"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", respectivel… read more
"ARCHE" is the 9th Studio album released by Japanese metal band DIR EN GREY. The album was released on December 10th, 2014, and was followe… read more
"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" … read more
DIR EN GREY (formerly stylized as Dir en grey) is a Japanese alternative metal / avant-garde metal band formed in Osaka, Japan in 1997 from the disbanded visual kei band La:Sadie's. DIR EN GREY have maintained a consistent lineup of 京 (Kyo) on vocals, 薫 (Kaoru) and Die on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums. 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; throu… read more