The Gazette Dim full album reaction. Accessible, catchy, and enjoyable.
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- The Gazette Dim full album reaction. Accessible, catchy, and enjoyable.
I'll put the track location's in later, but I wanted to make sure I uploaded it tonight.
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2:38 = [Hakuri]
4:17 = Invisible Wall
8:54 = A Mouth Under the Skin
11:47 = Leech
16:06 = Nakigahara
23:24 = [Erika]
24:18 = Headache Man
28:10 = Guren
33:35 = [Shikyuu]
34:20 = 13Stars
39:18 = Distress and Coma
44:34 = [Kanshoku]
45:26 = Shiroki Yuutsu
49:55 = In the Middle of Chaos
53:00 = [Mourou]
53:25 = Ogre
56:40 = Dim Scene
Thank you brother I was too tired to get it up. I appreciate it.
just a tiny act of gratitude, i really like the band and yours analysis. Hope see more album reactions from either diru and gazetto :v
Diego Vgames there was no reason for that comment just disrespectful.
This was a really well thought out album in terms of placement. Each track melted well into the next track making it easy to just have it play from start to finish
DIM [ LYRIC EXPLANATION ]
Dim is meant to describe the moment when you are on the verge of death, when you are standing on the edge staring into the abyss. (FOOL’S MATE 8/2009)
1. 「剥離」[hakuri - separation] the title means leaving your body, separating mind and body. (Neo genesis vol. 37)
2. THE INVISIBLE WALL about a person who committed a crime and has to live with that forever. the invisible wall means the prison walls that will always be around him, even after he got out, keeping him from returning to how things were before. (Neo genesis vol. 37)
3. A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN about plastic surgery. even if you look like a butterfly on the outside, you will always feel like a moth inside no matter what. and it’s not meant to be judgmental (FOOL’S MATE, 8/2009)
4. LEECH about something that happened to Ruki (and the rest of the band) that made him furious. Vermin, Headache Man and the True Murderous intent are about the same thing. And it’s not about their record label. (FOOL’S MATE 10/2008, ARENA37℃ 1/2011)
5. 泣ヶ原 [Nakigahara] nakigahara is the name of a place where people waited for their loved ones to come back from war. The name means “the field of crying”. Basically it’s a place where people feel very lonely and that’s why Ruki used it. The song itself is about the loneliness of those who spend their lives on the internet.(Hence why you hear the tapping of the keyboard in the end) (Neo genesis vol. 37)
6. 「エリカ」[erika - erica] the title comes from the erica flower. it symbolises loneliness but also charity and love for humanity.
7. HEADACHE MAN read in LEECH.
8.紅蓮 [Guren - crimison lotus] about a pregnant girl who ends up giving birth to a still born baby. Flip side of Burial Applicant (in BA the baby loses the mother, in Guren the mother loses the baby) (FOOL’S MATE 3/2008)
9. 「子宮」[shikyuu - womb] the track is baby’s cried played backwards (Neo genesis vol. 37)
10. 13STAIRS[-]1 [thirteen stairs minus one] traditionally there are 13 steps to the gallows but when we add the minus one the song title becomes “one step before reaching the gallows(=dying)”. It’s about how rock music and especially visual kei were supposed to be the kind of music where you can do whatever you want yet the people in charge are trying to tell artists what to do and some artists are going with it and failing anyway and the genres are dying. (Neo genesis vol. 37)
11. DISTRESS AND COMA the pov changes between a woman who’s in a coma and a man who’s sitting by her side, waiting for her to wake up. It’s just that the man gave her a trauma (cheating? abuse? we just don’t know) that keeps her trapped inside her own head. Distress in the title is a reference to the man and Coma is a reference to the woman. (Neo genesis vol. 32)
12. 「感触」[kanshoku - sense of touch] a prelude for Shiroki Yuuutsu (Neo genesis vol. 37)
13. 白き優鬱 [Shiroki Yuuutsu - White melancholy] Yuuutsu is supposed to be written as 憂鬱 but Ruki wrote it as 優鬱. 優 means gentle, so the title means “white, gentle melancholy”. A true story about a family of Ruki’s friend. After the grandmother got diagnosed with cancer the family started acting really nice around her and that made her feeling melancholic even though everyone was being really gentle towards her. So basically the song is about how people can make you sad even though they only try to be nice. (Neo genesis vol. 37)
14. IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS about Ruki himself. the title kind of says it all. (FOOL’S MATE 8/2009)
15. 「朦朧」[mourou - hazy] “kind of a prelude for Ogre. it shows in the form of music what it is like inside the hazy mind of a man who’s tripping. Or maybe i should say that it shows what it is like inside Ruki’s head" (Neo genesis vol. 38)
16. OGRE the ogre in the title is "a demon in god’s clothing”. Basically the song is about how there is no god anywhere and even if there is he doesn’t think that there’s anything worth saving (hence the demon in god’s clothing). So the only thing you should believe in is yourself. (Neo genesis vol. 37)
17. DIM SCENE ruki wanted to write the darkest song he can manage so what he did was put all the songs on the album into one (Neo genesis vol. 37)
[Credit to Trauma-Radio]
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Really enjoyed going through this journey again with you! (Again as in I hadn't sat down and listened to it back to back in a long time) Easy to forget how much work the band puts into making these amazing songs. One of their best albums to date! Thank you for the enjoyable watch!
A blind review of my favorite album form Gazette??? YES! THANK YOU!
I do alot of The Gazette here on the channel. I'm glad you were happy with Dim. I've done Stacked Rubbish as well. Cheers.
The Gazette is one of those bands tht you can enjoy every album they produced a hella amount of good tracks an albums
I've been a The GazettE fan for almost 10 years, and DIM is my favourite record from them (I went for the original tour plus the nostalgia tour as well). At that point in my life, I had fallen out of love with Visual kei and it wasn't until I heard Guren that it reminded me what I was missing. This album has and will always mean so much to me, and to have someone else listen to it with fresh ears brings me back to why I did.
Shiroki yuuutsu remains my favourite track from them of all time, and even though I love the fun ones and the dark ones, when I hear that track live, it always, always, always brings me tears.
At this point in time, I've gone to so many of their shows that I've actually much pretty lost count by now. Sometimes I forget why I love them, but having you sit through DIM, and listening to it with you reminded me again of why it touched me so much from the first minute I heard it.
Thank you for that, subscribed! I can't wait to hear what you say about Ninth :)
Nakigahara is such a gorgeous track, and I put it up there with some of DEG’s greatest ballads, and I’m really not a fan of Gazette’s ballads. After this album the ballads got a little too formulaic, but Nakigahara is phenomenal. Even the translation of the title, “The Crying Fields”, is fantastic.
And I believe the instrument you’re hearing in the break is a koto.
Also, not sure if it was intentional or not, but the ending with the band fading out while the vocals stay high in the mix then suddenly cutting out may have been an homage to the studio version of DEG’s “Zakuro”.
I really really love DIM. I got the album a few years ago and listened to it completely for the first time in before falling asleep... Well. I can fall asleep while listening to Deathcore, Death Metal and stuff like that... But Shikyuu just scared the crap out of me XD
I was listening to Guren... it was so beautiful and then the crying baby came.
A year ago I was able to get the DIM Limited Edition. And it is as beautiful as the music! I don't know how to describe it... Just search it up!
This is their album that made me hooked up with this band so much, disregarding their looks because others are just a fan of them due to their style as visual kei artists. However, when I read the translated lyrics it hit me so much changing the ways how I perceive the world. This group has inspired me with their views and content (as opposed to what usual English speaking bands are just common and simple). It's nice to see someone review their songs and appreciate the GazettE together with other fans because of their talent and not only the looks btw.
Wow ur so patient to do it hehhe nice reaction :)
Thank you for reacting to this album. It is one of my favourite Gazette albums. I remember when it first came out and I listened to it. I didn't like it a lot at the start, but after a few more listens I started liking it more and more. Guren, The invisible wall, Leech and Distress and Coma are such good tracks. Also, I want to say that 13 stairs and Headache man are really amazing live.
Amazing Reaction Baldman. These guys are awesome, i love the songs wich they put the female vocal together with Ruki and how they make almost all these sttrange sounds with the guitars and made it almost like a sample. See ya next video
Another perfect selection ! Awesome!
Great job, man :D
Now waiting for your new reactions :)
PS:I knew you would like Nakigahara(Crying field) - it is so beautiful in so many ways. Ruki's voice is beautiful in every track he does, but his delivery there is so touching. :)
This was a great listen. It's one I went out and purchased.
Love your reaction !!!
It just like we are listen the album together ! SO GREAT !!!!
This is my favorite album !!
I am really glad you enjoyed it.
Still my favorite Gazette album. I listen to it every winter.
It's soaked in ominous atmosphere, and sounds a lot more grim/theatrical than everything they did before it. One of the underrated aspects of Dim (to me) was the distinct unsettling/operatic use of background sounds and instruments throughout. Transition tracks like [Erika] and [Shikyuu] aren't even really songs- but I still enjoy listening to them, for the haunted atmosphere. 🤘
This album is probably my favorite from The Gazette, and it really shows what happens when they take a more serious approach to music. There are certain aspects of this album that remind me of Dir En Grey's Uroboros (which came out a year earlier), especially the opening instrumental that is very similar to Sabir. The Gazette is a band that continues to amaze me, and I'm happy to call myself a fan. Gazerock is not dead!!
It is a very good record. I've listened to it three or four times since I put the video up.
What are your fave songs now? Has it changed since you first listened to it? I find that some songs grow on us after a while. I have to say, I envy you to be able to discover The Gazette. I sometimes wish I could go back to the time I discovered them and each song... how it felt ^_^ I dunno if you understand. Thank God they still make music!
+Karine i understand, it's such a beautiful thing to be able to find and experience something for the first time. it's always the first time that is the most impactful so it can make you envious that someone else is having that right now.. is that what you meant?
Great choice! My favorite Gazette. I’m going to check this out when I get to work. Should be great hearing your observations over this record.
The short version is I love it. :)
headache man is fking awesome at lives !!! it drives the crowds crazy, sings " we are the cause of your headache" all together , one of their lifetime song
I can't say how thankful I am, and I'm so glad you enjoyed this album. I'll always be thankful for how honest you are with reacting and analyzing, so thank you. I love all of Gazette's albums for different reasons but the main reason DIM, with all that it does well and even what it lacks, holds such a special place for me is because it's the first piece of music I let back in after my suicide attempt 3 years ago. It was given to me as a birthday gift, and even though this entire comment is a little TMI this album, as well as the rest of them, really pulled me by the hand out of a darker place. I go back to this Era of theirs often when things from the past start to overflow to remind me of something important. Anyway, I just wanted to explain myself a bit and thank you again for taking your time to react to it, and I hope you enjoy more of them in the future.
I cried on video in the Kreator video, so do not worry. That video is one I have made private several times. I am thankful you were not successful in your attempt, and I am glad you are still here. I am also honored that you felt comfortable sharing that here. This is a powerful, and accessible album. Music is a powerful thing. If I didnt have so much to get to I'd do videos for everything The Gazette have done. They are that good. Thank you for being here.
Baldman Reacts Thank you it means a lot
Gazette's ballads are really great Baldman. I agree with you, if the ballads are in English, they will become popular songs in the west.. probably
If Gazette sang in English, they would be more popular in the West. But English, as Ruki said himself, allows him to express feelings hard to express in Japanese and to escape Japanese censors. But I doubt they intend to turn OOR in the future.
soo much old emotions and memories . real thanks for this you absolutely got a new follower.
as much as I've seen people listening to them for the first time or reacting to them on UA-cam you are the one who understood their music the most and you got the key to understand them better cuz I guess truly listening to TheGazettE means all the tiny details from the way Ruki-sama pronounced every syllable in the first word to the last word's meaning to the two seconds of guitar where they close it. so truly thank you for taking a look on this and I hope you enjoyed .
I really enjoy them. I need to make a Gazette playlist, as I have done a few now. They are one of the bands I have been introduced to on the channel that I keep going back to. Thank you for the kind words, and the sub. There is so much more from them I need to get to.
Wow, Gazette myblood, wish I could like your comment several times! I also appreciated that Baldman, contrary to several other "reactors", didn't judge them on their looks ("Are these girls??" kinda reaction we hear too often .... ) or comment their make up and hair and what not. It's all about the music, and it's always an honest opinion.
I don't want to talk bad about my fellow reactors. But most don't have the music, and more specifically the metal background I do. They focus more on the video, and try to be entertaining. I do more of a review, and to me the music is the most important aspect. I hope I am entertaining. But giving you an honest opinion is more important. I wish I could like his comment more than I can as well. Too many people get lost in looks, and forget just how powerful the music is. I'm still so annoyed that my Deracine vids are blocked in japan. I may see if I still have them. I'm so thankful that all of you enjoy the way I do things, and I can represent the bands in the right way.
What these reactors also forget is that those bands work so hard on their art. They put all of their hearts and souls in their music. We should not cheapen that with easy jokes on their looks. Seriously, Baldman, you think bands would contact you to get a review from you if your judgment wasn't fair and well informed?
I'm also very sad that we might never see your reaction to Déraciné (is a French word that means "uprooted" btw). It's such a beautiful and powerful song.
I know bands wouldn't contact me If wad I was doing was not something they were happy with. It's something I truly appreciate. I think some people just don't get it.There are going to be things I don't like, and there are reactions I have not uploaded. But even in those I do my best to find some good things in them.
Digging the full reaction, very good stuff. Would be great if you also did a full album reaction for NIL and Stacked Rubbish, along with DIM I think they are the 3 best albums these guys have ever put out. They've changed to a harder more nu metal a la dir en grey sound these days but their earlier albums were very good hard rock with fusion of blues and jazz, would be great to see your reaction.
I've had a lot of requests for Dogma, but that tends to get blocked in certain countries. I would like to do some of the earlier stuff. I just need to find the translated lyrics.
add Traces Vol.2 album to ur reaction list:) ,by the GazettE, they’ve remade some of the track from Dim album, you’re definitely gonna love it!
Man thank you so much for this.
Watched you comment over it through the entire video and enjoyed it so much.
Honestly DIM is amazing, but I feel like you need to check out DOGMA, i feel like you’ll like every song from it as I think it’s more your style. It’s heavy, it’s melodic, its just really awesome. I know you didn’t do it because of copyright stuff, but can you edit the sound and change the pitch up so
It doesnt get blocked in some countries?
I can try but I am not that good at editing yet. I do want to get the record up at some point. I just need to figure out how.
Baldman Reacts alright man cannot wait
A coincidence is that the song Invisible wall was my very first song that I listened to by them.
Alot of Japanese rock song rarely repeat the same lyrical words usualy it the same meaning but with different words as you hear in Guren
If u want more heavy stuff.. Try dogma album of the gazette :)
WENGS Official love your pic 😋😋😋
Dogma has 3-4 good songs, weakest album from The gazette, NIL stacked and Dim are their best
Adam Xyz you think so? I think Disorder is their weakest then their strongest for me is a battle between Stacked Rubbish and Dogma
Adam Xyz also I love every single album of theirs. Don’t want you think I dislike Disorder cause I think it’s a great album regardless
Never clicked so fast , Have you checked full album of dogma ?
AWESOMEEEEEE, Btw "guren" is about miscarriage and that's why the next song is an instrumental of newborn crying :")
13 stairs is one of the song which the live version is better lol
Oh wow. That is very powerful. I really want to do Dogma. But I want to make sure it wont get blocked in some countries.
yea bit risky, can always skip some parts , Undying PV is a must !! you can skip lil parts, many youtuber did that and it's safe
I've heard Deracine,and that is it.
looking forward for the others ~
Baldman, if you want to react to UNDYING, it's not on the DOGMA album. It's from a single that came out after and closes the DOGMA era. To me, it's a wonderful song! Hope you make a video for it. As for DOGMA, you heard Deracine and DEUX ;-)
THANK YOU!!! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! ^_^ What I like is that I never know which track you'll prefer. To fans, DIM is a monument. Thank you again for reacting to it :-) I truly wish you'd eventually do DOGMA, or any other album, or just songs. I love this band so much! Even on weaker albums, I find pearls. And with your eclectic tastes, we never know, you might like Toxic and Division ^_^ As a Gazette fan, I've been spoiled here, but I'm hoping for UNDYING at some point ;-)
Please... don't call me KaTrine ;_; .... ;-)
I really want to do Dogma. But I need to make sure it does not get blocked in some countries first. I would hate to spend the time it takes to do a full album, and have it get blocked in some places. I may do a test upload to see what comes up blocked. Deracine was blocked before, so I am not sure what will happen. At this point I know I will get to the full Gazette catalog. It's just a matter of balancing all the other requests, and and not over saturating with Gazette.
"Please... don't call me KaTrine ;_; .... ;-)"
I am so sorry. My fault. No excuses.
I totally understand! No worries. I liked discovering Portuguese metal. I'm up for other stuff too.
As for my name, you are forgiven. I know most people dunno how to pronounce my French name ^_^
Baldman Reacts I hope you can get to DOGMA soon
Çlirim Shala, I wanted to tell you, thank you so much for spreading The Gazette music around ^_^ You're an amazing Sixth Gun!
Karine thank you so much ❤️ I want more people to know who The GazettE are and how amazing the music they create is.
This album is one of the fans favorit. Before Dogma released everyone wanted them to turn back into DIM style but oh well... this is the GazettE and as a respond Ruki said that if they just did everything the fans want the band wouldnt go this far xDD
Many of the songs in the album were from their previous single, like Leech, Guren, Distress and Coma. They also like to linked their song to the other song from the previous album like Burial Aplicant - Guren, Bathroom - Dripping insanity and many more to the point that i thing maybe The Suicide Circus - Derangement - Inside Beast were linked but oh well xDD It just my mind being wild.
Please do Reila, Wasteland, Tokyo Shinjuu, and Saraba. I would like to know what do you think about the Song xDD Live version will be better esp for Saraba
I just did Reila, in my 6k subs video. It should be the third track in the video. I still cannot get the chorus out of my head.
Yes in nakigahara is a traditional stringed instroment called a shamisen basicly a old guitar
I knew you would know. Thanks Yuki. I really like the texture the sound adds.
Yeah it did add a nice texture to the song
それは琴だと思ったけど...
nakigahara is my fav song from this album
hey baldman how are you doing?:) still saiting patiently for your reaction to their Traces vol.2 album, they remake some of their best songs like guren,shiroki yuutsu,and without a trace:)
Next react to the gazettE - stacked rubbish album !
That's my personal fave ^_^ Though DOGMA, NIL and DIM are close 2nd.
they just announced a new album for this spring !!
please,someday react to "DEVILOOF - DEVIL'S PROOF FULL ALBUM" it's another powerful japanese metal band
Outstanding maybe they will book some US dates.
it is hinted that they will held another worldtour this year or next :D hope so
Sweet if they do I am going to at least one US show.
+yasmin oz1905 i hope somewhere near me, i'd be so bummed if they came to the u.s and it wasn't my state...
even me asian nearer from japan kennot
Had to leave another comment.
Love your fucking channel Baldman
Thank you. The Gazette are one of my top 3 favorite bands, I've been shown on the channel. If I didnt have so much to get to, I would easily to a full day of nothing but Gazette. I've already listened to the album again.
How does it feel after you listened to it again? You said something and I wanted to know your final opinion: was it badly produced or the stuff was made on purpose?
I never thought it was bad production, but in certain spots certain elements were lower in the mix. I do think those were deliberate. I think they were doing certain things to add different elements.
It was such a powerful nostalgia attack... I didn’t expect that. Thank you!
I was keeping this one quiet. I wanted to surprise some of you. I really enjoyed this one.
One of the bests albums of Gazette!
Gazette have much more awesome songs(Burial Applicant, Chizuru, Before Decay...)
Also there are more
A full reaction of Noble-Versailles. Please🙏🙂
Hace reaccion del live de the gazette del 2009 final saitama super arena dim scene
i have Shiroku Yuutsu Live on my channel xD
Have you done Madara from the gazette?
You never heard of Madara!
You need to listen to their albums on flac or at least true 320kbos quality their production quality is very good but the uploads on UA-cam are pretty crappy and distort the music
The LaLala part here in Japan Ls are hard to pronounce so we end up using R in place of Ls so lalalalalale become rararare
I really enjoy that to be honest. It is a different sound than I am used to, and I feel it adds character to it. I like his accented english as well.
Hehe yeah our acent though english has a intersting texture to english
I enjoy it.
Please react to Vamps Calling
The Gazette TOXIC FULL ALBUM?
Ill get there my friend.
The album Dogma that most are suggesting, is the last album of them. I suggest we let him finally. So you will be able to notice the band's musical evolution, and how your sound was becoming heavier.
please react to dogma :(
I did that last year I think.