Their 11th studio album, Phalaris , was released on June 15, 2022. For the 25th anniversary of their singles ” Akuro no Oka “, ” Yurameki “, and “-Zan-“, the single “19990120” was released on January 17, 2024. On April 24, 2024, the band released their thirty-fourth single “The Devil…
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On April 28, 2021, they released their 32nd single, “Oboro”.
The band name is a combination of German “dir”, French “en” and English “grey” and was thought to mean “Grey Silver Coin” ( 灰色の銀貨 , Haiiro no Ginka ) ; the Japanese translation was used as the name of their fanclub’s magazine. They wanted to convey a musical image that…
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Their 31st single, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora” was released digitally on August 3, 2020.
Their 30th single, “The World of Mercy”, released on September 18, 2019. They provided a cover of ” National Media Boys ” for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~
On June 29, 2018, Dir En Grey announced that their tenth studio album The Insulated World was to be released on September 26, 2018. The band also announced a European tour to start in October 2018, under the title “Wearing Human Skin”. They followed this tour with a North American…
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Their compilation album, Vestige of Scratches , was released on January 2, 2018. Dir En Grey’s twenty-ninth single “Ningen wo Kaburu” was released on April 25, 2018. One of its B-sides is a remake of “Ash”, a song with origins as far back as 1997.
In 2017, the band did further tours themed around previous albums They also covered ” Easy Make, Easy Mark ” by D’erlanger for the D’erlanger Tribute Album ~Stairway to Heaven~ .
The band released a single, “Utafumi”, in July 2016. They also embarked on various tours based around previous albums called Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [mode of Vulgar] , Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [mode of Dum Spiro Spero] , and Tour16-17 From Depression to ________ [mode of 鬼葬] from…
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On August 5, 2014, it was announced that Dir En Grey’s ninth album, Arche , would be released on December 10, 2014. After its release, the album was accompanied by the 2014–2015 tour By the Grace of God . The tour was followed by another one called The Unstoppable Life…
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