Arche (album)

All lyrics are written by Kyo ^[14] ; all music is composed by Dir En Grey.

Arche
Studio album by Dir En Grey
Released	December 10, 2014 (2014-12-10)
Genre	Avant-garde metal [1] [2] progressive metal
Length	68:01
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Firewall Div.
Dir En Grey chronology
The Unraveling (2013) Arche (2014) The Insulated World (2018)
Alternative cover
Limited edition cover

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Un Deux"	3:33
2.	"Soshaku" (咀嚼; "Chew")	4:10
3.	"Uroko" (鱗; "Scales")	4:03
4.	"Phenomenon"	4:01
5.	"Cause of Fickleness"	3:25
6.	"Tōsei" (濤声; "Voice of the Waves")	5:31
7.	"Rinkaku" (輪郭; "Silhouette")	5:43
8.	"Chain Repulsion"	2:48
9.	"Midwife"	4:11
10.	"Magayasō" (禍夜想; "Calamitous Night Thought")	4:25
11.	"Kaishun" (懐春; "Yearning of Youth")	4:22
12.	"Behind a Vacant Image"	4:59
13.	"Sustain the Untruth"	4:25
14.	"Kūkoku no Kyōon" (空谷の跫音; "Tramplings In the Lonely Valley")	5:48
15.	"The Inferno"	3:15
16.	"Revelation of Mankind"	3:23
Total length:		68:01

Disc two ("Special" Limited Edition/ Limited Edition)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"And Zero"	2:25
2.	"Tefutefu" (てふてふ; "Butterfly")	4:47
3.	"Sustain the Untruth [Remix]"	6:16
4.	"Unraveling [Remix]"	3:33
5.	"Soshaku (Acoustic Ver.)" (咀嚼 (Acoustic Ver.); "Chew (Acoustic Ver.)")	5:02
6.	"Uroko (Crossover Ver.)" (鱗 (Crossover Ver.); "Scales (Crossover Ver.)")	3:39
7.	"Behind a Vacant Image (Acoustic Ver.)"	4:55
Total length:		30:37

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Un Deux (Shot In One Take)"
2.	"Chain Repulsion (Shot In One Take)"
3.	"Live footage from Tour14 Psychonnect -Mode of “Gauze”? at Shinkiba Studio Coast (08/30/2014)" (かすみ (Kasumi), 蜜と唾 (Tsumi to Batsu) and 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))
4.	"Behind the Scenes of Arche"

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

Personnel

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

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Oricon weekly chart	4 [15]
Billboard Japan Top Albums	3 [16]

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14. According to album liner notes
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