Length 51:14 Artist Dir En Grey Label FIREWALL DIV. | Language Japanese, English Release date 9 March 2005 | |
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Released March 9, 2005 (JP)
November 11, 2005 (EU)
May 16, 2006 (US)
June 21, 2006 (South Korea) Recorded Studio Inning, Studio Fine, On Air Azabu, Studio Greenbird, Sony Music Studios Producer Dir En Grey, Yoshinori Abe Withering to death.
(2005) The Marrow of a Bone
(2007) Genres Rock music, Heavy metal, Progressive metal Similar Dir En Grey albums, Rock music albums | ||
Withering to Death. (stylized Withering to death.) is the fifth studio album released by Dir En Grey. Initially published in Japan on March 9, 2005 it later became the band's first album to be officially released in Europe, North America and South Korea. In June 2006, Withering to Death. reached number 42 on Billboard's "Top Heatseekers" chart. Amazon.com included Withering to Death. in their listing of "Top 10 Hard Rock & Metal albums of 2006".
Contents
In Japan, a First Press limited edition with a tan-ish cover in digi-pack and slipcase form with a red booklet was released, while the standard version has a black cover and a purple booklet. The domestic American and European releases received the black cover and contained an additional DVD which featured the video of either "Saku" (United States/United Kingdom), "Dead Tree" (Germany), "Kodou" (France) or "The Final" (South Korea); along with live compilations of "Merciless Cult" and "Machiavellism", and selected footage from Tour 04 The Code of Vulgarism. A live version of the song "Merciless Cult" is featured on the Family Values Tour 2006 CD compilation.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Kyo; all music composed by Dir En Grey.
Personnel
Songs
1Merciless Cult2:56
2C3:30
3朔 -saku-2:57