Angel of Salvation

Angel of Salvation
Studio album by Galneryus
Released	October 10, 2012
Genre	Power metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic metal
Length	1:04:55
Label	VAP
Producer	Yorimasa Hisatake
Galneryus chronology
Phoenix Rising (2011) Angel of Salvation (2012) Vetelgyus (2014)

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

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11. "Galneryus: Angel of Salvation". Oricon Show Business Directory (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 24, 2010.