Dir En Grey: Phalaris Very Limited Vinyl LP. Gauze. Withering To Death. Uroboros

Description: DIR EN GREY - PHALARIS VERY LIMITED DOUBLE VINYL LP. DIR EN GREY’s 11th studio album PHALARIS bares the richest culmination of metal from the Osaka quintet’s quarter-century career. Contrasting the battering ram blitzing throughout its predecessor The Insulated World, the latest release takes on a melodic dynamism akin to the earlier albums ARCHE from 2014 and VULGAR, released nearly two decades prior. With every song drawing from the most impassioned elements of the band’s musical annals, the omnibus arrangement should unlock a welcoming gateway for newcomers into its sinister soundscapes. Yet, fans will immediately appreciate their encapsulation by a unifying essence as mystical and merciless as the Brazen Bull, leaving little doubt that the ensemble remains unabashedly DIR EN GREY: brutal, avant-garde, and deeply imaginative. At the core of the record’s hardened exterior lies a sorrowful theme of loss—of virtue, of kin, and of self. The lead track Schadenfreude captures this dichotomy in a 10-minute firebreather, with vocalist Kyo embodying the Sicilian tyrant who recalls earthly serenades of creeks and rainbows stretched across the open veldt all the while the stench of roasting comrades wafts from his furnace. Alongside Kyo’s bellows, the harmonized flutter from guitarists Kaoru and Die and the thunder from bassist Toshiya and drummer Shinya crescendo toward an indelible, skyward chorus. Loss reappears in Oboro—a tormented waltz and successor to the 2003 single Kasumi—taking the form of a mother’s despair, her ideals of parenthood lingering at odds with the child she is forced to birth. TRACKLIST:1."Schadenfreude" 2."Oboro" (朧; "Haziness") 3."The Perfume of Sins" 4."13" 5."Utsutsu, Bouga o Kurau" (現、忘我を喰らう; "Consciousness, Feeding on Ecstasy") 6."Ochita Koto no Aru Sora" (落ちた事のある空; "The Fallen Sky") 7."Mouai ni Shosu" (盲愛に処す; "Condemned to Blind Love") 8."Hibiki" (響; "Echo") 9."Eddie" 10."Otogi" (御伽; "Night Maiden") 11."Kamui" (カムイ; "Kamuy) SHIPPING AND SALES TAX:*SOUNDSCAPE RECORDS SHIPS 5 DAYS A WEEK FROM OUR ESTABLISHED LOCATION IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA. *ALL ORDERS ARE USUALLY PACKED AND SHIPPED WITHIN SAME DAY OR NEXT DAY OF ORDERING (WITHIN BUSINESS HOURS). *USPS MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING FOR ONLY FREE! - ORDER ANY AMOUNT OF RECORDS AND ENJOY FREE COMBINED SHIPPING!*SALES TAX OF 7.25% WILL APPLY TO ALL CALIFORNIA STATE ORDERS*SALES TAX WILL BE COMPUTED AND AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO ALL ORDERS (SUBJECT TO YOUR STATE SALES TAX RATES) CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

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