Arche (album)

The contents of the album as well as the track list were added to the band's website in late September.{{cite web | url=http://direngrey.co.jp/lang_en/news/1511/ | title=NEW ALBUM『ARCHE』(2014.12.10 RELEASE) Track List Revealed!|website=Direngrey.co.jp | access-date=27 September 2014}} At that time, the band's guitarist Die said it would be the most achieved sound that they have ever had.{{cite web|url=http://direngrey.co.jp/special/arche/#blog|title=Dir en grey 9th album『Arche』(2014.12.10 release) 特設ページ|website=Direngrey.co.jp}} The album will deal with the theme of pain, as shown in a trailer narrated by Ryō Horikawa released on November 12.{{cite web|url=http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000005016|title=Dir en Grey|website=En.barks.jp}}

The title stands for "origin" in Greek. This title connotes a special meaning to the members as it encompasses every phase the band has been evolving into. Vocalist Kyo said via Dir En Grey's website : "This album is being worked on with me thinking about the past and future of myself as a vocalist, more than I have had ever before. That place where the old me and the new me crosses is what is being put into the 9th album 'ARCHE{{'"}}.{{cite web|title=Meaning of New Album from Dir en Grey|url=http://direngrey.co.jp/lang_en/news/1462/|website=Direngrey.co.jp|access-date=19 August 2014|date=5 August 2014}} The art cover suggests this symbolism by depicting a beheaded torso of a pregnant woman from which emanates roots.{{cite web|title=New Album Art Cover|url=http://www.verdammnis.com/reviews.php?id=517|website=Verdamnis.com|access-date=3 May 2015|date=1 May 2015}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Disc one

| all_lyrics = KyoAccording to album liner notes

| all_music = Dir En Grey

| title1 = Un Deux

| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Soshaku

| length2 = 4:10

| note2 = {{nihongo2|咀嚼; "Chew"}}

| title3 = Uroko

| length3 = 4:03

| note3 = {{nihongo2|鱗; "Scales"}}

| title4 = Phenomenon

| length4 = 4:01

| title5 = Cause of Fickleness

| length5 = 3:25

| title6 = Tōsei

| length6 = 5:31

| note6 = {{nihongo2|濤声; "Voice of the Waves"}}

| title7 = Rinkaku

| length7 = 5:43

| note7 = {{nihongo2|輪郭; "Silhouette"}}

| title8 = Chain Repulsion

| length8 = 2:48

| title9 = Midwife

| length9 = 4:11

| title10 = Magayasō

| length10 = 4:25

| note10 = {{nihongo2|禍夜想; "Calamitous Night Thought"}}

| title11 = Kaishun

| length11 = 4:22

| note11 = {{nihongo2|懐春; "Yearning of Youth"}}

| title12 = Behind a Vacant Image

| length12 = 4:59

| title13 = Sustain the Untruth

| length13 = 4:25

| title14 = Kūkoku no Kyōon

| length14 = 5:48

| note14 = {{nihongo2|空谷の跫音; "Tramplings In the Lonely Valley"}}

| title15 = The Inferno

| length15 = 3:15

| title16 = Revelation of Mankind

| length16 = 3:23

| total_length = 68:01

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Disc two ("Special" Limited Edition/ Limited Edition)

| title1 = And Zero

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = Tefutefu

| length2 = 4:47

| note2 = {{nihongo2|てふてふ; "Butterfly"}}

| title3 = Sustain the Untruth [Remix]

| length3 = 6:16

| title4 = Unraveling [Remix]

| length4 = 3:33

| title5 = Soshaku (Acoustic Ver.)

| length5 = 5:02

| note5 = {{nihongo2|咀嚼 (Acoustic Ver.); "Chew (Acoustic Ver.)"}}

| title6 = Uroko (Crossover Ver.)

| length6 = 3:39

| note6 = {{nihongo2|鱗 (Crossover Ver.); "Scales (Crossover Ver.)"}}

| title7 = Behind a Vacant Image (Acoustic Ver.)

| length7 = 4:55

| total_length = 30:37

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Disc three ("Special" Limited Edition, Blu-Ray/ DVD)

| title1 = Un Deux (Shot In One Take)

| length1 =

| title2 = Chain Repulsion (Shot In One Take)

| length2 =

| title3 = Live footage from Tour14 Psychonnect -Mode of “Gauze”? at Shinkiba Studio Coast (08/30/2014)

| length3 =

| note3 = {{nihongo2|かすみ (Kasumi)}}, {{nihongo2|蜜と唾 (Tsumi to Batsu)}} and {{nihongo2|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)}}

| title4 = Behind the Scenes of Arche

| length4 =

}}

• Disc 2 of the Limited Edition includes only tracks 3, 5, 6.

;Dir En Grey

• Kyo – vocals, lyrics
• Kaoru – guitar, programming
• Die – guitar
• Toshiya – bass guitar
• Shinya – drums

;Additional

• Takumi – programming
• Dynamite Tommy – executive producer
• Kei Kashiyama – drum production
• Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering
• Koji Maruyama – recording engineer
• Kimihiro Nakase – recording engineer
• Keisuke Kamata – recording engineer

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