| The Unraveling | ||||
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| Released | April 3, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
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| Length | 33:37 (disc one) 27:12 (disc two) | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Firewall Div./SMEJ | |||
| Producer | Dir En Grey | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Ultimate Guitar | 8/10[1] |
The Unraveling (stylized as THE UNRAVELING) is the third EP by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey.[2] It was released on April 3, 2013 as a single-CD Original Version, a deluxe Initial Limited Version digipak with bonus recording footage, and a Limited Order-Only Deluxe Version featuring the deluxe digipak with a bonus CD and extra DVD footage.[3]
The bonus CD includes a remake of "Macabre" off the eponymous 2000 album and "The Final", with the latter and "Unraveling" as unplugged versions. The extra DVD footage also adds "Shot In One Take" versions of "Rinkaku" and "Kiri to Mayu", live performances from their performance on December 25, 2012 and an interview with sound engineer Tue Madsen.
Its packaging features art by artist and sculptor Yasuyuki Nishio.[4] Except the title track, all remaining songs were rearranged and re-recorded from previous versions.
It debuted at #3 on the Oricon weekly chart.[5]
- ^ "The Unraveling [EP] Review". Ultimate Guitar. February 19, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Interview with Dir En Grey: Becoming Unraveled". The Aquarian Weekly. November 6, 2013.
- ^ "Dir En Grey NEW MINI ALBUM『THE UNRAVELING』2013.4.3 RELEASE". Dir En Gray. Japan.
- ^ "'THE UNRAVELING' Cover Art Revealed!". Dir En Grey. Japan.
- ^ "CDアルバムランキング - 2013年04月15日付 - （2013年04月01日～2013年04月07日）". Oricon (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 30 January 2015.