Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again [2DVD+CD / Limited Edition]

Their best live release since TOUR04 THE CODE OF VULGAR[ism]! After so many fanclub DVDs, we're finally treated to an official one once again! Odd is it though since all their previous live DVDs have always been tied to an album like VULGAR and Withering to death. THE MARROW OF A BONE never got one though, but this is about as close as one can get I guess. One striking thing from the start is that most of the old songs have gone through an UROBOROS make-over as you can just imagine how impatient they must be to finally get to perform their new material. The whole concert is perfect, all old songs are very exciting to hear in this updated way of performing them. The first part of the encore is beautiful with two songs performed in unplugged style and the remaining is just insane. The band is in top notch and Kyo starts to add lots of screams and growling to songs where there was nothing before instead of skipping parts like he did in the past. Incredible! And the level of energy they put out makes you as a viewer exhausted, there's no other band like them! Disc 2 was secretive, only saying "Bonus Content", but boy was it quite the bonus! Not only did they show the preparations that went into the URUBOROS -breathing- concert at Osaka Jo-hall, they even included 7 songs from the actual concert! Now that's quite the treat! Disc 3 is a CD with selections from the first disc which is quite odd as they could've recorded some audio only from some other show from the same tour. At least the other half of the disc contain songs from UROBOROS -breathing- which all sound great. All in all, their best live release in years and the concert alone is a must have! All the bonus stuff only makes a solid release even better! Highly recommended!

After seeing the setlist for this and seen thats its mainly tracks from 'Marrow of a Bone' I honestly didnt think it'll be all that great. But Dir en grey actually make the album sound amazing live xD. The last few tracks played is my favourite part of the dvd, they are some real classics and I wish that the band would play some of their older tracks like that outside of Japan for once :(. The main highlight of this release for me has to be the 2nd disc for one reason... 'ain't afraid to die' live! Now that is a song I would die to see live here in the UK. The cd is pretty cool, eventhough it wouldve been better if they didnt include tracks from disc 1 :/ as I was hoping to hear more from the Osaka-jo Hall live. Overall its a great set and a must for any Dir en grey fan ^__^.

I personally think this surpassed the withers and withers 2005 DVD. The sound of the concert was very strong and clear. Well worth it for any (Modern) Dir en Grey fan (Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the older dir en grey.). All in all, well worth it.