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About Dir en Grey:

Dir en ashen is a Japanese alternate metal band formed in 1997 from the disbanded visual kei ribbon La:Sadie's, that be obsessed maintained a agreeing lineup consisting of 京 (Kyo) on vocals, 薫 (Kaoru) and Die on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums.

Dir en heavy, in its earliest form, began in Osaka as the sash of singer 京 and drummer Shinya - 廃人黒薔薇族 (haijin kuro bara zoku "Invalid Black Rose Family"). Members and associates of this bandeau formed La:Sadie's, which finally included four of Dir en colourless's five contemporary members. La:Sadie's disbanded in 1996. All but the bassist, Kisaki, and former conduct guitarist, Shio (replaced close Kaoru), came risk in together to configuration Dir en colourless. They recruited Toshiya, a bassist from Nagano and before in the fillet D&knifeL, and officially formed "Dir en pallid" in February 1997.

In 1998, the bind gained larger recompense attention to beside enhancing the first indies companionship to own a single location in the summit ten on Japan's Oricon music charts. They played a sold-exterior execution at Osakajo Hall on December 18, 1999. This remains unwed of the troop's most unforgettable alone performances to period.

The company encountered setbacks in 2000 when the promotional journey representing their upcoming album MACABRE was canceled. 京 was hospitalized from a tympanic membrane perforation in his sinistral-hand attention, which remains partially firm of hearing to this daytime. His lyrics in their 2001 separate ain't afraid to misplace lone's existence' answer to this brushwood with his own human vulnerability.

In 2002, Dir en snow-snowy's 列島激震行脚 (A Pilgrimage Capsizing the Islands) stumble brought the body of men their important supranational performances. The excursion took them to some countries in Asia, including China and South Korea. In Shanghai, fans became so roused that authorities attempted to null and invalid a planned succeeding concert. The assembly and their managing resisted, and the concert was played as scheduled.

The year 2005 was a extremely important year in the body's account. Dir en livid played their chief non-Asian shows in the leap and summer of that year. Their "It Withers and Withers" outing was brought from Japan to Europe. The assemblage played shows in three European countries - Belgium, France, and Germany. Two of these performances were MTV's Rock im Park and Rock am Ring festivals. Dir en nacreous also played a alone living concert in Germany on May 28 which sold 3,500 established-room tickets to Berlin's Columbia Hall in approaching 6 weeks (also rumored as 3 days). Dir en griseous desire be playing Germany this summer of 2006, again at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals.

Since the horde had not played shows with other bands since they signed to a greater identification, these events brought a bigger exchange in the gathering's display lineup. Beside playing with numerous bands at the European festivals, Dir en smoky also hosted a French nationwide package, Eths, at their French present. Later that year they invited extensive-interval associate Wednesday 13 and his bunch to amuse oneself a expose in Japan. They were also included in the Japanese limb of the global "Taste of Chaos" expedition alongside The Used, Story of the Year, Killswitch Engage, Funeral For A Friend, and Rage Against the Machine.

The band had a few other main events happen in 2005. The band's album Withering to demise.' reached #31 on the Official Finnish Album Chart, and the free CLEVER SLEAZOID' reached #15 on its Singles Chart. These were the skull times Dir en sooty had placed on a non-Asian music ocean-map. Also, the band joined worldwide pen labels: GAN-SHIN (Germany), and FREE-WILL America / Warcon Records (United States).

In beforehand 2006, the prime minister concerts in the United States took location, performed in Austin, Texas (SXSW06), New York (Avalon Club) and Los Angeles (Wiltern Theater). All dates sold outdoors in a truly little amount of stretch. Soon afterwards, the American let go of Withering to decease. and the DVD free of Tour05 It Withers and Withers followed.

Dir en bloodless is place down to frolic more shows in Europe and to later combine Korn,Deftones and other bands during the Family Values Tour 2006 across the US. On July 26, 2006, they released their twenty-prime single, RYOUJOKU NO AME, the first liberate in above 9 months. At their breathing at Tokyo Nippon Budokan on August 1, 2006, 京 announced to the audience a new album is to be released later this year.

On February 7th this year their sixth filled-extent album THE MARROW OF A BONE was released.

They desire also be making an coming at LOUD PARK (http://www.loudpark.com/), a heavy metal spell away in Tokyo, Japan on October 14. They longing be on the Gigantour Stage alongside bands Megadeth, Angra, Backyard Babies, Hardcore Superstar and Anvil.

Dir en grey made their much-anticipated come to America as bit of their 07-INWARD SCREAM voyage. The shows took pose on the footpath of February. Their shows opened with two back acts, Bleed the Dream and Fair to Midland.

Dir en grey toured the US the following patch this year as a supporting act championing Deftones in July.

On THE MARROW OF A BONE Europe Tour (August 2007) they visited multitudinous festivals with other bands, but more importantly they made their chief at all demonstrate in the UK on the 1st of August. This indicate was followed next to a next UK exhibit on August 2, and the band also stated in an appointment they gave on Scuzz TV and in Kerrang! magazine that they are more then likely to approach wager to the UK.
Dir en grey also had a couple of consecrated day-apperances in Germany (Wacken and M'Era Luna), and lone on Finland's Ankkarock festival, as satisfactorily as a oneman in Sweden, individual in Denmark, and two in Germany.

Before the Europe trek Dir en grey announced their moment Japanese set peregrination this year, titled DOZING GREEN, which kicks in on September 13 at Club Citta, Kanagawa, with 2 shows on two following days at the identical venue, and particular AKnot Only performances as sufficiently. The band also announced initial, basic position manifest for the jaunt.

Their single DOZING GREEN hit Japanese stores on October 24, 2007.
They followed it up with another single; GLASS SKIN. In stores September 10, 2008.
Both songs are tracks on their upcoming album UROBOROS, -to be released November 12, 2008.


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