Dir En Grey just wrapped up a North American tour and we were able to catch up with guitarist Kaoru for a brief interview prior to the band's gig at New York City's Irving Plaza (check out our recap ...

Dir En Grey have emerged in the 21st Century as one of Japan's top metal exports. The five-piece band issued their tenth studio album in 2018 and took some time out from touring to chat with ...

"Different Sense", the new video from Japanese rockers DIR EN GREY, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's eighth studio album, "Dum Spiro Spero" (translates to the Latin phrase "While I ...

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, ...

Experimental metallers Dir En Grey are Japan’s very own Into Eternity — their music is eclectic and hard to classify into any one sub-genre — except that they have the added fangirl-ish oomph of ...

I've interviewed thousands of bands over my more than ten years as a music writer but I've never needed a translator to talk shop with a band. So when I headed over to Tokyo for some face time with ...

Dir En Grey strode onto the Japanese rock scene balancing flashy androgynous style and thoroughbred power, like a flamboyantly costumed jockey riding an exquisite steed. As the group became heavier ...

With all the press Dir en grey has been receiving lately (a feature in Revolver magazine, rotation on MTV2, a rave review by AllMusic.com’s Thom Jurek, Axl’s video review yesterday) I figured it was ...

Late on a cold November afternoon I had the opportunity to sit down with Dir en grey drummer Shinya (pictured) for a quick interview a few hours before their show at The Regency Center. Since I had ...

Dir En Grey will release their new album ‘Dum Spiro Spero’ on August 9. Speaking about the content and lyrical inspiration of the 14-track collection, bassist Toshiya said: “We live in a world where ...

From X Japan to Dir en Grey to BABYMETAL and beyond, these are the Japanese rock and metal albums that everyone needs in their record collection… ...