Agitated Screams of Maggots

Infobox Single
Name = Agitated Screams of Maggots


Artist = Dir en grey
from Album = The Marrow of a Bone
Released = Start date|2006|11|15
(See release history)
Recorded = Studio Innig, Sony Music Studios, Studio Fine (1)
Nippon Budokan, July 31/August 1, 2006 (2, 3, 4)
Genre = Rock/metal
Length = 14:45
Label = Firewall Div./SMEJ (JP)
Gan-Shin (EU)
Warcon/Fontana (US)
Producer = Dir en grey
Chart position =
Last single = "Ryoujoku no Ame"
(2006)
This single = "Agitated Screams of Maggots"
(2006)
Next single = "Dozing Green"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Type = Single
Upper caption = Alternate cover


Lower caption = Limited edition |

"Agitated Screams of Maggots" is a single released by Dir en grey on November 15, 2006 in Japan and later in Europe and the United States. The title track is followed by three live songs, recorded during the It Withers and Withers and Inward Scream tours at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo. The single was later featured on their sixth studio album, "The Marrow of a Bone"

The version released in the United States, collaboratively between Warcon and Fontana, was exclusively sold through For Your Entertainment, and marketed as an EP.cite web
title = U.S. release announcement
work = warconent.com
url = http://warconent.com/images/DEGsplash1206web.jpg
accessdate = 2008-04-18] A live recording of "Agitated Screams of Maggots" is featured on the "Dozing Green" single.cite web
title = "Dozing Green" at CDJapan
work = cdjapan.co.jp
url = http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SFCD-51
accessdate = 2007-09-03] An unplugged version of "Agitated Screams of Maggots" is featured on the single "Glass Skin".cite web
url= http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SFCD-56
title= Dir en grey / Glass Skin [Limited Edition]
accessdate= 2008-07-04
format= Catalogue
work= cdjapan.co.jp
publisher= Neowing
pages= 1
language= English]

Track listing

tracklist
all_lyrics = Kyo
all_music = Dir en grey

title1 = Agitated Screams of Maggots
length1 = 2:59

title2 = Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku. [Live]
note2 = nihongo2|孤独に死す、故に孤独。 [Live]

length2 = 3:52
title3 = Spilled Milk [Live]

length3 = 3:57
title4 = Obscure [Live]
length4 = 3:55

Personnel

* Yasushi "Koni-Young" Konishi – recording, mixing
* Yasman – mastering
* Dynamite Tommy – executive producer
* Keita Kurosaka – cover art
* Yuuichi Fukada – art direction
* Kazuya Nakajima, Yasuyuki Kanoi – live recording

Release history

Music video

The music video for the song is entirely animated, with only a short animated portrayal of the band members. The film, created by Keita Kurosaka, was shown at the 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam for its "animation based on their music exemplifying his fascination for violence and relationships".cite web
title = IFFR 2007 entry
work = filmfestivalrotterdam.com
url = http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/eng/programme/programme_per_country/film.aspx?ID=cf86d2d8-8e90-4e93-afcd-de8f2dc5e9c8
accessdate = 2008-04-18]

References