DIR EN GREY - New Album Hits Stores In North America, Receives Five K Review From UK's Kerrang! Magazine
November 11, 2008, 15 years ago
As previously reported, DIR EN GREY's new album, Uroboros, hit stores November 11th. BW&BK; has received the following press release:
Japanese rock band Dir En Grey released their seventh studio album, Uroboros, today (November 11th) in North America. In an effort to satiate fans' unique preferences and desires, Uroboros was released through eclectic Brooklyn-based label The End Records who have created four distinctive formats and variables: deluxe limited-edition CD digipak with bonus tracks and a DVD; CD jewel case; digitally; and as double vinyl LP with a digital download card included;. The album hits shelves on 11/12 in Japan through Firewall; and 11/14 in Europe through Gan-Shin.
The album's release comes just as the band prepares for the soon-to-be-sold-out show Friday, November 14th at Terminal 5 in New York City -- the seventh stop on their critically acclaimed North American tour with The Human Abstract.
"You can detect elements of KORN, SLIPKNOT, DEFTONES, even NINE INCH NAILS in the quintet's masterfully dynamic 20-song set," said Kerrang! Magazine in a KKKKK review this week, "but the jarring Japanese melodies and frontman Kyo's intensely physical, mesmerizing performance serve to unsettle throughout."Somehow amidst constant touring, the band produces many artful music videos as evidenced last week on Headbangers Blog. MTV's premier metal show debuted the band's new video for 'Dozing Green', the twelfth track on UROBOROS. The video was directed by the band’s longtime collaborator Hiroyuki Kondo and took two and a half months to create from filming to post-production. Check out the video below, or on MTV2 at 2am on Saturday, November 15th.
The song can also be streamed at the band's MySpace page.
The band's tour schedule is now as follows:
November
12 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater14 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
15 - Montreal, QC - Le Medley
16 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
18 - Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo’s
19 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
20 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
22 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagle’s Club
23 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s
25 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
26 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
28 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
29 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater
30 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
December
2 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater3 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
5 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
