Warcon
2007
The Marrow Of A Bone
About This Album
Japan's Dir en Grey may have the retained the same lineup since their inception in 1997, but that's it. Musically they don't even sound like the same band. In the early days they associated themselves with Japan's Visual Kei movement, and the music tended to be frantically emotional and experimental; other than calling it "rock," it was unclassifiable. Their first EP, Missa, was followed by a pair of independently issued singles that entered the Top Ten in Japan. By the time they issued their debut album, Gauze, in 1990, they were already headlining the Osaka Music Hall. While still evolving, the band moved its focus toward heavy metal, though metal elements were always in its sound. As their sound changed from album to album, so their popularity grew, and while they engaged the metal form as a base of expression, their experimentalism and unabashedly emotional pop sensibilities remained ingrained as well. They toured Europe and sold out shows everywhere they went based on nothing more than word of mouth. When they played the United States in March 2006 in support of Withering to Death -- their debut American release -- dates at South by Southwest were well attended (aren't everybody's?) but more importantly, the band sold out large venues in Los Angeles and New York as well.
Track List (try tracks 2,3,4,5 and 12)

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