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Dir En Grey

Japanese metal band
Music Group Musical Group Q379852

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
www.direngrey.co.jp[14]

Status and dates

Inception
1997[12]

Location

Location of formation
Osaka[13]

Relations

Has part(s)
Toshiya[11]
More facts +11
Notable work
The Marrow of a Bone, Withering to Death., Gauze[2][3][4]
Genre
progressive metal, alternative metal, extreme metal[5][6][7]
Website
www.direngrey.co.jp
Country of origin
Japan[10]
Discography
Dir En Grey discography[9]
Has parts
Toshiya
Record label
Free-Will[8]
Social media followers
186k (138k–186k, n=4)[17][18][19][20]
Start of work period
1997[16]
Topic has template
Template:Dir En Grey[15]
Work period start
1997
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000105162701
VIAF cluster ID
265888995
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2007029620
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DEG Zenith.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID
d/direngrey
Acharts.co artist ID
dir_en_grey, direngrey
Album of the Year artist ID
14958
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000937315
Amazon Music artist ID
B003HT6NHK
AniList staff ID
102470
Apple Music artist ID
83870278, 1524132008
Archive of Our Own tag
Dir en grey
Show all 39 identifiers +27
Bandcamp profile ID
direngrey
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
167640906
Billboard artist ID
dir-en-grey
Deezer artist ID
101141722, 682
Described at URL
www.ascap.com
Discogs artist ID
348163
Facebook username
direngreyofficial
Freebase ID
/m/01shhf
Genius artist ID
Dir-en-grey
Golden ID (archived)
Dir_En_Grey-MDPZM
Instagram username
direngrey_official
Jaxsta profile ID
cf885164-f2bc-47c7-9a9f-7e0f1d36b234
Last.fm ID
DIR+EN+GREY
LyricsTranslate ID
dir-en-grey-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
ab309b83-904f-4e2c-8d11-a0223bba51f9
MyAnimeList people ID
7470
Myspace ID
officialdirengrey
Quora topic ID
Dir-En-Grey
Rate Your Music artist ID
dir_en_grey
Songkick artist ID
469779
Spotify artist ID
3kNqzLmW33fQIfmZ1OfqMA, 2chIKEHttAraQMIqha1XKg
Tidal artist ID
3502910, 20494705
Topic's main category
Category:Dir En Grey
Uta-Net artist ID
229
WhoSampled artist ID
Dir-en-Grey
X (Twitter) username
direngrey_web (2010–present), DIRENGREY_JP (2011–present)
YouTube channel ID
UCYY158T1shyne7i3C9GV-UA (2010–present)

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 56
Uroboros, Withering to Death., Gauze, Vulgar, Kisou, Macabre, Missa, The Marrow of a Bone +48 more
← Performer 22
Uroboros, Withering to Death., Gauze, Vulgar, Kisou, Macabre, Missa, The Marrow of a Bone +14 more
Mb:recording contract 8
The End Records, The End Records, Gan-Shin, Gan-Shin, east west japan, east west japan, Warcon Enterprises, Warcon Enterprises
Mb:composer 6
Rinkaku, Rinkaku, Dozing Green, Dozing Green, Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami, Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami
← Mb:member of band 5
Kyo, Die, Kaoru, Shinya, Toshiya
Genre 3
progressive metal, alternative metal, extreme metal
Notable work 3
Withering to Death., Gauze, The Marrow of a Bone
Country of origin 1
Japan
Discography 1
Dir En Grey discography
Has part(s) 1
Toshiya
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Osaka
Record label 1
Free-Will
Topic has template 1
Template:Dir En Grey
Topic's main category 1
Category:Dir En Grey
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Dir En Grey albums
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Dir En Grey
← Creator 1
-I'll-
← FactGrid item ID 1
Joseph Panny
← Main subject 1
Dir En Grey discography
← Producer 1
-I'll-
← Template has topic 1
Template:Dir En Grey
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Summary

Dir En Grey is a musical group[1].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[21]

  • Country: JP[22]

  • Began / founded: 1997-02[23]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, avant-garde metal, loud kei, metal, nu metal, rock, visual kei[24]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, avant-garde metal, japanese, japanese band, kote kei, loud kei, major, metal, nu metal, rock, visual kei[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ab309b83-904f-4e2c-8d11-a0223bba51f9[26]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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