Uroboros
by Dir en Grey
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 November 2008
- Label: Firewall Div.
- Country: Japan
- Length: 59:06
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Shinya, Die, Kaoru, Toshiya, Dynamite Tommy
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The seventh studio album by the iconic Japanese rock band is a wildly ambitious, densely layered exploration of progressive metal. Moving far beyond their visual-kei origins, the record integrates acoustic Middle Eastern instrumentation, prominent English lyricism, and Kyo's impossibly versatile vocal range, shifting from guttural roars to operatic falsettos. It was universally praised as an uncompromising artistic peak.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, progressive, orchestral, dynamic, ferocious
Tracklist
- SA BIR (2:00)
- VINUSHKA (9:37)
- RED SOIL (3:24)
- DOUKOKU TO SARINU (3:48)
- TOGURO (3:58)
- GLASS SKIN (4:28)
- STUCK MAN (3:35)
- REIKETSU NARISEBA (3:33)
- WARE, YAMI TOTE… (7:02)
- BUGABOO (4:44)
- GAIKA, CHINMOKU GA NEMURU KORO (4:22)
- DOZING GREEN (4:06)
- INCONVENIENT IDEAL (4:22)