Macabre (album)

Macabre is the second studio album released by Dir En Grey on September 20, 2000. It is the band's first record to be released in collaboration of Free-Will's Firewall sub-division and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The original print of Macabre featured an etched, tinted jewel case with 5 wooden beads placed within the spine. The album proper, like Gauze, included two booklets: one with the lyrics, and the other featuring a related image and poem.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kyo^[1].

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Deity"	Dir En Grey	4:15
2.	"Myaku" (脈; "Pulse")	Dir En Grey	4:05
3.	"Wake" (理由; "Reason")	Die	5:12
4.	"Egnirys Cimredopyh +) An Injection"	Toshiya	5:16
5.	"Hydra"	Kaoru	5:41
6.	"Hotarubi" (蛍火; "Light of a firefly")	Shinya	6:06
7.	"[KR]cube"	Dir En Grey	4:09
8.	"Berry"	Kaoru	4:20
9.	"Macabre -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-" (MACABRE —揚羽ノ羽(　三)ノ夢ハ(　二)蛹(　一)—; see notes)	Kaoru	10:49
10.	"Audrey"	Die	4:33
11.	"Rasetsukoku" (羅刹国)	Dir En Grey	3:35
12.	"Zakuro" (ザクロ; "Pomegranate")	Kaoru	8:37
13.	"Taiyō no Ao" (太陽の碧; "Blue of the sun")	Kaoru	6:19

Notes

The album features Russian imagery; the artwork contains Cyrillic; the lyrics for "Deity" is written in Russian; and the song "Rasetsukoku" translates to "Man-eating devil country", which was the Chinese name for Russia during the Qing Dynasty.
"Deity" is similar to the Russian word for children, "deti" ("дети"). The accompanying image in the lyric booklet is of a pregnant woman's stomach. A portion of the melody in "Deity" appears to be derived from Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5.
"理由" officially romanizes as "riyū", yet is transliterated in this case by the band as "wake"; both "wake" ("訳") and "riyū" ("理由") can be translated as reason.
"egnirys cimredopyh" is hypodermic syringe spelled backwards; it was written in this manner due to the censorship board in Japan.
"蛍火" romanizes as both "Hotarubi" and "Keika". Both translate as "light of the firefly".
The lyrics of "Berry" is written from a abused child's point of view.
When read left to right, "Macabre"'s subtitle "揚羽ノ羽ノ夢ハ蛹" transliterates as "Ageha no hane no yume wa sanagi", or "The Swallowtail's Wings' Dream is the Chrysalis". However, the title contains numbered furigana above it, which suggests that the title is to be read as "Sanagi no yume wa ageha no hane", or "The Chrysalis' Dream is the Swallowtail's Wings".
"Taiyou no Ao" uses kanji meaning "midori" (green). However "ao", the word for blue, can also mean green. So the translation could be either Green, Blue, or Jade Sun.
A rearrangement of the track "Hydra" appears on their 2007 single "Dozing Green" as a B-side.^[2]
A re-recording of the track "Rasetsukoku" appears as a bonus track on their 2011 album Dum Spiro Spero.
A re-recording of the track "Macabre -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-"(Simply titled MACABRE) appears on the second disc of the Limited Edition of their 2013 mini-album The Unraveling.

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Oricon	4

Personnel

Hoppy Kamiyama – producer
Chieko Kinbara – violin (Hotarubi)
Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka – executive producer
Koji Yoda – art director
Hidemi Ogata – cover art

References

↑ Missa (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: Free-Will. 1997. AMCM-4315.
↑ ""Dozing Green" release information". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2007-09-03.

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, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" "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 Average Psycho 2

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?”- Arche At Nippon Budokan

Related articles	Discography Kisaki Sukekiyo Decays Dir En Grey Yarouze

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