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Rinkaku

Rinkaku

Introduction

Following the release of their 8th album "DUM SPIRO SPERO," Japanese rock band Dir en Grey went into hiatus following a vigorous touring schedule in Japan and abroad, a year and a half later returning with their single "RINKAKU" released on December 19th, 2012. Once again animator Keita Kurosaka was enlisted to create a hand drawn music video, that in many regards is much less shocking and grotesque than the band's previous collaboration with Kurosaka, the infamous "Agitated Screams of Maggots" music video.

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ProfaneValkyrie

This is a review of an AMV with the song Rinkaku made by the band Dir En Grey (an experimental Japanese metal band). I consider this AMV being one which compliments the song and not the other way around therefore i will not focuse on the lack of "plot" and other things otherwise if it had been the other way around. This one is kind of special, it is made purely by traditional pencil work which gives it a very special artistic feel to it and which contributes to the dark feeling of this song. The song itself when translated is a bittersweet somewhat dark song which has a nice melancholy feel to it without being too much. The video itself does not have that much of an plot but being a symbol of the meaning of the song. You might not like it for its experimental metal music and also the a…

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