Icons of Japanese rock Dir en Grey are releasing a best of album called Vestige of Scratches, celebrating their 20 years in the industry. Just recently, they posted the details of this massive release on their official site. Don’t miss out!
This best of contains 44 songs, all of them voted by fans, plus an extra DVD/Blu-ray with interviews and performances of the three songs re-recorded for the release, Fukai, III Empire and Beautiful Dirt.
The compilation, which has a total of 3 CDs plus the extra DVD/Blu-ray, is due to be released on January 2nd, 2018 and is already available for preorder.
Vestige of Scratches’ tracklist is as follows:
CD 1
- -I’ll-
- アクロの丘 (Akuro No Oka)
- ゆらめき (YURAMEKI)
- Cage
- 予感 (YOKAN)
- 脈 (MYAKU)
- 理由 (WAKE)
- 太陽の碧 (Taiyou No Ao)
- ain’t afraid to die
- FILTH
- 蟲-mushi-
- 腐海 (FUKAI)
CD 2
- JESSICA
- umbrella
- audience KILLER LOOP
- CHILD PREY
- DRAIN AWAY
- dead tree
- 朔-saku-
- C
- 鼓動 (KODOU)
- DOZING GREEN
- AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS
- 艶かしき安息、躊躇いに微笑み (NAMAMEKASHIKI ANSOKU, TAMERAI NI HOHOEMI)
- CLEVER SLEAZOID
- 我、闇とて・・・ (WARE, YAMI TOTE…)
- VINUSHKA
- THE ⅢD EMPIRE
CD 3
- 霧と繭 (Kiri To Mayu)
- 残 (ZAN)
- 罪と規制 (Tsumi To Kisei)
- 羅刹国 (RASETSUKOKU)
- かすみ (KASUMI)
- OBSCURE
- THE FINAL
- DIFFERENT SENSE
- 激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 (Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami)
- LOTUS
- 輪郭 (RINKAKU)
- Revelation of mankind
- Sustain the untruth
- Un deux
- 詩踏み (UTAFUMI)
- Beautiful Dirt
CD 4 : Blu-ray or DVD (First press only)
- Documentary: 20 years of Dir en Grey
- Interview
- 腐海 (FUKAI) (shot in one take)
- THE ⅢD EMPIRE (shot in one take)
- Beautiful Dirt (shot in one take)
Preorder here: