The Insulated World
by Dir en Grey
- Type: Album
- Released: 26 September 2018
- Label: Firewall Div.
- Country: Japan
- Length: 50:32
- Community rating: 3.26/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Motonari Abuku, Syuichiro Yamaguchi, Junya Sato, Erihito Saji, Orange, Shigeto Takemura, Hironori Otsuka, Kazumi Takahashi, Nobutake Horiuchi, Katsunori Haruna, Yoshitomo Tanaka, Satoshi Okano, Takao Ogata, Takuo Jozuka, Ayako Ueda, Michiyuki Kondo, Hiroshi Kuroo, Yoshiyuki Kawasaki, Hideto Ito, Tsubasa Yamazaki, Koji Kamagata, Masaru Yoshino, Kazunori Nakamura, Nobuhide Fukuda, The Make-Up, Takumi Hirama, Ryosuke Ishida, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Kondo, Akiko Miyamoto, Yui Murai, Takashi Hida, Dynamite Tommy, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Tomokazu Yamakawa, Kei Endo, Mitsuru Susaki, Takashi Nemoto, Shinichi Higuchi, Katsumasa Matsunami, Yuichi Yoshida, Seika Kaneko, Tatsunari Kimoto, Akio Igarashi, Mika Nakano, Iwao Hikita, Shinji Yamada
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Retreating from the sprawling, progressive orchestrations of their immediate past, 'The Insulated World' finds the legendary Japanese metal act returning to a frantic, primal aggression[cite: 4]. The album is violently chaotic and heavily dissonant, driven by Kyo's manic, unpredictable vocal shifts that constantly blur the line between sheer terror and surreal beauty[cite: 4].
Genres
Descriptors: dissonant, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Keibetsu to Hajimari (3:12)
- Devote My Life (2:46)
- Ningen Wo Kaburu (3:44)
- Celebrate Empty Howls (3:22)
- Utafumi (3:07)
- Rubbish Heap (3:06)
- Aka (3:58)
- Values of Madness (3:30)
- Downfall (2:49)
- Followers (4:40)
- Keigaku No Yoku (4:29)
- Zetsuentai (7:20)
- Ranunculus (4:24)
Credits
- Toshiya - band [dir en grey], bass
- Shinya - band [dir en grey], drums
- Die - band [dir en grey], guitar
- Kaoru - band [dir en grey], guitar, programmed by
- Kyo - band [dir en grey], voice, lyrics by
- Chiaki Momose - camera operator
- Hirofumi Edo - camera operator
- Kazuhiko Tanaka - camera operator
- Dynamite Tommy - executive-producer
- Sawako Ryuko - authoring [authoring engineer], engineer [video encoding engineer, bernie grundman mastering]
- The d'Or - costume designer [cast dresser], costume designer [dresser]
- Tsubasa Yamazaki - mastered by [video mastering engineer, bernie grundman mastering]
- Koji Maruyama - mixed by [mixing engineer], recorded by [studio sunshine]
- Takao Ogata - photography by, photography by [live photographer]
- Mayumi Hoshino - design [rokushiki]
- Rino Chihara - design [rokushiki]
- Tatsuya Hirai - lighting director [office doing]
- Masatoshi Noda - lighting [lighting tech]
- Jewels - liner notes [translation]
- Toru Takabayashi - management [artist management]
- Daishi Fujimoto - management [label manager]
- Brian Gardner - mastered by [mastering engineer]
- Dan Lancaster - mixed by [mixing engineer]
- Jens Bogren - mixed by [mixing engineer]
- Yui Murai - production manager
- Masato Watanabe - recorded by [live recording engineer]
- Keisuke Kamata - recorded by [studio sunshine]
- Takaharu Fujiki - set designer [stage set designer]
- Minoru Tsuchimochi - tour manager [nextroad]
- Hush - video producer [unravel.]
- Unravel. - video producer [video production]
- Visual Trap - video producer [video production]