The Insulated World

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The Insulated World
File:The Insulated World cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Dir En Grey
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2018 (2018-09-26)
StudioStudio Sunshine
Genre
Length50:27
Language
Label
Producer
Dir En Grey chronology
Arche
(2014) 		The Insulated World
(2018) 		Phalaris
(2022)
Alternative cover
File:The Insulated World limited edition cover art.jpg
First press limited edition cover
Singles from The Insulated World
  1. "Utafumi"
    Released: July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)
  2. "Ningen o Kaburu"
    Released: April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)

The Insulated World is the tenth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey, released on September 26, 2018 via Firewall Div./SMEJ.[3][4]

Release

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[5]
Killyourstereo.com77/100[6]
rockin'on.com(Positive)[7]

The Insulated World is the first album in 4 years since Arche. Remixed and remastered version of two pre-release singles "Utafumi" (詩踏み; "Treading On Poetry") and "Ningen o Kaburu" (人間を被る; "Wearing Human Skin") (with re-recorded vocals) are included exclusively for this release.[8]

The Insulated World is available in three editions: regular edition, first press limited edition with a bonus CD and limited deluxe edition with a bonus CD as well as a bonus Blu-ray/DVD. The bonus CD in limited deluxe edition included new version of three old songs including "Kigan" (鬼眼; "Demon Eyes", from Kisō), "The Deeper Vileness" (from The Marrow of a Bone) and "Wake" (理由; "Reason", from Macabre) as well as live recordings of "Fukai" (腐海; "Decayed Sea") "Ash" and "Beautiful Dirt", taken from performance at Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on June 30, 2018. The bonus CD in first press limited edition only included "Kigan" as well as live recordings of "Fukai" and "Beautiful Dirt".

The bonus Blu-ray/DVD included live recordings taken from performances at Sendai Ginko Hall Izumity21 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 28, 2018 and Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2018 (additional show), respectively.[9]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Kyo; all music is composed by Dir En Grey.

No.TitleLength
1."Keibetsu to Hajimari" (軽蔑と始まり; "Beginning with Disdain")3:12
2."Devote My Life"2:46
3."Ningen o Kaburu" (人間を被る; "Wearing Human Skin")3:44
4."Celebrate Empty Howls"3:22
5."Utafumi" (詩踏み; "Poetry Trampling")3:07
6."Rubbish Heap"3:06
7."Aka" (赫; "Red")3:58
8."Values of Madness"3:30
9."Downfall"2:49
10."Followers"4:40
11."Keigaku no Yoku" (谿壑の欲; "Insatiable Greed")4:29
12."Zetsuentai" (絶縁体; "Insulator")7:20
13."Ranunculus"4:24
Total length:50:27
First press limited edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Kigan" (鬼眼; "Demon Eyes")4:01
2."Fukai" (腐海; "Decayed Sea", Live Take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on June 30, 2018)5:29
3."Beautiful Dirt" (Live Take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on June 30, 2018)3:18
Total length:12:48
Limited deluxe edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Kigan" (鬼眼; "Demon Eyes")4:01
2."The Deeper Vileness"3:44
3."Wake" (理由; "Reason")5:32
4."Fukai" (腐海; "Decayed Sea", Live Take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on June 30, 2018)5:29
5."Ash" (Live Take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on June 30, 2018)5:01
6."Beautiful Dirt" (Live Take at SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST on June 30, 2018)3:18
Total length:27:05
Limited deluxe edition bonus Blu-ray/DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Ranunculus (Promotion Edit Ver.)" (music clip) 
2."Different Sense" (live at Sendai Ginko Hall Izumity21 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 28, 2018) 
3."Karasu" (鴉; "Crow", live at Sendai Ginko Hall Izumity21 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 28, 2018) 
4."Disabled Complexes" (live at Sendai Ginko Hall Izumity21 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 28, 2018) 
5."Kiri to Mayu" (霧と繭; "Mist and Cocoon", live at Sendai Ginko Hall Izumity21 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 28, 2018) 
6."Vinushka" (live at Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2018 - additional show) 
7."Audience Killer Loop" (live at Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2018 - additional show) 
8."Repetition of Hatred" (live at Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2018 - additional show) 
9."Behind a Vacant Image" (live at Shinkiba Studio Coast in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan on April 30, 2018 - additional show) 
10."Behind the Scenes of The Insulated World" 

Personnel

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Charts

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Country Provider(s) Peak
position 		Sales/
shipments
Japan Weekly Albums[10] Oricon 6 21,767[10]

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