Macabre (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Macabre
Type = Album
Artist = Dir en grey


Released = September 20, 2000
Recorded = Warner Studio, Studio Greenbird, WestSide Studio
Genre = Rock/metal
Length = 72:57
Language = Japanese, English, Russian
Label = Firewall Div./SMEJ
Producer = Dir en grey
Tatsuya Sakamoto (Track 2)
Hoppy Kamiyama (Track 7)
Reviews =
Last album = "Gauze"
(1999)
This album = "Macabre"
(2000)
Next album = "Kai"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Macabre
Type = studio
single 1 = Myaku
single 1 date = February 16, 2000
single 2 = KR Cube
single 2 date = June 7, 2000
single 3 = Taiyou no Ao
single 3 date = July 26, 2000

"Macabre" is the second studio album released by Dir en grey on September 20, 2000. It is the band's first record to be released in collaboration of Free-Will's Firewall sub-division and Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

Track listing

tracklist
all_lyrics = Kyo

music_credits = yes

title1 = Deity
length1 = 4:15
music1 = Dir en grey

title2 = Myaku
note2 = nihongo2|脈
length2 = 4:05
music2 = Dir en grey

title3 = Wake
note3 = 理由
length3 = 5:12
music3 = Die

title4 = egnirys cimredopyh +) An Injection
length4 = 5:16
music4 = Toshiya

title5 = Hydra
length5 = 5:41
music5 = Kaoru

title6 = Hotarubi
note6 = 蛍火
length6 = 6:06
music6 = Shinya

title7 = [KR] Cube
length7 = 4:09
music7 = Dir en grey

title8 = Berry
length8 = 4:20
music8 = Kaoru

title9 = Macabre -Sanagi no Yume no Ageha no Hane-
note9 = nihongo2|Macabre -揚羽ノ羽ノ夢ハ蛹-
length9 = 10:49
music9 = Kaoru

title10 = Audrey
length10 = 4:33
music10 = Die

title11 = Rasetsukoku
note11 = 羅刹国
length11 = 3:35
music11 = Dir en grey

title12 = Zakuro
note12 = ザクロ
length12 = 8:37
music12 = Kaoru

title13 = Taiyou no Ao
note13 = 太陽の碧
length13 = 6:19
music13 = Kaoru

Notes

* The album's tracklist numbers and the lyrics of the first track are in Russian.
* The melody for "Deity" appears to be derived from a portion of Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5.
* In deviation with its official romanization, the kanji title of track three transliterates as "riyû", yet both "riyû" (理由) and "wake" (訳) can mean "reason".
* "egnirys cimredopyh" is "hypodermic syringe" spelled backwards; it was spelled in this manner to pass the censorship board in Japan.
* There are alternate romanizations for the title of track six, "Hotarubi" and "Keika". Both translate as "light of the firefly".
* When read left to right, "揚羽ノ羽ノ夢ハ蛹" transliterates "Ageha no Hane no Yume wa Sanagi", or "The Swallowtail's Wings Dream is the Chrysalis". However, the title contains notations above it to be read as "Sanagi no Yume no Ageha no Hane", or "The Chrysalis' Dream is the Swallowtail's Wings".
* "Rasetsukoku" translates to "Man-eating Devil Country", and was the Chinese name for Russia during the Qing Dynasty.
* The first pressings of the album had 5 wooden beads in the jewel case.
* A rearrangement of the track "Hydra" appears on the single "Dozing Green" as a B-side.cite web
title = "Dozing Green" release information
work = cdjapan.co.jp
url = http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SFCD-51
accessdate = 2007-09-03]

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