Kisou

Kisou (鬼葬)
Studio album by Dir En Grey
Released	January 30, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Alternative metal progressive metal
Length	69:57
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Firewall Div./SMEJ
Producer	Dir En Grey
Dir En Grey chronology
Kai (2001) Kisou (2002) Six Ugly (2002)
Singles from Kisou
"Filth" Released: September 12, 2001 "Jessica" Released: November 14, 2001 "Embryo" Released: December 19, 2001

Kisou (鬼葬 Kisō, Demonic burial) is the third studio album released by Dir En Grey on January 30, 2002. It has helped them gain popularity across Asia and is their best-selling album to date. The first press edition came with an extra booklet of lyrics and the cover booklet came in color, as opposed to the normal release. Unlike their previous two albums, Kisou did not feature extra poems and images per song in the liner notes; rather, the standard booklet came with the band's own English translation of the lyrics, while the extra booklet in the first pressing contained the original Japanese lyrics.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kyo. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kigan" (鬼眼 -kigan-; "Demon eyes -kigan-")	Dir En Grey	4:04
2.	"Zomboid"	Kaoru	4:22
3.	"Nijūyonko Cylinder" (24個シリンダー; Twentyfour Cylinders)	Die	6:07
4.	"Filth"	Dir En Grey	4:55
5.	"Bottom of the Death Valley"	Toshiya	5:50
6.	"Embryo"	Kaoru	5:36
7.	"Shinsō" (｢深葬｣; "Deep burial")	Dir En Grey	2:05
8.	"Gyakujō Tannō Keloid Milk" (逆上堪能ケロイドミルク; "Raging Pleasures of Keloid Milk")	Kaoru	4:42
9.	"The Domestic Fucker Family"	Kyo	3:02
10.	"Undecided"	Die	4:53
11.	"Mushi" (蟲 -mushi-; "Insect -mushi-")	Kaoru	6:24
12.	"Shinsō" (｢芯葬｣; "Core burial")	Dir En Grey	0:57
13.	"Jessica"	Kaoru	4:11
14.	"Karasu" (鴉 -karasu-; "Crow -karasu-")	Kaoru	5:26
15.	"Pink Killer" (ピンクキラー)	Dir En Grey	3:48
16.	"Shinsō" (｢神葬｣; "God's burial")	Dir En Grey	3:03

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Notes

• The title of "24個シリンダー" can be romanized as "24 Ko Cylinder", but is typically anglicized as "Twentyfour Cylinders"; "Ko" ("個") is a Japanese counter word and is used for counting military and miscellaneous units.
• A re-recording of "Undecided" was featured on their 2008 single "Glass Skin".
• Re-recordings of "Bottom of the death valley" and "Karasu" were featured on their 2013 EP The Unraveling.^[2]

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Oricon	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Filth"	Oricon	4
2001	"Jessica"	Oricon	9
2001	"Embryo"	Oricon	6

References

1. Kisou (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: Firewall Div. 2002. SFCD-0012.
2. "DIR EN GREY 『THE UNRAVELING』特集！！". 激ロック. Retrieved 7 February 2016.