Dir En Grey discography

This is the discography of Dir En Grey, a Japanese metal band. They have recorded ten original studio albums, three EPs and thirty one singles in their twenty four years together. Each of the band's releases has charted on Japan's Oricon charts.

Dir En Grey discography
Dir En Grey vocalist Kyo and drummer Shinya
Studio albums10
Compilation albums6
Music videos7
EPs3
Singles31
Live videos17

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 Division, a subsidiary of Free-Will, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In 2005, Dir En Grey signed to the Europe 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., and followed by The Marrow of a Bone. Their seventh album Uroboros is planned for both a European (Gan-Shin) and American release (The End Records).

Dir En Grey have made only one release on their independent label, Free-Will, since the major label debut; they released their music video compilation, Average Psycho through the independent label due to graphic content, not allowed by Sony.

Albums
Year Title Peak chart positions Notes
FIN JPN[1] United States United States Heat. United States Ind.
1999 Gauze – 5 [2] – – –
2000 Macabre – 4[3] – – –
2002 Kisō
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: January 30, 2002
 – 3[4] – – –
2003 Vulgar
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin
  • Released: September 10, 2003
 – 6[5] – – –
  • Released in Europe
  • Available in two editions: CD; CD+DVD
2005 Withering to Death.
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
  • Released: March 9, 2005
 31[6] 8[7] – 42[8] –
  • First release in United States
2007 The Marrow of a Bone
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
  • Released: February 7, 2007
 – 7[9] – 8[10] 21[11]
  • Released in Europe and United States
  • Available in two editions: CD; 2-CD
2008 Uroboros
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, The End
  • Released: November 12, 2008
 – 4[12] 114[13] 1[14] 9[15]
  • Released in Europe and United States
  • Available in three editions: CD; 2-CD; 2-CD+DVD+2-LP
2011 Dum Spiro Spero
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami, The End
  • Released: August 2, 2011
 40[16] 4[17] 135[18] 2[18] 22[18]
  • Released in Europe and United States
  • Available in two editions, CD and 2-CD+DVD+2-LP
2014 Arche
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami
  • Released: December 10, 2014
 – 4[19] – – –
  • Released in Europe; Released digitally in United States
  • Available in three editions: CD; 2-CD; 2-BluSpec CD+DVD or Blu-ray
2018 The Insulated World
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: September 26, 2018
 – 6[20] – – –
  • Available in three editions: CD; 2-CD; 2-BluSpec CD+DVD or Blu-ray

"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays
Year Title Peak chart positions Notes
FIN JPN[1] United States Heat. United States Ind.
1997 Missa N/A 93 N/A N/A
  • First release
2002 Six Ugly N/A 9 N/A N/A
  • Released simultaneously with "Child Prey"
2013 The Unraveling N/A 3 N/A N/A
  • Released in Europe; Released digitally in United States
  • Available in three editions: CD; CD+DVD; 2-CD+DVD

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Notes Album
JPN[21] SWE[22]
1998 "Jealous" 38 –
  • Released as first press and standard version
  • Re-released in 2001
 No featured album
"-I'll-" 7 –
1999 "Akuro no Oka" 7 –
  • Simultaneous release
  • Major label debut singles
 Gauze
"Yurameki" 5 –
"-Zan-" 6 –
"Cage" 8 –
"Yokan" 6 –
2000 "Myaku" 8 –
  • First re-recorded B-sides
  • Re-released in 2001
 Macabre
"[KR] Cube" 6 –
  • Re-released in 2001
"Taiyō no Ao" 7 –
  • Re-released in 2001 without glitter cover
2001 "Ain't Afraid to Die" 7 – No featured album
"Filth" 6 – Kisō
"Jessica" 9 –
"Embryo" 9 –
2002 "Child Prey" 8 –
  • First live B-sides
 Vulgar
2003 "Drain Away" 8 –
"Kasumi" 7 –
2004 "The Final" 9 – Withering to Death.
"-Saku-" 6 –
2005 "Clever Sleazoid" 10 15 The Marrow of a Bone
2006 "Ryōjoku no Ame" 8 –
"Agitated Screams of Maggots" 5 –
2007 "Dozing Green" 3 – Uroboros
2008 "Glass Skin" 6 –
2009 "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" 2 – Dum Spiro Spero
2011 "Lotus" 6 –
"Different Sense" 5 –
"Tsumi to Batsu" – –
  • Released on iTunes and as a limited live single
 No featured album
2012 "Rinkaku" 4 – Arche
2014 "Sustain the Untruth" 6 –
2016 "Utafumi" 12 – The Insulated World
2018 "Ningen o Kaburu" 5 –
2019 "The World of Mercy" 8 –
2020 "Ochita Koto no Aru Sora" – –

Compilations
  • Behind the Mask, Volume 2 (November 25, 1997)
  • Kai (改 -Kai-), (Remix Album) (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)
  • Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album (December 9, 2010)
  • Vestige of Scratches (January 2, 2018)

Music videos
  • Kaede ~If Trans...~ (「楓」～if trans･･･～, January 15, 1998)
  • Mōsō Tōkakugeki (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)
  • Average Blasphemy (October 27, 2009)
  • Average Sorrow (April 1, 2015)
  • Average Psycho 2 (September 2, 2015)

Live videos
  • Mōsō Kakugaigeki (妄想格外劇, October 7, 1998)
  • 1999.12.18 Ōsaka-jō Hall (February 16, 2000)
  • Tour 00⏩01 Macabre (July 25, 2001)
  • Rettō 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)
  • A Knot Of (February 2, 2009)
  • Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again (April 28, 2009)
  • Tour 09 Feast of V Senses (September, 2009)
  • Uroboros -With the Proof in the Name of Living...- At Nippon Budokan (May 26, 2010)
  • Tour 2011 Age Quod Agis Vol.1 (Europe & Japan) (June 20, 2012)
  • Tour 2011 Age Quod Agis Vol.2 (U.S. & Japan) (July 18, 2012)
  • Tour 12-13 In Situ-Tabula Rasa (September 25, 2013)
  • Tour13 Ghoul (April 23, 2014)
  • Dum Spiro Spero At Nippon Budokan (July 16, 2014)
  • Tour14 Psychonnect -Mode Of “Gauze?”- (September 2014)
  • Arche At Nippon Budokan (June 2016)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Vulgar] (March 2017)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Dum Spiro Spero] (March 2017)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Kisō] (March 2017)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Uroboros] (September 2017)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of The Marrow Of A Bone] (September 2017)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Macabre] (July 2018)
  • Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ [Mode Of Withering To Death.] (July 2018)

Album scores
  • Gauze (October 24, 1999)
  • Macabre (February 1, 2001)
  • Kisou [鬼葬] (2002)
  • Six Ugly (January 31, 2005)
  • Vulgar (January 31, 2005)
  • Withering to Death (January 15, 2010)
  • The Marrow of a Bone (January 15, 2010)
  • Uroboros (September 5, 2011)
  • Dum Spiro Spero (February 25, 2013)

Photo books
  • Dir En Grey Yarouze (Dir en greyやろうぜ, 1999)
  • Shikaku [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)
  • Shankara (2008)
  • Ouroboros (2010)
  • Amon (2011)
  • The Unwavering Fact of Tomorrow Tour 2010-2011 (2011)
  • Overseas Documentary Greed (2012)
  • Minerva -Rinkaku- (2012)
  • Minerva -The Unraveling- (2013)
  • Dir En Grey Players Book (2016)[23]

References
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