The Marrow of a Bone [Regular Edition] Customer Reviews

In my opinion, this is thus far the weakest album by Dir en grey. Deg used to be one of the most creative and experiencing groups of Japanese music scene, doing songs with some truly unique, mesmerizing traits, but it couldn't be believed when hearing the dull metallic tones on this CD, with only a few highlights (e.g. "Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi"). The tracklisting consist almost completely of songs that have very little or almost not at all of the melody part. Besides the album itself, one thing I wasn't happy with neither was the booklet: the lyrics are printed in such a tiny font and dark silvery colour that they're impossible to read without a magnifying glass and a light coming from just the right direction, and I can't believe that I'd be the only one having problems with the printout. However, even though this album wasn't exactly a treat for me personally, I'm living in a hope of better tomorrow for Dir en grey. If they're following their concept of chancing with each album, I hope that this was only a misstep to the worse and that the next album would be gorgeous one, maybe merging together the new more metallic tune and beautiful melodies.

this is a great disc, dir en grey's style is percieved in every song although is is different from their last album

Love the songs in the cd. My personal favourites would be Conceived Sorrow, Grief, The Deeper Vileness, Agitated Screams of Maggots, Clever Sleazoid and Repetition of Hatred. Songs in this cd is so good when you heard them on live shows! It's so much more different than the previous albums!

I bought this whenever I heard about it being released out. The CD sold in American stores, however, were all misprints and the covers were really, really, dark and unable to be read. These were the cds that were distributed for American release. Aaaanyways, this took a few times of listening to before I was able to like it and though they have once again changed their sound, they remain an awesome band. I would recommend picking it up, as it is worth the listening, just don't let the sound scare you off. Like I said, I enjoy listening to it now, but when I first bought it, I wasn't as attracted to it, but then again that was how I was with Diru at first. Kyo still is <3 though. ^^ I think it is still a great album, as the lyrics are still great. Concieved Sorrow, The Pledge, and Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tomadoi ni Hohoemi are songs that I really thought were exceptionally well.

un tres bon cd comme d'habitude merci Dir en grey pour ce chef d'oeuvre very good Cd as usual thank you Dir en grey for this chief of work

~~Destruction~~ I can't think of a better word for this album's power, aggression and darkness. True, a lot of Dir En Grey's songs are dark, but to me, this album truly lets out that anger, spitting their black bile over the ones that torment them. Throughout the album, you'll be treated to some top-notch nu-metal/metalcore mixed with a few softer songs. Some of my favorites are LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE, GRIEF, AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS, and THE DEEPER VILENESS. I also loved THE PLEDGE, for it is very different. The version of CLEVER SLEAZOID included differs from the single version, and is more aggressive (Yes, apparently it was possible), but it's slightly harder to digest. Kyo's voice is mostly growling and screaming hysterically, which is brilliant. <3 Call me a dork, but I adore the girly screams he lets out at times. The rest of the band skillfully do their parts splendidly, and with some decent backing growls too. In my immediate area, hardly anyone found Dir En Grey's later work "music" of any kind. I suppose I can understand that, but if you'd take the time with this somewhat inaccessible album, you'll love it.

In case you're wondering why I've reviewed both the regular and limited editions, it's because I'm such a fanataic that I own both versions. Due to the limit of words that can be fit into a review, I can't go into detail on why I think every song on this album is sheer exellence. CONCIEVED SORROW is their greatest opening song ever. LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE, THE FATAL BELIVER and GRIEF are some of their most aggressive songs ever. DISABLED COMPLEXES is a rollercoaster of extreme emotions. Track 9 is definitely the most emotional song while THE PLEDGE has been added to Dir en grey's evergrowing list of best songs. AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS sounds even better with the rest of the new album and the studio version of RYOUJOKU NO AME is superior to the single with better balance on the instruments. The re-recording of CLEVER SLEAZOID is nowhere near as good as the original, but it's a nice bonus. So if you haven't bought it yet, this edition is the only one available now, but it's well worth it. It's missing the unplugged disc, but the packaging is better though. THE MARROW OF A BONE has definitely been worth the wait and has a darkness with unlimited depth.

Wow, this really is a powerful album. I first got into DEG with their last album and I have to say I think this is even better; it's certainly more cohesive throughout. The production, writing and playing are all amazing, with massive-sounding sledgehammer riffs and Kyo's vocals are something else, he sounds like David Yow out of The Jesus Lizard. But possibly the best song on the record is also the slowest and prettiest. All in all a total success and one of my favourite albums for some time.

The album is great. It's the most wonderful album that Dir en grey has ever released and the new tracks just compeletely take your heart. I think it's just awesome, and the booklet is awesome too ^^

Completely surpassed all my expectations. :3 The only flaw I found, in my opinion, was Clever Sleazoid. I liked the single version a lot better. Other than that it is perfect. The perfect screaming to singing ratio. =D

I didn't expect so much about it. I LOVED "Ryoujoku no Ame" single, but I didn't like so much "Clever Sleazoid" and hated "Agitated Screams of Maggots". I didn't know what to expect about it. The first time I listened to this album, I got disappointed.This album isn't so inspired as the previous ones. Dir en grey didn't released something totally new. That's true that they surelly did something they haven't done before. But it doesn't have the same quality, same inspiration as before. Kyo doesn't sing so much (and I love his voice). He just growls almost all time. The only musics I liked were: CONCEIVED SORROW, THE FATAL BELIEVER, Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi, DISABLED COMPLEXES, Ryoujoku no Ame. Listening more times, I started to like it a bit more. But I'm still disappointed.

Dir en Grey has a very diverse fanbase, and obviously this album is going to identify just what part of said fanbase a person will belong in. In my opinion, this album is pure dynamite, brilliant, and an explosion of heavy metal force that would even kick Dimebag Darrell in the nuts and hard. However, I know that a slough of comments from disappointed fans yearning for Dir en Grey's visual kei days are going to be pouring in by the hundreds and it's going to ruin the image of this band of very talented and amazing musicians. To them, my response is this, Dir en Grey may not be visual kei anymore, but we need to keep in mind that the people in this group are ROCK STARS who make MUSIC for a living, not some sort of sappy boy band that exists only to be oggled by horny fangirls. If Dir en Grey wishes to embrace this philosophy (which they have been doing pretty much since SixUgly), their "true fans" should be supportive of such. Sure they have changed, but if they didn't change (even just a little), we would no longer expect anything actually NEW from up and coming releases and their purpose would die. Listen to this album and hear the hard work they put into it. Dir en Grey forever!