^ It's not that big of a deal, really. Dir en grey went on a tour of the US in 2008 a week or so before their new album dropped. Granted, that tour wasn't in support of the album - but I still don't find it that odd. Since when was there a rule that tours had to follow albums, y'know?
I agree with what someone said earlier, about getting a MY STORY vibe from this album. NEXT LEVEL made me think of LOVEppears (in a good way!) so I think it's interesting to draw another comparison from a recent album to an earlier one... I wonder if GUILTY could be compared to ASFXX.