A Will

A Will

Personnel from the album booklet i own

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Speaking of the opening track "Anthem of Light", Sugizo said "These are wild times, but there's no reason to release negative energy just because of that; we made this song with the thought that it's precisely because we live in our current world that it's necessary for rock music to be the thing that brings light to it." Additionally, he believes there is no reason for Luna Sea to give a political message, only to create music that will "stimulate our imagination." [[J (musician)|J]] feels that "Anthem of Light" is an answer to their earlier song "[[Love Song (Luna Sea song)|Into the Sun]]", and that they both have similar rhythms and beats. He wrote "Glowing", which focuses on the "sexiness" of rock music, specifically for the current Luna Sea. He also remarked that despite it being a simple song, the band worked on it for months.
Speaking of the opening track "Anthem of Light", Sugizo said "These are wild times, but there's no reason to release negative energy just because of that; we made this song with the thought that it's precisely because we live in our current world that it's necessary for rock music to be the thing that brings light to it." Additionally, he believes there is no reason for Luna Sea to give a political message, only to create music that will "stimulate our imagination." [[J (musician)|J]] feels that "Anthem of Light" is an answer to their earlier song "[[Love Song (Luna Sea song)|Into the Sun]]", and that they both have similar rhythms and beats. He wrote "Glowing", which focuses on the "sexiness" of rock music, specifically for the current Luna Sea. He also remarked that despite it being a simple song, the band worked on it for months.


"Both "Maria" and "Gin no Tsuki" were first unveiled in 2010 at separate concerts at the [[Tokyo Dome]] as part of the band's [[20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot|reunion world tour]], although the lyrics and arrangements of both have been reworked and the latter's titled changed from "Days of Repetition".{{cite web|title = 脅威のLUNA SEAに驚愕のSLAVE、両者が見せた奇跡の共演|url = http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000066680|work = barks.jp|language = Japanese|date = 2010-12-26|accessdate = 2013-12-13}} The album version of "Ran" is slightly different from the single cut. Lead guitarist Sugizo described "Metamorphosis" as a "progressive piece in the form of [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]]/[[speed metal]]" where [[Shinya Yamada|Shinya]]'s drumming shines, and likened it to the band's earlier tracks "[[Luna Sea (Luna Sea album)|Fate]]" and "[[Mother (Luna Sea album)|In Future]]". J remarked that the string section at the end of the last track "Grace" connects back to the first song on the album.
"Both "Maria" and "Gin no Tsuki" were first unveiled in 2010 at separate concerts at the [[Tokyo Dome]] as part of the band's [[20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot|reunion world tour]], although the lyrics and arrangements of both have been reworked and the latter's titled changed from "Days of Repetition".{{cite web|title = 脅威のLUNA SEAに驚愕のSLAVE、両者が見せた奇跡の共演|url = http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000066680|work = barks.jp|language = Japanese|date = 2010-12-26|accessdate = 2013-12-13}} The album version of "Ran" is slightly different from the single cut. Lead guitarist Sugizo described "Metamorphosis" as a "progressive piece in the form of [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]]/[[speed metal]]" where [[Shinya (musician)|Shinya]]'s drumming shines, and likened it to the band's earlier tracks "[[Luna Sea (Luna Sea album)|Fate]]" and "[[Mother (Luna Sea album)|In Future]]". J remarked that the string section at the end of the last track "Grace" connects back to the first song on the album.


== Release ==
== Release ==
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
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;Luna Sea
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*[[Ryuichi Kawamura|Ryuichi]] – vocals
*[[Ryuichi Kawamura|Ryuichi]] – vocals
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*[[Inoran]] – guitar
*[[Inoran]] – guitar
*[[J (musician)|J]] – bass
*[[J (musician)|J]] – bass
*[[Shinya Yamada|Shinya]] – drums, percussion
*[[Shinya (musician)|Shinya]] – drums

;Other
*Daisuke "d-kiku" Kikuchi – keyboards, sound effects and programming
*[[Ikuro Fujiwara]] – strings arrangement supervisor and conductor on "Anthem of Light", "Ran" and "Grace"
*MNP Strings – strings on "Anthem of Light", "Ran" and "Grace"
*Mayumi Tabata – strings copyist on "Anthem of Light", "Ran" and "Grace"
*Yumi Kawamura – female chorus on "Maria", "Absorb", "Gin no Tsuki" and "Thoughts"
*[[Junko Hirotani]] – female chorus on "Ran"
*U-Key zone – chorus arrangement on "Maria" and "Thoughts"

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;Production
*Kenichi Arai, Masaaki Taya, Atsuo Akabae, Yosuke Watanabe – recording engineers
*Stuart Hawkes – mastering
*Toshiyuki Suzuki – art direction
*Ryoko Kawagishi – design
*michiko – flower art
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== References ==
== References ==