Kyo (10,439 views)

[Electric Mami]

Photo taken by Lucy C.H. at Le Bataclan on March 23, 2024

Full name: 西村 宏則 / Nishimura Hironori
Stage name: 京 / Romanised Kyou, commonly referred to as Kyo
Birth date and place: February 16, 1976 in Kyoto, Japan
Associated acts (all as vocalist):
1993/05-1994/04 - Gesshoku (As 殀磨, read as Yoma)
1994/05-1995/05 - Viṣṇu (As 殀磨)
1995/05-1995/10 - Masquerade (As 京)
1995/12-1997/01 - La:Sadie’s
1997/02-Present - DIR EN GREY (Called DEATHMASK for an event on January 24, 1997 / Stylised Dir en grey until 2006)
2013/10-Present - sukekiyo
2021/12-Present - Petit Brabancon
Vocal range and voice type: E1 - F♯6 (5 octaves and 2 semitones) / Wearing Tenor Skin

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{Vocal Summary}

Rot, filth, abrasion, decay, loathing, fury, a select few of the words that come to mind when trying to establish to the uninitiated exactly what it is that Kyo channels. The frontman for one of the few bands hailing from Japan who have just as stable a fanbase abroad as at home, alternative metal quintet Dir En Grey started life in the 2nd wave of visual kei. Having always stood out as more morose than their peers, it wasn't until they made a habit of interpolating the sounds that were taking off in the alt-metal scenes of the west that they got their big break, eventually evolving into something all their own with their watershed album Uroboros (pretty much every metal-leaning vk outfit post 2010 rips off this in some way, as are their vocalists often linked directly back to Kyo himself).

As the band tirelessly forged their sound, Hironori "Kyo" Nishimura was engaging in experiments of his own with his voice. His placement reasonably middling, though nonetheless firmly on the higher side of the spectrum, Kyo possesses a warm lower register which he engages with extraordinary wealth for a singer of his style. Though he doesn't seem to bring an awful lot of chest into his mix (and with how high he writes his melody lines, I can't say I blame him), his upper register has fantastic weight and colour. A many faceted beast, Kyo's upper register, easily his defining characteristic, is made up of soaring belts, pinging falsetto and some of the most ferocious harsh vocals you'll find this side of a tiger enclosure. Now, quite a bit of Kyo's more extended techniques are not suitable for inclusion in this profile. His use of fry whistle carries unimpressive tone from a technical perspective, despite suiting the atmosphere of his music, his forays into actual pure whistle (that is, not the overtones produced by his screaming technique) leave a whole lot to be desired and I shouldn't need to explain the forum's stance on the inclusion of inhales any more than it already have been. In any case, they are a vital segment of his repertoire and warrant mention and praise all the same.
Written by IhateMana

Live vocals analysis by Døc here.

Significant High Notes (1220)

F♯6 (“Cause of fickleness”)
F6 (“AMON”)
E6 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” Sunshine Theatre 2010/09/05, “The inferno” Re:Public 2015/05/17, “Shitataru Mourou”)
E♭6 (“THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” Various 2011/12 Live Performances, “OBSCURE” LOTUS version, “Tsumi to Batsu” Teatro Caupolicán 2011/11/23, “VINUSHKA” USEN STUDIO COAST 2022/01/27)
D6 (“Akatsuki” Demo2010, “BUGABOO” Odgen Theatre 2010/09/04, “DIFFERENT SENSE” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2013/05/16, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami” House of Blues Chicago 2011/12/18, “Karasu”, “LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2011/11/08, “Rasetsukoku” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23, “Revelation of mankind”, “Sustain the untruth” The Opera House 2015/11/13, “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame” The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center 2011/12/22)
C♯6 (“THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” Nova Rock 2013/06/16, “BUGABOO” Various Live Performances, “DOZING GREEN” Wacken Open Air 2011/08/06, “Juuyoku”, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “HYDRA -666-” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23, “Karma” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2013/05/16, “LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2010/07/21, “mazohyst of decadence” House of Blues Houston 2011/12/04, “Ningen o Kaburu” The Regent Theatre 2019/12/05, “OBSCURE” The LCR 2009/01/21, “RED SOIL” Various Live Performances, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “Rubbish Heap” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08, “Spilled Milk” Turbinenhalle 2024/03/28, “Sustain the untruth”, “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version, “Uyuu no Sora” Kyoto Theatre 2014/05/06, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Zan” Tokyo Dome City Hall 2011/11/11)
C6 (“AMON”, “Behind a vacant image” Mayan Theatre 2015/11/05, “Bottom of the death valley” Showbox at The Market 2013/11/22, “BUGABOO” Gothic Theatre 2009/11/18, “CLEVER SLEAZOID” Ochita Koto no Aru Sora version, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “dead tree” Various Live Performances, “DECAYED CROW”, “Devote My Life” Various Live Performances, “DIABOLOS”, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “T.D.F.F.” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/27, “Downfall” El Plaza Condesa 2019/12/19, “dunes” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “focus”, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro” / “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro” Showbox at The Market 2008/12/03, “GRIEF” Various Live Performances, “HADES” House of Blues West Hollywood 2013/11/24, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “HYDRA -666-” Nippon Budokan 2010/01/09, “Keigaku no Yoku” Various Live Performances, “latour”, “leather field” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “maniera” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version, “Merciless Cult” Various Live Performances, “Ningen o Kaburu” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08, “OBSCURE” LOTUS version, “RED SOIL”, “REPETITION OF HATRED” Trees 2011/12/05, “ROTTING ROOT” Koko 2010/08/03, “Shokubeni” Various Live Performances, “Shitataru Mourou” Trees 2011/12/05, “STUCK MAN” Various Live Performances, “Unknown.Despair.Lost” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08, “Unraveling” Varsity Theatre 2013/11/17, “Uta Fumi”, “VINUSHKA” Various Live Performances, “Zan” Various Live Performances)
B5 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” Zepp Nagoya 2017/04/18, “Ameagari no Yuushi” QSW Culture Centre 2015/03/15, “audience KILLER LOOP” Yokohama Arena 2017/07/07, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” Various Live Performances, “Bring Them to Light” Apocalyptica × Kyo at The Regency Ballroom 2010/09/09, “dead tree” Saitama Super Arena 2007/11/23-24, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” Zepp Nagoya 2017/04/18, “Devote My Life”, “DISABLED COMPLEXES” Palladium Ballroom 2008/11/26, “T.D.F.F.” Le Bataclan 2024/03/23, “DOZING GREEN” Various Live Performances, “Eddie” Zepp Haneda 2023/05/22, “GRIEF”, “The Hole” Spotify O-EAST 2023/09/04, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL” Various Live Performances, “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances, “Karma” Various Live Performances, “Keibetsu to Hajimari” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” Nanba Hatch 2006/12/14, “Kuukoku no Kyouon” QSW Culture Center Q Hall 2015/12/12, “leather field” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE”, “Madara Ningen”, “maniera”, “Ningen o Kaburu” Various Live Performances, “OBSCURE” Cardiff University Great Hall 2009/01/17, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora”, “Rasetsukoku” DUM SPIRO SPERO version / “Rasetsukoku” Le Divan du Monde 2011/08/10, “REPETITION OF HATRED” CLUB CITTA’ 2011/09/13, “Ryoujoku no Ame” Rock im Park 2009/06/05, “Schadenfreude” Various Live Performances, “Schwein no Isu” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2014/08/30, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Urawa NARCISS 1996/12/27, “SESSION” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “Shokubeni” Various Live Performances, “Soshaku” Various Live Performances, “STUCK MAN”, “Unraveling” Various Live Performances, “Uroko” Bottom Lounge 2015/11/09, “Uyuu no Sora” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “Zan” Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami and 19990120 versions)
B♭5 (“THE IIID EMPIRE” Various Live Performances, “13” Zepp Haneda 2023/05/22, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- at Gothic Theatre 2008/12/05, “Ameagari no Yuushi” C-Club 2014/09/20, “AMON” Koko 2011/08/12, “Anata Yori Ue” MUSIC ZONE @ E-Max 2019/07/14, “Aoi Tsuki” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08, “Ash” Electric Ballroom 2018/10/16, “Behind a vacant image” Various Live Performances, “Bring Them to Light” Apocalyptica × Kyo at Roseland Theatre 2010/09/12, “BUGABOO” / “BUGABOO” Various Live Performances, “Chain repulsion” LIQUIDROOM 2016/02/12, “CLEVER SLEAZOID” Terminal 5 2008/11/14, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” Various Live Performances, “DIABOLOS”, “Downfall” Various Live Performances, “DOZING GREEN”, “elisabeth addict” Shibuya-AX 2013/12/29, “THE FINAL” Rock am Ring 2009/06/07, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “HADES” Yokohama BLITZ 2013/09/18, “hemimetabolism” Various Live Performances, “Hidauta” Various Live Performances, “HYDRA -666-”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL” Various Live Performances, “The inferno” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2016/07/01, “INWARD SCREAM” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/09, “Juuyoku”, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “Kawaki” Toyosu PIT 2023/01/28, “Keigaku no Yoku”, “Kiri to Mayu” Ginko Hall Izumity 21 2018/04/28, “Kubitsuri Yuugu” Sendai RENSA 2018/01/20, “MACABRE”, “Magayasou” Various Live Performances, “mazohyst of decadence” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2014/08/30, “Midwife” Nippon Budokan 2016/02/05, “Pull the trigger” Studio Session Ver., “Rasetsukoku” DUM SPIRO SPERO version, “RED SOIL”, “Reiketsu Nariseba” Progresja 2024/03/20, “Ruin of Existence” Toyosu PIT 2023/01/28, “Ruten no Tou”, “朔-saku-” Various Live Performances, “Saredo Michizure”, “scars like velvet” Yokohama F.A.D 2016/03/20, “SESSION” PERSUASIO Rehearsal 2015/02, “Shiryou no Ariana”, “Shokubeni”, “Shuchou ni Te o Nobasu Shura”, “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo, “Ugly” Le Zénith Paris 2007/11/10, “Unknown.Despair.Lost” House of Blues West Hollywood 2013/11/24, “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover, “The World of Mercy” Astra 2020/02/01, “Zetsuentai” Various Live Performances)
A5 (“Anata Yori Ue”, “Ash” Various Live Performances, “Berry” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “Bottom of the death valley” THE UNRAVELING version, “Bring Them to Light” Apocalyptica × Kyo at Club Nokia 2010/09/08, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “Celebrate Empty Howls”, “Chain repulsion” FZW 2015/05/21, “Creeper” Various Live Performances, “DECAYED CROW”, “The Devil In Me”, “Devote My Life”, “DIFFERENT SENSE” Tivoli 2011/08/07, “DOZING GREEN” Terminal 5 2008/11/14, “dunes”, “elisabeth addict” Shinjuku ReNY 2017/03/21, “THE FINAL” House of Blues Chicago 2011/12/18, “focus”, “Frame out kara no”, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro”, “GARBAGE” Le Bataclan 2024/03/22, “GRIEF” Various Live Performances, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “hidden one” Tokyo International Forum Hall A 2015/12/02, “Hyouhaku Flavour” Nanba Hatch 2022/02/13, “Karasu”, “Kasumi” THE UNRAVELING version, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “鬼眼-kigan-” Gothic Theatre 2009/11/18, “Kiri to Mayu” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08, “Kodou” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23, “leather field” Various Live Performances, “Magayasou”, “Naburi” KT Zepp Yokohama 2022/02/16, “OBSCURE” VULGAR version, “Rubbish Heap”, “朔-saku-” Islington Assembly Hall 2024/03/25, “scars like velvet” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “Schadenfreude”, “Schwein no Isu” Live Square VIVRE 1999/07/30, “Shitataru Mourou”, “Shokubeni” Le Divan du Monde 2011/08/10, “STUCK MAN” Various 2009/11 Live Performances, “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version, “Unraveling”, “Uroko”, “Uta Fumi” Single version, “vandal”, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”)
G♯5 (“aftermath”, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- at Terminal 5 2008/11/14, “Akatsuki” Demo2010, “Akatsuki”, “AMBER” Various Live Performances, “Beautiful Dirt” Various Live Performances, “Bottom of the death valley” House of Blues West Hollywood 2009/11/22, “Bottom of the death valley” THE UNRAVELING version, “Byou「」Shin” (Unreleased remake) Shibuya-AX 2012/10/10, “C” Various Live Performances, “Cause of fickleness”, “children” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” / “THE DEEPER VILENESS” Wacken Open Air 2007/08/02, “DIABOLOS” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/09, “DISABLED COMPLEXES” Ginko Hall Izumity 21 2018/04/28, “T.D.F.F.”, “Doukoku to Sarinu” Progresja 2024/03/20, “Downfall”, “DOZING GREEN” Final version / “DOZING GREEN” Final version - Shot In One Take, “Eddie”, “Furan Yue ni…” Single version, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro” Various Live Performances, “GARBAGE” Various Live Performances, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.” Tokyo International Forum Hall C 2018/11/15, “Guuzou Moratorium” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2010/07/21, “hemimetabolism”, “Honnou Okotowari” Various Live Performances, “Hydra”, “HYDRA -666-” Le Divan du Monde 2011/08/09, “Kaishun”, “Karasu”, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “Keibetsu to Hajimari”, “Kimi wa Mukidashi” Kyoto Theatre 2021/07/03, “kisses”, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts 2006/09/16, “Kodou” ROCK Bandoh! 2015/10/18, “Kubitsuri Yuugu” Tokyo International Forum Hall C 2018/11/15, “Kyoukotsu no Nari”, “Machiavellism” Turbinenhalle 2024/03/28, “Madara Ningen”, “Magayasou”, “maniera”, “mazohyst of decadence” GAUZE version, “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version, “Merciless Cult” Various Live Performances, “Miserable”, “Mr.NEWSMAN” Club 202 2011/08/18, “Mouai ni Shosu”, “Myaku” CLUB CITTA’ 2024/01/17, “Naburi” CLUB CITTA’ 2015/05/15, “nine melted fiction” Various Live Performances, “The Perfume of Sins”, “Ranunculus” Aurora Concert Hall 2018/10/06, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “ROTTING ROOT” Koko 2011/08/12, “Rubbish Heap” Meguro Rokumeikan 2021/01/22, “Ruten no Tou”, “Ryoujoku no Ame” Various Live Performances, “Schadenfreude”, “SESSION” QSW Culture Centre 2015/03/15, “Shitataru Mourou”, “Shokubeni” Various Live Performances, “Shuchou ni Te o Nobasu Shura” Zepp Haneda 2022/09/21, “Soshaku”, “STUCK MAN” Various Live Performances, “Tefu Tefu” Various Live Performances, “Tousei” Rock im Revier 2015/05/29, “Ugly” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2009/09/15, “Un deux” Le Bataclan 2015/05/26, “Unknown.Despair.Lost”, “Uroko” Nippon Budokan 2016/02/05, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau” / “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau” Various Live Performances, “Uyuu no Sora” Yokohama F.A.D 2016/03/20, “Values of Madness” Ace of Spades 2019/12/06, “vandal” Kyoto Theatre 2014/05/06, “VANITAS”, “VINUSHKA”, “Ware, Yami Tote…”, “The World of Mercy”, “Yumemi Doro” Kyoto FANJ 2022/08/16, “Zakuro” Various 2011/08 Live Performances, “Zetsuentai”)
G5 (“12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “Akatsuki”, “Akuro no Oka” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2014/08/30, “Ameagari no Yuushi” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28 and 2016/07/17, “audience KILLER LOOP” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2008/10/18, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “BUGABOO”, “Celebrate Empty Howls”, “celeste”, “Chain repulsion” / “Chain repulsion” O₂ Academy Islington 2015/05/23, “CHILD PREY” The Opera House 2015/11/13, “Common destiny”, “DECAYED CROW” / “DECAYED CROW” Koko 2011/08/12, “Deity” Shibuya Koukaidou 2013/05/24, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “Downfall”, “EASY MAKE,EASY MARK” D’ERLANGER cover, “elisabeth addict”, “THE FATAL BELIEVER”, “THE FINAL” THE UNRAVELING version, “focus”, “Followers”, “Fukai” Various Live Performances, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “GRIEF”, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.” / “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.” Tokyo International Forum Hall C 2018/11/15, “HADES”, “Hibiki”, “hidden one”, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “The Hole” Zepp DiverCity 2022/10/06, “a humble border” Nanba Hatch 2024/01/07, “in all weathers”, “The inferno”, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…” Seimei no Tsumi… version, “鴉-karasu-” Zeche 2011/08/13, “Karasu” / “Karasu” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08, “Kawaki”, “Kigan”, “Kiri to Mayu” Rinkaku version, “Koku”, “Kubitsuri Yuugu” Yokohama BAY HALL 2018/01/14, “Kugui”, “latour”, “leather field”, “Loser” Studio Session Ver., “MACABRE”, “MARMALADE CHAINSAW”, “Myaku” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26, “Naburi”, “nine melted fiction”, “Ningen o Kaburu”, “Otogi”, “A Praying Man”, “Pull the trigger”, “Ranunculus” Various Live Performances, “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version, “Rasetsukoku” DUM SPIRO SPERO version, “Revelation of mankind”, “Rinkaku”, “Ruin of Existence”, “Saredo Michizure”, “scars like velvet”, “Schadenfreude” KBS Hall 2023/05/05, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Ichikawa CLUB GIO 1996/08/20, “STUCK MAN” Nanba Hatch 2008/05/01, “Sustain the untruth”, “Tsumi to Batsu” Live Square VIVRE 1999/07/30, “Unknown.Despair.Lost”, “Valentina”, “Values of Madness” Various Live Performances, “vandal”, “VINUSHKA”, “Waizatsu” Unknown Live Performance, “Zakuro” Le Divan du Monde 2011/08/10, “残-ZAN-”, “zephyr”)
F♯5 (“THE ⅢD EMPIRE” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “13”, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS”, “ain’t afraid to die” Various Live Performances, “anima” Various Live Performances, “Aoi Tsuki” Various Live Performances, “Beautiful Dirt” / “Beautiful Dirt” Various Live Performances, “Behind a vacant image”, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “BUGABOO”, “C” Various Live Performances, “Chain repulsion”, “CLEVER SLEAZOID”, “CONCEIVED SORROW”, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “dead tree”, “Deity” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26, “DIABOLOS”, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “DISABLED COMPLEXES” Various Live Performances, “T.D.F.F.”, “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “dunes” / “dunes” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “EASY MAKE,EASY MARK” D’ERLANGER cover, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection”, “FILTH” Various Live Performances, “Followers”, “Frame out kara no”, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro”, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “Giji Necromancer” Kyoto Theatre 2021/07/03, “GLASS SKIN”, “GRIEF” Various Live Performances, “Hakudaku”, “Hidauta” Various Live Performances, “Houmonsha X”, “HYDRA -666-”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL”, “INCREASE BLUE” Various Live Performances, “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances, “Isolated spiral”, “Jesus Christ R’n R” Nippon Budokan 2006/07/31, “Kaishun”, “Kasumi” THE UNRAVELING version, “Keigaku no Yoku” The Regent Theatre 2019/12/05, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.”, “Kodou” L’Olympia 2005/07/24, “Kugui” Kofu CONVICTION 2022/08/20, “Kuukoku no Kyouon”, “LOTUS”, “Machiavellism” / “Machiavellism” Zepp Tokyo 2017/10/12, “Madara Ningen”, “Magayasou”, “MASK” Various Live Performances, “Miserable”, “蟲-mushi-” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/07, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora”, “Oboro”, “The Perfume of Sins”, “THE PLEDGE”, “RED SOIL”, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite” Zepp DiverCity 2024/02/20, “ROTTING ROOT”, “Ruten no Tou”, “Ryoujoku no Ame” Single version / “Ryoujoku no Ame” THE MARROW OF A BONE version, “朔-saku-” / “朔-saku-” Various Live Performances, “Scarlet”, “scars like velvet”, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Seimei no Tsumi… version, “Sharara”, “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo, “Spilled Milk” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/26, “surely” Studio Session Ver., “Toguro”, “Tousei”, “Un deux” The Opera House 2015/11/13, “Unraveling” / “Unraveling” Irving Plaza 2013/11/11, “Uroko”, “Values of Madness” / “Values of Madness” Various Live Performances, “VANITAS”, “VINUSHKA”, “Waizatsu”, “Wake” The Insulated World version, “Ware, Yami Tote…”, “Yumemi Doro” AMOR version, “Zan” 19990120 version, “ZOMBOID” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/08)
F5 (“THE ⅢD EMPIRE” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED-, “Akatsuki”, “AMON”, “Ash” / “Ash” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2018/06/30, “Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu” Various Live Performances, “Berry” Zepp Osaka 2000/12/22, “BUGABOO”, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “Cause of fickleness”, “Chain repulsion”, “children”, “CHILD PREY” Various Live Performances, “DISABLED COMPLEXES”, “The Domestic Fucker Family” Various Live Performances, “Downfall”, “T.D.F.F.”, “Fukai” Various Live Performances, “elisabeth addict”, “THE FATAL BELIEVER”, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “GARBAGE”, “GAUZE -mode of adam-”, “Gion” CLUB CITTA’ 2021/01/14, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “Guuzou Moratorium” Nakano Sun Plaza 2019/06/27, “HADES” / “HADES” Various Live Performances, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “Hidauta”, “The Hole”, “Honnou Okotowari”, “Houmonsha X”, “Hydra” / “Hydra” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/03, “in all weathers”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL”, “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances, “INCREASE BLUE”, “JESSICA” Zepp Haneda 2022/11/09, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…”, “Kawaki”, “Keibetsu to Hajimari”, “Kiri to Mayu” Rinkaku version, “鬼眼-kigan-” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/07, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/09, “Kou mo Chigau Mono na no ka, Yousuruni”, “【KR】cube” Zepp Osaka 2000/12/22, “Kubitsuri Yuugu”, “latour”, “Loser”, “Magayasou” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2015/01/10, “mama” Furan Cinema Teikoku Gakudan version, “MARMALADE CHAINSAW” Unknown Concert - TOUR03 OVER THE VULGAR SHUDDER, “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version, “Mr.NEWSMAN” Various Live Performances, “MOAN” Zepp DiverCity 2024/02/20, “Mosaic Shoujo”, “Muchitsujo wa Mukuchi to Utau”, “Myaku”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi”, “NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS” BUCK-TICK cover, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “nine melted fiction”, “Ningen o Kaburu”, “OBSCURE” VULGAR version, “OBSCURE” LOTUS version, “Pink Killer”, “THE PLEDGE”, “Prayer”, “A Praying Man” CLUB CITTA’ 2021/01/14, “RED…［em］” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2016/07/01, “RED SOIL” -Unplugged-, “Revelation of mankind”, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite”, “Rubbish Heap”, “Ruin of Existence”, “Ruten no Tou”, “Saredo Michizure”, “Schwein no Isu”, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Seimei no Tsumi… version, “Shokubeni”, “Shuchou ni Te o Nobasu Shura”, “Spilled Milk” Rock am Ring 2006/06/02, “Sustain the untruth”, “Toguro”, “Tousei”, “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version in Various Live Performances, “umbrella” Various Live Performances, “Unknown.Despair.Lost” House of Blues Chicago 2013/11/16, “Uta Fumi”, “vandal”, “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover, “The World of Mercy”, “Zakuro” Various Live Performances, “残-ZAN-”, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo / “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo at Nakano Sun Plaza 2019/07/07)
E5 (“Ash” Zepp Osaka 2000/12/22, “12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “13”, “aftermath”, “ain’t afraid to die” PHALARIS version, “Ameagari no Yuushi”, “and Zero” Nippon Budokan 2016/02/05, “audience KILLER LOOP”, “Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu”, “Behind a vacant image”, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “Candis”, “Celebrate Empty Howls”, “celeste”, “children”, “CLEVER SLEAZOID”, “come to a screaming halt” Zepp Haneda 2022/09/26, “Common destiny”, “dead tree” Carling Islington Academy 2007/08/01, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” The Insulated World version, “The Devil In Me”, “The Domestic Fucker Family” Yokohama Arena 2003/01/11, “EASY MAKE,EASY MARK” D’ERLANGER cover, “Eddie”, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26, “Followers”, “Furan Yue ni…”, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “Dokusatsu” BLOW DOWN 1993/09/29, “DOZING GREEN” Before Construction Ver. / Final Japanese/English version, “dunes”, “En”, “FILTH” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/06/30, “foster mother”, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro”, “Genkaku no Hana”, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “Gesshoku” BLOW DOWN 1993/09/29, “Gloss”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk”, “Hakudaku”, “Hibiki”, “Hidauta”, “Higeki wa Mabuta o Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu” Various Live Performances, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “Houmonsha X” Spotify O-EAST 2023/09/04 + Zepp DiverCity 2024/02/20, “a humble border”, “HYDRA -666-”, “INCREASE BLUE” Various Live Performances, “Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki” Nanba Hatch 2006/12/14, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”, “Juuyoku” Unplugged Ver., “Karma” 「Kaede」 ～if trans…～ version, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “Kamuy”, “鴉-karasu-”, “Karasu”, “Kawaki”, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Kigan” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2019/04/15, “Kiri to Mayu” Osaka Banana Hall 2000/12/31, “kisses”, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” / “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” Hawthorne Theatre 2008/12/02, “Kokyuu”, “Kou mo Chigau Mono na no ka, Yousuruni” umeda TRAD 2019/06/04, “Kubitsuri Yuugu”, “Kuukoku no Kyouon”, “latour”, “leather field”, “Loser”, “LOTUS”, “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-” Various Live Performances, “MACABRE”, “mama” IMMORTALIS version, “maniera”, “Mannerism na Tsumetai Souretsusha”, “mazohyst of decadence” Various Live Performances, “Mimi Zozo”, “Miserable”, “MOAN”, “Mouai ni Shosu”, “Muchitsujo wa Mukuchi to Utau”, “NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS” BUCK-TICK cover, “nine melted fiction”, “OBEY”, “Oboro”, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora”, “Otogi”, “Piano & Shi Session” Unknown Live Performance, “Pink Killer”, “Ranunculus”, “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version, “Rinkaku”, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite”, “REPETITION OF HATRED” hide memorial summit 2008/05/04, “Ryoujoku no Ame”, “朔-saku-”, “Sangeki no Yoru” KBS Hall 2023/05/05, “Schadenfreude”, “Schwein no Isu”, “SESSION” Zepp Tokyo 2021/12/23, “Setsudan” DEAD ONE 2shuunen Kinen ～Omnibus Demo～ version, “Shoukei Hatan Sekai”, “STUCK MAN”, “Sustain the untruth”, “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version, “Ugly” Zepp Tokyo 2004/04/25, “Un deux” KBS Hall 2023/05/05, “Unraveling”, “Uroko”, “Uta Fumi”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “Valentina”, “Values of Madness”, “The World of Mercy”, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Zakuro” Various Live Performances, “zephyr”, “Zetsuentai”, “ZOMBOID”)
E♭5 (“THE IIID EMPIRE” Various Live Performances, “24 Cylinder” Yokohama Arena 2003/01/11, “AMON”, “Aoi Tsuki” Various Live Performances, “Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu”, “Berry”, “Bring Them to Light” Apocalyptica × Kyo in Various Live Performances, “Byou「」Shin” Yokohama Arena 2003/01/11, “C”, “CHILD PREY” Various Live Performances, “CONCEIVED SORROW”, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “dead tree”, “DISABLED COMPLEXES”, “The Domestic Fucker Family”, “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “EASY MAKE,EASY MARK” D’ERLANGER cover, “THE FATAL BELIEVER”, “THE FINAL”, “Fukai”, “GARBAGE” / “GARBAGE” Nippon Budokan 2006/08/01, “Genkaku no Hana”, “GLASS SKIN”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/08, “The Hole”, “Honnou Okotowari”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL”, “INWARD SCREAM” hide memorial summit 2008/05/04, “Kaishun”, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…”, “I kill myself”, “鴉-karasu-”, “Kodou” Dir en grey song, “Koku”, “LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE”, “MACABRE”, “Machiavellism” / “Machiavellism” Zepp Haneda 2022/11/08, “Maimu” Various Live Performances, “Myaku”, “Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi”, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “OBSCURE” VULGAR version, “The Perfume of Sins”, “THE PLEDGE”, “A Praying Man”, “Phenomenon”, “Rasetsukoku” Osaka Kouseinenkin Kaikan 2002/05/23, “RED…［em］”, “ROTTING ROOT” Zepp Nagoya 2017/04/18, “「S」”, “朔-saku-”, “Sangeki no Yoru” KBS Hall 2023/05/05, “Saredo Michizure”, “Scarlet”, “Schwein no Isu” Zepp Haneda 2022/11/08, “Shiryou no Ariana”, “Shokubeni”, “Soshaku”, “Toguro”, “Uyuu no Sora”, “VINUSHKA”, “Ware, Yami Tote…”)
D5 (“THE ⅢD EMPIRE” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “Aka”, “anima”, “Aoguroi Hysteria”, “Ash” Ningen o Kaburu version, “Behind a vacant image”, “Bottom of the death valley” THE UNRAVELING version, “Candis”, “Cause of fickleness”, “Chain repulsion”, “Creeper”, “DIABOLOS”, “DRAIN AWAY” CLUB CITTA’ 2009/09/14, “En”, “FILTH”, “Followers”, “focus”, “Frame out kara no”, “Fukai” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “Giji Necromancer”, “Gion” Zepp Haneda 2022/09/21, “Gloss”, “Gumon” Demo Ver., “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “HADES” / “HADES” Various Live Performances, “Hakudaku”, “Hibiki”, “hidden one”, “Honnou Okotowari”, “Houmonsha X”, “a humble border”, “I kill myself”, “INCREASE BLUE”, “JESSICA”, “Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”, “Kamuy”, “Kawaki”, “Kigan”, “Kokyuu”, “Kou mo Chigau Mono na no ka, Yousuruni” 1 shot analog recording -demo ver. 20171121-, “Kugui” / “Kugui” Kyoto Theatre 2021/07/04, “leather field”, “Madara Ningen”, “Magayasou”, “Mannerism na Tsumetai Souretsusha”, “MARMALADE CHAINSAW”, “MASK”, “Mosaic Shoujo”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “obje×××”, “OBSCURE” LOTUS version, “The Perfume of Sins”, “Phenomenon”, “Piano & Shi Session” Nakano Sun Plaza 2019/06/27, “Prayer”, “Ranunculus”, “RED…［em］”, “Revelation of mankind”, “Rubbish Heap”, “Sangeki no Yoru”, “Shiryou no Ariana” CLUB CITTA’ 2018/05/15, “Shitataru Mourou”, “Shuchou ni Te o Nobasu Shura”, “Tada, Mada, Watashi.”, “Tsukigami~Artemis~” Vasalla × Dir en grey, “umbrella”, “Unraveling”, “Uso”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “Valentina”, “Values of Madness”, “vandal”, “Wake” The Insulated World version, “The World of Mercy”, “Yumemi Doro”, “Zakuro”, “残-ZAN-”, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo)
C♯5 (“THE IIID EMPIRE” VULGAR version / “THE IIID EMPIRE” Various Live Performances, “13”, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS”, “ain’t afraid to die”, “Akatsuki”, “Beautiful Dirt”, “Bottom of the death valley” Kisou version, “C”, “CLEVER SLEAZOID”, “Common destiny”, “dead tree” Different melody - Various 2007 Live Performances, “DECAYED CROW” Hokuto Bunka Hall 2016/09/23, “THE DEEPER VILENESS”, “Don’t forget”, “DOZING GREEN”, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection”, “embryo” Akasaka BLITZ 2000/07/04, “THE FINAL” Unplugged Ver., “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro”, “GARBAGE”, “Gesshoku”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk” / “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/04, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “Hydra” Osaka Kouseinenkin Kaikan 2002/05/23, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “Juuyoku”, “Kaishun”, “Kasumi”, “Keigaku no Yoku”, “鬼眼-kigan-” Gothic Theatre 2009/11/18, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “Kodou” Dir en grey song, “Kuchi ni Ringo”, “Machiavellism”, “mama” IMMORTALIS version, “Margaret”, “Merciless Cult” / “Merciless Cult” Various Live Performances, “Miscast” X JAPAN cover at hide memorial summit 2008/05/04, “Mr.NEWSMAN” Various Live Performances, “Nurebairo”, “Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki”, “Kiri to Mayu” MISSA version, “NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS” BUCK-TICK cover, “Oboro”, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora”, “THE PLEDGE”, “Я TO THE CORE”, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “REPETITION OF HATRED”, “Ryoujoku no Ame”, “Setsudan” DEAD ONE 2shuunen Kinen ～Omnibus Demo～ version, “Sharara”, “Shinkyoku 1” Nanba ROCKETS 1997/05/31, “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo, “Spilled Milk”, “Tefu Tefu”, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost”, “Unraveling”, “Uyuu no Sora” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “VANITAS”, “ZOMBOID”)
C5 (“12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “24 Cylinder” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/07, “Aishita Shinzou” Spotify O-EAST 2023/09/04, “AMBER” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2016/07/02, “Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu”, “Berry”, “BUGABOO”, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “Candis”, “Celebrate Empty Howls”, “children” six Ugly version, “Creeper” / “Creeper” Zepp Tokyo 2021/12/23, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “Dokusatsu” ROCK Tengoku Jack in the Music Box version, “DRAIN AWAY”, “Eddie”, “elisabeth addict”, “FILTH”, “THE FINAL” THE UNRAVELING version, “focus” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “Fukai”, “Furan Yue ni…” Single version, “Gesshoku”, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “hidden one”, “The Hole”, “Honnou Okotowari”, “a humble border”, “in all weathers”, “Isolated spiral”, “JESSICA”, “Jintai Mokei 12-inch Nashonari TV”, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…” Single version, “Karasu”, “Keibetsu to Hajimari”, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “Kubitsuri Yuugu”, “Kodou” Petit Brabancon song, “Kokuhaku” / “Kokuhaku” BLOW DOWN 1993/09/29, “Maimu”, “MASK”, “Midwife”, “Mimi Zozo”, “MOAN”, “Mosaic Shoujo”, “Mouai ni Shosu”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi”, “Ningen o Kaburu”, “OBSCURE” VULGAR version, “Pink Killer”, “Pull the trigger”, “raison detre” Nippon Budokan 1998/11/02, “Ranshishoku” Shibuya ON AIR WEST 1997/10/28, “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version, “Revelation of mankind”, “ROTTING ROOT”, “Rubbish Heap”, “Sajou no Uta”, “Schadenfreude”, “Seimei no Tsumi…”, “Shitataru Mourou”, “Shokubeni”, “Soshaku”, “Tada, Mada, Watashi.”, “Tsukigami~Artemis~” Vasalla × Dir en grey, “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version, “Ugly”, “Unknown.Despair.Lost”, “Uroko”, “Uta Fumi”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “Values of Madness”, “Waizatsu”, “Zakuro”, “Zan” 19990120 version, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo, “Zetsuentai”)
B4 (“12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” TEATR CLUB 2014/09/13, “ain’t afraid to die”, “Aishita Shinzou”, “AMBER”, “Anata Yori Ue”, “Aoguroi Hysteria”, “Ash” Ningen o Kaburu version, “audience KILLER LOOP”, “Behind a vacant image”, “Berry”, “Byou「」Shin” six Ugly version, “celeste”, “CHILD PREY”, “come to a screaming halt”, “dead tree”, “The Devil In Me”, “Don’t forget”, “dunes”, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection”, “En”, “foster mother”, “Furan Yue ni…”, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “Giji Necromancer”, “Gion”, “GRIEF”, “Gumon” Demo Ver., “Guuzou Moratorium” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/28, “HADES”, “The Hole”, “Hyouhaku Flavour”, “INCREASE BLUE”, “Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”, “Kaishun”, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “鬼眼-kigan-”, “kisses”, “Kokyuu”, “【KR】cube”, “Kuukoku no Kyouon”, “latour”, “leather field”, “LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE”, “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-”, “Madara Ningen”, “MARMALADE CHAINSAW”, “MASK”, “Magayasou”, “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version, “Merciless Cult”, “Mr.NEWSMAN”, “Miserable”, “Naburi”, “Pink Killer”, “Ranshishoku” Shibuya ON AIR WEST 1997/10/28, “REPETITION OF HATRED”, “Rinkaku”, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite”, “Ruin of Existence”, “Sajou no Uta”, “SESSION” Various Live Performances, “Shinkyoku 1” Nanba ROCKETS 1997/05/31, “Taiyou no Ao”, “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version, “Ugly”, “undecided” GLASS SKIN version, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost”, “Unknown.Despair.Lost”, “Uso”, “Valentina”, “Wake” The Insulated World version, “Yokan”, “Yumemi Doro”, “Yurameki” 19990120 version, “Zakuro”, “Zan” Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami version, “zephyr”)
B♭4 (“AMON”, “Beautiful Dirt” Withering to death. version, “C”, “Cage”, “Common destiny”, “DIABOLOS”, “Dokusatsu” SCHWARZ WEIß version, “The Domestic Fucker Family”, “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” THE MARROW OF A BONE version, “elisabeth addict”, “embryo”, “THE FINAL”, “Fukai” Kasumi version, “GARBAGE”, “Gion”, “GLASS SKIN”, “Gumon” Demo Ver., “Guuzou Moratorium”, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “Hotarubi”, “Kako no Nai Watashi e…”, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “鬼眼-kigan-”, “Kodou” Dir en grey song, “Koku”, “Kou mo Chigau Mono na no ka, Yousuruni”, “鴉-karasu-”, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “maniera”, “Miscast” X JAPAN cover at hide memorial summit 2008/05/04, “Muchitsujo wa Mukuchi to Utau”, “蟲-mushi-” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/04, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “obje×××”, “Prayer”, “A Praying Man”, “raison detre”, “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version, “RED SOIL”, “Scaportrono 「Kiyomizudera Porno TYPE」”, “Scarlet”, “scars like velvet”, “Sharara” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29, “Spilled Milk”, “Toriko”, “Tousei”, “ZOMBOID”)
A4 (“THE IIID EMPIRE”, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version, “ain’t afraid to die”, “Aishita Shinzou”, “Akuro no Oka”, “Aoi Tsuki” MISSA version, “Ash” Myaku version, “audrey”, “Bottom of the death valley”, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “Cage”, “CHILD PREY”, “children” six Ugly version, “come to a screaming halt”, “dead tree”, “The Devil In Me”, “Dokusatsu” BLOW DOWN 1993/09/29, “Don’t forget”, “dorothy”, “Downfall”, “DRAIN AWAY”, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection”, “FILTH”, “Frame out kara no”, “Furan Yue ni…”, “Furesaseru” Demo Ver., “GARDEN”, “Genkaku no Hana”, “Guuzou Moratorium”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk”, “HADES”, “Houmonsha X”, “-I’ll-”, “INWARD SCREAM” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/09, “Isolated spiral”, “Juuyoku”, “Karma” 1997/02 demo and 「Kaede」 ～if trans…～ version, “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version, “Kashikomi Kashikomi”, “Kasumi”, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.”, “Kokuhaku”, “Kokyuu”, “Kuchi ni Ringo”, “Loser”, “Lu:Ciel”, “mama” Furan Cinema Teikoku Gakudan version, “mama” IMMORTALIS version, “maniera”, “Margaret”, “MASK”, “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version, “Midwife”, “Mr.NEWSMAN”, “MOAN”, “Ningen o Kaburu”, “Nurebairo”, “OBEY”, “obje×××”, “Otogi”, “Pink Killer”, “Я TO THE CORE”, “RED…［em］”, “Rubbish Heap”, “「S」”, “Sangeki no Yoru”, “Setsudan” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Setsuna” Nanba ROCKETS 1997/05/31, “Shokubeni”, “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo, “Tefu Tefu”, “Ugly”, “umbrella”, “Un deux”, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost”, “Unraveling”, “Valentina”, “VINUSHKA” “Waizatsu”, “Wake”, “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover, “Yokan”, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Yurameki”, “Zakuro”, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo)

Significant Low Notes (666)

D3 (“304goushitsu, Haha to Sakura”, “304goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura”, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version, “AIR #2” When played at proper tape speed, “Aka”, “Akuro no Oka”, “Ash” Myaku and Ningen o Kaburu versions, “Asunaki Koufuku, Koenaki Asu”, “audrey”, “Berry”, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “Bottom of the death valley”, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “Cage”, “Cause of fickleness”, “children” Taiyou no Ao version, “Common destiny”, “En”, “Erode”, “Followers”, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “Gloss”, “GRIEF”, “HADES”, “Hakudaku”, “hidden one”, “Higeki wa Mabuta o Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu”, “Hibiki”, “Houmonsha X”, “Hydra”, “JEALOUS”, “JESSICA”, “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version, “Karma” 1997/02 demo and 「Kaede」 ～if trans…～ version, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Keibetsu to Hajimari”, “Kiri to Mayu” MISSA version, “Kokuhaku” SCHWARZ WEIẞ version, “Kuroi Namida”, “Kugui”, “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-”, “mama”, “maniera”, “Mimi Zozo”, “MOAN”, “MOMENT” YUKIYA with Kreis Project × Dir en grey, “Mosaic Shoujo”, “Mouai ni Shosu”, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “obje×××”, “Otogi”, “Prayer”, “Я TO THE CORE”, “RED…［em］”, “Revelation of mankind”, “scars like velvet”, “Schwein no Isu” Tuned down of a whole step - Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/02, “Shinkyoku 1” Unknown 1997/8 Performance, “Shokubeni”, “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo, “surely”, “umbrella”, “undecided”, “Un deux”, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost” Tuned down of a whole step - Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/02, “Valentina”, “vandal”, “Wake”, “The World of Mercy”, “残-ZAN-”)
C♯3 (“THE IIID EMPIRE”, “Aoi Tsuki” MISSA version, “Akatsuki”, “Ash” Ningen o Kaburu version, “come to a screaming halt”, “CONCEIVED SORROW”, “dead tree” Different melody - Various 2007 Live Performances, “The Devil In Me”, “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “DOZING GREEN”, “Frame out kara no”, “GLASS SKIN”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk”, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “Hidauta”, “HYDRA -666-”, “Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki”, “JEALOUS”, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “Juuyoku”, “Kasumi”, “【KR】cube”, “MASK”, “Mr.NEWSMAN”, “Myaku”, “NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS” BUCK-TICK cover, “Ryoujoku no Ame”, “Sangeki no Yoru”, “Spilled Milk”, “Tefu Tefu”, “Toriko”, “Tousei”, “VINUSHKA”, “The World of Mercy”)
C3 (“12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “304goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura”, “304goushitsu, Shita to Yoru” Daisan Teikoku Gakudan version, “Aoi Tsuki” 1997 demo, “Behind a vacant image”, “Bottom of the death valley” THE UNRAVELING version, “Cage”, “Creeper”, “dorothy”, “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection”, “embryo”, “En”, “focus”, “Fukai” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “Gion”, “Gloss”, “-I’ll-”, “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…” Single version, “Karma” 1997/02 demo version, “鬼眼-kigan-”, “Kigan”, “Kubitsuri Yuugu”, “Kokyuu”, “surely”, “Maimu”, “Mosaic Shoujo”, “蟲-mushi-”, “Naburi”, “Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi”, “OBEY”, “obje×××”, “Ranunculus”, “RED…［em］”, “Revelation of mankind”, “ROTTING ROOT”, “Saredo Michizure”, “Sharara”, “Shoukei Hatan Sekai”, “Soshaku”, “STUCK MAN”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “Valentina”, “vandal”, “Wake” MACABRE version, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Zan” Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami version, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo, “Zetsuentai”, “ZOMBOID”)
B2 (“Aka”, “AMBER”, “and Zero” Japan Live 2015/11/07, “Aoguroi Hysteria”, “audrey”, “Byou「」Shin” MISSA version, “celeste”, “children” six Ugly version, “CLEVER SLEAZOID”, “Common destiny”, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “DECAYED CROW”, “THE DEEPER VILENESS” THE MARROW OF A BONE version, “Erode”, “FILTH”, “foster mother”, “Giji Necromancer”, “GARDEN” Osaka-Jo Hall 1999/12/18, “Gesshoku”, “Gloss”, “GRIEF”, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “Guuzou Moratorium”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk”, “HADES”, “Hakudaku”, “Hidauta”, “Hotarubi”, “Houmonsha X”, “Hyouhaku Flavour”, “in all weathers”, “INCREASE BLUE”, “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version, “Kaishun”, “Kamuy”, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “Kawaki”, “Keigaku no Yoku”, “鬼眼-kigan-” Gothic Theatre 2009/11/18, “Kiri to Mayu” Rinkaku version, “【KR】cube”, “Kuroi Namida”, “latour”, “LOTUS”, “Lu:Ciel”, “MACABRE”, “maniera”, “Mannerism na Tsumetai Souretsusha”, “Margaret”, “MARMALADE CHAINSAW”, “NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS” BUCK-TICK cover, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “Nurebairo”, “OBSCURE” VULGAR version,“Reiketsu Nariseba”, “朔-saku-”, “Schadenfreude”, “Tada, Mada, Watashi.”, “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version, “Tefu Tefu”, “undecided”, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost”, “Unraveling”, “Uta Fumi” The Insulated World version, “VANITAS”, “Ware, Yami Tote…”, “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover, “Zakuro”, “zephyr”)
B♭2 (“THE ⅢD EMPIRE” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “AIR #2” When played at proper tape speed, “AMON”, “Aoi Tsuki” Live Square VIVRE 1999/07/30, “Child prey” Single version, “Deity”, “Devote My Life”, “DIABOLOS”, “The Domestic Fucker Family”, “EASY MAKE,EASY MARK” D’ERLANGER cover, “THE FATAL BELIEVER”, “THE FINAL” Withering to death. version, “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “hemimetabolism”, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “HYDRA -666-”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL”, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “JESSICA”, “Jintai Mokei 12-inch Nashonari TV”, “鴉-karasu-”, “Karasu”, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Kodou” Dir en grey song, “Kodou” Petit Brabancon song, “Kokuhaku” SCHWARZ WEIẞ version, “Kou mo Chigau Mono na no ka, Yousuruni”, “Kuchi ni Ringo”, “Kuroi Namida”, “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-”, “Magayasou”, “Naburi”, “NEW AGE CULTURE”, “Pink Killer”, “A Praying Man”, “RED SOIL”, “Scarlet”, “Scaportrono 「Kiyomizudera Porno TYPE」”, “Sharara”, “「Shinsou」” Deep Burial, “STUCK MAN”, “Sustain the untruth”, “Toguro”, “Tousei”, “ZOMBOID”)
A2 (“THE IIID EMPIRE” VULGAR version, “12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “24 Cylinder”, “304goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura”, “aftermath”, “ain’t afraid to die”, “AMBER”, “anima”, “Ameagari no Yuushi”, “Aoguroi Hysteria”, “audience KILLER LOOP”, “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB”, “BUGABOO”, “BUGABOO RESPIRA”, “Candis”, “Cause of fickleness”, “celeste”, “Chain repulsion”, “children”, “Creeper”, “DECAYED CROW”, “DIFFERENT SENSE”, “DISABLED COMPLEXES”, “elisabeth addict”, “focus”, “Fukai” Kasumi version, “Furan Yue ni…” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “Giji Necromancer”, “Gion”, “Hyouhaku Flavour”, “Hotarubi”, “in all weathers”, “Isolated spiral”, “Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki”, “Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”, “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…” Single version, “Karma” THE UNRAVELING version, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Keibetsu to Hajimari”, “Kokyuu”, “latour”, “leather field”, “Loser”, “MACABRE”, “Madara Ningen”, “mama”, “MASK”, “Midwife”, “Mimi Zozo”, “Mouai ni Shosu”, “Myaku”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “nine melted fiction”, “Naburi”, “OBEY”, “obje×××” Osaka amHALL 1996/08/29, “Oboro”, “OBSCURE” LOTUS version, “The Perfume of Sins”, “Piano & Shi Session” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29, “Rinkaku”, “ROTTING ROOT”, “scars like velvet”, “Schadenfreude”, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Zan Sareta Kioku no Monogatari… version, “Setsudan” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Shitataru Mourou”, “Shokubeni”, “surely”, “Sustain the untruth” Nanba Hatch 2016/01/14, “umbrella”, “undecided”, “Un deux”, “Unknown.Despair.Lost”, “Uta Fumi” Single version, “Uso”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “vandal”, “VANITAS”, “The World of Mercy”, “Yokan” Acoustic Ver. at Space Lab Yellow 1999/12/13, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Yumemi Doro”, “Yurameki”, “Zakuro”, “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo)
G♯2 (“24 Cylinder”, “aftermath”, “Akatsuki”, “AMON”, “CLEVER SLEAZOID” Single version, “CONCEIVED SORROW”, “the daemon’s cutlery”, “The Devil In Me”, “DIABOLOS”, “DISABLED COMPLEXES”, “Dokusatsu”, “Don’t forget”, “DOZING GREEN”, “dunes”, “embryo” Single version, “THE FATAL BELIEVER”, “FILTH”, “THE FINAL” THE UNRAVELING version, “Fukai” VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES version, “GARBAGE”, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “GLASS SKIN”, “The Hole”, “Hydra”, “HYDRA -666-”, “in all weathers”, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL”, “Juuyoku”, “Karasu” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/27, “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?”, “Keigaku no Yoku” Various Live Performances, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “kisses”, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.”, “Kokuhaku” EC̈LIPSE version, “Kuukoku no Kyouon”, “Loser”, “Machiavellism”, “Magayasou”, “mama” IMMORTALIS version, “mazohyst of decadence”, “Merciless Cult”, “Mimi Zozo”, “Miserable”, “Mr.NEWSMAN”, “Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi”, “Phenomenon”, “THE PLEDGE”, “Pull the trigger”, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “REPETITON OF HATRED” CLUB CITTA’ 2011/09/13, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite”, “ROTTING ROOT”, “Ruten no Tou”, “Ryoujoku no Ame”, “朔-saku-”, “Schwein no Isu”, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Zan Sareta Kioku no Monogatari… version, “Sesshoku” Demo Ver., “Setsudan” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions, “Sharara”, “Tefu Tefu”, “Toguro”, “Tousei”, “Unknown…Despair…a Lost”, “Uyuu no Sora”, “VINUSHKA”, “Waizatsu”, “Ware, Yami Tote…”, “Zan” Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami version, “Zetsuentai”)
G2 (“304goushitsu, Haha to Sakura”, “304goushitsu, Shita to Yoru” Daisan Teikoku Gakudan version, “ain’t afraid to die” PHALARIS version, “AIR #2” When played at proper tape speed, “Aishita Shinzou” Demo Ver., “Akuro no Oka” 19990120 version, “Ameagari no Yuushi”, “anima”, “Behind a vacant image”, “Byou「」Shin” six Ugly version, “Candis”, “Deity” Yokohama BLITZ 2013/09/19, “The Domestic Fucker Family”, “dunes”, “embryo” Kisou version, “THE FINAL”, “Furan Yue ni…” Single version, “Furesaseru” Demo Ver., “Gion”, “Gumon” Demo Ver., “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.”, “Guuzou Moratorium”, “hidden one”, “Higeki wa Mabuta o Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu”, “The Hole”, “a humble border”, “I kill myself”, “Isolated spiral”, “Jintai Mokei 12-inch Nashonari TV”, “Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”, “Juuyoku” Unplugged Ver., “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Ichikawa CLUB GIO 1996/08/20, “Kakuu to Genjitsu…”, “Kamuy”, “Kodou” Petit Brabancon song, “Kokyuu”, “Kuchi ni Ringo”, “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-”, “mama” Furan Cinema Teikoku Gakudan version, “Mannerism na Tsumetai Souretsusha”, “maniera” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “nine melted fiction”, “Nurebairo”, “Otogi”, “The Perfume of Sins”, “A Praying Man”, “Pull the trigger”, “raison detre”, “Ranunculus”, “Rasetsukoku” DUM SPIRO SPERO version, “Rinkaku”, “Saredo Michizure”, “SESSION” Various Live Performances, “Soundcheck” Live Music Hall 2013/06/11, “VANITAS”, “Waizatsu”, “Yokan”, “Yumemi Doro” Demo Ver., “Zakuro” Acoustic Ver. at Amagasaki-shi Sougou Bunka Center 2007/04/28)
F♯2 (“304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version, “Aishita Shinzou” EROSIO version, “anima”, “C”, “come to a screaming halt”, “Common destiny”, “CONCEIVED SORROW” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2007/12/18, “the daemon’s cutlery” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “dead tree”, “DIABOLOS”, “DIFFERENT SENSE” Unplugged Ver., “DOZING GREEN” Before Construction Ver., “Doukoku to Sarinu”, “dunes”, “elisabeth addict” Acoustic Ver., “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro”, “GARBAGE”, “GAUZE -mode of adam-”, “GAUZE -mode of eve-”, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “Giji Necromancer”, “Gyakujou Tannou Keloid Milk” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2010/07/21, “HADES”, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami”, “hemimetabolism”, “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu”, “Honnou Okotowari”, “Houmonsha X”, “a humble border”, “Hyouhaku Flavour”, “Jintai Mokei 12-inch National TV”, “鴉-karasu-”, “Kasumi”, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “kisses”, “Kodou” Petit Brabancon song, “Kugui”, “LOTUS”, “Lu:Ciel”, “MACABRE”, “Madara Ningen”, “Machiavellism”, “Myaku”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “Nurebairo”, “Oboro”, “The Perfume of Sins” KBS Hall 2023/05/05, “Pink Killer”, “Piano & Shi Session” Various Live Performances, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite” Demo Ver., “Ryoujoku no Ame” Single version, “Scaportrono 「Kiyomizudera Porno TYPE」”, “Schwein no Isu”, “Sesshoku” Demo Ver., “SESSION” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29, “STUCK MAN” House of Blues West Hollywood 2009/11/22, “Ugly”, “Uso”, “Yumemi Doro” Demo Ver., “残-ZAN-”, “Zan” 19990120 version)
F2 (“12ji 20pun Konrinzai”, “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version, “Akuro no Oka”, “ain’t afraid to die” Single version, “Behind a vacant image”, “BUGABOO”, “Dokusatsu” SCHWARZ WEIß version, “embryo” Kisou version, “THE FINAL” Yokohama BLITZ 2005/09/28, “foster mother”, “Fukai” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/05, “Gerbera” MUCC cover, “GLASS SKIN” Progresja 2024/03/19, “Guuzou Moratorium” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/28, “hidden one” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “Honnou Okotowari”, “Houmonsha X”, “Hydra”, “HYDRA -666-” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/27, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “Juuyoku” Unplugged Ver., “Keigaku no Yoku” Various Live Performances, “leather field”, “mama” IMMORTALIS version, “Mimi Zozo”, “蟲-mushi-”, “mystery na” Demo Ver., “PERSUASIO Poems”, “THE PLEDGE”, “A Praying Man”, “Ranunculus” Ace of Spades 2019/12/06, “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite” EROSIO version, “Ruten no Tou”, “Ryoujoku no Ame” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2009/05/03, “SESSION” Yokohama F.A.D 2016/03/20, “Shiryou no Ariana”, “Shitataru Mourou” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/26, “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version, “Yumemi Doro” AMOR version)
E2 (“Aishita Shinzou”, “Akuro no Oka” 19990120 version, “Anata Yori Ue”, “Candis”, “Creeper”, “DIABOLOS”, “Furesaseru” SALUS version, “INCONVENIENT IDEAL” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2009/05/03, “MACABRE”, “mazohyst of decadence” GAUZE version, “MUTANS Poems”, “nine melted fiction”, “Norowareta Rakuen no Kage…”, “Piano & Shi Session” Various Live Performances, “Reiketsu Nariseba”, “Saredo Michizure”, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”, “Yumemi Doro” AMOR version)
E♭2 (“aftermath” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28, “AMON” Crossover Ver., “DISABLED COMPLEXES”, “embryo” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/07, “foster mother” Various Live Performances, “Giji Necromancer”, “GRIEF”, “The Hole”, “a humble border”, “Hyouhaku Flavour” Nakano Sun Plaza 2019/06/27, “I kill myself”, “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances, “Kimi wa Mukidashi”, “kisses” Yokohama BAY HALL 2018/01/14, “Kodou” Dir en grey song, “Phenomenon”, “Seimei no Tsumi…” Zan Sareta Kioku no Monogatari… version, “Spilled Milk”, “Uyuu no Sora”, “The World of Mercy” Meguro Rokumeikan 2021/01/22)
D2 (“Aishita Shinzou” EROSIO version, “CONCEIVED SORROW” The Wilbur Theatre 2008/11/12, “Hidauta”, “Midwife”, “Ruin of Existence”)
C♯2 (“Isolated spiral”, “Jesus Christ R’n R”, “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.”, “Tsumi to Batsu” Hokuto Bunka Hall 2016/09/23)
C2 (“BUGABOO”, “Common destiny”, “INWARD SCREAM” Hokuto Bunka Hall 2016/09/23, “mama” Furan Cinema Teikoku Gakudan version, “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite” Demo Ver., “Shokubeni” Clearer when played on tape in 2003/4 live performances, “Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau”)
B1 (“elisabeth addict”, “leather field”, “INWARD SCREAM” Center Stage 2013/11/06)
B♭1 (“dunes”, “Giji Necromancer”, “INWARD SCREAM” House of Blues Chicago 2013/11/16, “RED SOIL”, “vandal” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17, “VINUSHKA” Progresja 2024/03/20, “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame”)
A1 (“dead tree” Le Bataclan 2024/03/22, “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro” Osaka-Jo Hall 2008/12/29, “Kashikomi Kashikomi”, “kisses” Nakano Sun Plaza 2019/06/27, “Midwife”, “Shiryou no Ariana”)
G♯1 (“Isolated spiral”, “Kashikomi Kashikomi”, “Yumemi Doro” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29)
G1 (“Ruten no Tou” Clearer in Unplugged Ver.)
F♯1 (“Giji Necromancer”, “INWARD SCREAM” Varsity Theatre 2013/11/17)
F1 (“vandal” Chofu Green Hall 2016/07/17)
E1 (“Junboku, Muku Dearou ga”)

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{Questionable Notes (277)}

?? (“Miserable” Toyosu PIT 2023/01/28 ^{[4 - We’ve been discussing about that note and can’t seem to agree whether it’s an E5, a B5, a C♯6, or even an E♭6]})
C♯7 (“Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version ^[6], “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” ^[6], “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-” Zepp Tokyo 2007/12/19 ^[6], “mazohyst of decadence” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23 ^[6])
C7 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- at Clutch Cargo’s 2008/11/18 ^[6], “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances ^[6], “mazohyst of decadence” Various Live Performances ^[6])
B6 (“304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version ^[5], “CONCEIVED SORROW” Le Medley 2008/11/15 ^[6])
B♭6 (“304goushitsu, Haha to Sakura” ^[6], “INWARD SCREAM” Koko 2010/08/03 ^[6], “Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki” Nanba Hatch 2006/12/14 ^[6])
A6 (“ROTTING ROOT” ^[5])
G♯6 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- in Various Live Performances ^[6], “audience KILLER LOOP” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2018/06/30 ^[6], “INWARD SCREAM” Metro 2009/11/16 ^[6], “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version ^[5], “ROTTING ROOT” ^[5], “Uyuu no Sora” ^[5])
G6 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- in Various 2008/11 Live Performances ^[6], “dead tree” The Pearl 2007/06/26 ^[6], “Shokubeni” Maida Vale Studios 2010/08/04 ^[6])
F♯6 (“MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-” ^[5], “STUCK MAN” ^[3], “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover ^[1])
F6 (“Hidauta” ^[6], “Hyouhaku Flavour” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/29 ^[6], “SESSION” Zepp DiverCity 2024/02/20 ^[6])
E6 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- ^[5], “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2011/11/08 ^[6], “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu” ^[3], “OBSCURE” The Ballroom at Warehouse Live 2009/11/02 ^{[1 - While the note is indeed supposed to be short, it felt a little out of Kyo's control here, pretty cool though]}, “Ruten no Tou” ^[6])
E♭6 (“CLEVER SLEAZOID” Ochita Koto no Aru Sora version ^[5], “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances ^[5], “Muchitsujo wa Mukuchi to Utau” ^[3], “Tsumi to Batsu” Koko 2011/08/12 ^[6], “Uyuu no Sora” Kyoto Theatre 2014/05/06 ^[5], “The World of Mercy” Meguro Rokumeikan 2021/01/22 ^[5])
D6 (“audience KILLER LOOP” Yokohama Arena 2017/07/08 ^[6], “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” ^[6], “CONCEIVED SORROW” First Avenue 2008/11/20 ^[6], “DIABOLOS” Hokuto Bunka Hall 2016/09/23 ^[5], “dunes” Chofu Green Hall 2015/02/28 ^[5], “I kill myself” ^[1], “Juuyoku” Circo Volador 2011/12/02 ^[5], “Karma” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2013/05/16 ^[5], “RED SOIL” CLUB CITTA’ 2009/03/25 ^[5], “Shitataru Mourou” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2011/11/08 ^[5], “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version - Various Live Performances ^[5], “Yumemi Doro” AMOR version ^[6], “残-ZAN-” ^[3])
C♯6 (“Creeper” ^[6], “DIFFERENT SENSE” ^[5], “dunes” ^[5], “GRIEF” ^[6], “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami” ^[5], “hemimetabolism” COUNTDOWN JAPAN 13/14 2013/12/30 ^[5], “The inferno” ^[5], “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” Nanba Hatch 2006/12/14 ^[5], “RED SOIL” -Unplugged- ^[6], “SA BIR” ^[2], “朔-saku-” Zepp Haneda 2021/10/27 ^[5], “Sangeki no Yoru” ^[6], “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version ^[5])
C6 (“THE ⅢD EMPIRE” Various Live Performances ^[5], “24 Cylinder” ^[1], “Beautiful Dirt” Le Trianon 2018/10/14 ^[5], “hemimetabolism” ^[5], “Keibetsu to Hajimari” ^[3], “Kiri to Mayu” Ginko Hall Izumity 21 2018/04/28 ^[5], “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?” ^[5], “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-” ^[3] / “MACABRE -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-” Zepp Tokyo 2007/12/19 ^[5], “Midwife” ^[5], “Muchitsujo wa Mukuchi to Utau” ^[6], “Ningen o Kaburu” Tokyo Garden Theatre 2021/06/05 ^[5], “raison detre” ^[3], “Rasetsukoku” MACABRE version ^[3], “RED SOIL” Osaka-Jo Hall 2012/01/22 ^[3], “Ruten no Tou” ^[5], “SA BIR” ^[6], “STUCK MAN” ^[6], “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover ^[6], “Yumemi Doro” KT Zepp Yokohama 2022/02/16 ^[5], “残-ZAN-” ^[6])
B5 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- ^[6], “THE DEEPER VILENESS” ^[5], “DOZING GREEN” ^[5], “elisabeth addict” COUNTDOWN JAPAN 13/14 2013/12/30 ^[5], “Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro” ^[6], “GAUZE -mode of adam-” ^[3], “Hidauta” ^[5], “Houmonsha X” Zepp DiverCity 2024/02/20 ^[3], “INWARD SCREAM” Various Live Performances ^{[5] / [6]}, “Kyoukotsu no Nari” ^[6], “mazohyst of decadence” GAUZE version ^{[2] [3]}, “Reiketsu Nariseba” CLUB CITTA’ 2009/03/25 ^[5], “REPETITION OF HATRED” Wacken Open Air 2007/08/04 ^[6], “朔-saku-” M’era Luna 2007/08/11 ^[1], “Schwein no Isu” ^[3], “Shitataru Mourou” ^[5], “Tsumi to Batsu” 2011 version ^[3], “Unknown.Despair.Lost” ^[5], “Waizatsu” ^[5])
B♭5 (“The Domestic Fucker Family” CLUB CITTA’ 2016/11/08 ^[5], “egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection” ^[3], “The inferno” ^[5], “Keigaku no Yoku” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08 ^[1], “Guuzou Moratorium” Unknown Live Performance ^[5], “MASK” ^[3], “Seimei no Tsumi…” Seimei no Tsumi… version ^[1], “vandal” CLUB CITTA’ 2018/05/15 ^[5], “Zessai” SUGIZO × Kyo ^[5])
A5 (“Aoi Tsuki” Osaka-Jo Hall 1999/12/18 ^[5], “Furan Yue ni…” Osaka amHALL 1996/08/29 ^[1], “Kigan” ^[5], “Naburi” ^[5], “nine melted fiction” COUNTDOWN JAPAN 13/14 2013/12/30 ^[5])
G♯5 (“Beautiful Dirt” Withering to death. version ^[6], “Deity” Le Zénith Paris 2007/11/10 ^[6], “INCONVENIENT IDEAL” ^[5], “mazohyst of decadence” GAUZE version ^[5], “REPETITION OF HATRED” ^[6])
G5 (“Gerbera” MUCC cover ^[5], “Kiri to Mayu” MISSA version ^[5], “MASK” ^[1], “Schwein no Isu” ^[1], “Setsudan” Nagoya MUSIC FARM 1996/08/25 ^[1], “Values of Madness” ^[1])
F♯5 (“Ash” Behind the Mask version ^[3], “children” Nakano Sun Plaza 2017/07/26 ^[1], “come to a screaming halt” ^[5], “DISABLED COMPLEXES” ^[6], “Guuzou Moratorium” ^[5])
F5 (“Cage” Osaka-Jo Hall 1999/12/18 ^[1], “Karma” 1997/02 demo and「Kaede」 ～if trans…～ version ^[1], “Unknown…Despair…a Lost” ^[1])
E5 (“Kiri to Mayu” MISSA version ^[1], “Sangeki no Yoru” ^[1], “Unknown…Despair…a Lost” ^[1])
E♭5 (“Kako no Nai Watashi e…” ^[1], “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version ^[1])
C♯5 (“Kuroi Namida” ^[1])
C5 (“304goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura” ^[1])
B4 (“Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version ^[3])
B♭4 (“Aoi Tsuki” MISSA version ^{[2] [4 - If it's Kyo, it sounds pitch shifted]})

G2 (“AMBER” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2016/07/02 ^[1], “Bottom of the death valley” THE UNRAVELING version ^[1], “Deity” ^[3], “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions ^[1], “鬼眼-kigan-” ^{[4 - Pretty sure it's pitch-shifted]}, “undecided” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/04 ^[3])
F♯2 (“AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- ^[3], “MASK” ^[5])
F2 (“AMON” ^[1], “The Domestic Fucker Family” ^[3], “Kakuu to Genjitsu…” Single version ^[1], “Kokuhaku” EC̈LIPSE version ^{[1] [3]})
E2 (“GAUZE -mode of adam-” ^[1], “JEALOUS” ^[3], “Seimei no Tsumi…” ^[5], “SESSION” TSUTAYA O-EAST 2021/01/28 ^{[5 - The sub at G1 is strong, the E2 at the fundamental itself is pretty thin though]}, “STUCK MAN” ^[3], “Zakuro” ^[3])
E♭2 (“Creeper” ^[3], “Dokusatsu” SCHWARZ WEIß version ^[3], “embryo” ^[3], “Myaku” ^[1], “Setsudan” Juujika ni Sasageru Yume… and Norowareta Rakuen no Kage… versions ^[1], “「Shinsou」” Deep Burial ^[1], “残-ZAN-” ^[3])
D2 (“24 Cylinder” ^[3], “Behind a vacant image” Clearer in Acoustic Ver. ^[5], “Byou「」Shin” six Ugly version ^[1], “Schwein no Isu” ^[1], “Tsumi to Batsu” GAUZE version ^{[1] [3]})
C♯2 (“Aishita Shinzou” Demo Ver. ^[5], “Aoi Tsuki” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/06/30 ^[5], “dead tree” ^[3], “THE DEEPER VILENESS” THE MARROW OF A BONE version ^[3], “DIABOLOS” ^[3], “GLASS SKIN” ^[5], “I kill myself” ^[1], “鴉-karasu-” ^{[4 - Very buried, EQ processing] [5]}, “Kasumi” THE UNRAVELING version ^{[4 - Too buried for me to confirm its legitimacy/quality]}, “Mr.NEWSMAN” ^[5], “Norowareta Rakuen no Kage…” ^{[1] [3]}, “SESSION” Yokohama F.A.D 2016/03/20 ^[1], “Tefu Tefu” ^[5], “Unknown…Despair…a Lost” ^[3])
C2 (“Doukoku to Sarinu” ^[5], “Fukai” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/05 ^[5], “GARBAGE” ^[5], “GRIEF” ^[5], “Hydra” ^[1], “Kodou” Dir en grey song ^[3], “Waizatsu” ^[5])
B1 (“304goushitsu Shita to Yoru” ANIMA version ^[3], “foster mother” ^[1], “Houmonsha X” ^[5], “I kill myself” ^[5], “Kaerazaru Kioku…” Single version ^[3], “Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku.” ^[3], “MACABRE” ^[5], “Shitataru Mourou” ^[5], “Tsumi to Batsu” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2013/05/16 ^{[4 - Subharmonic] [5]}, “VANITAS” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08 ^[5], “Yumemi Doro” AMOR version ^[5])
B♭1 (“BUGABOO” Shibuya-AX 2012/10/10 ^{[4 - Subharmonic]}, “THE FINAL” Withering to death. version ^{[1] [5]}, “focus” ^[5], “hemimetabolism” Kyoto Theatre 2014/05/06 ^[5], “HYDRA -666-” Zepp Tokyo 2007/12/22 ^[5], “Jesus Christ R’n R” ^[5], “Kasumi” THE UNRAVELING version ^[5], “Ryoujoku no Ame” THE MARROW OF A BONE version ^[5], “朔-saku-” ^[5])
A1 (“24 Cylinder” Yokohama Arena 2003/01/11 ^[5], “audience KILLER LOOP” Sleep Train Amphitheatre 2006/08/20 ^{[4 - Subharmonic] [5]}, “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- ^[5], “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” ^[5], “DECAYED CROW” ^[5], “Dokusatsu” ROCK Tengoku Jack in the Music Box version ^[5], “elisabeth addict” ^[5], “Hydra” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/03 ^[5], “Juuyoku” Unplugged Ver. ^[5], “mazohyst of decadence” PHALARIS version ^[5], “ROTTING ROOT” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23 ^{[4 - Subharmonic]}, “Sesshoku” Demo Ver. ^{[4 - Subharmonic]}, “Shokubeni” ^[5], “Unraveling” ^[5], “VINUSHKA” Various Live Performances ^[5], “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover ^[5], “Zetsuentai” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08 ^[5])
G♯1 (“aftermath” TEATR CLUB 2014/09/13 ^[5], “AMON” ^[5], “Aoi Tsuki” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/08 ^[5], “THE BLOSSOMING BEELZEBUB” House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23 ^{[4 - Subharmonic] / [5]}, “dead tree” ^[5], “Fukai” KT Zepp Yokohama 2020/03/28 ^[5], “Rasetsukoku” DUM SPIRO SPERO version ^[5], “Reiketsu Nariseba” ^[5], “Ryoujoku no Ame” Single version ^[5], “Uyuu no Sora” ^[5])
G1 (“Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami” ^[5], “Keigaku no Yoku” Élysée Montmartre 2020/02/08 ^{[4 - Subharmonic] [5]}, “mazohyst of decadence” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2014/08/30 ^{[1] [5]}, “MASK” ^[5], “Shokubeni” Maida Vale Studios 2010/08/04 ^[5], “Ugly” Akasaka BLITZ 2003/07/05 ^[5], “Uyuu no Sora” Kyoto Theatre 2014/05/06 ^{[1] [4 - Subharmonic]})
F♯1 (“aftermath” Tokyo International Forum Hall A 2015/12/02 ^{[1] [5]}, “CONCEIVED SORROW” Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2007/12/18 ^[5], “the daemon’s cutlery” ^[5], “Deity” Tokyo International Forum Hall A 2012/12/25 ^{[4 - Subharmonic] [5]}, “Kashikomi Kashikomi” ^[5], “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?” ^{[4 - Subharmonic] [5]}, “【KR】cube” Single version ^[5], “Madara Ningen” ^{[4 - Subharmonic]}, “RED SOIL” ^[5], “SESSION” Various Live Performances ^[5], “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame” ^[5])
F1 (“AMON” ^[5], “Hiningen, Dokuhaku ni Arazu” ^[5], “leather field” ^[5], “Saredo Michizure” Yokohama BAY HALL 2018/01/14 ^[6])
E1 (“Common destiny” ^[5], “Sousou” Daisuke to Kuro no Injatachi × Kyo ^[5])
E♭1 (“Isolated spiral” ^[5], “Shitataru Mourou” ^[5])
D1 (“Giji Necromancer” ^[5], “MACABRE” Nippon Budokan 2014/03/09 ^[5], “Uyuu no Sora” ^[5], “Warsaw no Gensou” THE STALIN cover ^[5], “「Yokusou ni DREAMBOX」 Arui wa Seijuku no Rinen to Tsumetai Ame” ^[5])

^[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
^[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
^[3] marks non-melodic notes or screams that don’t have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
^[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
^[5] marks notes that have insufficient tone and/or little support (very throaty and weak sounding).
^[6] marks notes produced via inverse phonation (inhales).

2163 notes / 69 bold notes (52 highs, 17 lows)

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{Range Timeline}

La:Sadie’s
1996/04/15 - Seimei no Tsumi…: G2 - B♭2 - B2 - C5 - G5
1996/08/10 - Juujika ni Sasageru Yume…: G♯2 - A2 - C3 - E5 - F♯5
1996/10/21 - Norowareta Rakuen no Kage…: E2 - A2 - E5 - F♯5

DIR EN GREY
Albums
1999/07/28 - GAUZE: E2 - A2 - B4 - G♯5
2000/09/20 - MACABRE: F2 - B♭2 - C5 - E♭5 - F♯5 - G♯5
2002/01/30 - Kisou: F2 - D5 - E5 - F5
2003/09/10 - VULGAR: C2 - F♯2 - A2 - E5 - A5 - B♭5
2005/03/09 - Withering to death.: C♯2 - C♯2 - F♯2 - E5 - F♯5
2007/02/07 - THE MARROW OF A BONE: E♭2 - F♯5 - G5 - B5
2008/11/12 - UROBOROS: B♭1 - C2 - F2 - G♯5 - A5 - C♯6
2011/08/03 - DUM SPIRO SPERO: G1 - F2 - G♯5 - B♭5 - E6 - F6
2014/12/10 - ARCHE: A1 - D2 - F2 - G♯5 - A5 - D6 - F♯6
2018/09/26 - The Insulated World: G2 - G♯5 - A5 - C6
2022/06/15 - PHALARIS: C2 - F♯2 - G5 - G♯5 - C6

EPs
1997/07/25 - MISSA: B2 - A4 - A5
2002/07/31 - six Ugly: F♯2 - G♯2 - D5 - E5 - F5 - G♯5
2013/04/03 - THE UNRAVELING: E2 - F♯2 - G♯2 - G5 - G♯5 - A5 - B♭5 - D6

Music Videos collection
1997/12/15 - 「Kaede」 ～if trans…～: C♯3 - D3 - A4 - E5

sukekiyo
Albums
2014/04/30 - IMMORTALIS: B1 - E♭2 - F5 - A5 - C6
2017/06/22 - ADORATIO: E1 - D2 - G5 - B♭5
2019/05/24 - INFINITUM: E♭2 - E2 - F♯5 - G♯5 - A5
2023/08/xx - EROSIO: G♯1 - D2 - F♯5 - A5

EPs, Singles & Demos
2015/02/04 - VITIUM: B♭1 - B1 - F2 - F♯2 - G5 - G♯5 - B5 - C6
2016/04/26 - ANIMA: F2 - D5 - E5 - G5
2021/01/xx - Yumemi Doro / Furesaseru / Valentina: F♯2 - G2 - D5 - G5
2021/12/22 - SALUS: E2 - D5 - F5 - G5
2022/10/xx - AMOR: E2 - F2 - F♯5

Petit Brabancon
Albums
2022/08/31 - Fetish: G♯1 - C♯2 - F5 - C♯6

EPs
2023/06/14 - Automata: C2 - F♯2 - E5 - G♯5

Solo
2001/08/31 - Daisan Teikoku Gakudan: F♯2 - G2 - D4 - B♭4 - C5

Black marks chest and mix notes.
Blue marks falsetto and whistled notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted vocals (whistle fry screams only are marked as melodic, to distinguish them from regular screamed vocals).
Grey marks fry and subharmonic notes.
Underlines mark backing vocal notes and notes obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and intentional spoken notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person’s vocal capabilities.

Please note that the colour and stylisation code does not apply to the subtext, for readability's sake. It is only here to bring a precision about the note that's directly at its left, and does not refer to any colour or stylisation code by itself; only the notes between the quotation marks do.

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{Details and Explanations}

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{Boldface notes, alternate notes and subtext}

“Song Title” marks notes that are bold material in their studio version.
“Song Title” Venue YYYY/MM/DD marks notes that are bold material in a live version, and the note also exists in the same register/technique in the studio version.
“Song Title” Venue YYYY/MM/DD marks notes that are bold material in a live version, the note doesn't exist in the studio version and is only bold material in said live version.
“Song Title” / “Song Title” marks a song that I estimated deserved a second mention at the same note because of another recording (studio or live) having a different register/technique being used (example: mix instead of falsetto), and eventually because of bold material (example: “Gunya Ketsuron. Soshite Chimanako.” G5).
“Song Title” Release version marks notes that only top or bottom in a certain passage of a song's precise version (example: “Wake” The Insulated World version F♯5). If there are multiple versions with the same title for a song and the note is hit in the same register in all the song's versions, only the title is mentioned, without a precision on the version (example: “Ash” F5).

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{How notes were included in the thread}

I made sure this thread is as complete as possible. My limit for inclusion was 4 high notes + 4 low notes for the studio version, eventually 5 high notes if there are less low notes, but not more. Live versions tend to showcase a fairly different interpretation of a song with higher/lower/different notes that are worth mentioning additionally to the studio version, and they therefore don't count as overinclusion if I exceeded 4 or 5 high notes per song in each section, when live notes are included. More details in the Live Material Notewatched section of the thread.

However, if there were at least three live notes in the same register/technique stacked with a one semitone gap (usually in the upper fifth octave), I only kept the highest of the bunch in order to avoid overinclusion (exception: “Bring Them to Light”, because these are literally the only performances of the song, so in my opinion, it's okay to include all three).

There's indeed no rule on overinclusion, leaving the inclusion standards to users' discretion, but see it as a matter of aesthetics where the notes have been picked with care for the thread not to look overpopulated. If a note exists and meets my criteria to be included, countable or not, it should be mentioned in the thread. As unexciting as it can get to add a questionable note in the thread, these are still part of the research as much as countable notes. Even if that means more questionable notes than we'd usually expect from a singer, it also means the thread does take them into consideration, instead of omitting them because they're questionable; no bias.

I consider spoken notes in a song to be usually intentional-sounding enough to be included as countable notes in the thread. However, some types of notes have been omitted, as they technically weren't supposed to be there: wrong notes (overshot/undershot, example: E2 in “Behind a vacant image” at LIQUIDROOM 2016/02/12), voice cracks, and whispers (please note that whispers ≠ purposefully breathy and/or quiet notes) that happen to accidentally have some tone in spots (example: “VINUSHKA” spoken verse). Laughs (in “Warsaw no Gensou” for instance) were also omitted because their pitch doesn't sound particularly intentional nor stable at all, to me. Same goes for the several exclamations from Kyo when he interacts with the crowd (unless he's actually shouting the lyrics, which usually sounds a bit different and more intentional), since they don't really bring much to the thread, given how much higher he goes in a more intentional and musical context (but pitch wise, it's roughly between A4 and F♯5 most of the time).

Song remakes are usually considered as different songs that deserve standalone mentions (despite an earlier version sharing some of the same notes), due to often having fairly different titles, melodies, song structure, and especially very different vocal abilities/style from Kyo. If the difference in the two versions' titles is obvious (example: “鴉-karasu-” and “Karasu”), I didn't mention from which release each version was, as the title already gave it away. If the difference is a small detail (example: “304goushitsu, Shita to Yoru” and “304goushitsu Shita to Yoru”), or if there's no difference, I mentioned which version I am talking about. As for live performances of songs with multiple versions, the year of the performances usually gives away which version was performed.

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{Priorities on inclusion in the thread}

If the highest countable scream is as high as the highest countable clean note of a song, the clean note overrides the screamed note (example: “VINUSHKA” G♯5), unless it is bold material (example: “DOZING GREEN” G♯5). That also applies for live performances: for instance, there was a whistle fry C♯6 in “HYDRA -666-” at Nippon Budokan 2010/01/09, but at House of Blues West Hollywood 2011/12/23, Kyo made a falsetto C♯6 in the same song, replacing the whistle fry C♯6. If the highest countable falsetto note is as high as the highest countable black note, the black note overrides the falsetto note. In the case a live black note is as high as a studio falsetto note, the black note doesn't replace the falsetto note, but is still mentioned, unless higher relevant notes are worth mentioning instead.

If a note is questionable but later/earlier succeeded and considered countable in the same song while being in the same register, the mention of the countable note overrides the mention of the questionable note (example: “AMON” F6). This doesn't apply if the note is only countable in a live version (example: “Deity” G2), but it does if the note is considered questionable in a certain live version, and countable in another (example: “INWARD SCREAM” B♭1), in order to avoid unnecessary mentions in each section.

If in a live version, the exact same passage has multiple occurrences of a higher/lower note than in the studio version (example: “GARBAGE” F♯5 at Rock am Ring 2006/06/02 and G♯5 at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST 2005/04/30 and 11/06), I usually only kept the highest/lowest of the occurrences, as it would be overincluding to mention all the times the passage was sung higher/lower than in the studio version. If two (or more) high live notes in a same song are rather close in terms of time (example: D6 in “ROTTING ROOT” at SONAR 2011/12/10 and B5 at Irving Plaza 2011/12/12), only the highest note was kept. That does not mean I didn't know lower live notes existed (i.e.: they were once in the thread before it got cleaned up and completed), so please make sure I didn't already include a higher live note in the thread before suggesting other live notes in the comments. You can use CTRL+F on PC to search for notes of a specific song in the thread.

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{List of live material notewatched}

While live material doesn't necessarily have something more to bring in terms of notewatching compared to studio recordings (i.e.: a higher scream, a higher/lower clean note/fry note, a note mixed instead of falsetto, a certain higher/lower note that isn't there in the studio version, or a "bold-worthy" note), it does matter to notewatch it as thoroughly as studio recordings, as you can never know what kind of gem you can come across. Some singers even have live notes as their highest/lowest notes. Since live releases are in a way compilations of tracks, I personally wouldn't make a "release range" for them. However, I thought it would be useful for all visitors, members of TRP, as well as myself, to have a list of the live material I've notewatched, so that everyone is aware if even the darkest fancam has been checked out or not.

If you'd like to check out a listed fancam, releases or pro/semi-pro live material for yourself, I linked it when possible, so don't hesitate to hover your mouse or click a song or release title. However I won't link full live releases in their original quality (as in, no ISO of any DVD/Blu-ray). Speaking of these, I managed to get limited editions for all of them, so if some content is only available on the limited edition of a release (e.g.: the bonus CDs of sukekiyo's LUXURIA have some exclusive live tracks that aren't on the Blu-ray), I definitely checked it out too. If a certain note has been hit in at least two live performances, I prefer to just mention "Various Live Performances". I mention fancams below in setlist order and prefer to use the YYYY/MM/DD date format, as it's easier to tidy recordings chronological order for me this way (same goes for releases). Check out setlist.fm if you'd like to see the band's setlists. Finally, when mentioning a live note in the thread, I used the same date format as well as the venue only, to avoid lengthy annotations, as the thread itself is already huge.

If you think I missed a live fancam, before commenting, please make sure the fancam isn't linked below, that the video you found isn't a duplicate/reupload from already linked live material, and that the video is indeed from a concert I didn't list. Same goes for pro/semi-pro material and releases, of course. Please note that fancams with no vocals or even no sound have been ignored from this exhaustive list, since they don't show any vocals from Kyo.

In order to avoid giving myself an even bigger amount of work than I already did, I am simply going to link my doc with the list of live material that I notewatched for Kyo here. Enjoy!

Special thanks to seelentau, owner of DEGwiki, for holding a comprehensive database and history about DIR EN GREY as well as the band members' other bands and side projects. Their work was very useful to find context about the early stages of Kyo's career, his related works, and info on releases/songs and more obscure/rare material and setlists.

[Platypus]

nice work

though I think the bolded G1 is actually an E2

[Electric Mami]

Yes, I'm pretty much done with the Kyo thread. To be very honest I was already notewatching him since May 14, so 3 months. I started notewatching him because he's my favourite singer, and I thought, "If I don't make it (since Mana needed a break from the forum), who's gonna do it?" and "Let's do it, I have the motivation for it". Sorry Mana for starting to reboot this thread without your permission. But thank you so much for giving me the go last month to complete and publish this thread. It was re-researched from start to finish.

There's probably been like a maximum of 10 days in the last three months where I did not notewatch Kyo. I spent at the very least two hours on it each day, and some days I spent six-eight hours (so that's like, somewhere around 360 hours spent on Kyo's thread, probably). It kinda drove me insane (who would've expected it?) and I missed quite a few hours of sleep because I want it to be perfect and thoroughly researched, more than ever. Hell, I even notewatched sukekiyo's rehearsals footage. But notewatching Kyo was still a whole bunch of fun that taught me more than I would've expected about notewatching, notes inclusion, and especially, sharpening my own standards.

Even if over 700 fancams (so far) is a lot, I'm still not done going through the entirety of YouTube to find include-able notes for the thread (azuler I see you, don't worry I'll eventually browse through all of those sweet fancams, you can be sure about that), but I'm kind of "done" with the thread by now. I think it's a solid thread that I can be proud of and confident about. Now my goal is going to be to continue browsing through as much fancams as I can, which I'm still doing as I'm writing this, and wait for sukekiyo's EROSIO and DIR EN GREY's TOUR23 PHALARIS -Vol.II-「a knot」LIMITED 25TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE to be released, to notewatch all they have to offer.

This year marks 30 years for Kyo's career by the way! For now, please wait before sharing fancams in the comments, as I'm still exploring YouTube myself haha. I'll edit this message as soon as I believe I'm done going through fancams on YouTube.

Edit: At the moment I'm editing this message, I have watched a good chunk of live fancams from DIR EN GREY (1579) and sukekiyo (143). I'm not done going through the entirety of YouTube, however I'll be taking a break from watching fancams for now, or I will at least very much slow down the pace, as I'd like to take some time for other things at the moment; notewatching Kyo will be more secondary for me.

[Electric Mami]

Aug 16, 2023 11:10:48 GMT Platypus said:

nice work

though I think the bolded G1 is actually an E2

Thank you! Coming from you, I really appreciate it

As for the G1, it sounds way too "dark" to be an E2 imo. But I'm gonna ask for more opinions on the pitch in the Discord!

Edit: so here's how I hear it go

0:08-0:09: start, dip at C♯1
0:09-0:10: E♭1 → E1
0:10-0:12: E1
0:11-0:13: Mika (drummer) hits the kick and Kyo slides to G1, the tone gets clearer and "countable"
0:14-0:18: still at G1 but it gets a little subby with E
0:18-0:19: loses tone, finishes the note

It's not the first time I hear some kind of subs illusions with fry notes, so that would explain while we can also hear an E?

[Døc]

I’m so glad this is out, it’s been an honor to watch this thread develop into the absolute behemoth it is. I’m so fucking proud.

Also, I just need to say, the man is a freak, a gremlin. An utter fucking pattonlet. Thank you for giving him the thread he deserves.

[Platypus]

Aug 16, 2023 11:34:00 GMT Electric Mami said:

Thank you! Coming from you, I really appreciate it

As for the G1, it sounds way too "dark" to be an E2 imo. But I'm gonna ask for more opinions on the pitch in the Discord!

Edit: so here's how I hear it go

0:08-0:09: start, dip at C♯1
0:09-0:10: E♭1 → E1
0:10-0:12: E1
0:11-0:13: Mika (drummer) hits the kick and Kyo slides to G1, the tone gets clearer and "countable"
0:14-0:18: still at G1 but it gets a little subby with E
0:18-0:19: loses tone, finishes the note

It's not the first time I hear some kind of subs illusions with fry notes, so that would explain while we can also hear an E?

I do think it's subby, but I think G1 is the sub illusion and E2 is the fundamental. At the very end you can hear the undertones breaking, and Kyo is hitting what appears to be an F2. Tricky stuff, though.

[Electric Mami]

That makes sense, I can hear that. This note did confuse me despite the fact that I bolded because I found it so cool, so I'm gonna ask for more opinions on Discord

[Døc]

Aug 16, 2023 12:53:19 GMT Platypus said:

Aug 16, 2023 11:34:00 GMT Electric Mami said:

Thank you! Coming from you, I really appreciate it

As for the G1, it sounds way too "dark" to be an E2 imo. But I'm gonna ask for more opinions on the pitch in the Discord!

Edit: so here's how I hear it go

0:08-0:09: start, dip at C♯1
0:09-0:10: E♭1 → E1
0:10-0:12: E1
0:11-0:13: Mika (drummer) hits the kick and Kyo slides to G1, the tone gets clearer and "countable"
0:14-0:18: still at G1 but it gets a little subby with E
0:18-0:19: loses tone, finishes the note

It's not the first time I hear some kind of subs illusions with fry notes, so that would explain while we can also hear an E?

I do think it's subby, but I think G1 is the sub illusion and E2 is the fundamental. At the very end you can hear the undertones breaking, and Kyo is hitting what appears to be an F2. Tricky stuff, though.

To be fair, I hear an E1 here with E2 overtones. I can hear a G somewhere in it, but I might just be hearing the overtones of the E1 resonating with the G in the piano and bass.

[Electric Mami]

Aug 16, 2023 12:53:19 GMT Platypus said:

I do think it's subby, but I think G1 is the sub illusion and E2 is the fundamental. At the very end you can hear the undertones breaking, and Kyo is hitting what appears to be an F2. Tricky stuff, though.

In fact I can hear the F2 at the very end, so I trusted you and edited it. But since it's indeed an E2, it's one hell of a thin one to the point the sub dominates it, so I'm even gonna put it in questionable actually. Thanks for pointing that. In my defence this is one of the rare Kyo notes that gets subby like that haha. I would like to add that the note being a sub was my first thought because it just had the texture of a sub, but I got told no; should've stayed on my first thought

[senatorsenpai]

Great work with this! I'm not familiar with Kyo but had a fun time skimming through the bolds, seems to be a very intense and versatile performer. Where would you recommend a newbie starts with his work?

Also I'm hearing quite a strong A1 in the linked F1 example but nothing lower, is the timestamp correct? The sound quality isn't the best so maybe it's clearer on the DVD itself.

[Electric Mami]

Thank you!

The A1 you're hearing is a chest B♭1, while the F1 is the fry that comes right after it. Lyrics are "adore hate", the F1 is on the "hate" with H being loudly exhaled, so the air of the H is covering the F1 a bit. It definitely sounds clearer in the original release's quality, so I'll host the extract on Streamable and will replace the link (edit: done, link replaced).

As for starting to listen to his material, I would personally advise starting by going for DIR EN GREY's discography in chronological order, so with GAUZE! It's really fun to experience the band's evolution

[Døc]

Aug 16, 2023 14:24:57 GMT Electric Mami said:

Thank you!

The A1 you're hearing is a chest B♭1, while the F1 is the fry that comes right after it. Lyrics are "adore hate", the F1 is on the "hate" with H being loudly exhaled, so the air of the H is covering the F1 a bit. It definitely sounds clearer in the original release's quality, so I'll host the extract on Streamable and will replace the link.

As for starting to listen to his material, I would personally advise starting by going for DIR EN GREY's discography in chronological order, so with GAUZE! It's really fun to experience the band's evolution

The F1 is also partially covered by a bitcrushed sound effect in one of the backing tracks.

[TheCMRecluse]

My favorite singer from Japan! And nice we got the same high note. :D

Great thread!

[blazejecar2]

Bro has an entire medium sized thread in questionable notes, damn

[rob]

Legendary

[sylvia!!]

the TRPeak has finally arrived...

[Electric Mami]

Hey, so there's this little E1 in “Junboku, Muku de Arou ga” that I didn't count, but when discussing fry notes in the Discord server, this note was brought up and some people thought it'd actually be countable. So I'm gonna ask for more opinions here too, and based on that I'll consider either keeping it in questionable, either moving it to the counted low notes. You can listen to the 4-second long extract in FLAC (for better quality) here

Edit: Along with Sylvia's response, I got 6 positive answers (5 on the Discord) and 0 negative so far, so it looks like Kyo is getting a ✨ range expansion ✨

[sylvia!!]

Aug 29, 2023 22:06:41 GMT Electric Mami said:

Hey, so there's this little E1 in “Junboku, Muku de Arou ga” that I didn't count, but when discussing fry notes in the Discord server, this note was brought up and some people thought it'd actually be countable. So I'm gonna ask for more opinions here too, and based on that I'll consider either keeping it in questionable, either moving it to the counted low notes. You can listen to the 4-second long extract in FLAC (for better quality) here

sounds strong (and sexy) enough to be countable

[Døc]

The man just had the horniest range expansion in TRP history.

[kuyashii]

Thread looking massive, great job. I honestly think you went a wee bit overboard with inclusion with some screams and fry lows but otherwise really great job. Just came from listening to Erosio which is IMO Sukekiyo's best release ever, and I'm surprised considering all the sheer abuse Kyo put his voice through how can he still sound pretty good most of the time (not really a fan of the excessive twang he has been using a lot in the last few years)

(also can i finally be rid of the "obsessive kyo stan" stigma lol)

[Electric Mami]

Thanks, I appreciate!

If by inclusion you meant countable, I did have my standards a little more picky at first, but when gathering some opinions on some notes it seems I could lower them a tiny bit. For lows I think of the “Junboku, Muku de Arou ga” E1 and the “vandal” F1, the latter I thought was already a little borderline (great tone but quite breathy), but everyone who gave me a point of view on these (the E1 mostly) was favorable, so why not after all.

For the screams I go by how "stable" they are when reaching the peak (example: “OBSCURE” remake E♭6) or when they start (example: “Karasu” D6, was a bit hesitant on counting that one admittedly, but the solid start sells it for me), how well they are executed overall (example: the “Cause of fickleness” F♯6 sure is rather short, but it's hella hard to pull it out in this range at the end of a sentence and Kyo did it perfectly here), how intentional they are, how strong the scream is (hearing a cool overtone isn't enough, example: “Kawattekuremasen deshou ka?” C6) and how "thick" it is (if it really sounds thin, I'm gonna prefer not to count it, example: “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS” -UNPLUGGED- E6). On the other hand, if a scream sounded a bit thin but was repeated and/or sustained (example: “Akatsuki” 2010demo D6), I'm okay with counting it. Another scream I was hesitant on was “The inferno” live E6, because while it does sound like Kyo is pushing for it, the scream also gets rather thin once he reaches E6, which isn't the case with the “Cause of fickleness” F♯6 for instance (speaking of which, I'm still surprised that until now no one had ever brought it up, not even as a questionable note), and I remember seeing that E6 being "considered democratically too short" on an archive of the TRP2 thread, even though I still think control, intention and quality matter more than length.
For fry lows I go by how consistent and strong the tone is throughout a few words/syllables (example: “Ruten no Tou” G1) or in a passage (example: the “Kashikomi Kashikomi” G♯1 often comes back in the second verse, enough for me to count it), how sustained the tone is if it's on one syllable (I guess the counted E1 falls in the category of good sustain of the tone) and how "supported" it is (example: there's a C2 in “Reiketsu Nariseba” that I ended up not counting because even if has good tone, it doesn't sound very "supported", if that makes sense, it's "just" some "accidental tone").

And I also loved EROSIO! I still have a little preference for ADORATIO (my favourite album ever along with Cö shu Nie's Flos Ex Machina) but damn EROSIO was solid. The cohesion is amazing, the atmosphere and sonic concept are strong (compared to Diru's PHALARIS, which has amazing composition but for which Die himself said he wasn't sure yet what concept it was capturing). I'm also glad we got the final version of “Rongai na Ikimono Toshite”. Good dynamic range too, it's pleasant to hear something with more breathing room. I too am quite happily surprised by his vocals' quality nowadays given how hard he went on them between like, 2008 (or even Withering to death. era) and early 2012 in particullar. Basically when he got his tonsils removed after the 2013/05/16 show it got increasingly better for him, even though he still had inconsistencies on live performances

[IhateMana]

hey man uhhh, is the Cause of Fickleness note def timestamped to the right spot? cause that sounds 4th octave to me tbqh

[Electric Mami]

Oh I've put it a few seconds before the scream itself, it goes "Ai dake oshiete kudasarebaaa-*shifts to whistle fry*". It gets a bit covered by the scream that introduces the next verse so I've been thinking of underlining it. I actually have a recording of me trying to reproduce it if you want lol

[IhateMana]

the scream that introduces the next verse? i'm only hearing one track there and it doesn't sound that high to my ears

[Electric Mami]

I guess I really should underline it then haha
There's two tracks, one where yeah he does a fourth octave scream that introduces the next verse and one where he ends the line before that where he slides into whistle fry, the scream goes E6-E♭6-F♯6. My attempt on reproducing it here, hopefully that helps spotting the scream in the original song