On December 22nd, 2011, Tony Brooke recorded Japanese metal band Dir En Grey at the Regency Center in San Francisco. The multitrack audio recording was part of a live video shoot, which was released in 2012 on the DVD and Blu-ray, "Tour2011 Age Quod Agis, Volume 2."
Allmusic.com calls Dir En Grey "arguably the most successful metal act without English lyrics since Rammstein."