Shadows is the fourth studio album released by Japan

Japan

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 band Lynch

Lynch

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. It was released on July 8, 2009 by Marginal Works in Japan. The album includes a DVD with the music video for the song "Shadowz," as well as a making-of

Making-of

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 the music video.

A special promotional site became available on the band's official site, featuring song samples, video clips, downloadable wallpapers, and comments about the album from other bands such as Girugamesh

Girugamesh

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, 9GOATS BLACK OUT

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, and Sadie

Sadie (band)

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Track listing

Disc one (CD)

1. "Last Nite" – 5:32
2. "Adore" – 3:32*
3. "Maze" – 4:36
4. "Evilly" – 4:36
5. "I Don't Know Where I Am" – 5:11
6. "Ambivalent Ideal" – 5:17*
7. "The Blasted Back Bone" – 2:28
8. "Shadowz" – 4:34
9. "Cultic My Execution" – 5:32
10. "Marrow" – 3:28

Disc two (DVD)

1. "Shadowz" PV
2. Making of "Shadowz"