VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES is Dir En Grey's third best-of album. All songs except for the last one on each CD have been remastered. The three bonus videos on disc 4 were originally supposed to be "Shot In One Take" versions. This was changed due to quality concerns by the band. Although the single version's title of Sustain the untruth is usually written in all caps, it's written in lower case on this release. In Haiiro no Ginka, Die is asked which of the track titles on this album is his favorite. He replies that it's either "IEYASU", "NOBUNAG… read more
VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES is Dir En Grey's third best-of album. All songs except for the last one on each CD have been remastered. The three bonus vi… read more
VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES is Dir En Grey's third best-of album. All songs except for the last one on each CD have been remastered. The three bonus videos on disc 4 were originally suppos… read more
DIR EN GREY (formerly stylized as Dir en grey) is a Japanese alternative metal / avant-garde metal band formed in Osaka, Japan in 1997 from the disbanded visual kei band La:Sadie's. DIR EN GREY have maintained a consistent lineup of 京 (Kyo) on vocals, 薫 (Kaoru) and Die on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums. Originally a visual kei band, the band dropped that style around 2005 with the release of their fifth full-length album, Withering to death., however as of recently they have reacquired their visual kei aesthetic. Their musical style is difficult to determine; throu… read more