Idolator is the third album by the Japan

Japan

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ese, melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

 band, Blood Stain Child

Blood Stain Child

Blood Stain Child is a Japanese melodic death metal band from the city of Osaka. The band's musical style combines modern melodic death metal with electro-industrial and trance or as they call it 'hybrid metal trance'...

. Idolator combines melodic death metal similar to the more recent In Flames

In Flames

In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...

 albums with electronic

Electronic music

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 and trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 influences, particularly on "Nuclear Trance". "Embrace Me", has a piano section

Piano solo

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 both at the beginning and at the end of the song. In 2006, the band signed to Dockyard1 and released the album in Europe

Europe

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 on November 27, 2006. The album was released in the USA on July 17, 2007.

Original track listing

1. "Hyper Sonic" − 4:41
2. "Live Inside" − 3:27
3. "Embrace Me" − 4:56
4. "Final Sky" − 4:03
5. "Truth" − 3:17
6. "Trial Spiral" − 3:48
7. "Void" − 4:21
8. "Nuclear Trance" − 5:06
9. "Ag2o" − 3:40
10. "Type-N" − 3:23
11. "Life Story" − 4:30
12. "True Blue" (Luna Sea
    Luna Sea
    Luna Sea is a rock band from Kanagawa, Japan, formed in 1989. The band was initially founded by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. They soon recruited lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same...
    
     cover) − 3:36

European release tracklist

1. "Hyper Sonic" 4:41
2. "Truth" - 3:17
3. "Final Sky" - 4:03
4. "Live Inside" - 3:27
5. "Ag2o" - 3:40
6. "Embrace Me" - 4:56
7. "Trial Spiral" - 3:48
8. "Void" - 4:21
9. "Type-N" - 3:23
10. "True Blue (Luna Sea cover)" - 3:36

Personnel

• Ryo − vocals
  Death growl
  A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
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• Shiromasa − guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Ryu − guitar
• Violator − drums
  Drum kit
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• Aki − keyboard
  Musical keyboard
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External links

• www.bloodstainchild.com
• www.dockyard1.com Label and Release Info