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DIR EN GREY

Review: DIR EN GREY’s 25th anniversary concert captures intense emotions, haunting silence

Erica
16 July 2023
Releases, Review
DIR EN GREY released live footage from their momentous 25th-anniversary concert, titled 25th Anniversary TOUR22 FROM DEPRESSION TO ________, on July 5. As ardent followers of the band know, DIR EN GREY has t...

Relive DIR EN GREY’s 25th anniversary with live footage release, “PHALARIS” vinyl

Erica
25 April 2023
Releases
In 2022, the Japanese rock band DIR EN GREY celebrated its 25th anniversary. The band commemorated this milestone with a 14-stop tour nationwide across Japan. For those of us who couldn't attend, or want to rel...

Interview with Saki Rose: Emerging solo vocalist in visual kei

Erica and Nori
8 April 2023
Interview
In February, JROCK NEWS was on the scene covering THE LAST ROCKSTARS' debut in New York City. While in Manhattan for the weekend, we reached out to independent musician, Jrock Afficianado and local Brooklynite ...

Interview: Artist Naofumi Yonetsuka defines generations of visual kei

Erica, Nori and Omatsu
18 March 2023
Interview
As written in the name, the Jrock subgenre visual kei is founded on just that—the visuals. Often otherworldly yet at times macabre and downright bizarre, the elaborate garbs and set designs on visual kei music ...

Enjoy DIR EN GREY in Japan with official travel package!

Erica
31 January 2023
Tour
Jrock fans from overseas may struggle with travel to Japan, be it organization, the language barrier, or difficulty getting tickets to see their favorite bands. However, the infamous metal band DIR EN GREY invi...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2022

NBT, Erica, Rin, Nori and G Andrew White
29 December 2022
Entertainment
This year has been quite a special one, with Japan opening up to the world again, and at the same time, we saw more Japanese bands seeking to perform abroad. Our toplist for the year 2022 gathers notable vis...

Artist Yonetsuka creates costume for DIR EN GREY’s “Perfume of Sins” music video

Nori
10 August 2022
Entertainment
Special effects and makeup artist Naofumi Yonetsuka offers a glimpse of his creative process behind the twisted costumes for metal band DIR EN GREY. In a four-minute YouTube short, Yonetsuka walks through the b...

DIR EN GREY immortalizes venue’s legacy in “THE FINAL DAYS OF STUDIO COAST”

Nori
4 July 2022
Releases
Hard rock and metal goliath DIR EN GREY documents two momentous shows in its upcoming live Blu-ray and DVD THE FINAL DAYS OF STUDIO COAST. Fresh off the heels of the latest album Phalaris (released on June 15),...

Review: DIR EN GREY forges brazen album “PHALARIS”

Nori
30 June 2022
Releases, Review
DIR EN GREY’s 11th studio album PHALARIS bares the richest culmination of metal from the Osaka quintet’s quarter-century career. Contrasting the battering ram blitzing throughout its predecessor The Insulated W...

Review: Is DIR EN GREY’s album “PHALARIS” the next step for an ever-changing band?

Mazohyst_Kyo
24 June 2022
Review
This is so familiar. But why? The second the intro to DIR EN GREY's latest album PHALARIS kicks in, I feel like I am being ripped back into a better time. For the first time in a while, I can honestly say th...

DIR EN GREY burns alive in “Perfume of Sins” music video

Erica
14 June 2022
Music Video, Releases
The day before the release of DIR EN GREY's eleventh album PHALARIS, the band premiered the music video for The Perfume of Sins on YouTube. The video premiered worldwide at 22:00 JST, just two hours before midn...

DIR EN GREY tortures with “PHALARIS” new look, album art

Erica
26 May 2022
New Look, Releases
Tension continues to climb for the release of DIR EN GREY's eleventh full-length album PHALARIS, coming June 15. Last week the band revealed a fresh lineup of artist photos, as well as album artwork with a deli...

DIR EN GREY reimagines old songs in album “PHALARIS”, holds online events

Erica
3 May 2022
Online Events, Releases
Japanese heavy metal band DIR EN GREY revealed the tracklist for their upcoming album PHALARIS, which hits shelves on June 15. To celebrate the release of PHALARIS, DIR EN GREY also announced some exclusive onl...

Jrock card game lets your favorite artists face off in “Battle of the Bands”!

Erica
1 April 2022
Entertainment
Ever dreamed of being a band manager? Now you can make that dream a reality with this Jrock-themed card game, "Battle of the Bands"! Battle of the Bands is a deckbuilding card game where players select an ar...
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