DIR EN GREY bassist Toshiya recently spoke with Dark Media Online. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: You collaborated with (Silent Hill score composer) Akira Yamaoka, for a remix of 'Rinkaku'. How did that come about and would you work with him again?

Toshiya: "Of course you know Akira Yamaoka is known for his game soundtracks/compositions, and of course it’s very different from Dir En Grey. But we actually knew each other from working on other things. So this time we wanted to see how someone from a totally different genre would be able to work a Dir En Grey song. We were very curious about what might come out of this collaboration, so we got him involved – and I guess things turned out for the best."

Q: Can we expect the new single ('Sustain The Untruth', due out in January) to have a similar sound to those on The Unraveling?

Toshiya: "It’s going to be different. It’s definitely going to be something very different from The Unraveling but I don’t want to spoil the surprise by explaining too much about the upcoming single. Although I’m pretty sure that fans and listeners will probably enjoy it. It’s going to be different."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Dir En Grey's new mini-album, The Unraveling, features original artwork by artist and sculptor Yasuyuki Nishio. This intriguing piece is the result of the fusion between Dir En Grey’s expressions to this day with Yasuyuki Nishio’s perspective of the world, bringing forth yet another release that exhibits an overwhelming sense of existence.

The Unravelling includes the following seven new songs:

'Unraveling'

'Karma'

'Kasumi'

'Karasu'

'Bottom Of The Death Valley'

'Unknown.Despair.Lost'

'The Final'