Kisō

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2002 studio album by Dir En Grey

Kisō

Studio album by

Dir En Grey

Released

January 30, 2002

Recorded

2001

Genre

Experimental rock
industrial rock
nu metal
alternative metal

Length

69:57

Language

Japanese, English

Label

Firewall Div./SMEJ

Producer

Dir En Grey

Dir En Grey chronology

Macabre
(2000)

Kisō
(2002)

Vulgar
(2003)

Singles from Kisō

"Filth"
Released: September 12, 2001
"Jessica"
Released: November 14, 2001
"Embryo"
Released: December 19, 2001

Kisō (鬼葬, Demonic Burial) is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey. The album was released on January 30, 2002. It has helped them gain popularity across Asia. The first press edition came with an extra booklet of lyrics and the cover booklet came in color, as opposed to the normal release. Unlike their previous two albums, Kisō did not feature extra poems and images per song in the liner notes; rather, the standard booklet came with the band's own English translation of the lyrics, while the extra booklet in the first pressing contained the original Japanese lyrics.^[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kyo

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kigan" (鬼眼-kigan-; "Demon Eyes")	Dir En Grey	4:04
2.	"Zomboid"	Kaoru	4:22
3.	"Twentyfour Cylinders" (24個シリンダー)	Die	6:07
4.	"Filth"	Dir En Grey	4:55
5.	"Bottom of the Death Valley"	Toshiya	5:50
6.	"Embryo"	Kaoru	5:36
7.	"Shinsō" (「深葬」; "Deep Burial")	Dir En Grey	2:05
8.	"Gyakujō Tannō Keloid Milk" (逆上堪能ケロイドミルク; "Raging Pleasures of Keloid Milk")	Kaoru	4:42
9.	"The Domestic Fucker Family"	Kyo	3:02
10.	"Undecided"	Die	4:53
11.	"Mushi" (蟲-mushi-; "Insect")	Kaoru	6:24
12.	"Shinsō" (「芯葬」; "Core Burial")	Dir En Grey	0:57
13.	"Jessica"	Kaoru	4:11
14.	"Karasu" (鴉-karasu-; "Crow")	Kaoru	5:26
15.	"Pink Killer" (ピンクキラー)	Dir En Grey	3:48
16.	"Shinsō" (「神葬」; "God Burial")	Dir En Grey	3:03
Total length:			69:57

^[2]

Notes

A re-recording of "Undecided" was featured on their 2008 single "Glass Skin".
Re-recordings of "Bottom of the death valley" and "Karasu" were featured on their 2013 EP The Unraveling.^[3]
A re-recording of "Kigan" was featured on the limited editions for their 2018 album The Insulated World.^[4]
A re-recording of "The Domestic Fucker Family" appears as a b-side on their 2021 single "Oboro" under the title "T.D.F.F.".

Chart positions

Album

Chart performance for *Kisō*
Chart (2002)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Filth"	Oricon	4
2001	"Jessica"	Oricon	9
2001	"Embryo"	Oricon	6

References

^ Dir En Grey - 鬼葬, 2002-01-30, retrieved 2023-05-31
^ Kisou (CD liner). Dir En Grey. Japan: Firewall Div. 2002. SFCD-0012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Dir En Grey 『The Unraveling』特集！！". 激ロック. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ "DIR EN GREYニューアルバム詳細公開、新たなビジュアルも解禁に". 音楽ナタリー. Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "DIR EN GREYの作品" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 14, 2024.