]He's actually growling out "YOU'RE A MOTHERFUCKER", though due to the vocal production coupled with his Engrish, that bit tends to get misheard as such[[/note]]
** The [[spoiler:LastNoteNightmare on "Dozing Green"]].
** Due to its odd diction and butchered pronunciation, the first part of the chorus of "New Age Culture" sounds an awful lot like Kyo is demonically chanting "BEAN BURRITO!"

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** "Agitated Screams of Maggots" "AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS" is an ''entire track'' filled with this, mainly because of Kyo's [[WordSaladLyrics badly written]], [[JapaneseRanguage badly pronounced]] [[GratuitousEnglish English]] lyrics, with lines such as "I'm gonna slash your wound just like mine", "[[WordSaladLyrics You can't shoot the silver bullet into me!]]" and the ever-notorious [[MemeticMutation "I'LL RAPE YOUR DAUGHTER ON OUR GRAVE!"]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice It is so wrong]] in [[GratuitousRape so]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence many]] [[{{Squick}} ways]] that it's not even funny.
** The ClusterFBomb at the end of "Lie Buried with a Vengeance" "LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE" which is occasionally interrupted by Kyo making [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] noises that sound an awful lot like "Ooga-booga-booga." [[note]]He's actually growling out "YOU'RE A MOTHERFUCKER", though due to the vocal production coupled with his Engrish, that bit tends to get misheard as such[[/note]]
** The [[spoiler:LastNoteNightmare on "Dozing Green"]].
"DOZING GREEN"]].
** Due to its odd diction and butchered pronunciation, the first part of the chorus of "New Age Culture" "NEW AGE CULTURE" sounds an awful lot like Kyo is demonically chanting "BEAN BURRITO!"



* SignatureSong: "Obscure". Other notable songs would include "The Final", "[[NarmCharm Agitated Screams of Maggots]]", "Dozing Green" and, more recently, after the "Extreme Metal Olympics", "Different Sense"[[note]]It was the song that made Diru win the Olympics.[[/note]].

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* SignatureSong: "Obscure". "OBSCURE". Other notable songs would include "The Final", "THE FINAL", "[[NarmCharm Agitated Screams of Maggots]]", "Dozing Green" AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS]]", "DOZING GREEN" and, more recently, after the "Extreme Metal Olympics", "Different Sense"[[note]]It "DIFFERENT SENSE"[[note]]It was the song that made Diru win the Olympics.[[/note]].



* TearJerker: "Ain't Afraid to Die" is a SurprisinglyGentleSong about a man remembering his former lover on the anniversary of her death. One interpretation of the title is that he welcomes death as a chance to be reunited with her. [[spoiler: Kyo leaves all but the first line of the last verse unsung, implying that he died before he could finish.]]

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* TearJerker: "Ain't Afraid "ain't afraid to Die" die" is a SurprisinglyGentleSong about a man remembering his former lover on the anniversary of her death. One interpretation of the title is that he welcomes death as a chance to be reunited with her. [[spoiler: Kyo leaves all but the first line of the last verse unsung, implying that he died before he could finish.]]



** Fans (or former fans) who complain about Dir En Grey's new sound are mostly people who miss the band's Music/VisualKei period. Though some of the complaining is beginning to originate from people feeling the band is stagnating as of TheNewTens, and/or that their production value live and recorded seeming to take a massive nosedive from even the ''UROBOROS'' era. Even Music/YoshikiHayashi, their former producer, walked out midpoint of the 2013 Hollywood live claiming a business engagement elsewhere.

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** Fans (or former fans) who complain about Dir En Grey's en grey's new sound are mostly people who miss the band's Music/VisualKei period. Though some of the complaining is beginning to originate from people feeling the band is stagnating as of TheNewTens, and/or that their production value live and recorded seeming to take a massive nosedive from even the ''UROBOROS'' era. Even Music/YoshikiHayashi, their former producer, walked out midpoint of the 2013 Hollywood live claiming a business engagement elsewhere.

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