Japan’s Dir En Grey is one metal’s most fearless, unpredictable acts, but they don’t make it easy for would-be fans to know that. Listeners must grapple with cryptic Japanese language lyrics, ...

After nearly three weeks and hundreds of thousands of votes being cast throughout, Japanese experimental metal band Dir En Grey defeated the legendary Death to capture the gold medal. Beginning ...

There will be two kinds of people listening to Dir en grey's latest full-length album: those who have heard Deg before, and those who haven't. The former group will consist mostly of either ...

Interviewing Japanese rockstars Dir En Grey — whose excellent new album Uroboros is out now on The End Records — was one of the more challenging tasks I’ve been faced with as a journalist hack blogger ...

Dir En Grey will return to North America after a nearly two-year absence. The band will play 14 cities in November and they plan to come full force. The Japanese rock band was sidelined in 2012 by the ...

So when I headed over to Tokyo for some face time with Dir En Grey guitarist Die ahead of the final two sold-out shows on the band's 'Uroboros' tour, I wasn't alone. It was me, Die, his people ...

Japanese metallers Dir En Grey released their latest album 'Dum Spiro Spero' in 2011, but vocalist Kyo had throat problems that caused them to cancel a U.S. tour supporting that album earlier ...

13 Feb – A vocal disorder inflicted on Japanese metal band DIR EN GREY's vocalist, Kyo, has forced the band to suspend all of its activities until he fully recovers. According to Tokyo Hive, Kyo was ...

Japanese rockers Dir En Grey have announced that they will be playing a one-off UK show at London‘s Koko on August 12. The show will be the first chance for fans to hear material from the band ...