Angel of Salvation

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 "Angel of Salvation" is Galneryus' longest song to date at 14 minutes and 42 seconds long; twice as long as the song's music video.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] Syu reverted to his ESP Crying Star Rebel signature guitar for the "Under the Promised Flag Tour" with modifications to the humbuckers.[4][5][6] "Hunting for Your Dream" was used as the second closing theme for the new Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation.[7]

Angel of Salvation
Studio album by
Galneryus
ReleasedOctober 10, 2012
GenrePower metal, Neo-Classical metal, Symphonic metal
Length1:04:55
LabelVAP
ProducerYorimasa Hisatake
Galneryus chronology
Phoenix Rising
(2011)		 Angel of Salvation
(2012)		 Vetelgyus
(2014)

Track listing

All songs arranged by Galneryus and Yorimasa Hisatake.[8]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Reach to the Sky"Syu, TakaSyu2:30
2."The Promised Flag"SyuSyu6:19
3."Temptation Through the Night"ShoYuhki6:12
4."Lonely as a Stranger"ShoSyu5:53
5."Stand up for the Right"Sho, TakaSyu6:56
6."Hunting for Your Dream"ShoSyu5:24
7."Lament"ShoSyu5:14
8."Infinity"ShoSyu4:53
9."Angel of Salvation"SyuSyu14:42
10."Longing"(Instrumental)Syu4:54

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[9] and Oricon album charts, respectively; the highest of any of their studio albums.[10]

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References
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  2. name=http://hanahuurin.blog62.fc2.com/blog-entry-1016.html
  3. name=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/syugalspinal/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=36209690&no=1%5B%5D
  4. name=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/syugalspinal/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=36561287&no=0%5B%5D
  5. name=http://www.galneryusyumacher.com/index.php?p=what
  6. name=http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/syu/index.html Archived December 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "GALNERYUS to provide new theme song for "HUNTER x HUNTER"". tokyohive.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
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  9. "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  10. "Galneryus: Angel of Salvation". Oricon Show Business Directory (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
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