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DIR EN GREY’s “Lotus” album cover + details revealed

by on December 17, 2010 at 8:16 am
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Rock band DIR EN GREY is gearing up to release their 26th single, “Lotus” for January 26th. Fans are eagerly counting down the days, as it’s been a year and two months since their last release, “Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami“.

It’s been revealed that for this single, the band has hired Jason Suecof as their mixing engineer. Jason’s resume boasts of having working with TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and DEATH ANGEL.

As always, “Lotus” will come in two versions: a ‘limited edition’ and a ‘regular edition’. The limited edition will come with a DVD that contains three songs from their live concert at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST back in July form their “THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR 2010“.

Check out the album jacket cover and tracklisting below!

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[CD]
1. Lotus
2. Obscure
3. Reiketsu Nariseba (Live take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on July 20, 2010)

[ DVD ]
4. “THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR2010″ 2010.07.21 SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST
5. Zan
6. LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE
7. Gyakujo Tanno Keloid Milk

Source: natalie

discussion

  • i♥tvxq♥ss501♥i

    the cover is good..can’t wait

  • nickunz

    my favorite band ever…coz they’re like lotus,pure and ethereal…~~~~

  • http://www.twitter.com/awiemmie awiemmie

    DIR EN GREYYY <3 ILU!

  • UsagiPeace

    Congrats for their another album!!!
    The album cover is gorgeous!!
    Thanks to 6Theory & Tokyohive for the info!!!

  • Soojung

    finally, hurry up jan 26th, i’ve been waiting for this release for ages, i even listened to their older albums from early 2000’s, was getting sick and tired of the uroboros album, lmfao;
    the album art looks amazing

  • margalovesjpop

    they ROCK!

  • http://www.allkpop.com/life160/ taeminrockz_mwaah!!!

    coool…

  • skyes36

    Awe man this just gets me more pumped. LOVE DIR EN GREY!

  • blelne

    dir en grey saikouuu~~

  • topiqz

    BEST BAND! THEY ROCKKK! <33

  • Limebrus

    Dir en Grey<3

  • keannegirl01

    They’re back<33

  • monaero

    Man, the last time I listened to them was when their Obscure pv came out. Good to see their still around.

  • afifa_ellia

    the cover is so unique!

  • ansonsyusuke

    another abstract cover from Deg =.=

  • http://youtube.com/user/wvrtv Neika

    lovely is not even the word to describe this art!

  • aisu_kurimu

    i havent listen to them in awhile,, im glad new music is on the way :DD i love them <3

  • sujuftw

    Wow, I love the album art…so grotesque :D This is going to be a good one!

  • niiwa

    DIR EN GREY scares me. But let’s see what they have this time! :P
    Also, the cover is beautiful!

  • holic092

    They’re back!!!

  • Iriea09

    love the cover <3 and cant wait.

  • Tidu

    Lotus rlz!!!

  • cedric

    that’s quite a jacket picture XD
    i really miss them XD

  • maria-chan

    Anticipating!They are my 1st Japanese love xD

  • Elanor

    The cover looks really good (not that I’m surprised), good luck guys!

  • xLEECH

    KYAAAAA !
    I’m happy ! I love the cover and the name !

  • hellboy

    that’s good that they’re releasing a new album! I haven’t listen to their music for a while now.

  • joymaeann

    awesome cover…
    likelikelike

  • Nitewalker314

    wah! the cover is really good! i’m so excited! i want it!!!! dir en grey is one of my fave jrock bands :]

  • bjealk

    this is exciting 8D

  • MagicBakery

    wow it has been so long since they released their last single. i can´t wait for the release.

  • zia88

    DVD’s Tracklist is awesome !
    Still one month before the releasing of this single, can’t wait it >_<

  • zarifah1215

    yes! single from dir en grey!
    at last! \(^A^)/

  • rairakku

    interesting cover… can’t wait to hear the songs!

  • salyna

    highly anticipating this… i love dir en grey… and i cant wait to see them in concert again promoting their new music.. ahhhhhhhhhhh i am excited!

  • sergel02

    I should really take a listen to their music.

  • kanillabee

    omg omg dir en grey, YAY!

  • ITSUKI

    dir en grey omo can’t wait :X love em’~!

  • http://myspace.com/yukinoriza4 yukinoriza4

    woo~ can’t wait to hear it.

  • lanama-x

    AHHH. Dir’enGreyyy. Can’t wait to get this ^.^

  • Shuriachi

    DIR EN GREY!

    Its been so long Q~Q

    Kyo <3333

  • atarashi26michi

    awesome~
    DEG <3

  • http://www.facebook.com/yatiirockstar?ref=profile yatiirockstar

    DIR EN GREY <3
    the album art looks really artistic.

  • http://www.last.fm/user/busha69 Black_wind

    I really can´t wait for this…
    The cover art is so pretty too.

  • SHHMULIEE

    mysterious, different as always. dir en grey really changed, i remember when i first saw them. I was very scared 0_0 they seem more matured now

  • orion_love

    i like the cover~!
    *excited to hear it*

  • drjiin

    It really has been a while since they released. It looks good! :)

  • f(SNSDee)

    One of their MV’s that i saw was…kinda scary lol but cool at the same time

  • validora

    i’m not sure if i should be disturbed by the cover art….or impressed cuz it looks really cool and artistic.

  • lee_na204

    havent heard of them but i’ll check them out ^^

  • http://deedarling.livejournal.com/ DeeDarling

    oh shit man oh shit, i can wait to hear this.

  • BlueHaro

    woot! can’t wait for this album. Cover looks pretty cool xD

  • Pooks

    interesting….The cover is strange…

  • Cherimoya

    the cover is so unique. i think i see stuff in the purple @_@

  • jesiiiiika

    I remember being a huge fan of them~~

  • namelessloverxx

    DIR EN GREY!!! this is so exciting

  • endohmiharu

    Dir en Grey! I’m looking forward to it.

  • lira0306

    Ahhhh im so excited for this album! Hope they tour the US again, i missed seeing them this year T^T

  • nicojunho

    dir en greys!!
    Can’t wait to hear more.

  • tokyoreese

    Yeah! This is epic news. That album cover makes me want it even more.

  • dreenaballerina

    awesome

  • OtakuSoul417

    nice!

  • kodou

    I’m so~ excited for this! The cover is pretty awesome.

  • REASONxKIKI

    OMG!!! I cant wait!!! :]
    Diru = Life <3

  • http://bebo.com/s3wa ILYhero

    the cover, it looks awesome, just gotta wait to see if the album itself is good .. (:

  • LilCatAngel

    DIRE EN GREY! What a fantastic cover.

  • vintagediaries

    i’m new to them, but so far, the songs i heard are great..

  • margalovesjpop

    finally! some jrock news :D
    hope the album goes well :P

  • Monkae

    Wow the cover looks awesome! Sooo cannot wait for this album :D Finally some new Jrock~

  • http://profiles.friendster.com/hikarukawaii13 japjoong

    hahaha !! nver heard of them :P

  • porksungsushibun

    AWW I MISSED THEM <3

  • pszabi

    im still unhappy cause its only one song.. should compose more..

  • miming0711

    nice

  • Puchie1002

    nice =>