Metal Injection — Happening in April. more info

Metalsucks — Last week’s Caption Contest saw the promise of “an assortment of random metal goodies from around the Mansion,” and I can promise our winner, Ronald Raygun, that I will not disappoint! Here’s his winning entry to the photo at right: “Dadzig... more info

Metalsucks — Japan’s Dir En Grey is one metal’s most fearless, unpredictable acts, but they don’t make it easy for would-be fans to know that. Listeners must grapple with cryptic Japanese language lyrics, routeless song structures, and hairpin turns in to... more info

Metalsucks — The Dir En Grey concert experience is awesome, but also kinda annoying to petty olds like me who struggle to ignore the nerd-ass anime nerds who follow Japanese bands. Their Juggalo-style wardrobe/flair is no biggie and their interest in foreign stuf... more info

Metalsucks — I’m no Dir En Grey expert, but I did really dig their 2007 album Marrow of a Bone, the first album of theirs I listened to in full. 2008′s Uroboros was solid too, a bit more adventurous than its predecessor. From what I understand about Dir En Gr... more info

Altsounds — DIR EN GREY will release their 8th studio album DUM SPIRO SPERO 2 years and 10 months after UROBOROS which garnered overwhelming support as the strongest and the maddest record resonating across the globe. In our time when heavy rock music has bec... more info

Altsounds — *Apocalyptica* have announced a co-headlining tour with *Dir En Grey* that begins in Toronto on August 23 and concludes September 12 in Seattle, Washington.The band's new album, *7th Symphony* will be released August 24th through Jive Recods. ... more info

Altsounds — Japanese Megastars DIR EN GREY have announced an exclusive London show. The five piece will play London's Koko on August 3rd 2010 as the only UK club show on their "THE UNWAVERING FACT OF TOMORROW TOUR 2010" - there will be only one other UK performa... more info

Altsounds — On January 9th and 10th, 2010, *Dir en grey *took flight into the Nippon Budokan and played to thousands of fans from all over the world. Capturing every angle from this sold out, two day event, “*UROBOROS…”, *which wil... more info

Altsounds — Formed in 1997, the band *Dir En Grey* tore down musical borders by becoming the first Japanese rock group invited to join *Korn *on their US *Family Values Tour*. They have consistently sold out performances in Europe, in... more info