Unseen World

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Unseen World
Unseen World.jpg
Studio album by
Band-Maid
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
Recorded2020
Genre Hard rock [1]
LanguageJapanese
Label Pony Canyon
Band-Maid chronology
Conqueror
(2019)		Unseen World
(2021)		 Unleash
(2022)
Music videos
"Warning!" on YouTube
CD (Normal Edition)
No.TitleLength
1."Warning!"4:20
2."No God"4:10
3."After Life"3:23
4."Manners"3:50
5."I Still Seek Revenge."3:02
6."H-G-K"3:07
7."Nightingale (Sayonakidori, サヨナキドリ)"4:33
8."Why Why Why"3:37
9."Chemical Reaction"4:09
10."Giovanni"4:17
11."Ambition (Honkai, 本懐)"3:16
12."Black Hole"3:05
13."Without Holding Back (Instrumental)"3:33
Total length:48:33
CD (First Press Limited Edition)
No.TitleLength
1."Warning!"4:20
2."No God"4:10
3."After Life"3:23
4."Manners"3:50
5."I Still Seek Revenge."3:02
6."H-G-K"3:07
7."Nightingale (Sayonakidori, サヨナキドリ)"4:33
8."Why Why Why"3:37
9."Chemical Reaction"4:09
10."Giovanni"4:17
11."Ambition (Honkai, 本懐)"3:16
12."Black Hole"3:05
Total length:45:00

Limited Edition

Disc 1 (Roots, 原点回帰盤)
No.TitleLength
1."After Life"3:23
2."Why Why Why"3:37
3."Youth"3:41
4."Nightingale (Sayonakidori, サヨナキドリ)"4:33
5."Chemical Reaction"4:09
6."Manners"3:50
7."I Still Seek Revenge."3:02
Total length:26:18
Disc 2 (Progress, 現点進化盤）
No.TitleLength
1."Giovanni"4:17
2."H-G-K"3:07
3."Manners"3:50
4."Black Hole"3:05
5."Ambition (Honkai, 本懐)"3:16
6."No God"4:10
7."Warning!"4:20
Total length:26:08

DVD/Blu-ray (First Press Limited Edition)

No.TitleLength
1."After Life" (Instrumental video) 
2."No God" (Instrumental video) 
3."Giovanni" (Instrumental video) 
4."Without Holding Back" (Instrumental video) 

Personnel

Band-Maid

Charts

Chart (2021)Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [24] 6
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [25] 8
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon) [6] 1

Notes

  1. ↑ My bounty is as boundless as the sea... My love as deep... The more I give to thee... The more I have, for both are infinite.

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