Macabre (album)

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Macabre
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Studio album by
Dir En Grey
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2000
RecordedWarner Studio, Studio Greenbird, WestSide Studio
Genre
Length72:57
Language
LabelFirewall Div./SMEJ
Producer
  • Dir En Grey
  • Tatsuya Sakamoto (Track 2)
  • Hoppy Kamiyama (Track 7)
Dir En Grey chronology
Gauze
(1999) 		Macabre
(2000) 		Kisō
(2001)
Singles from Macabre
  1. "Myaku"
    Released: February 16, 2000
  2. "[KR] cube"
    Released: June 7, 2000
  3. "Taiyou no Ao"
    Released: July 26, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic2.5/5 stars[1]

Macabre is the second studio album released by Dir En Grey. It was released on September 20, 2000. It was the band's first record to be released in collaboration of Free-Will's Firewall sub-division and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The original print of Macabre featured an etched, tinted jewel case with five wooden beads placed within the spine. The album proper, like Gauze, included two booklets: one with the lyrics, and the other featuring a related image and poem.

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Kyo[2].

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Deity"Dir En Grey4:15
2."Myaku" (脈; "Pulse")Dir En Grey4:05
3."Wake" (理由; "Reason")Die5:12
4."Egnirys Cimredopyh
+) An Injection"		Toshiya5:16
5."Hydra"Kaoru5:41
6."Hotarubi" (蛍火; "Light of a Firefly")Shinya6:06
7."【KR】cube"Dir En Grey4:09
8."Berry"Kaoru4:20
9."Macabre -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-" (MACABRE —揚羽ノ羽 (　三)ノ夢ハ (　二)蛹 (　一)—; see notes)Kaoru10:49
10."Audrey"Die4:33
11."Rasetsukoku" (羅刹国; "Rakshasa Country")Dir En Grey3:35
12."Zakuro" (ザクロ; "Pomegranate")Kaoru8:37
13."Taiyō no Ao" (太陽の碧; "Blue of the Sun")Kaoru6:19
Total length:72:57

Notes[]

  • "Taiyō no Ao" uses a kanji that is commonly read as "midori" and means for "green", whereas the band uses a reading that means "blue".
  • A rearrangement of the track "Hydra" appears on their 2007 single "Dozing Green" as a B-side,[3] retitled to "Hydra 666".
  • A re-recording of the track "Rasetsukoku" appears as a bonus track on their 2011 album Dum Spiro Spero.
  • A re-recording of the track "Macabre -Sanagi no Yume wa Ageha no Hane-" (simply titled MACABRE) appears on the second disc of the Limited Edition of their 2013 mini-album The Unraveling.
  • A re-recording of the track "Wake" appears on the second disc of the Limited Editions of their 2018 album The Insulated World.[4]

Chart positions[]

Year Chart Position
2000 Oricon 4

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Staff Review: Dir En Grey - MACABRE". Sputnikmusic. October 18, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Macabre (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: FIREWALL DIV. 2000. SFCD-0001.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ ""Dozing Green" release information". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
  4. ^ "DIR EN GREYニューアルバム詳細公開、新たなビジュアルも解禁に". 音楽ナタリー. Natasha,Inc. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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