X, Extasy and visual kei metal · band
Dir en greyディル・アン・グレイ
progressive, experimental metal · Osaka to Tokyo
- Japanese name
- ディル・アン・グレイ [WJA]
- Founded
- 1997
- City
- Osaka to Tokyo (hub: Tokyo)
- Status as of 24 September 2026
- active
- Connections
- 8 edges, 8 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.039 (rank 32 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 43)
- Confidence
- High · sources: [W] [JRD] (register)
Kyo, Kaoru, Die, Toshiya, Shinya, unchanged since 1997. Produced early on by Dynamite Tommy. First Europe shows 2005, US 2006 on Korn's Family Values Tour. Mortal Downer (April 2026) reached number 4 on Oricon.
Lineup: Kyo (v), Kaoru (g), Die (g), Toshiya (b), Shinya (d)
Connections
People and personnel
- founderKyo京1997
- produced byDynamite Tommyダイナマイト・トミーlate 1990s
Lineage
- grew out ofLa:Sadie'sFour of five members re formed as Dir en grey1997
Influence
- influenced byBuck-TickA foundational voice for visual kei vocalists1990s
- influenced byDeviloofデビルーフOsaka visual kei deathcore descends from the Dir en grey template2015
Labels, festivals, collaborations
- released / signedFree-WillフリーウィルVia Firewall Div.1997 to present
- festival / venueLoud Parkラウドパーク2006 to 2017
- festival / venueKnotfest Japanノットフェス2010s