Premier Japanese heavy metal outfit DIR EN GREY announced today via MTV’s Headbangers Blog that they have signed with The End Records for the release of their seventh studio album. The album, as revealed by the band through Headbangers Blog, will be called Uroboros, an ancient symbol of “eternity,” and will be released on November 11th (11/12 in Japan through Firewall; 11/14 in Europe through Gan-Shin).
Guitarist Kaoru comments, “Musically, this record is much heavier, harder, and crazier than The Marrow of a Bone, [b]ut you will also find songs with beautiful melodies.” Uroboros (literally, “tail-devourer”) is an ancient and nearly universal concept of cyclicality or infinity typically depicted as a serpent swallowing its own tail.
Uroboros CD Digipak + DVD
01. “Sa Bir” 02. “Vinushka” 03. “Red Soil” 04. “Doukoku To Sarinu” 05. “Toguro” 06. “Glass Skin” 07. “Stuck Man” 08. “Reiketsu Nariseba” 09. “Ware, Yami Tote…” 10. “Bugaboo” 11. “Gaika, Chinmoku Ga Nemuru Koro” 12. “Dozing Green” 13. “Inconvenient Ideal” 14. “Dozing Green” (JP) 15. “Glass Skin” (JP)
Bonus DVD: 01. “Repetition Of Hatred” 02. “Agitated Screams Of Maggots” 03. “Hydra-666-” 04. “Dead Tree” 05. “Dozing Green”
Tour08 The Rose Trims Again with THE HUMAN ABSTRACT 11/05/08 Wed @ Revolution, Ft. - Lauderdale, FL 11/07/08 Fri @ The Club @ Firestone - Orland, FL 11/08/08 Sat @ Center Stage - Atlanta, GA 11/10/08 Mon @ Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD 11/11/08 Tue @ The Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA 11/12/08 Wed @ Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA 11/14/08 Fri @ Terminal 5 - New York, NY 11/15/08 Sat @ Le Medley - Montreal, QU 11/16/08 Sun @ Kool Haus - Toronto, ON 11/18/08 Tue @ Clutch Cargo’s - Pontiac, MI 11/19/08 Wed @ House of Blues - Chicago, IL 11/20/08 Thu @ First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN 11/22/08 Sat @ The Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI 11/23/08 Sun @ Pop’s - Sauget, IL 11/25/08 Tue @ House of Blues - Houston, TX 11/26/08 Wed @ Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX 11/28/08 Fri @ Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ 11/29/08 Sat @ The Wiltern LG - Los Angeles, CA 11/30/08 Sun @ Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA 12/02/08 Tue @ Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR 12/03/08 Wed @ The Showbox - Seattle, WA 12/04/08 Fri @ Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO