Kisō

Kisō
Kisō
Studio album by Dir En Grey
Released	January 30, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Experimental rock; industrial rock; nu metal; alternative metal;
Length	69:57
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Firewall Div./SMEJ
Producer	Dir En Grey
Dir En Grey chronology
Singles from Kisō
	"Filth"; Released: September 12, 2001; "Jessica"; Released: November 14, 2001; "Embryo"; Released: December 19, 2001;

Kisō (鬼葬, Demonic Burial) is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey. The album was released on January 30, 2002. It has helped them gain popularity across Asia. The first press edition came with an extra booklet of lyrics and the cover booklet came in color, as opposed to the normal release. Unlike their previous two albums, Kisō did not feature extra poems and images per song in the liner notes; rather, the standard booklet came with the band's own English translation of the lyrics, while the extra booklet in the first pressing contained the original Japanese lyrics.^[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kyo

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kigan" (鬼眼-kigan-; "Demon Eyes")	Dir En Grey	4:04
2.	"Zomboid"	Kaoru	4:22
3.	"Twentyfour Cylinders" (24個シリンダー)	Die	6:07
4.	"Filth"	Dir En Grey	4:55
5.	"Bottom of the Death Valley"	Toshiya	5:50
6.	"Embryo"	Kaoru	5:36
7.	"Shinsō" (「深葬」; "Deep Burial")	Dir En Grey	2:05
8.	"Gyakujō Tannō Keloid Milk" (逆上堪能ケロイドミルク; "Raging Pleasures of Keloid Milk")	Kaoru	4:42
9.	"The Domestic Fucker Family"	Kyo	3:02
10.	"Undecided"	Die	4:53
11.	"Mushi" (蟲-mushi-; "Insect")	Kaoru	6:24
12.	"Shinsō" (「芯葬」; "Core Burial")	Dir En Grey	0:57
13.	"Jessica"	Kaoru	4:11
14.	"Karasu" (鴉-karasu-; "Crow")	Kaoru	5:26
15.	"Pink Killer" (ピンクキラー)	Dir En Grey	3:48
16.	"Shinsō" (「神葬」; "God Burial")	Dir En Grey	3:03
Total length:			69:57

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Notes

A re-recording of "Undecided" was featured on their 2008 single "Glass Skin".
Re-recordings of "Bottom of the death valley" and "Karasu" were featured on their 2013 EP The Unraveling.^[3]
A re-recording of "Kigan" was featured on the limited editions for their 2018 album The Insulated World.^[4]
A re-recording of "The Domestic Fucker Family" appears as a b-side on their 2021 single "Oboro" under the title "T.D.F.F.".

Chart positions

Album

Chart performance for *Kisō*
Chart (2002)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Filth"	Oricon	4
2001	"Jessica"	Oricon	9
2001	"Embryo"	Oricon	6

References

^ Dir En Grey - 鬼葬, 2002-01-30, retrieved 2023-05-31
^ Kisou (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: Firewall Div. 2002. SFCD-0012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Dir En Grey 『The Unraveling』特集！！". 激ロック. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ "DIR EN GREYニューアルバム詳細公開、新たなビジュアルも解禁に". 音楽ナタリー. Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "DIR EN GREYの作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[1] Dir En Grey - 鬼葬, 2002-01-30, retrieved 2023-05-31

[2] Kisou (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: Firewall Div. 2002. SFCD-0012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] "Dir En Grey 『The Unraveling』特集！！". 激ロック. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[4] "DIR EN GREYニューアルバム詳細公開、新たなビジュアルも解禁に". 音楽ナタリー. Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[5] "DIR EN GREYの作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

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v t e Dir En Grey
Kaoru Kyo Die Shinya Toshiya
Albums	Gauze Macabre Kisō Vulgar Withering to Death The Marrow of a Bone Uroboros Dum Spiro Spero Arche The Insulated World Phalaris
EPs	Missa The Unraveling
Singles	"-I'll-" "Akuro no Oka" "Yurameki" "Cage" "Yokan" "Ain't Afraid to Die" "Embryo" "Saku" "Agitated Screams of Maggots" "Dozing Green" "Glass Skin" "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami" "Lotus" "Different Sense" "Rinkaku"
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