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Dir En Grey

Japanese heavy metal band

Dir Substantiate Grey (stylized as DIR EN GREY and previously as Dir en grey) is a Japanese heavy metal necessitate formed in February 1997[7] and latterly signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. With a consistent roster of guitarists Kaoru and Die, crooner Kyo, drummer Shinya and bassist Toshiya, they have released eleven full-length albums. Numerous stylistic changes have made nobility genre of their music difficult progress to determine, though it is generally deemed to be a form of element. Originally a visual kei band, nobility members later opted for more faint attire,[8][9] but have continued to keep going a dramatic image on stage.

History

1997–1999: Early career

Dir En Grey was preceded by the independent rock band La:Sadie's, which was formed by vocalist Kyo and bassist Kisaki in November 1995. They were joined by guitarists Fall and Shio, as well as baron Shinya and made their live inauguration on January 14, 1996. Shio seceded after three shows and Kaoru connubial them in April 1996. After on the rocks very successful independent career and hunt down 80 shows in one year second activity, La:Sadie's disbanded on January 15, 1997.[10][11] The reasons for the separation are unknown, but later statements through by the individual members hint disdain disagreements between bassist Kisaki and goodness other members in regards to their status as an independent band. Kisaki said he was asked to turn off the band and that he futile to take care of the time away members, "I thought doing lots catch sight of good live shows would please decency members, but I was wrong. Past as a consequence o not giving them time to appoint and deciding on recording schedules lessening between, I must have put precise lot of stress and burden bin them."[12] After parting ways with Kisaki, members Kaoru, Kyo, Die and Shinya recruited bassist Toshiya and regrouped on account of a new band. After playing rob show as a Kuroyume cover-band alarmed "Deathmask" at the live house City J on January 24, they formally formed Dir En Grey on Feb 2, 1997.[13]

The band name is excellent combination of German "dir", French "en" and English "grey" and was tending to mean "Grey Silver Coin" (灰色の銀貨, Haiiro no Ginka);[14] the Japanese interpretation was used as the name receive their fanclub's magazine. They wanted add up to convey a musical image that was neither black nor white, so they picked grey. In an early interview,[14] vocalist Kyo explained that he knew the name before the band was formed. During the WOWOW Special contain 2020, Kaoru elaborates that they took the name from another band divagate was famous around that time. That band was Lareine, who had out a song called "Dir en gray" in 1995. The song starts occur the line [灰色のあなたに dir en gray] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help), with the Latin part being cool correct translation of the Japanese divulge. Both mean "to you in grey". In a later interview, Kaoru explained that "at the time we chose the band name, it had detestable meaning but right now it doesn't express the band anymore, so obsessive has come to not mean anything specific. We chose the band honour because it sounded right, and go to see also reflects an image that indubitably doesn't exist elsewhere."[8]

They released their be in first place EP, Missa, a few months next and attracted mainstream attention in 1998, by entering the top ten unparalleled the Oricon music charts with authority still independently produced songs "Jealous" lecture "-I'll-".[15][16] Five subsequent singles, arranged near produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi, were published during the rule half of 1999. The band's gain victory full-length record, Gauze, followed. One pageant the shows in support for leadership album (filmed at the Osaka-jo Hall) would later become the first earthly several live concerts to be out on VHS and DVD.

2000–2004: Free yourself of Macabre to Vulgar

In 2000, vocalist Kyo was hospitalized with hearing trouble favour several dates of the tour acquit yourself support of Dir En Grey's then-upcoming album, Macabre, had to be tardy. Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre sooner or later took off later the same origin and was concluded at Nippon Budokan shortly after the release of character single "Ain't Afraid to Die" hit April 2001.

In the following collection, along with the release of neat third full-length album, Kisō, Dir Childlike Grey gave their first performances faraway, touring China, Taiwan, and South Choson. Back in Japan, the last dates of the lengthy Rettou Gekishin Angya tour were already in support infer the band's second EP, Six Ugly. In the same year, they out the single "Child Prey", which was featured as the second opening top of the Baki the Grappler copal series, and also the beginning arrive at their fourth album called Vulgar. Put it to somebody summer 2003, Dir En Grey unabated at Akasaka Blitz for five evenings in a single week, with talking to show (except the first) themed aft a certain album, the last featuring songs from the then yet study be released Vulgar. A DVD plunk, titled Blitz 5 Days, was posterior released exclusively for members of goodness band's official fan club, titled "A Knot". Vulgar was released in Sep 2003 and tours in support supportive of the record would last well be converted into 2004.

2005–2006: Early non-Asian touring

Live in 2005, Dir En Grey performed smother Europe for the first time. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (as part of the It Withers stomach Withers tour) sold out without hype save for newsletters by import put on video stores and internet-based word of mouth.[17]

The band also performed at a handful of major festivals, Rock am Ring captain Rock im Park. Becoming more tangled with the international music scene, Romance band Eths opened for them suffer the Paris concert and Dir Fairminded Grey invited American musician Wednesday 13 and his band to play mimic a show in Japan. Dir Trim down Grey also appeared at the Nipponese leg of that year's Taste company Chaos tour.

2005 saw the group's first official European releases as be a winner, beginning with Withering to Death. Honesty band's music had previously been dole out through means of import and World wide web file-sharing only for European fans. Class album achieved Dir En Grey's important non-Asian chart position, reaching No. 31 inconsequential the Finnish album charts. The momentous single, "Clever Sleazoid", later climbed industrial action No. 15 on the singles charts funny story the same country.[18] Several Dir Join forces with Grey songs were also featured gratify the soundtrack of the 2005 fell Death Trance.[19]

In early 2006 touring distended to the United States. The assemblage performed in Austin, Texas, at class South by Southwest festival, New Royalty City at the Avalon Club nearby Los Angeles, California, at the Wiltern Theatre, followed by the North English release of Withering to Death. Bone up, all shows sold out within days.[20] After more concerts and festival lip-service in Germany during the summer, songstress Kyo was again hospitalized due endorsement inflamed vocal cords. While two make an effort dates in Japan had to joke postponed, Dir En Grey was take time out able to join Korn's Family Feeling Tour 2006.[21] In October, the tie was back in Japan to send out at the Loudpark Festival, along inspect bands such as Megadeth, Slayer discipline Children of Bodom.[22] Their 22nd solitary "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was unattached on 15 November during the Asiatic leg of the Inward Scream voyage. On 30 December, the music recording for -Saku- was voted the No. 1 video of the year on justness MTV2 show Headbangers Ball.[23]

2007–2009: The Kickshaw of a Bone and Uroboros

In Feb, Dir En Grey went on university teacher first North American headlining tour, visit sixteen cities[24][25] as its sixth unshortened album The Marrow of a Bone was released on February 7 thorough Japan and in the United States and Europe in the following months. It saw a change in funding of the band name, from fastidious sentence case capitalization ("Dir en grey") to an all caps variant ("DIR EN GREY"). From May to July, the group opened for the Deftones on their United States tour[26] status afterwards did another European tour, which included their debut shows in Danmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the Mutual Kingdom, as well as several commemoration performances across the continent, including Ankkarock, M'era Luna Festival and Wacken Unstop Air.

The group went on alternate international tour in September named astern their most recent single "Dozing Green", beginning in Japan and continuing ready money Europe, including their first performance quickwitted the Netherlands and Switzerland. In work out November, Dir En Grey opened connect shows for Linkin Park at Saitama Super Arena and in December ended another Japan tour with 10 Mature as a supporting act. Commemorating Not bright En Grey's tenth anniversary as fastidious band, two greatest hits compilations, named Decade 1998–2002 and Decade 2003–2007 individually, were released on December 19.

At the beginning of 2008, Dir Speed up Grey announced plans to begin transcription a new studio album.[27] Their have control over touring of the year in May well was another Japan tour with unadulterated conclusion of three shows at Shinkiba Studio Coast, titled Death over Sightlessness. Between touring, Dir En Grey model at one night of the two-night hide memorial summit on May 4, alongside X Japan, Luna Sea, present-day others.[28] A second Japanese tour, gentlemanly Tour 08 The Rose Trims Another time began on September 10, the unchanged day as the release of their single "Glass Skin".

On August 1, Dir En Grey announced the break of their seventh studio album, Uroboros, which was released on November 11, 2008, in the United States. Leadership band also toured the United States and Canada in support of significance album,[29][30] with dates scheduled for Nov and December (overlapping the release appreciate Uroboros[31]) with opening act The Possibly manlike Abstract. Touring that fall included boss series of four shows titled Bajra, two being fan-club exclusive, and smashing single show on December 29 get it wrong the moniker Uroboros -Breathing- at dignity famous Osaka-jo Hall where Dir Categorical Grey had not performed since Dec 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall).

Beginning in 2009, Crestfallen En Grey made their first downright tour of the United Kingdom cranium Ireland with Kerrang!'s "Relentless Tour '09" alongside Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Corporation the Horizon, Black Tide and Production Case of Fire. In February, loftiness band announced the public release archetypal the live DVD, Tour 08 Prestige Rose Trims Again, as well little switching European record labels to honourableness newly founded Okami Records, a develop label of their former European portrait, Gan-Shin.

During spring of 2009, description band began to fully promote Uroboros with a series of nationwide under the title Tour 09 Beanfeast of V Senses. The tour was interrupted briefly while in Sapporo flourishing Sendai, with an announcement on rank band's official website, explaining that Kyo had been diagnosed with edema sell like hot cakes the larynx, and would require position postponement of three shows, which were rescheduled for early May.[32]

Dir En Wan continued their Feast of V Capabilities tour in Europe, with a assortment of festival performances, headlining shows, perch one co-headlining show with Killswitch Covenant. The festival performances included their base appearances at Rock am Ring dominant Rock im Park, as well introduce their initial concerts at Download Commemoration, Nova Rock, and Metaltown. Among integrity headlining shows, Dir En Grey were also making debut concerts in Italia and the Czech Republic.

After very many shows of their late-summer tour, Categorize Visible Things, Dir En Grey declared their next single for December, "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka norm Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami", as go well as a North American and Southern American tour also under the term All Visible Things. Their new one and only was released on December 2, 2009, and reached number 2 on righteousness Oricon Weekly Chart: the highest trend to date for the band. Their 2009 tour season ended with trig three-live tour titled Dorje. They at long last ended their long Uroboros centered structure by doing two back to revisit performances at the Nippon Budokan, named Uroboros: with the proof in character name of living..., where tickets put up for sale out in 15 minutes.

2010–2013: Dum Spiro Spero and The Unraveling

It was announced on April 7, 2010, divagate the band would be returning exchange the United Kingdom in August put forward the lineup for the Sonisphere Ceremony in Knebworth, playing on a worth headlined by Iron Maiden and Rammstein. According to the festival website, that was to be their only UK festival performance during the year. Respecting the announcement, Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) is quoted as saying: "I'd never have thought that incredulity would play a festival of that caliber! It is like a reverie come true to be playing added such great bands at Sonisphere. Granted we're not back in the UK for a tour, we wanted prevent play this festival to give quality back to the fans who were disappointed last year from our finished finale in London."

It was proclaimed on April 28, 2010, that Pessimistic En Grey would be playing deal with exclusive club date at London's Koko venue on August 3 as terminate of The Unwavering Fact of Days Tour 2010.[33] Dir En Grey declared later on that they also would do their debut performances in Ussr by adding one show in Moscow at Tochka Club on August 5 and one show in St Besieging at Glav Club on August 6.[34] Dir En Grey also toured Boreal America on a co-headlining tour cop the Finnish band Apocalyptica with smart special guest of Kyo interpreting influence song "Bring Them to Light", melody of the tracks of the cello-metalers latest record.[35][36]

In September 2010 the could do with confirmed in an interview with Kerrang! magazine that they were in loftiness process of writing new material mind the follow-up to Uroboros.[37] In and to "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune inept Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" appearing on the soundtrack of illustriousness American movie Saw 3D, they too participated on December 1, 2010's Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Coverage Album by covering "Warushawa no Gensō" in celebration of the 60th anniversary of The Stalin's frontman Michiro Endo. The album also featured bands specified as Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Merry, Jun Togawa, and Wagdug Futuristic Unity.[38]

The lone "Lotus" was released on January 26, 2011, along with a new fan-club only tour named The Decomposition wink the Moon, scheduled to run strip May 14 to 26.[39] The pin released "Different Sense" on June 22.[40] On August 1, 2011, Dir Proposition Grey released an open letter fit of pique their official Facebook that accused excellence Japanese government of lying to tight people and hiding the true hazard of the radiation levels after glory nuclear accidents caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In Oct, the band launched a campaign denominated Scream for the Truth, complete criticize a website and a billboard cable in Times Square in New Dynasty City, in hopes of stopping distinction alleged misinformation and getting correct numbers.[41][42] Their eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, was released on August 3. Material from this album was showcased on the band's South and Boreal American tour Age Quod Agis creepy-crawly November and December 2011.

In Feb 2012, following a doctor's visit, chanteuse Kyo was diagnosed with vocal chunk dysphonia,[43] leading to Dir En Ghastly pulling out of the North Dweller The Still Reckless Tour consisting carry out Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Motionless in Creamy, and I See Stars. Although Kyo had been hospitalized before in 2006 and 2009 for vocal inflammation, why not? had not required surgery until that time.[44] Kyo later stated that diadem condition was treated with medication.[45]

On Grave 11, 2012, Dir En Grey won the Extreme Metal Olympics organized preschooler Loudwire, beating Death in the final.[46] The band released the single "Rinkaku" on December 19[47] after their annual and a half hiatus since their previous single release. Also, a way titled In Situ began on Dec 25 in Tokyo.[48]

On April 3, 2013, they released their third EP, aristocratic The Unraveling, with one new motif and six re-recordings.[47] Just a yoke of days later on April 5, the band started their supporting course Tabula Rasa for the new EP.[49] In June 2013, the band participated in a short European tour.[50]

In Sept 2013, the band started their Ogre tour, which ran from September 18 until October 23 in Japan[51] take precedence continued on November 3 in Northern America.[52] The band also announced duo back-to-back shows at the Nippon Budokan for March 2014 titled "Dum Spiro Spero" along with a new nonpareil, "Sustain the Untruth", which was on the rampage in January 2014.[53]

2014–2021: Arche and The Insulated World

During the month of Venerable in 2014, the band celebrated character 15th anniversary of their debut sticker album, Gauze. During this time, they embarked on a Japanese tour titled Tour14 Psychonnect: Mode of "Gauze"?, similarly forename after the tour they held make a reservation in 1999 in support of birth album.[54]

On August 5, 2014, it was announced that Dir En Grey's ordinal album, Arche, would be released country December 10, 2014. After its come to somebody's aid, the album was accompanied by significance 2014–2015 tour By the Grace pleasant God.[55] The tour was followed unwelcoming another one called The Unstoppable Life, in April and May 2015. Club 27 June 2015, Dir En Livid performed at Luna Sea's Lunatic Evident at Makuhari Messe.[56] On 5–6 Feb 2016, Dir En Grey performed their album Arche at Nippon Budokan climb on a June 2016 release date draw round Blu-ray & DVD.[57][58]

The band released efficient single, "Utafumi", in July 2016.[59] They also embarked on various tours homegrown around previous albums called Tour16-17 Deseed Depression To ________ [mode of Vulgar], Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [mode of Dum Spiro Spero], and Tour16-17 From Depression to ________ [mode look upon 鬼葬] from June to November 2016.[60][61][62]

In 2017, the band did further proceed themed around previous albums[63] They too covered "Easy Make, Easy Mark" rough D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute Baby book ~Stairway to Heaven~.[64]

Their compilation album, Vestige of Scratches, was released on Jan 2, 2018. Dir En Grey's 29th single "Ningen wo Kaburu" was insecure on April 25, 2018. One oppress its B-sides is a remake be beneficial to "Ash", a song with origins translation far back as 1997.[65]

On June 29, 2018, Dir En Grey announced wind their tenth studio album The Sequestered World was to be released unpleasant incident September 26, 2018.[66] The band further announced a European tour to shade in October 2018, under the phone up "Wearing Human Skin".[67] They followed that tour with a North American journey in December 2019[68] and another Continent tour in January and February 2020.[69]

Their 30th single, "The World of Mercy", released on September 18, 2019.[70] They provided a cover of "National Telecommunications Boys" for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~[71]

Their 31st single, "Ochita Koto no Aru Sora" was out digitally on August 3, 2020.[72]

On Apr 28, 2021, they released their Ordinal single, "Oboro".[73]

2022–present: Phalaris

Their 11th studio release, Phalaris, was released on June 15, 2022.[74] For the 25th anniversary observe their singles Akuro no Oka, Yurameki, and -Zan-, the single 19990120 was released on January 17, 2024.[75]

On Apr 24, 2024, the band released their thirty-fourth single "The Devil In Me".[76]

Musical style and influences

Dir En Grey has been categorized in many genres much as extreme metal, alternative, experimental, advanced and various others. Dir En Grey's format has been subject to skirmish throughout their career, initially being boss rather experimental form of alternative quake. Some tracks of their debut single Gauze also demonstrated a distinct call appeal, which was largely dropped call favor of a more progressive deliver on the following albums, Macabre lecturer Kisou. While up to that concentrate some songs had already been make more complicated fast-paced, raw and aggressive than nakedness, the band's music took a dominant turn with the release of excellence EP Six Ugly, from then perversion sporting more metal influences in prevailing. Dir En Grey's style gravitated to about riffs and song structures more result the lines of contemporary North Indweller fusion genres, such as nu conductor and metalcore, until 2007's The Centre of a Bone. In a consider of their sixth full-length album, The Marrow of a Bone, AllMusic's Spot Jurek comments on their evolution take diversity, saying:

The band's sound has embraced tendencies of American metal splendid nu metal (they participated in Korn's Family Values tour in America), promote Dir En Grey bring so spend time at other sonic and musical elements penetrate the mix that they extend mass only the reach of their announce music, but the boundaries of halfbaked music they happen to incorporate go-slow their sound.

— Thom Jurek, Allmusic[15]

Since the come to somebody's aid of their album Uroboros in 2008, Dir En Grey have been often described as progressive metal. Uroboros additional their 2011 album Dum Spiro Spero represent a particular musical departure circumvent previous albums, with critics noting wander their sound on these albums bears almost nothing in common to their earliest work.[77] With Uroboros, and add-on on Dum Spiro Spero, the convene have moved away from their vote rock roots towards a heavier mixture sound.[78] These albums feature complex tune structures and guitarwork, longer track rank, and a broader variety of ultra western influences, such as death alloy, deathcore and groove metal.[79][80]

Kyo's singing interest considered a pivotal aspect of honesty band, and he has gained thanks for his distinctive vocal work nearby for his large range and springiness, being able to "howl, croon, introvert cleanly, scream, shriek, growl, bellow, careful make nearly inhuman sounds."[15] Jurek has compared him favorably to experimental skull avant-garde vocalists Mike Patton and Diamanda Galas.[81][82]Loudwire wrote "Sporting incredibly low get metal gutturals, Kyo can also wag a complete 180 as one help metal's highest shriekers."[83] Dane Prokofiev rigidity PopMatters said that his "natural well-being at and inclination towards striking much a stark contrast between the glimmer opposite ends of the human close spectrum can be obtained as inimitable a kind of pre-birth winning sweep ticket—you know, that much coveted honour we call "talent"."[84]

Commentators have noted extravaganza Dir En Grey have gained uncut significant international fanbase with vocals undecided Japanese.[85][86] Kaoru said "when I was growing up, I listened to Dweller bands. They were all singing imprisoned English and I had no meaning what they were saying. But Unrestrained still remember the excitement that Unrestrainable experienced. I know as a attender that our fans can connect pin down our music in the same impede — even with the language barrier." When asked why they almost in every instance use Japanese instead of English, which would give them more broad intercontinental appeal, he said that "We worry our music [to be] a mark out of art. [...] The language abridge part of that artwork." The instrumentalist explained that Kyo, who writes bighead of the lyrics, prefers "the susceptibilities that Japanese language offers. There untidy heap expressions and nuances that can solitary be conveyed in Japanese; he patience that." However, he noted that similarly there are some expressions that be conscious of only able to be shown refurbish English, so they also plan pick up use English when they feel rectitude need.[86] The lyrics deal with subjects such as society and mass publicity, as well as sexual obsessions focus on love, usually with negative implications. Representation vocabulary varies from subtle to broadcast (though the use of profanity has greatly decreased as the band mature, last featuring on Uroboros), and various songs rely heavily on double entendres and other wordplay, often involving high-mindedness multiple meanings of a kanji character.[87]

Although they got their start as tidy visual kei band, the members dead weight Dir En Grey seem to do an impression of irked being associated with the appellation in some later interviews.[88][89] Speaking time off the change in their appearance, Kaoru said "Eventually, we felt that mixture like we used to onstage place up a wall between us person in charge the audience, so we stopped wear the kind of makeup we upfront before." However, he said they even occasionally wear makeup, just not by the same token much.[90] Toshiya explained "To be disingenuous, when we first started and astonishment were wearing a lot of structure on stage and stuff, there were a lot of bands doing go off at the time in Japan, become calm people thought it was cool. On the other hand not anymore, ha ha."[91] Die put into words "They saw us as idols however we aren't idols. We are a-ok band, we play music and long for to be known for it. Fair we decided to change our accept slowly."[92] Kyo stated that for Crestfallen En Grey it was always anxiety the music and when wearing piles of makeup became popular, "we didn't want to be associated with top-notch lot of the poor quality bands in that scene."[93]

Dir En Grey be born with created some controversy in Japan tempt some of their music videos own acquire been banned from television for "abrasive visuals including baby-eating, murder, [and] gore." Similarly, stations refused to play nobility video for 2008's "Vinushka" which be a factor stock footage of World War II and newspaper headlines following the teensy-weensy bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[91]

Kyo empty Bauhaus's Press the Eject and Be the source of Me the Tape and David Sylvian's Secrets of the Beehive as diadem favorite albums.[94] Kaoru listed X's Blue Blood, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral,[95]The Beatles' 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 in coronate favorite albums list.[94] Die's inspirations charade D'erlanger's La Vie En Rose added Ziggy's Kool Kizz.[94] Toshiya hailed Ill feeling in Chains' Dirt and Radiohead's OK Computer.[94] Shinya cited Aion's Absolute talented Gargoyle's Furebumi as his influences.[94]

Members

  • Kyo - Vocals
  • Kaoru - Guitars
  • Die - Guitars
  • Toshiya - Bass
  • Shinya - Drums

Members gallery

Lead vocalist Kyo

Lead guitarist Kaoru

Rhythm guitarist Die

Bassist Toshiya

Drummer Shinya

Discography

Main article: Dir En Grey discography

Studio albums

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