"Saku" (朔-saku-, "New Moon") is the 19th single off the Withering to Death album by Dir En Grey released on July 14, 2004. It was nominated for best Music Video Award on MTV's Headbangers Ball in 2006, making it the first ever J-rock song to be nominated for the Award.[1] Although the cover and inlay give the single title as "朔" without annotation, it's considered to be "朔-saku-". Similarly, the song title is written as "朔 saku" in the booklet.

"Saku"
Single by Dir En Grey
from the album Withering to Death
ReleasedJuly 14, 2004 (2004-07-14)
Genre
Length13:56
LabelFirewall Div. (SFCD-0030)
Composer(s)Dir En Grey
Lyricist(s)Kyo
Producer(s)Kaoru
Dir En Grey singles chronology
"The Final"
(2004)
"Saku"
(2004)
"Clever Sleazoid"
(2005)

Track listing

edit

All lyrics are written by Kyo; Music composed by Dir En Grey.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Machiavellism"Toshiya3:16
2."Saku" (朔-saku-; "New Moon")Kaoru2:57
3."G.D.S" (G.D.S ends at 3:14 and segues into a live version of "Shokubeni") 7:46

Personnel

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "-saku- MTV Interview". Dir En Grey Interview. February 14, 2007.