Dir En Grey discography
Dir En Grey vocalist Kyo and drummer Shinya
Studio albums11
Compilation albums6
Music videos7
EPs3
Singles31
Live videos17

This is the discography of Dir En Grey, a Japanese heavy metal band. They have recorded eleven original studio albums, three EPs and thirty one singles in their twenty four years together. Each of the band's releases has charted on Japan's Oricon charts.

Dir En Grey made their earliest releases as an independent band with Free-Will, eventually signing a temporary deal with Warner Music Japan. Dir En Grey's earliest releases were self-produced, however, they worked with a producer, X Japan drummer Yoshiki Hayashi, for a series of five singles preceding Gauze.

With the release of Macabre, Dir En Grey began to release cooperatively between Firewall Division, a subsidiary of Free-Will, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In 2005, Dir En Grey signed to the Europe label, Gan-Shin. The following year, they would release in the United States under Warcon Enterprises and Fontana Distribution, while being managed by Free-Will's American branch. On both foreign labels, the band's initial release was Withering to Death, and followed by The Marrow of a Bone. Their seventh album Uroboros is planned for both a European (Gan-Shin) and American release (The End Records).

Dir En Grey have made only one release on their independent label, Free-Will, since the major label debut; they released their music video compilation, Average Psycho through the independent label due to graphic content, not allowed by Sony.

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[1]
FIN
[2]
US US
Heat.
US
Ind.
Gauze 5[3]
Macabre
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: September 20, 2000
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4[4]
Kisō
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: January 30, 2002
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3[5]
Vulgar
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin
  • Released: September 10, 2003
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
6[6]
Withering to Death
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
  • Released: March 9, 2005
  • Formats: CD, digital download
8[7] 31 42[8]
The Marrow of a Bone
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, Warcon/Fontana
  • Released: February 7, 2007
  • Formats: CD, 2-CD, digital download
7[1] 8[9] 21[10]
Uroboros
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Gan-Shin, The End
  • Released: November 12, 2008
  • Formats: CD, 2-CD, 2-CD+DVD+2-LP, digital download
4[1] 114[11] 1[12] 9[13]
Dum Spiro Spero
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami, The End
  • Released: August 2, 2011
  • Formats: CD, 2-CD+DVD+2-LP, digital download
4[1] 40[2] 135[14] 2[14] 22[14]
Arche
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami
  • Released: December 10, 2014
  • Formats: CD, 2-CD, 2-BluSpec CD+DVD or Blu-ray, digital download
4[1]
The Insulated World
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: September 26, 2018
  • Formats: CD, 2CD, 2BluSpec CD+DVD or Blu-ray, digital download
6[1]
Phalaris
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: June 15, 2022
  • Formats: CD, 2CD, 2CD+DVD or Blu-ray, digital download
5[1]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
JPN
[1]
Missa
  • Label: Free-Will
  • Released: July 25 1997
  • Formats: CD, digital download
93
Six Ugly
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ
  • Released: July 3, 2002
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9
The Unraveling
  • Label: Firewall/SMEJ, Okami
  • Released: April 3, 2013
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, 2-CD+DVD, digital download
3

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
[15][16]
FIN
[2]
"Jealous" 1998 38 Non-album singles
"-I'll-" 7
"Akuro no Oka" 1999 7 Gauze
"Yurameki" 5
"-Zan-" 6
"Cage" 8
"Yokan" 6
"Myaku" 2000 8 Macabre
"[KR] Cube" 6
"Taiyō no Ao" 7
"Ain't Afraid to Die" 2001 7 Non-album single
"Filth" 6 Kisō
"Jessica" 9
"Embryo" 9
"Child Prey" 2002 8 Vulgar
"Drain Away" 2003 8
"Kasumi" 7
"The Final" 2004 9 Withering to Death
"-Saku-" 6
"Clever Sleazoid" 2005 10 15 The Marrow of a Bone
"Ryōjoku no Ame" 2006 8
"Agitated Screams of Maggots" 5
"Dozing Green" 2007 3 Uroboros
"Glass Skin" 2008 6
"Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" 2009 2 Dum Spiro Spero
"Lotus" 2011 6
"Different Sense" 5
"Rinkaku" 2012 4 Arche
"Sustain the Untruth" 2014 6
"Utafumi" 2016 12 The Insulated World
"Ningen o Kaburu" 2018 5
"The World of Mercy" 2019 8 Non-album single
"Ochita Koto no Aru Sora" 2020 Phalaris
"Oboro" 2021 5
"19990120" 2024 2 Non-album single
"The Devil in Me" 6 TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

Music videos

Live videos

Album scores

Photo books

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Discography Dir en Grey". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ 1999年08月第2週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  4. ^ 2000年10月第1週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  5. ^ 2002年02月第2週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  6. ^ 2003年09月第3週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  7. ^ 2005年03月第3週の邦楽アルバムランキング情. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  8. ^ "Top Heatseekers". Billboard. June 3, 2006.
  9. ^ "Top Heatseekers - The Marrow of a Bone". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  10. ^ "Top Independent Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  11. ^ "The Billboard 200: Uroboros". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  12. ^ "Top Heatseekers: Uroboros". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  13. ^ "Top Independent Albums: Uroboros". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  14. ^ a b c "Dum Spiro Spero US charting". billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  15. ^ "Dir En Grey Oricon Single data". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  16. ^ "Dir En Greyの作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  17. ^ "Dir en Grey Players Book<シンコー・ミュージック・ムック>".