Ascendead Master

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"Ascendead Master"
Single by Versailles
from the album Jubilee
ReleasedJune 24, 2009
Genre Symphonic metal, power metal, neo-classical metal
Length12:23Regular Edition
7:47 Limited Edition I
7:37 Limited Edition II
7:22 Limited Edition III
Label Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s) lyrics : Kamijo; music : Hizaki
Versailles Singlessingles chronology
"Prince & Princess"
(2008)
"Ascendead Master"
(2009)
"Destiny -The Lovers-"
(2010)

"Ascendead Master" is the fourth single by Versailles, but their first single on a major label. Released on June 24, 2009, this is also the band's last single to feature original bassist Jasmine You. Both "Ascendead Master" and "Gekkakou" were "remastered" for their first major album Jubilee .

To accompany this single, Versailles created a fifteen-minute short movie, which is broken up into three acts. Each edition contains a different instrumental track used in the movie and each limited edition's DVD contains one act of the movie, as well as the promotional video for the title track. [1]

Track listing

Regular Edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ascendead Master"Kamijo Hizaki 5:52
2."Gekkakou" (月下香)HizakiHizaki4:43
3."Descendant of The Rose" (Soundtrack) Kamijo1:48
Total length:12:23
Limited Edition I
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ascendead Master"KamijoHizaki5:52
2."Hallway" (Soundtrack) Kamijo1:55
Total length:6:47
Limited Edition II
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ascendead Master"KamijoHizaki5:52
2."Pilgrim" (Soundtrack) Kamijo1:45
Total length:6:37
Limited Edition III
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ascendead Master"KamijoHizaki5:52
2."Covenant" (Soundtrack) Kamijo1:30
Total length:6:22

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References

  1. "Versailles (3) - Ascendead Master".