"Glass Skin" is a single by Dir En Grey

Dir en grey

Dir En Grey is a Japanese metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2011, they have recorded eight full-length records...

, released on September 10, 2008 in Japan

Japan

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 in a regular and limited edition, the limited copy featuring a bonus live track as well as a sticker of the band and a poster. The single was released as a digital download

Music download

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 on 17 September 2008.

"Glass Skin" is one of the two singles to be featured on the album Uroboros

Uroboros (album)

Uroboros is the seventh studio album by Japanese metal band Dir En Grey. It was released on November 11, 2008 in the United States by The End Records and, due to the time difference, November 12, 2008 in Japan through Firewall and European releases by Gan-Shin...

, along with its predecessor "Dozing Green

Dozing Green

"Dozing Green" is a single by Dir En Grey, released on October 24, 2007 in Japan and across Europe as well as in the iTunes Store until the end of October. The Japanese edition includes two b-sides, "Hydra -666-" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]"...

". Like its counterpart, the song is re-recorded in English for the album.

The artwork on the cover, booklet, and accompanying promotional materials of "Glass Skin", as well as some artwork used on the official website was created by Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

-based artist, Genta Kosumi.

Music

The first B-side, "Undecided", is a rerecording of a track from band's third album, Kisou

Kisou

is the third studio album released by Dir En Grey on January 30, 2002. It has helped them gain popularity across Asia and is their best-selling album to date. The first press edition came with an extra booklet of lyrics and the cover booklet came in color, as opposed to the normal release...

. The second B-side, "Agitated Screams of Maggots -Unplugged-", is an unplugged arrangement of the band's 2006 single

Agitated Screams of Maggots

-Personnel:* Yasushi "Koni-Young" Konishi – recording, mixing* Yasman – mastering* Dynamite Tommy – executive producer* Keita Kurosaka – cover art* Yuuichi Fukada – art direction* Kazuya Nakajima, Yasuyuki Kanoi – live recording-Release history:...

. Another B-side for the single, included only with the limited edition, is a live version of Ryoujoku no Ame

RYOUJOKU NO AME

is a single released by Dir En Grey on July 26, 2006. The title track is followed by three live recordings, recorded at Columbiahalle in Berlin on May 27, 2006. A live version of "Ryōjoku no Ame" is featured on the Family Values Tour 2006 CD compilation. The song appears on The Marrow of a Bone as...

; the recording is from a concert at Yokohama Blitz on May 23, 2008.

Music video

The music video for "Glass Skin" was premiered on MTV in Japan. It is largely computer generated, but features images of the band.

Track listing

* Although "Undecided" is originally credited with Die

Die (musician)

Die is a Japanese musician and one of the guitarists of Dir en grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was previously a member of La:Sadie's and before that he was in Ka･za･ri...

's composition, this arrangement is credited to the band as a whole.

Personnel

• Dir En Grey – producer, composer
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  • Kyo
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    is the vocalist of Japanese band Dir En Grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was formerly in La:Sadie's. Kyo was inspired to become a rock star when he saw a picture of Buck-Tick vocalist Atsushi Sakurai on the desk of a junior high school classmate.While he has only...
    
     – vocals
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    , lyricist
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  • Kaoru – guitar
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  • Die
    Die (musician)
    Die is a Japanese musician and one of the guitarists of Dir en grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was previously a member of La:Sadie's and before that he was in Ka･za･ri...
    
     – guitar
  • Toshiya – bass guitar
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  • Shinya – drums
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• Tadasuke – piano
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   (Track 3)
• Kaoru & Yoshinori Abe - Programming

• Miles Showell – mastering
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• Yasushi "Koni-Young" Konishi – recording, mixing
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• Akinori Kaizaki – co-recording
• Kazuya Nakajima – live recording
• Taku Hashimoto – live recording
• Genta Kosumi – artwork illustration
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• Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka – executive producer
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Chart position

Chart	Peak position
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Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... weekly singles	6

External links

• Genta Kosumi official MySpace