Originally a visual kei band, the band dropped that style around 2005 with the release of their fifth full-length album, Withering to death., however as of recently they have reacquired their visual kei aesthetic. Their musical style is difficult to determine; throughout their releases, they have played styles ranging from pop rock to extreme metal. Today, their style can be considered generally a version of alternative metal and avant-garde metal.
The band has been signed to FIREWALL DIV., a subdivision of Free-Will under Sony Music, for their entire career so far. However, their fifth full-length album, Withering to death., was the band's first to see distribution outside of Japan. It was released in Europe by GAN-SHIN and the United States by Warcon Enterprises. They're currently signed to Okami Records for European distribution and The End for United States distribution.
DIR EN GREY, in its earliest form, began as the band of vocalist 京 and drummer Shinya - 廃人黒薔薇族 (Haijin Kurobarazoku, "Invalid Black Rose Family"). Members and associates of this band formed La:Sadie's, which eventually included four of the band's five current members. La:Sadie's disbanded in January 1997. All but the bassist came back together to form Dir en grey. They recruited Toshiya, a bassist from Nagano and previously in the band D†L, and officially formed Dir en grey in February 1997.
In 1998, the band gained major attention by becoming the first indies band to have a single place in the top ten on Japan's Oricon music charts. After making their major debut in early 1999, they played a sold-out performance at Osakajo Hall on December 18, 1999. This remains one of the band's most memorable solo performances to date.
In 2002, the band's THE JAPANESE FXXKER FAMILY tour brought the band their first international performances. The tour took them to several countries in Asia, including China and South Korea. In Shanghai, fans became so excited that authorities attempted to cancel a planned second concert. The band and their management resisted, and the concert was played as scheduled.
The year 2005 was a very significant year in the band's history. Dir en grey played their first non-Asian shows in the spring and summer of that year. TOUR05 It withers and withers was the one that brought the band from Japan to Europe. The band played shows in three European countries - Belgium, France, and Germany. Two of these performances were MTV's Rock im Park and Rock am Ring festivals. Dir en grey also played a solo live concert in Germany on May 28 which sold 3,500 standing-room tickets to Berlin's Columbia Hall in approximately 6 weeks (also rumored as 3 days). The band's album Withering to death. reached #31 on the Official Finnish Album Chart, and the single "CLEVER SLEAZOID" reached #15 on its Singles Chart. These were the first times Dir en grey had placed on a non-Asian music chart.
Throughout 2009 and 2011, the band released a total of three singles that would later be added onto their 8th album (DUM SPIRO SPERO). These singles included 激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 (December 2nd, 2009), LOTUS (January 26, 2011), and DIFFERENT SENSE (June 22nd, 2011). On August 1st, the band had made an open letter on their Facebook page accusing the Japanese government of lying about the levels of radiation caused from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. This led to the creation of the band's "Scream for the Truth" movement, which hoped to result in the correct numbers and truth from the government.
On August 3rd, 2011 the band released their 8th studio album DUM SPIRO SPERO (Latin; "While I breathe, I hope"). The material of this album was showcased on the tour of Age Quod Agis throughout Japan, and the Americas. In February of 2012, 京 (Kyo) was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia. This lead to the withdrawal of the band's participation in the Still Reckless tour, and Kyo was required to have surgery performed on his throat.
The band celebrated their first album's (GAUZE) 15th anniversary of August 2014 with the Tour14 Psychonnect: Mode of "Gauze"? Japanese tour. The tour included their live performances of the songs featured on Gauze. On August 5th, Dir En Grey announced their 9th studio album, ARCHE, to be released December 10th, 2014. After its release, the band performed two tours: By the Grace of God and The Unstoppable life, which brought the band back to North America; the first time since 2011.
On 6 February 2016, it is officially announced that the band will release their new single, 詩踏み, on July 27, 2016. They performed tours called Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ mode of Vulgar, Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ mode of Dum Spiro Spero, and Tour16-17 From Depression To ________ mode of 鬼葬 from June to November 2016.
In 2017, the band did further tours themed around previous albums. They also covered Easy Make,Easy Mark by D'erlanger for the D'ERLANGER TRIBUTE ALBUM ～Stairway to Heaven～.
Another compilation album, VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES, was released on January 2, 2018. DIR EN GREY's twenty-ninth single 人間を被る was released on April 25, 2018. One of its B-sides is a remake of Ash, a song with origins as far back as 1997.
On June 29, 2018, DIR EN GREY announced that their tenth studio album The Insulated World was to be released on September 26, 2018. After its release, the band went on a European tour in October 2018, under the title "Wearing Human Skin".
DIR EN GREY's eleventh studio album, "Phalaris", was released on June 15th 2022. The band embarked on a Japanese tour in promotion called "TOUR22 PHALARIS -Vol.I.-".
Visit www.direngrey.co.jp for more information, and news.
FILTH
DIR EN GREY Lyrics
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S 的 S 的 S 的
S を埋め込め
S 的 S 的 S 的 M を切断
S 的 S 的
黄ばんだ欲の虫は 欲求不満的理解者
腐った林檎 胃液の中
性欲スープもお召し上がれ
S 欲ホルマリン漬けの
ドクドク垂れるピンクのウジ
腐った苺アソコの中
血液仕立てのマリネサワー
Filth hi
映画を見よう 君の約束通り手を繋いで
夜にはお別れです 林檎と苺が腐る前に
Filth hi
S 的 S 的 S 的 S を飲み干せ
S 的 S 的 S 的
S カル ホラー
S 覚醒がお出ましだ
よってらっしゃいみてらっしゃい
S 的 S 的
シンクロ仕込みのレトロホラー
映画を見よう 君の約束通り手を繋いで
夜にはお別れです 林檎と苺が腐る前に
夢は広がる君の約束通りキスをしながら
君とはお別れです 最後の晩餐楽しみましょう
肉欲フェスティバルが始まる
性欲フェスティバルが始まる
S 的フェスティバルの暴走
人肉迅速サイコホラー
肝臓入りのオレンジジュース
腎臓混じりの甘口カレー
膵臓仕込みのペスカトーレ
愛しの愛しのサイコホラー
肉欲フェスティバルが始まる
性欲フェスティバルが始まる
S 的フェスティバルの暴走
人肉迅速サイコホラー
肝臓入りのオレンジジュース
腎臓混じりの甘口カレー
膵臓仕込みのペスカトーレ
愛しの愛しのサイコホラー
The lyrics to DIR EN GREY's song FILTH describe a grotesque and disturbing world of filth and depravity, where desires and lusts take over and corrupt everything in sight. The repeated refrain of "S 的 S 的 S 的" seems to represent the gradual awakening of this filth and the descent into madness that follows. The imagery in the lyrics is intentionally unsettling, with references to rotting apples and strawberries, sexual soups, and even organs being incorporated into food. The lines "let's start being platonic" and "let's have the last supper together" suggest a final acceptance of this degradation, where the only thing left to do is embrace the filth and indulge in it.
Overall, the song seems to be a commentary on societal decay and the dangers of unchecked desires. By painting such a vivid and disturbing picture of this filth, the lyrics challenge the listener to confront their own impulses and consider the consequences of indulging them.
Line by Line Meaning
S 的 S 的 S 的 S を覚醒
Awakening the S of S of S of S
S 的 S 的 S 的 S を埋め込め
Embedding the S of S of S of S
S 的 S 的 S 的 M を切断
Disconnecting the S of S of S of M
S 的 S 的 プラトニックを始めましょう
Let's start being platonic with S of S of S
黄ばんだ欲の虫は 欲求不満的理解者
Yellowed lust bugs are unsatisfied sympathizers
腐った林檎 胃液の中
Rotten apple in stomach acid
性欲スープもお召し上がれ
Enjoy the soup of sexual desire
S 欲ホルマリン漬けの ドクドク垂れるピンクのウジ 腐った苺アソコの中 血液仕立てのマリネサワー
S desire, oozing pink maggot preserved in formalin, rotten strawberry inside the genitals, marinated sour blood
Filth hi
Hello to the filth
映画を見よう 君の約束通り手を繋いで 夜にはお別れです 林檎と苺が腐る前に
Let's watch a movie, holding hands as promised, goodbye for the night, before the apple and strawberry rot
S 的 S 的 S の S を飲み干せ
Drink up the S of S of S of S
S カル ホラー
S-cal Horror
S 覚醒がお出ましだ よってらっしゃいみてらっしゃい S 的 S 的 シンクロ仕込みのレトロホラー
S awakening is here, welcome, welcome, S of S of S, retro horror with synchronized preparation
夢は広がる君の約束通りキスをしながら 君とはお別れです 最後の晩餐楽しみましょう
Dreams expand as promised, let's kiss, we part ways, so let's enjoy the last supper
肉欲フェスティバルが始まる 性欲フェスティバルが始まる S 的フェスティバルの暴走 人肉迅速サイコホラー 肝臓入りのオレンジジュース 腎臓混じりの甘口カレー 膵臓仕込みのペスカトーレ 愛しの愛しのサイコホラー
Carnal desire festival begins, Sexual desire festival begins, S-festival goes berserk, cannibalistic speedy psycho horror, orange juice with liver, sweet curry with kidney, Pescatore made with pancreas, beloved psycho horror
肉欲フェスティバルが始まる 性欲フェスティバルが始まる S 的フェスティバルの暴走 人肉迅速サイコホラー 肝臓入りのオレンジジュース 腎臓混じりの甘口カレー 膵臓仕込みのペスカトーレ 愛しの愛しのサイコホラー
Carnal desire festival begins, Sexual desire festival begins, S-festival goes berserk, cannibalistic speedy psycho horror, orange juice with liver, sweet curry with kidney, Pescatore made with pancreas, beloved psycho horror
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Die, Shinya, Kaoru, Toshiya, Kyou
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@shashachuu
(Sorry if some things i say might seem off, i'm still learning english!)
Some observation i've made:
- black and white is the "real" world
- colors are the thing's emotions
- everything is taking place in the thing's head
- the beginning proves it, it's in black and white but its eye is colorful while Dir en grey are inside (0:05)
- Dir en grey plays in color but when they're in the "laboratory" it's in black and white
- except for Die's guitar which is the only instrument that appears to be in colors (red) when in the "laboratory"
- when the thing's head opens at 1:54 revealing Kyo we can see fingers grating a guitar, it even looks like a heartbeat (Die's guitar, maybe?)
- Kyo is the animalistic side of the thing trying to unleash
- the puppet represents the one he loves
- it tears the puppet's arm at 4:12 and is seen toying with it (the puppet) multiple times throughout the video
- it's taking the puppet's innocence (?)
- 4:26 its head closes
- 4:27 Kyo looks like he's coming (literally)
- 4:45 multiple puppets are seen behind the thing
Conclusion:
Going with the lyrics and visuals; This might be about adolescence and sexual desires/urges. (I know it's probably clear to most but i've spent too much time trying to understand what was going on so..) What a young mind feels like in the presence of the one they love, how they react emotionally and physically.
In the lyrics it (the thing) talks about its "dreams" (desires?) growing.
At the end the thing slept with the one it loves but wasn't satisfied and tried to find comfort in other "puppets".
I don't know where i'm going with this.. It probably makes no sense.
@kasumi921
これのPV撮影に行った！懐かしい…
もらった頭に被った布まだ実家にある
撮影スタジオ、当時世田谷に住んでたからチャリで行けて近かった🥺
@user-ez5gh5lx1l
めちゃくちゃに羨ましいw
@marial.1987
I told my husband this was the perfect love song and I wished someone would dedicate it to me. Don't know why he still hasn't 😂😂😂 One of my favorite songs of DEG ❤❤❤
@nachannachle2706
I love Kyo's vocals and Shinya's off-tempo drumbeats here. :)
Kaoru's looks are just WOW!
@shashachuu
(Sorry if some things i say might seem off, i'm still learning english!)
Some observation i've made:
- black and white is the "real" world
- colors are the thing's emotions
- everything is taking place in the thing's head
- the beginning proves it, it's in black and white but its eye is colorful while Dir en grey are inside (0:05)
- Dir en grey plays in color but when they're in the "laboratory" it's in black and white
- except for Die's guitar which is the only instrument that appears to be in colors (red) when in the "laboratory"
- when the thing's head opens at 1:54 revealing Kyo we can see fingers grating a guitar, it even looks like a heartbeat (Die's guitar, maybe?)
- Kyo is the animalistic side of the thing trying to unleash
- the puppet represents the one he loves
- it tears the puppet's arm at 4:12 and is seen toying with it (the puppet) multiple times throughout the video
- it's taking the puppet's innocence (?)
- 4:26 its head closes
- 4:27 Kyo looks like he's coming (literally)
- 4:45 multiple puppets are seen behind the thing
Conclusion:
Going with the lyrics and visuals; This might be about adolescence and sexual desires/urges. (I know it's probably clear to most but i've spent too much time trying to understand what was going on so..) What a young mind feels like in the presence of the one they love, how they react emotionally and physically.
In the lyrics it (the thing) talks about its "dreams" (desires?) growing.
At the end the thing slept with the one it loves but wasn't satisfied and tried to find comfort in other "puppets".
I don't know where i'm going with this.. It probably makes no sense.
@direngreyvideoz
Very interesting analysis! (Also your English is quite good!)
@aroundth3fur
Why do they all look so good in every video <333
@dievomit8914
DEGs whole fandom is made of pillow cases XD
@kana.7525
大好き！！！
@magnetdance
Toshiya looks great here 😍