Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com | |
| Allmusic | |
| Kerrang! | (KKK) 2008 |
| Metal Hammer | |
| NEO Magazine | #53 |
| ReGen | |
| Revolver | 2008 |
| Rock Sound | |
Uroboros quickly received positive reviews, being acknowledged as an experimental album for the band, and a defined shift back to the band's roots, while retaining the metal elements of the recent works. Allmusic chose Uroboros as an "AMG Album Pick", praising the release for its variety and willingness to escape the band's stereotypes; Another oft mentioned aspect is the continued use of Japanese lyrics by Kyo, however, the album was also advertised with specific attention to the English revisions of "Dozing Green" and "Glass Skin", while other tracks also had heavy use of English. Several professional reviews have placed use of Japanese as something that will withhold the band from mainstream popularity, but some approve of the bands consistency with their native language. Negatives that reviewers have identified are repetition in the album's style, though this has also been interpreted as a strong point by JD Considine of Revolver.
| “ | muscular funk licks, soaring power-ballad melodies, and creepy atmospherics; moments that have the slow intensity of a dirge, and others that rush with the hell-bent-for-leather abandon of classic metal. Most amazing of all, manages to do all this while maintaining such a strong sense of structure that the album almost feels like one continuous song. | ” |
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—JD Considine, Revolver |
In its debut release week, the album sold 6,054 copies and reached number 114 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This marks Dir En Grey's first time ranking on the United States' central music chart. In the band's native country, the album was met with high sales, exceeding thirty-seven thousand, which brought the album to a number four spot on the Oricon chart. This was Dir En Grey's best performance since Kisou (2002).
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