J-rock #1: Dir en grey

Band line up!!!

A metal group from Osaka, Japan form what is called Dir en grey. This group was founded in 1997  and has been making fantastic music ever since. This was originally a visual kei band but they have moved to a less dramatic way of dressing. 

Dir en grey dressed up in Visual kei 

The members of the group are: 
Kyo~ vocals
Kaoru~ guitar, backing vocals
Die~ guitar backing vocals
Toshiya~ bass guitar, backing vocals
Shinya~ drums

LOVE! KYO'S! CHEST!

It is said that Kyo's voice is considered a pivotal aspect of the band. Unlike other vocalists, he is able to create a beautiful range of notes along with other noises that would be considered inhuman. All of the songs that are written are written by Kyo himself and mostly deal with  society, mass media along with sexual obsession and love but with negative implications. A majority of their songs deal with double meanings or play on words using the multiple meanings of a kanji character.

Thought I would throw this in for laughs ^w^

Official Dir en grey site: http://www.direngrey.co.jp/english/e-information.html