Friday, November 28, 2008

Dir en Grey was in town!!!!! I'm not worthy!!!!!




Since purchasing the tickets in August I'd been waiting and counting down to Tuesday, November 25, for Dir en Grey to perform in Houston. My sister and I were in love with the band when I was about 16 years old (about ten years ago) and she was 11. When I was 15 or 16 I'd purchased a japanese cd with a bunch of random songs featured on television shows and a song by the band struck me. I recognized their name when browsing one day and I bought their first mainstream cd, Gauze, and was taken aback by their style of music. I had no idea they were a heavy metal band, but their music was still phenomenal. Years passed and their music progressed into a more "heavier" sound, and I'd lost interest mainly because I was in college and didn't have time to keep up with the scene.

When I found out they were coming to Houston, I HAD to see them. They were one of the first japanese rock bands I was into, and they are LEGEND. Seriously, their music is edgy, fearless, and even psychotic at times. I really believe they paved a road for music to differentiate, especially in Japan. Just my opinion.

Tuesday finally came, and we got front row balcony seats at The House of Blues. Great seats they were, and really close to the band as well! We just had to lean over a little because of the rail that abstructed part of the view. The opening band was called The Human Abstract. They were great as well, but they didn't get a lot of feedback from the audience because we weren't there to see them. lol.

Then came the moment when DeG came on stage. They were awesome. It was a small stage, so there weren't a lot of fancy special effects, but they did have this voo-doo like background with a video playing in the background as well as some lighting effects. No matter, the band was so LOUD.

Kyo, the vocalist, blew me away. I don't usually care much for vocalists, but Kyo is extremely talented. No wonder why he hurt his throat for a while. Metal and screaming isn't my thing, but this band definitely does it for me. The vocalist sings as if he's an animal descended from another world screaming a message at us. The rest of the band were incredible as well. I had no idea the bassist, Toshiya, was so freaking tall, towering over shorty Kyo. The long instrument really matched him. Die, Shinya, and Kaoru were how I imagined them to be while playing. Awesome.

The music made me feel like I was thrown into a screaming dream world. 'Nuff said.


By the end of the show we were all at least half deaf but satisfied.
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