Japanese rock band DIR EN GREY released their seventh studio album, UROBOROS, today in the North America. In an effort to satiate fans' unique preferences and desires, UROBOROS was released through eclectic Brooklyn-based label THE END RECORDS who have created four distinctive formats and variables: deluxe limited-edition CD digipak with bonus tracks and a DVD; CD jewel case; digitally; and as double vinyl LP with a digital download card included. The album hits shelves on 11/12 in Japan through Firewall; and 11/14 in Europe through Gan-Shin.

UROBOROS's release comes just as the band prepares for the soon-to-be-sold-out show Friday, November 14th at Terminal 5 in New York City -- the seventh stop on their critically acclaimed North American tour with The Human Abstract. "You can detect elements of Korn, Slipknot, Deftones, even Nine Inch Nails in the quintet's masterfully dynamic 20-song set," said Kerrang! Magazine in a KKKKK review this week, "but the jarring Japanese melodies and frontman Kyo's intensely physical, mesmerizing performance serve to unsettle throughout."