*this is a review of the radio rip of the song*
Oh boy. It's that time again. You know, that 'going-absolutely-crazy-and-jumping-up-and-down-when-dir-en-grey-release-something-new' time that comes around about once every year. And in spectacular DIR EN GREY fashion, they have impressed yet again with their newest track 'Unraveling' from their up coming EP of the same name.
'Unraveling' is probably one of the heaviest songs that DIR EN GREY have written in terms of instrumentation. Beginning with a heavily progressive riff, the song descends into almost 'djent' territory, with Kaoru and Die (guitars) making full use of their dropped 7 string guitars. Toshiya (bass) is very much back to his loud slapping after taking a back seat approach in their last single 'Rinkaku'. In fact, the bass leads most of the song, an aspect of DIR EN GREY that drew me to them in the first place. Shinya's (drums) is as solid as ever and the song definitely requires multiple listens to follow the intricate fills and patterns. Kyo (vocals) is perhaps the highlight of this song. He seems to sound better and more full (this may be the production) than he did on 'Rinkaku', and his screams are not as 'western' as they were on 'Kiri To Mayu'.
This song follows a similar style to that of 'Rinkaku'; heavy instrumentation with largely clean singing. I absolutely love this style that they seem to have adopted, and they do it so well. I look forward to the whole EP.
9/10
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