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Withering to Death.
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| Studio album by Dir en grey | |||||
| Released | March 9, 2005 (JP) November 11, 2005 (EU) May 16, 2006 (US) |
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| Recorded | Studio Inning, Studio Fine, On Air Azabu, Studio Greenbird, Sony Music Studios | ||||
| Genre | Rock/metal | ||||
| Length | 51:14 | ||||
| Language | Japanese, English | ||||
| Label | Firewall Div./SMEJ (JP) Gan-Shin (EU) Warcon (US) |
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| Producer | Dir en grey, Yoshinori Abe | ||||
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American/European release
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Withering to Death. is an album released by Dir en grey. Initially published in Japan on March 9, 2005 it later became the band's first album to be officially released in both Europe and North America. In June 2006, Withering to Death. reached number 42 on Billboard's "Top Heatseekers" chart. [1] Amazon.com included Withering to Death. in their listing of "Top 10 Hard Rock & Metal albums of 2006".[2]
Contents |
- "Merciless Cult" – 2:55
- "C" – 3:30
- "Saku" (朔 -Saku-?) – 2:57
- "Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku." (孤独に死す、故に孤独。) – 3:25
- "Itoshisa ha Fuhai ni Tsuki" (愛しさは腐敗につき) – 4:15
- "Jesus Christ R'n R" – 4:00
- "Garbage" – 2:49
- "Machiavellism" – 3:16
- "Dead Tree" – 4:50
- "The Final" – 4:13
- "Beautiful Dirt" – 2:33
- "Spilled Milk" – 3:44
- "Higeki ha Mabuta wo Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu" (悲劇は目蓋を下ろした優しき鬱) – 5:08
- "Kodou" (鼓動) – 3:39
- All lyrics by Kyo, all music by Dir en grey.
- The domestic American and European releases contain an additional DVD which features the video of either "Saku" (United States/United Kingdom), "Dead Tree" (Germany) or "Kodou" (France), along with "The Final", live compilations of "Merciless Cult" and "Machiavellism", and selected footage from Tour 04 The Code of Vulgarism.[3]
- A live version of "Merciless Cult" is featured on the Family Values Tour 2006 CD compilation.
- Yoshinori Abe – co-producer
- Tatsuya Sakamoto – recording, mixing, mastering
- Dynamite Tommy – executive producer
- Koji Yoda – art direction
- ^ (June 03, 2006) ""Top Heatseekers"". Billboard Magazine.
- ^ Dir en grey at the Mitch Schneider Organization. msopr.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ Information on non-Japanese releases. jmusiceuropa.com.
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| Members | Kyo · Kaoru · Die · Toshiya · Shinya |
| Albums | Gauze · Macabre · Kisou · Vulgar · Withering to Death. · The Marrow of a Bone |
| EPs | Missa · Six Ugly |
| Compilations | Kai · Decade 1998-2002 · Decade 2003-2007 |
| Singles | "Jealous" · "-I'll-" · "Akuro no Oka" · "Yurameki" · "-Zan-" · "Cage" · "Yokan" · "Myaku" · "[KR] Cube" · "Taiyou no Ao" · "Ain't Afraid to Die" · "Filth" · "Jessica" · "Embryo" · "Child Prey" · "Drain Away" · "Kasumi" · "The Final" · "Saku" · "Clever Sleazoid" · "Ryoujoku no Ame" · "Agitated Screams of Maggots" · "Dozing Green" |
| Music video compilations |
Kaede ~If Trans...~ · Mousou Toukakugeki · Gauze -62045- · Kimon · Average Fury · Average Psycho |
| Live videos | Mousou Kakugaigeki · 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall · Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre · Rettou Gekishin Angya · Blitz 5 Days · The Code of Vulgar[ism] · It Withers and Withers · Despair in the Womb |
| Related articles | Discography |