In February, Dir En Grey went on its first North American headlining tour, visiting sixteen cities as its sixth full-length album "The Marrow of a Bone" was released on February 7 in Japan and in the United States and Europe in the following months. From May to July, the group opened for the Deftones on their United States tour and afterwards did another European tour, which included their debut shows in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as several festival performances across the continent, including Ankkarock, M'era Luna Festival and Wacken Open Air.