Sad Wings of Destiny is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 23 March 1976 by Gull Records. It is considered the album on which Judas Priest consolidated their sound and image, and songs from it such as "Victim of Changes" and "The Ripper" have since become live standards. It was the band's only album to feature drummer Alan Moore.
Animetal was a Japanese heavy metal band who specialized in metal covers of theme songs from classic and modern Japanese anime and tokusatsu television series.
Animetal Marathon is the first full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on March 23, 1997. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime themes from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A karaoke version of this album was also released on April 23, 1997. This is also the only studio album to feature the band as a quartet; all other releases have the band as a trio with a guest drummer.
"Flight of Icarus" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was their eighth single, the first from their fourth studio album, Piece of Mind (1983), and their first in the United States, where it was one of their few with substantial airplay, peaking at a personal best No. 8 on the Billboard Top Album Tracks chart. It was a lesser success in the UK, peaking at No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Virus" is a single from Iron Maiden, released in 1996. It is the first single since 1980's "Women in Uniform" that does not appear on any official Iron Maiden studio album. It was, however, featured as a brand new track on the band's first ever career retrospective – 1996's double-disc Best of the Beast. It is the only Iron Maiden song to be credited to both of the band's guitarists. It has never been performed live by Iron Maiden, but Blaze Bayley performed it several times in his solo career. Lyrically, the song warns of rising business and government corruption in an increasingly Internet-dependent world.
Animetal Marathon VII: Fight! The Metal Heroes is the seventh full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on October 21, 2005. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of various tokusatsu themes: the first three songs are from the newest Super Sentai series at the time of the album's recording, tracks 5-34 are tokusatsu ending themes, and tracks 35-41 are opening themes of solo tokusatsu and Metal Hero Series titles. The last track, "Jump in the Fire!", is a marathon of anime songs adapted from manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Animetal Marathon VII was also the band's final marathon album.
Animetal Marathon II: Tokusatsu Collection is the second album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on February 21, 1998. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of theme songs of tokusatsu series from the 1970s and 1980s. A karaoke version of this album was also released.
Animetal Marathon III: Tsuburaya Productions Collection is the third full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on October 21, 1998. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of theme songs of shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Eiji Tsuburaya, primarily the Ultra Series.
Animetal Marathon IV is the fourth full album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Cutting Edge Records on September 12, 2001. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime themes from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. It also marked the return of Animetal after a two-year hiatus. However, it was also the last to feature lead guitarist She-Ja, who was then replaced by Syu on the band's subsequent releases.
Animetal Marathon V is the fifth full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on June 25, 2003. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers: tracks cover anime themes from the 1960s to the 1980s, while tracks 18-34 cover tokusatsu themes also from that same era, including Super Sentai and Kamen Rider titles, and tracks 35-39 are covers of themes from Tatsunoko's Time Bokan series. Prior to the release of this album, guitarist She-Ja left the band. He was replaced by Syu, who has worked with metal bands Galneryus and Aushvitz.
Animetal Marathon VI: The Sentimetal is the sixth full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on September 22, 2004. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime ending themes; mainly from the Super Robot series. Some songs were previously recorded as the band's 1997 single Sentimetal.
"Makafushigi Adventure!" is the opening theme song of the Dragon Ball anime series and is the 1st single by singer Hiroki Takahashi. Originally released on vinyl and cassette on March 1, 1986, it was re-released on 8 cm cd on March 21, 1998. It is coupled with the Dragon Ball closing theme "Romantic Ageru yo" performed by Ushio Hashimoto.
Decade of Bravehearts is the eighth and final studio album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on August 8, 2006. Commemorating the band's 10th anniversary, the album features full length covers of various anime and tokusatsu songs that they have covered on their other albums, plus their covers of the themes from the 2002 Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger and the 2003 anime series Godannar. Also included in the album is a bonus DVD.
Best of Animetal is a compilation album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on May 21, 1998. The album compiles the A-sides of the various singles they had released from 1996 to 1998. With the exception of "Animetal", all of the singles were released by Sony.
Animetal Lady Marathon II is the second and final studio album by Animetal Lady. Released through Cutting Edge Records on April 10, 2002, the album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of shōjo anime theme songs, children's anime theme songs, and other anime theme songs sung by women. It features a guest appearance by former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman. At 30 minutes long, Animetal Lady Marathon II is the shortest studio album in Animetal's discography.
Animetal Lady Marathon is the first album by Animetal unit Animetal Lady, featuring Mie of Pink Lady as the vocalist in place of Eizo Sakamoto. Released through Sony Records on February 21, 1998, the album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of shōjo anime theme songs, children's anime theme songs, and other anime theme songs sung by women. A karaoke version of the album was also released on March 21, 1998.
Complete First Live is the first of two double live albums by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal. Released by Sony Records on October 1, 1999, it was recorded at the band's debut concert at the Shibuya Club Quattro on March 23, 1997. An edited version of the concert was previously released direct-to-video as Animetalive in 1997.
Animetalive is the first live concert video released by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal. Released by Sony Records on May 21, 1997, it was recorded at the band's debut concert at the Shibuya Club Quattro on March 23, 1997. The full audio version of this concert was released on double-CD On October 1, 1999, as Complete First Live. Animetalive was re-released on DVD on November 23, 2005.
Aisenshi is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 2013 by Eizo Sakamoto and She-Ja.
And Then... The Legend of Animetal is a compilation album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through GT Music on October 12, 2011 to commemorate the band's 15th anniversary.
