The Unraveling (EP)

The Unraveling (stylized as THE UNRAVELING) is the third EP released by Japanese metal band Dir En Grey^[1] on April 3, 2013. It was released as a single-CD Original Version, a deluxe Initial Limited Version digipak with bonus recording footage, and a Limited Order-Only Deluxe Version featuring the deluxe digipak with a bonus CD and extra DVD footage.^[2]

The bonus CD includes a remake of "Macabre" off the eponymous 2000 album and "The Final", with the latter and "Unraveling" as unplugged versions. The extra DVD footage also adds "Shot In One Take" versions of "Rinkaku" and "Kiri to Mayu", live performances from their performance on December 25, 2012 and an interview with sound engineer Tue Madsen.

Its packaging features art by artist and sculptor Yasuyuki Nishio^[3] along with new stylization of the band's name. Except the title track, all remaining songs were rearranged and re-recorded from previous versions.

It debuted at #3 at the Oricon weekly chart.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kyo, all music composed by Dir En Grey.

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Unraveling"	4:42
2.	"Karma^[5]" (業; "Karma", from Kaede: If Trans...)	3:43
3.	"Kasumi^[6]" (かすみ; "Mist", from Vulgar)	4:09
4.	"Karasu" (鴉; "Crow", from Kisou)	5:36
5.	"Bottom of the Death Valley" (from Kisou)	6:25
6.	"Unknown.Despair.Lost" (from single Jealous)	4:47
7.	"THE FINAL" (from Withering to Death.)	4:15

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"MACABRE"	16:18
2.	"Unraveling (Unplugged Ver.)"	5:04
3.	"THE FINAL (Unplugged Ver.)"	5:50

Initial Limited Version DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"THE UNRAVELING (Scenes From Recording)"

Limited Order-Only Deluxe Version DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rinkaku (Shot In One Take)" (輪郭 (Shot In One Take))
2.	"Kiri to Mayu (Shot in One Take)" (霧と繭 (Shot In One Take))
3.	"Shitataru Mourou [LIVE]" (滴る朦朧 Live take at TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM HALL A on December 25, 2012)
4.	"Juuyoku [LIVE]" (獣慾 Live take at TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM HALL A on December 25, 2012)
5.	"INTERVIEW ON THE UNRAVELING"
6.	"THE UNRAVELING (Scenes From Recording)"

Touring

2013 Tours

TABULA RASA
TABULA RASA (Overseas)
GHOUL -mazy- / GHOUL -instinct-
GHOUL (Overseas)

TOUR2013 TABULA RASA

April 5 - TOKYO DOME CITY HALL (Tokyo)
April 11 - Namba Hatch (Osaka)
April 12 - Namba Hatch
April 14 - BAY5 SQUARE (Kochi)
April 18 - Zepp Nagoya (Aichi)
April 20 - Kyoto KBS Hall (Kyoto)
April 21 - Kyoto KBS Hall
April 27 - Kobe International House (Hyogo)
April 28 - Kobe International House
May 15 - Shinkiba STUDIO COAST (Tokyo)
May 16 - Shinkiba STUDIO COAST

TOUR2013 GHOUL -mazy-

September 18 - Yokohama BLITZ (Kanagawa) -｢a knot｣only-
September 19 - Yokohama BLITZ
October 14 - Zepp Nagoya
October 18 - Shinkiba STUDIO COAST
October 19 - Shinkiba STUDIO COAST
October 22 - Namba Hatch
October 24 - Namba Hatch

TOUR2013 GHOUL -instinct-

September 24 - SENDAI Rensa (Miyagi)
September 26 - NIIGATA LOTS (Niigata)
September 27 - NIIGATA LOTS
October 4 - OKAYAMA CRAZYMAMA KINGDOM (Okayama)
October 5 - OKAYAMA CRAZYMAMA KINGDOM
October 8 - OITA T.O.P.S Bitts Hall (Oita)
October 11 - KYOTO KBS HALL (Kyoto)
October 12 - KYOTO KBS HALL

TOUR2013 GHOUL (U.S. and Canada)

November 3 - Trees (Dallas, Texas)
November 4 - Scout Bar (Houston, Texas)
November 6 - Center Stage (Atlanta, Georgia)
November 8 - Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore, Maryland)
November 9 - The Theatre of Living Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
November 11 - Irving Plaza (New York, New York)
November 12 - Paradise Rock Club (Boston, Massachusetts)
November 13 - The Opera House (Toronto, Canada)
November 16 - House of Blues (Chicago, Illinois)
November 17 - The Varsity Theater (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
November 19 - The Bluebird Theatre (Denver, Colorado)
November 21 - Showbox at the Market (Seattle, Washington)
November 23 - The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center (San Francisco, California)
November 24 - House of Blues Sunset Strip (West Hollywood, California)

TOUR2013 TABULA RASA (Overseas)

June 11 - LIVE MUSIC HALL (Cologne, Germany)
June 13 - La Cigale (Paris, France)

After announcing The Unraveling on December 25, the band announced "TOUR2013 TABULA RASA" in promotion of the EP.^[7] The band went on to play Ozzfest Japan on May 12 and held a special extension of the tour for Japanese buyers of the limited deluxe version, titled "TABULA RASA -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-" at Shibuya Public Hall. In June, Dir En Grey performed at both Download Festival and Nova Rock.

Dir En Grey announced another split tour series in July, titled "GHOUL." The tour will first extend through Japan before extending to the United States and Canada in November.^[8]

References

External links

Yasuyuki Nishio's artist page on Yamamoto Gendai

Dir En Grey

Kyo Kaoru Die Toshiya Shinya

Albums	Gauze Macabre Kisou Vulgar Withering to Death. The Marrow of a Bone Uroboros Dum Spiro Spero Arche

EPs	Missa Six Ugly The Unraveling

Compilations	Kai Decade 1998–2002 Decade 2003–2007

Singles	"Jealous" "-I'll-" "Akuro no Oka" "Yurameki" "-Zan-" "Cage" "Yokan" "Myaku" "[KR] Cube" "Taiyō no Ao" "Ain't Afraid to Die" "Filth" "Jessica" "Embryo" "Child Prey" "Drain Away" "Kasumi" "The Final" "Saku" "Clever Sleazoid" "Ryoujoku no Ame" "Agitated Screams of Maggots" "Dozing Green" "Glass Skin" "Hageshisa to..." "Lotus" "Different Sense" "Rinkaku" "Sustain the Untruth"

Music video compilations	Kaede: If Trans... Mōsō Tōkakugeki Gauze -62045- Kimon Average Fury Average Psycho Average Blasphemy Average Sorrow

Live videos	Mousou Kakugaigeki 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre Rettou Gekishin Angya Blitz 5 Days The Code of Vulgar[ism] It Withers and Withers Despair in the Womb In Weal or Woe A Knot Of Tour 08: The Rose Trims Again Tour 09 Feast of V Senses Uroboros: With the Proof in the Name of Living... At Nippon Budokan Tour 2011 Age Quod Agis Vol.1 (Europe & Japan) Tour 2011 Age Quod Agis Vol.2 (U.S. & Japan) Tour 12-13 In Situ-Tabula Rasa Tour 13 Ghoul Dum Spiro Spero At Nippon Budokan Tour 14 Psychonnect -Mode Of “Gauze?”-

Related articles	Discography Kisaki Sukekiyo Dir En Grey Yarouze