Dir En Grey discography

Dir En Grey discography

Dir En Grey vocalist Kyo and drummer Shinya
Studio albums 9
Compilation albums 6
Music videos 7
EPs 3
Singles 29
Live videos 17

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

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 European 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] USA USA Heat. USA Ind.
1999 Gauze N/A 5 [2] N/A N/A N/A
2000 Macabre N/A 4[3] N/A N/A N/A
  • Major label debut album
2002 Kisou
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: January 30, 2002
 N/A 3[4] N/A N/A N/A
2003 Vulgar
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin
  • Released: September 10, 2003
 N/A 6[5] N/A N/A N/A
  • Released in Europe
2005 Withering to Death.
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
  • Released: March 9, 2005
 31[6] 8[7] – 42[8] –
  • First release in Europe and 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
  • Included unplugged arrangements
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
2011 Dum Spiro Spero
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami, The End
  • Released: August 2, 2011
 – 4[16] 135[17] 2[17] 22[17]
  • Available in two editions, CD and CD+DVD+2-LP
2014 Arche
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: December 10, 2014
 – 4[18] TBA TBA TBA

"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year Title Peak chart positions Notes
FIN JPN[1] USA Heat. USA Ind.
1997 Missa N/A 93 N/A N/A
  • First release
2002 Six Ugly N/A 9 N/A N/A
2013 The Unraveling N/A 3 N/A N/A

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Notes Album
SWE[19] JPN[20]
1998 "Jealous" N/A 38 No featured album
"-I'll-" N/A 7
1999 "Akuro no Oka" N/A 7
  • Simultaneous release
 Gauze
"Yurameki" N/A 5
"-Zan-" N/A 6
"Cage" N/A 8
"Yokan" N/A 6
2000 "Myaku" N/A 8
  • First Re-recorded B-sides
 Macabre
"[KR] Cube" N/A 6
"Taiyou no Ao" N/A 7
2001 "Ain't Afraid to Die" N/A 7 No featured album
"Filth" N/A 6 Kisou
"Jessica" N/A 9
"Embryo" N/A 9
2002 "Child Prey" N/A 8
  • First live B-sides
 Vulgar
2003 "Drain Away" N/A 8
"Kasumi" N/A 7
2004 "The Final" N/A 9 Withering to Death.
"Saku" N/A 6
2005 "Clever Sleazoid" 15 10 The Marrow of a Bone
2006 "Ryoujoku no Ame" – 7
"Agitated Screams of Maggots" – 4
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" – 5
"Different Sense" – 5
"Tsumi to Batsu" –
  • Limited single
 B-side of "Different Sense" single with the title Tsumi to Kisei; re-released as a digital single and limited CD single as Tsumi to Batsu
2012 "Rinkaku" – 4 Arche
2014 "Sustain the Untruth" – 6

Compilations

Music videos

Live videos

Album scores

Photo books

References

  1. 1 2 "Dir En Grey Oricon data". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  2. ↑ 1999年08月第2週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  3. ↑ 2000年10月第1週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  4. ↑ 2002年02月第2週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  5. ↑ 2003年09月第3週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  6. ↑ "finnishcharts.com - Dir en Gre - Withering To Death". finnishcharts.com.
  7. ↑ 2005年03月第3週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  8. ↑ "Top Heatseekers". Billboard Magazine. June 3, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Glass Skin (First Press Limited Edition) (Japan Version)". yesasia.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  10. ↑ "Top Heatseekers - The Marrow of a Bone". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  11. ↑ "Top Independent Albums". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  12. ↑ 2008年11月第4週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報 (Chart). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Japan: Oricon Inc. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  13. ↑ "The Billboard 200: Uroboros". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  14. ↑ "Top Heatseekers: Uroboros". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  15. ↑ "Top Independent Albums: Uroboros". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  16. ↑ 2011年08月第3週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  17. 1 2 3 "Dum Spiro Spero US charting". billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  18. ↑ Arche Oricon Weekly Chart. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-12-15.
  19. ↑ "swedishcharts.com - Dir en Grey - Clever Sleazoid" (Database). swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  20. ↑ "Dir En Grey Oricon Single data". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  21. ↑ http://www.shinko-music.co.jp/main/ProductDetail.do;jsessionid=170A3B69978F7956D9967B02477037A0?pid=1642651
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