Dir en grey discography
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 Dir en grey vocalist Kyo |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 6 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 6 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 2 | |
| ↙Singles | 23 | |
| ↙Music videos | 6 | |
| ↙Live videos | 10 | |
| References and footnotes | ||
This is the discography of Dir en grey, a Japanese rock band. They have released six original studio albums, two EPs and twenty-three singles in their ten years together. Recently, a new album was announced as being in the recording process, expected to release at the end of 2008. The album is being recorded at the Sony Tokyo Building.[1] Each of the band's releases has charted on Japan's Oricon charts.
Dir en grey made their earliest releases as an independent band with Free-Will, eventually signing a temporary deal with Warner Music Japan. Dir en grey's earliest releases were self-produced, however they worked with a producer, X Japan drummer Yoshiki Hayashi, for a series of five singles preceding Gauze.
With the release of Macabre, Dir en grey began to release cooperatively between Firewall Divsion, a subsidiary of Free-Will, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In 2005, Dir en grey signed to the European label, Gan-Shin. The following year, they would release in the United States under Warcon Enterprises and Fontana Distribution, while being managed by Free-Will's American branch. On both foreign labels, the band's initial release was Withering to Death.
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[edit] Albums
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Title Peak chart positions Notes USA Heat. USA Ind. JPN Alb. Gauze - First full-length album
- Production by Yoshiki Hayashi
Macabre - Label: Firewall/SMEJ
- Released: September 20, 2000
- Major label debut album
Kisou - Label: Firewall/SMEJ
- Released: January 30, 2002
Vulgar - Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin
- Released: September 10, 2003
- Released in Europe
Withering to Death. 42[2] – - First release in Europe and United States
The Marrow of a Bone - Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
- Released: February 7, 2007
8[3] 21[4] - Released in Europe and United States
- Included unplugged arrangments
To be announced - Label: Gan-Shin[1]
- Released: Late 2008
- Expected to release in Europe[1]
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.
[edit] Extended plays
[edit] Singles
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Year Title JPN Peak
Sing.[5]Album 1998 "Jealous" 38 No featured album "-I'll-" 9 1999 "Akuro no Oka" 7 Gauze "Yurameki" 5 "-Zan-" 6 "Cage" 8 "Yokan" 6 2000 "Myaku" 8 Macabre "[KR] Cube" 6 "Taiyou no Ao" 7 2001 "Ain't Afraid to Die" 7 No featured album "Filth" 6 Kisou "Jessica" 12 "Embryo" 9 2002 "Child Prey" 8 Vulgar 2003 "Drain Away" 8 "Kasumi" 7 2004 "The Final" 9 Withering to Death. "Saku" 6 2005 "Clever Sleazoid" 10 The Marrow of a Bone 2006 "Ryoujoku no Ame" 7 "Agitated Screams of Maggots" 4 2007 "Dozing Green" 3 2007 2008 "Glass Skin" 2008
[edit] Compilations
- Behind the Mask, Volume 2 (November 25, 1997)
- Kai (改 -Kai-, August 22, 2001)
- The Best of Taste of Chaos (January 24, 2006)
- The Family Values Tour 2006 CD (December 26, 2006)
- Decade 1998-2002 (December 19, 2007)
- Decade 2003-2007 (December 19, 2007)
[edit] Music videos
- Kaede ~If Trans...~ (「楓」～if trans･･･～, January 15, 1998)
- Mousou Toukakugeki (妄想統覚劇, October 7, 1998)
- Gauze -62045- (November 17, 1999)
- Kimon (鬼門, March 20, 2002)
- Average Fury (June 29, 2005)
- Average Psycho (July 27, 2005)
[edit] Live videos
- Mousou Kakugaigeki (妄想格外劇, October 7, 1998)
- 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall (February 16, 2000)
- Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre (July 25, 2001)
- Rettou Gekishin Angya Final 2003 5 Ugly Kingdom (May 21, 2003)
- Blitz 5 Days (March 3, 2004)
- Tour 04 The Code of Vulgar[ism] (November 6, 2004)
- Tour 05 It Withers and Withers (May 8, 2006)
- The Family Values Tour 2006 DVD (December 26, 2006)
- Despair in the Womb (February, 2007)
- In Weal Or Woe (February 10, 2008)
[edit] Album scores
[edit] Photo books
- Dir en grey Yarouze (Dir en greyやろうぜ, 1999)
- Shiaku [A Dead Angle] (視覚 [A Dead Angle], 2000)
- Dragon Fly (2002)
- [xx] A Pilgrimage Capsizing the Islands 2002 Asia - The Japanese Fxxker Family (2002)
- Ware (我, 2002)
- UV Special: Dir en grey The Manipulated Life (2005)
- Dir en grey Yarouze Special (2006)-->
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "DIR EN GREY Begins Work On New Album" (English). roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ ""Top Heatseekers"" (June 03, 2006). Billboard Magazine.
- ^ "Top Heatseekers - The Marrow of a Bone" (English). billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ "Top Independent Albums" (English). billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ Dir en grey Oricon positions (Japanese). tbs.co.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
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