"ARCHE" is the 9th Studio album released by Japanese metal band DIR EN GREY… Read Full Bio ↴"ARCHE" is the 9th Studio album released by Japanese metal band DIR EN GREY. The album was released on December 10th, 2014, and was followed by "The Insulated World" on September 26th, 2018. ARCHE's central theme is "pain," as it was shown in a trailer released on November 12th, 2014 promoting the album. The word Arche is Greek for "the origin," chosen by the band as to represent their mixing of their older sounds with sounds familiarized by their 7th and 8th studio albums, "UROBOROS" and "DUM SPIRO SPERO", respectively and its mean to encompass every phase the band has evolved through.
The album stood at #4 on Billboard's Top World Albums, #3 on Billboard's Japan Top Albums, and #4 on the Oricon weekly chart. The success of the album was also measured by rave reviews from many fans and metal websites, including the album receiving a 4/5 Stars on Bloody Disgusting and 8/10 on Ultimate Guitar.
Guitarist Die had stated before the release that the album would "be the most achieved sound that they ever had." Vocalist 京 had said via the band's website that "This album is being worked on with me thinking about the past and future of myself as a vocalist, more than I have had ever before. That place where the old me and the new me crosses is what is being put into the 9th album “ARCHE”’.
The album is composed of 16 new tracks, which include pre-released singles "輪郭" (Rinkaku) and "Sustain the untruth". The band's music style change is strongly evident throughout the album, especially in the tracks "Phenomenon" and "鱗" (Uroko). There were three different editions of the album: Standard (CD), Limited (2CD), and Special Limited Edition (2CD+BD and 2CD+DVD).
The Limited Edition CD 2 includes two additional tracks ("and Zero" and "てふてふ" (Tefu tefu)), plus an acoustic version of "Behind a vacant image" and 咀嚼 (Soshaku). It also includes two remixes: "Sustain the untruth " and "Unraveling ", plus the crossover version of "鱗" (Uroko).
The album's third disc (Blu-Ray/DVD) includes two Shot in One take videos of "Chain repulsion" and "Un deux", live footage from Tour14 Psychonnect -Mode of ”Gauze”? at Shinkiba Studio Coast (08/30/2014) (Songs: "かすみ" (Karasu), "蜜と唾" (Tsumi to Batsu), and "激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇" (Hageshisa to, kono mune no naka de karamitsuita shakunetsu no yami); it also includes a 'Behind the Scenes of Arche' documentary.
The album stood at #4 on Billboard's Top World Albums, #3 on Billboard's Japan Top Albums, and #4 on the Oricon weekly chart. The success of the album was also measured by rave reviews from many fans and metal websites, including the album receiving a 4/5 Stars on Bloody Disgusting and 8/10 on Ultimate Guitar.
Guitarist Die had stated before the release that the album would "be the most achieved sound that they ever had." Vocalist 京 had said via the band's website that "This album is being worked on with me thinking about the past and future of myself as a vocalist, more than I have had ever before. That place where the old me and the new me crosses is what is being put into the 9th album “ARCHE”’.
The album is composed of 16 new tracks, which include pre-released singles "輪郭" (Rinkaku) and "Sustain the untruth". The band's music style change is strongly evident throughout the album, especially in the tracks "Phenomenon" and "鱗" (Uroko). There were three different editions of the album: Standard (CD), Limited (2CD), and Special Limited Edition (2CD+BD and 2CD+DVD).
The Limited Edition CD 2 includes two additional tracks ("and Zero" and "てふてふ" (Tefu tefu)), plus an acoustic version of "Behind a vacant image" and 咀嚼 (Soshaku). It also includes two remixes: "Sustain the untruth " and "Unraveling ", plus the crossover version of "鱗" (Uroko).
The album's third disc (Blu-Ray/DVD) includes two Shot in One take videos of "Chain repulsion" and "Un deux", live footage from Tour14 Psychonnect -Mode of ”Gauze”? at Shinkiba Studio Coast (08/30/2014) (Songs: "かすみ" (Karasu), "蜜と唾" (Tsumi to Batsu), and "激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇" (Hageshisa to, kono mune no naka de karamitsuita shakunetsu no yami); it also includes a 'Behind the Scenes of Arche' documentary.
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DIR EN GREY Lyrics
Behind a vacant image 中身の無い唄を聞き漁り 心が満たされるわけでもなく 隠しきれない傷と 満面の笑みで語りかけ つぶらな瞳 闇を…
Cause of fickleness 背徳から芽生える見栄 お前の小さな世界 SAVE ME 好意の裏には 好意の裏には 影裏忍ばせた優柔不断…
Chain repulsion 割れる 割れる口から 漏らす 漏らす疑似世界 散々笑い合った後 背中の的 無数に突き刺す 世間的意思疎通…
Midwife 愛おしい愛おしい愛おしい 気持ちから生まれた 死に物狂いで無効先では 笑顔振りまき 私の影を踏む 泥を被る空…
Phenomenon 穴の色に入れ混ざる 七色無限の肉 曲がりくねる本能の血走り たかが箱 されど体温 夕立の言葉 狂わさ…
Revelation of mankind いつかは変わり果てるこの価値観の果てに 藻屑と消える事より生き様に誓え その胸に くだらない夢ばかりが鼓動…
SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH Your deformed self The Inside Mind The deformed red beauty I…
The inferno 血管 駆け巡り 脳天破る 平等なんてねえさ 今日もまた気付かされ 飛び散る 崩壊の音が 何処までも落とす 選…
Un deux 今が過ぎて行くこの瞬間 思い出が生り 連なる実へと 切り絵に夢を膨らませ願い 笑顔は無垢 変わって行くこの…
咀嚼 毳立った 木の床を ゾロゾロと這い回ってる とっくに惨め 何処に居る？此処に居る？貴方の求め世界へ 辿リ着けないなら …
懐春 観てはいけない 貴方の園は 誰かの季節へ ただ怖い この先へ畦道 帰りを待つ 流れた星に目もくれず手を合わせ …
濤声 気付かない明日には理想へと近づける? 気付かないフリした常識 聞こえる昨日の叫びが 小さな世界に落ちた一雫 その意味…
禍夜想 答えてください 物陰から 紅い言葉が笑う つらつら つらつら 血走る眼は大胆に物語る 視て欲しい 止まらない生き方に…
空谷の跫音 白い息に混ざる過去と共に 君を降らす 意味を見上げる瞳 響き重なる もう何度もこの胸を砕く 慣れた痛み振り解く…
輪郭 輪郭を伝う 夢や愛を無色に変えながら 契る約束が終わりを告げる 焼けた野原には虚ろを摘む 透けた…
鱗 君が言う 眼を逸らし 目を覚さす手首が 「生まれ変われる」と 不思議なまでに引きかれるまま 青虫と絡み合って …