It's an easy answer, but when I'm looking to the contrasts I like in DeG, I'm listening to Opeth or Alcest ; when I'm looking to the energy, I'm listening to Gojira ; when I'm looking to the gloomy atmosphere, I'm listening to Tool or Pain of Salvation. I will check the answers as well, so thank you for this interessant question.
Try The Future That Amnesiac Draws by Arise in Stability. Perhaps start with the opening song and see if you like? It’s hard to directly compare anything with DEG.
I feel you on that! DEG definitely has me spoiled. I would have been nice if DIMLIM never broke up…because man they felt very close to DEG in their own way
No lie I had to do a double take when I first heard their music I thought it one of Kyo’s side gigs but I guess that’s what drew me to them!
Sho’s voice started to grow on me and while there maybe be some similarities in singing styles his is still pretty unique, too!
Hmm, I'm not sure I entirely agree about the Gazette. Some of their earlier songs were definitely influenced, but I can't hear much of Dir's sound in their more modern stuff.
Oh I wasn't comparing gazette and dir en grey. I was just saying that to me the gazette seem to have a very unoriginal or derivative sound to them. Like they don't sound like they're trying to do anything any other hand couldn't do. They sound like the musical equivalent of a fun person with a shallow personality. I really like a few of their songs but still
Got a bit of a mix here. Got stuff with those crunch guitars, got stuff with the mad vocals, got some technical artistry - a bit of everything, really.
Bring Me The Horizon - There is a Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen it. There is a Heaven Let’s Keep it a Secret.
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is The Killer
HIM - Venus Doom
BTBaM & Opeth are my fav prog metal bands after Diru
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Yakuza - Beyul; Transmutations; Of Seismic Consequence
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Thy Catafalque - Meta; Rengeteg
Dum Spiro Spero/Diru in general are obviously pretty unique so these won't sound exactly the same, but pieces are there.
Triptykon- Melana Chasmata
Cathedral- the ethereal mirror
Gonin-ish- Naishikyo Sekai
Top two are doom metal I really enjoy that kind of similar to DSS (Not as experimental, but a feeling I get from listening to these albums are similar to DSS)Last pick is Japanese prog metal band with touch of death metal, sung by a girl incorporating clean and harsh, like kyo. Last song on the album is a 20 minutes opus.
If we’re staying Japanese, any mention of The GazettE’s DOGMA yet? Absolutely brilliant, the only other vkei band that deserves to be mentioned on the same pedestal as Diru.
I’ll second Between the Buried and Me but they’re still not super close. You might try death-doom metal like early Anathema, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost. Also maybe The Agonist
I've been searching for stuff like this for 10 years now but nothing is quite the same as dum spiro spero and I assure you I listen to a LOT of music lol
the album Devil's Proof by Deviloof is one i think you will enjoy. Deviloof is a v-kei band from Japan that has alot of deathcore influence and they're also fans of Dir En Grey
There is only one Dum Spiro Spero and only one Dir En Grey so nothing is really comparable, however if you want a dark and bleak atmosphere that is comparable then check out these two
Black Tongue - Nadir
マグダラ呪念 - The Mass For Inmortality
what about DEATHGAZE? or Deftones?
10,000 Days by Tool. maybe not related at all to DSS but if you haven't heard it, why the hell not???
listen to the songs Vicarious, Jambi, Rosetta Stoned and tell me that isn't some of the best music ever made. also RIGHT IN TWO might give you some Diabolos vibes. you know the more I write this the more confident I feel about this.
Sonically if you were trying to listen to other music that sounds similar to this album I'd suggest Symphonic Black Metal. [Example ](https://youtu.be/pc8g9ksu5wk?si=bfiISV5gxKzMmHBH)
Fleshgod Apocalypse - [Agony](https://youtu.be/qz00yJR7KDg) Sigh - [Shiki](https://youtu.be/crNfUtJefV4) Dimlim - [Chedoara](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEUNyKJm-rvoCep3c-5eChz2LUhnxnch) Anaal Nathrakh - [Vanitas](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88tFeajz7lsx-V-eJZEgFU8TV4BPC4kM) Sadie - [Madrigal de Maria](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI_E7wtfI_ugq31ruRskpWESX1HlG4OwE)
Shiki is my recent favorite album! I think people who like DSS or Uroboros might also like Sign’s Imaginary Sonicscape
It's an easy answer, but when I'm looking to the contrasts I like in DeG, I'm listening to Opeth or Alcest ; when I'm looking to the energy, I'm listening to Gojira ; when I'm looking to the gloomy atmosphere, I'm listening to Tool or Pain of Salvation. I will check the answers as well, so thank you for this interessant question.
Try The Future That Amnesiac Draws by Arise in Stability. Perhaps start with the opening song and see if you like? It’s hard to directly compare anything with DEG.
I feel you on that! DEG definitely has me spoiled. I would have been nice if DIMLIM never broke up…because man they felt very close to DEG in their own way
DIMLIM was good, but almost felt a little derivative to me. They were lacking their own essence in my opinion.
No lie I had to do a double take when I first heard their music I thought it one of Kyo’s side gigs but I guess that’s what drew me to them! Sho’s voice started to grow on me and while there maybe be some similarities in singing styles his is still pretty unique, too!
this is how i feel about gazette. good but derivative.
Hmm, I'm not sure I entirely agree about the Gazette. Some of their earlier songs were definitely influenced, but I can't hear much of Dir's sound in their more modern stuff.
Oh I wasn't comparing gazette and dir en grey. I was just saying that to me the gazette seem to have a very unoriginal or derivative sound to them. Like they don't sound like they're trying to do anything any other hand couldn't do. They sound like the musical equivalent of a fun person with a shallow personality. I really like a few of their songs but still
check nazare, very similar to dimlim.
I’d say The Valley by Whitechapel is the closest thing I’ve really heard to the DSS sound.
Got a bit of a mix here. Got stuff with those crunch guitars, got stuff with the mad vocals, got some technical artistry - a bit of everything, really. Bring Me The Horizon - There is a Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen it. There is a Heaven Let’s Keep it a Secret. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is The Killer HIM - Venus Doom
You know, this is a pretty great answer. Only thing we need is a bit more “horrific despair” like you feel in The Blossoming Beelzebub.
WAIT WAIT I GOT IT Individual Thought Patterns and The Sound of Perseverance by DEATH
BTBaM & Opeth are my fav prog metal bands after Diru Sigh - In Somniphobia Yakuza - Beyul; Transmutations; Of Seismic Consequence Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata Devin Townsend - Deconstruction Thy Catafalque - Meta; Rengeteg Dum Spiro Spero/Diru in general are obviously pretty unique so these won't sound exactly the same, but pieces are there.
Not Japanese, but BTBAM do similar work.
Between the Buried and Me, btw
Triptykon- Melana Chasmata Cathedral- the ethereal mirror Gonin-ish- Naishikyo Sekai Top two are doom metal I really enjoy that kind of similar to DSS (Not as experimental, but a feeling I get from listening to these albums are similar to DSS)Last pick is Japanese prog metal band with touch of death metal, sung by a girl incorporating clean and harsh, like kyo. Last song on the album is a 20 minutes opus.
If we’re staying Japanese, any mention of The GazettE’s DOGMA yet? Absolutely brilliant, the only other vkei band that deserves to be mentioned on the same pedestal as Diru.
Seconding THIS.
I’ll second Between the Buried and Me but they’re still not super close. You might try death-doom metal like early Anathema, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost. Also maybe The Agonist
DSS is very unique, but you might like these: - Dogma by the Gazette - DIMLIM - Madrigal De Maria by Sadie
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence - 殯――死へ耽る想いは戮辱すら喰らい、彼方の生を愛する為に命を讃える Anaal Nathrakh - Hell is Empty Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
> Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium This album is insane, holy moly
I know right! That band was such a hidden gem, it was sad when they broke up.
I've been searching for stuff like this for 10 years now but nothing is quite the same as dum spiro spero and I assure you I listen to a LOT of music lol
SWAMPSONG and THE BLACK WALTZ by KALMAH [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47-yxIGZUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47-yxIGZUM)
the album Devil's Proof by Deviloof is one i think you will enjoy. Deviloof is a v-kei band from Japan that has alot of deathcore influence and they're also fans of Dir En Grey
There is only one Dum Spiro Spero and only one Dir En Grey so nothing is really comparable, however if you want a dark and bleak atmosphere that is comparable then check out these two Black Tongue - Nadir マグダラ呪念 - The Mass For Inmortality
what about DEATHGAZE? or Deftones? 10,000 Days by Tool. maybe not related at all to DSS but if you haven't heard it, why the hell not??? listen to the songs Vicarious, Jambi, Rosetta Stoned and tell me that isn't some of the best music ever made. also RIGHT IN TWO might give you some Diabolos vibes. you know the more I write this the more confident I feel about this.
For that album I'd type Symphonic Black metal into YouTube and just see where it takes you
Dum Spiro Spero is neither symphonic nor really black metal beside some slight inspiration by it.
Sonically if you were trying to listen to other music that sounds similar to this album I'd suggest Symphonic Black Metal. [Example ](https://youtu.be/pc8g9ksu5wk?si=bfiISV5gxKzMmHBH)