The Marrow of a Bone

For the interior tissue of bones, see Bone marrow.
The Marrow of a Bone
Studio album by
Dir En Grey
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2007 (2007-02-07)
RecordedDecember 2005 – January 2007, various locations
Genre
Length63:25
  • 50:05 (disc one)
  • 13:20 (disc two)
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelFirewall Div./SMEJ
ProducerDir En Grey
Dir En Grey chronology
Withering to Death
(2005) 		The Marrow of a Bone
(2007) 		Uroboros
(2008)
Singles from The Marrow of a Bone
  1. "Clever Sleazoid"
    Released: October 21, 2005
  2. "Ryōjoku no Ame"
    Released: July 26, 2006
  3. "Agitated Screams of Maggots"
    Released: November 15, 2006

The Marrow of a Bone (stylized as THE MARROW OF A BONE) is the sixth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey and the first to use an all caps capitalization. It was released on February 7, 2007, in Japan,[4] and in the United States (20 February), Germany (2 March),[5] France (6 March),[6] and the United Kingdom (7 May)[7] in the following months. In total, the album was released in eleven countries.[8] The band was touring North America at the time of the album's release in both Japan and the United States.[9] In March 2007, The Marrow of a Bone reached number 21 on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" chart.[10]

The album was released in Japan with two editions. The regular edition is a single disc packaged in a traditional jewel case, and a limited edition was released with two discs, one being the main album, and the second an "unplugged" album.[11] The European and American releases were all single editions.

The main disc with the thirteen featured tracks were included. The initial pressing of the album's American edition was affected by a misprint that rendered the album cover unreadable.[12] Warcon Records announced that corrected booklets would be printed.[13] Later pressings featured a correctly printed booklet with a fully visible logo. The cover image is taken from the Dmitri Baltermants photograph "Grief".

A promotional site, in both Japanese and English, was launched prior to the album's release, containing video clips and samples of several songs, information about the album, hosted on the band's official web page.[14] A second promotional site was launched shortly after the release, only accessible with a password included in the Japanese release.[15] Both sites posted information about "premium live" shows, available to those who purchased the album and registered with their product barcode. Footage from the first show was featured on the fan club DVD, In Weal or Woe.[16]

  1. ^ Allmusic - Marrow of a Bone
  2. ^ Sputnikmusic "Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone"
  3. ^ Metalsucks "DIR EN GREY “THE MARROW OF A BONE” ALBUM REVIEW"
  4. ^ "THE MARROW OF A BONE". direngrey.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  5. ^ "Neues Dir En Grey-Album "Marrow of a Bones" kommt am 02.03" (News release). vertigo.fm (in German). p. 1. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  6. ^ "Dir En Grey - Releases". jvstore.com. Gan-Shin. p. 1. Archived from the original (Catalogue) on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  7. ^ "Dir En Grey Sells Out Debut U.K. Show in Two Days". roadrunnerrecords.com. 22 April 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original (News release) on 25 April 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  8. ^ "Kyo- Absolute Voice Section". Gigs. Japan. March 2007.
  9. ^ "2007 tour time line". direngrey.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03.
  10. ^ "Top Independent Album". Billboard Magazine. March 17, 2007.
  11. ^ "Limited edition release information". cdjapan.co.jp.
  12. ^ "Official Warcon statement (details to come)". warconent.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02.
  13. ^ "Warcon reprint statement". warconent.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  14. ^ "Official promotional website". direngrey.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-03-10.
  15. ^ "The Marrow of a Bone limited site". freewill.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09.
  16. ^ "In Weal or Woe release information". jame-world.com.