u mean... glass skin's producer is... OMG!!!! WTH!!!!! i'm getting heart attack later!!! ARGH!!!!

DIR EN GREY Recording With X JAPAN's YOSHIKI - May 3, 2008

Kings of J-Rock take the impulsive approach for new album

Primed to launch a fresh assault on the rest of the world, Japanese metallic whackjobs Dir En Grey are in the midst of recording their seventh full-length album. The follow-up to 2007’s widely acclaimed The Marrow of a Bone, the band’s new opus is being recorded in Japan and produced by Yoshiki Hayashi, a founder member of X-Japan, one of the country’s biggest rock bands. Hammer spoke to Dir En Grey guitarist Kaoru about whether the new album was going to be the one to break the band both in the UK and the United States.

“Absolutely!” says Kaoru. “But we are trying to create Japanese sounds that are not British or American. We thought about getting an international engineer or producer, but we decided not to. We thought that recording in Japan might be more suitable for our work this time. We’ve never worked with Yoshiki before, but he’s like one of our forefathers. We call him ‘Abarenbo Shogun’ which means he’s a rowdy general.”

As with their previous albums, the as-yet-untitled new one is likely to feature a dizzying array of disparate styles alongside Dir En Grey’s trademark metal chops. As Kaoru explains, the band favour spontaneity over planning.

“I guess we well recognise the right direction for the songs as we progress,” he states. “Whatever happens, the album will be stuffed with guilt and reincarnation, as well as the past, present and future of Dir En Grey.”

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wat's tis... yoshiki tat アバレンボ将軍。。。is the producer again???!!!!
i heard he jz only will be the producer one time while the band given a name... how could...
ooo...omg...OMG!!!!! r u kidding me??
cant believe wat i read actaully...
interview in the Metal Hammer magazine?? FIRST time wit yoshiki???
WT then wat is Gauze is all bout... = ="
n wat's past, present and future of Dir En Grey??
then wat is tat kao given comment told tat: "This will be heavier and darker than previous albums, with a sort of oriental and religious mood and connotations. We're experimenting with different sounds — we'd like to introduce a multitude of different instruments on this album." huh??

nyappy~~