Vetelgyus
2014 studio album by Galneryus
Vetelgyus is the ninth studio album by power metal/neo-classical metal band Galneryus. The track "Attitude to Life" was used as the ending theme for the anime television series Laughing Under the Clouds.
Track listing
All songs arranged by Galneryus and Yorimasa Hisatake.
Track 2 was rerecorded in Syu's 2016 solo album You Play Hard as an instrumental
Personnel
Syu – Guitar
Sho – Vocals
Taka – Bass
Junichi – Drums
Yuhki – Keyboards, Hammond organ
Additional credits
Yasuyuki "Buddy" Hirahara – (Instrumental Technician)
Hitomi Orima – (Female Vocals on Tr. 5, 7, 10)
Syu, Sho, Yuhki, Yorimasa Hisatake – (Additional Chorus)
Yutaka Kuwase (LOGGIA) – (Art Direction and Design)
Shinya Omachi – (Photographer)
Chart performance
The album reached No. 16 and No. 18 on the Billboard Japan Top Albums and Oricon album charts, respectively; the second highest rankings of their studio albums.
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