NASHVILLE |DATE: JULY 29, 2011
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/ANGELA VILLANUEVA/AARON FETERL, MSO
DIR EN GREY
TO EXCLUSIVELY PREVIEW THEIR NEW ALBUM
‘DUM SPIRO SPERO’
ALBUM WILL STREAM IN ITS ENTIRETY ON MYSPACE
SATURDAY, JULY 30-MONDAY, AUGUST 1
EARLY CRITICAL PRAISE
To advance the Tuesday, August 2 release of DUM SPIRO SPERO, internationally acclaimed band DIR EN GREY have announced that they will give fans an exclusive preview of the new music. The album–out on The End Records–will stream in its entirety on the band’s Myspace page (www.myspace.com/direngrey) accessible from the homepage Saturday, July 30-Monday, August 1.
The unique, artful Japanese rock band has earned a reputation for pushing boundaries, breaking rules and continuing to shock and amaze their fans around the world. DUM SPIRO SPERO is no different.
Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com wrote: “On their eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, the Japanese heavy metal quintet Dir En Grey whip up a fierce, punishing sonic storm that few other bands have ever realized. The hooks may be elusive, but as a pure sensory experience–dark, dense, relentless waves of downtuned guitars crash from every possible direction while head-cracking beats pummel the listener (to say nothing of singer Kyo's tormented howls)–it's a 14-song epic that defies easy categorization.” (7/26/11)
Elsewhere, Revolver’s Mikael Wood noted “the slithering jab-and-pummel of cuts like ‘Juuyoko’ and ‘Shitataru Mourou’” and the “wisp of wonder from frontman Kyo’s high searching vocals, as in the strangely beautiful ‘The Blossoming Beelzebub.” (7/26/11). And Beverly Bryan at MTVIggy.com said that “…their latest is a gorgeously irrational labyrinth of deconstructed death metal so ruptured and dissected that it shares a border with the mad experimentalism of Boris. In that sense, it may have even broader appeal than their previous work. It will lure in new fans…Dir En Grey admirably continues to sing in Japanese but their music has long since transcended language barriers for fans around the world. Perhaps in this case, the medium is the most important part of the message.” (7/18/11)
In other recent news, DIR EN GREY–vocalist KYO, guitarists KAORU and DIE, bassist TOSHIYA and drummer SHINYA–exclusively debuted the music video for “DIFFERENT SENSE,” the new single off DUM SPIRO SPERO at ArtistDirect.com: http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/dir-en-grey-debuts-music-video-for-different-sense-on-artistdirect-com/9008304. The themes from the new video and album also happen to directly coincide with the recent turmoil in their native Japan. TOSHIYA explains, “We live in a world where we don’t know what is the truth and what we should believe in. We just wanted to put some hope into the music we created.” KAORU continues, “And, the title is what we can say to the world as the people of Japan.” The title translates to the Latin phrase, “While I breathe, I hope.”
DIR EN GREY will launch in Europe next month, continue on to South America before finishing off the year here in the States.
Catch DIR EN GREY’s explosive set in these North American cities:
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DATE |
CITY |
VENUE |
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w/ The Birthday Massacre |
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Sun |
12/4 |
Houston, TX |
House of Blues |
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Mon |
12/5 |
Dallas, TX |
Trees |
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Wed |
12/7 |
Atlanta, GA |
Center Stage |
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Fri |
12/9 |
Philadelphia, PA |
The Theatre of Living Arts |
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Sat |
12/10 |
Baltimore, MD |
Sonar |
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Mon |
12/12 |
New York, NY |
Irving Plaza |
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Tue |
12/13 |
Boston, MA |
Paradise Rock Club |
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Thu |
12/15 |
Montreal, CAN |
Club Soda |
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Fri |
12/16 |
Toronto, CAN |
The Phoenix Concert Theatre |
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Sun |
12/18 |
Chicago, IL |
House of Blues |
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Tue |
12/20 |
Denver, CO |
Bluebird Theatre |
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Thu |
12/22 |
San Francisco, CA |
Grand Ballroom @ Regency Center |
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Fri |
12/23 |
Los Angeles |
House of Blues Sunset Strip |
http://www.direngrey.co.jp/english/top.html
http://www.facebook.com/direngreyofficial
http://www.myspace.com/direngrey
http://twitter.com/#!/DIRENGREY_web
http://www.youtube.com/direngreyweb
For more information on DIR EN GREY, contact MSO:
Mitch Schneider, 818-380-0400 x235, mschneider@msopr.com
Angela Villanueva, 818-380-0400 x232, avillanueva@msopr.com
Aaron Feterl, 818-380-0400 x237, aaron@msopr.com
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