| Angel of Salvation | ||||
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| Released | October 10, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 1:04:55 | |||
| Label | VAP | |||
| Producer | Yorimasa Hisatake | |||
| Galneryus chronology | ||||
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Angel of Salvation is the eighth studio album by the Japanese power metal/neo-classical metal band Galneryus, released on October 10, 2012. The 10-song album featured two songs from the single "Hunting For Your Dream": the titular song and "Temptation Through the Night", the latter which was featured as a "work in progress" version. The full album version of the title track "Angel of Salvation", which interpolates "Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,[1] is Galneryus' longest song to date at 14 minutes and 42 seconds long; twice as long as the song's music video.[2] The song is also the first to feature a guest vocalist in a studio album by Galneryus in Akane Liv from the band LIV MOON.[3] For the album and tour, Syu switched from a Hughes and Kettner amplifier to a Diezel Hagen amplifier and cabinet. This was also shown in the "Angel of Salvation" music video.[4] Syu reverted to his ESP Crying Star Rebel signature guitar for the "Under the Promised Flag Tour" with modifications to the humbuckers.[5][6][7] "Hunting for Your Dream" was used as the second closing theme for the new Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation.[8]
Track listing
All songs arranged by Galneryus and Yorimasa Hisatake.[9]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reach to the Sky" | Syu, Taka | Syu | 2:30 |
| 2. | "The Promised Flag" | Syu | Syu | 6:19 |
| 3. | "Temptation Through the Night" | Sho | Yuhki | 6:12 |
| 4. | "Lonely as a Stranger" | Sho | Syu | 5:53 |
| 5. | "Stand up for the Right" | Sho, Taka | Syu | 6:56 |
| 6. | "Hunting for Your Dream" | Sho | Syu | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Lament" | Sho | Syu | 5:14 |
| 8. | "Infinity" | Sho | Syu | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Angel of Salvation" | Syu | Syu | 14:42 |
| 10. | "Longing" | (Instrumental) | Syu | 4:54 |
Credits
- Syu - Guitar
- Masatoshi Ono "Sho" - (Vocals)
- Taka - (Bass)
- Yuhki - (Keyboards, Hammond Organ)
- Junichi Satoh - (Drums)
Additional credits
- Yasuyuki "Buddy" Hirahara - (Instrumental Technician)
- AKANE LIV (LIV MOON) - (Female Vocals on Tr. 9)
- Syu, Sho, Yuhki, Yorimasa Hisatake - (Additional Chorus)
- Yutaka Kuwase (LOGGIA) - (Art Direction and Design)
- Shinya Omachi - (Photographer)
Chart performance
The album reached #15 and #17 on the Billboard Japan Top Albums[10] and Oricon album charts, respectively; the highest of any of their studio albums.[11]
References
- ↑ "Angel of Salvation". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ↑ name=http://www.galneryusyumacher.com/ Archived February 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ name=http://hanahuurin.blog62.fc2.com/blog-entry-1016.html
- ↑ name=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/syugalspinal/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=36209690&no=1%5B%5D
- ↑ name=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/syugalspinal/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=36561287&no=0%5B%5D
- ↑ name=http://www.galneryusyumacher.com/index.php?p=what
- ↑ name=http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/syu/index.html Archived December 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "GALNERYUS to provide new theme song for "HUNTER x HUNTER"". tokyohive.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ name="werockcity20100610"
- ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Galneryus: Angel of Salvation". Oricon Show Business Directory (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 24, 2010.