Animetal - Animetal Marathon VII

By NickBlaze

Animetal Marathon VII (Tatake Metal Hero)

Artist: Animetal
Type: Album
Release Date: 10/21/2005
Price: 2857 yen

My Rating

Music - 9/10
Vocals - 8.5/10
Length - 10/10 (1 hour, 4 minutes, 10 seconds)
Songs - 4/10
Overall - 8.5/10


I’ll explain my review here. The music is typically great, and I like Sakamoto’s vocals here a bit more than in Anthem, because he’s just made to sing about anime. The length is obviously long. When was the last time you listen to an hour long album? I have, but it’s rare. What’s the downsize? Well, 1:04:10 divided by 43 means there’s a lot of short songs. Most are around 1 minute long while others are below a minute. But, they’ve blessed us with some longer songs (two 2 minute songs, one 3 and a half minute song, and one song over 11 minutes!). If it wasn’t for the sheer excellence that is their 11 minute song, I would’ve rated "Songs" much lower.

Overview

Animetal has always created metallized anime music, and since 1996, they’ve taken Japan, America, and Europe. Since those are the places anime is most prevalent, many anime fans have been turned on to Animetal and Japanese metal in general. How many anime songs can you name? Well, I bet you they've done a hundred more than that. Either way, they’re a great band and it’s a great concept (covering anime songs and music).

As for this album, it’s a continuation of their "Animetal Marathon" album series, and it features 43 songs! Which is actually just 2 more songs than their formerly largest album. Even though they have a lot of songs, when have anime songs ever been long? So, even with 30+ songs, most of their albums never reach over an hour. This one does, at 1 hour and 4 minutes long. Either way, if you’ve watched any of the anime they’ve covered, it would be fun to hear them in a whole new light. As for this album, I’ve never seen any of these animes...

Track Listing

The tracklisting is in this order:
[Song length] Song Number on Album. Band - Song name [Anime it’s from]

[02:05] 01. Animetal - DARK SIDE OF THE ANGEL ~Kurayami No Tenshi~
[01:54] 02. Animetal - Mahou Sentai Magiranger [Mahou Sentai Magiranger]
[01:36] 03. Animetal - Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger [Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]
[01:13] 04. Animetal - Midnight Dekaranger [Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]
[01:16] 05. Animetal - Denjiman Ni Makasero! [Denshi Sentai Denjiman]
[01:08] 06. Animetal - Yuusha Wa Yuku [Battle Fever J]
[00:39] 07. Animetal - Itsuka, Hana Wa Saku Darou [J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai]
[00:39] 08. Animetal - Kamen Rider No Uta [Kamen Rider].
[00:47] 09. Animetal - Shounen Kamen Rider Tai No Uta [Kamen Rider V3]
[00:59] 10. Animetal - Ore Wa X Kaizorg [Kamen Rider X]
[00:58] 11. Animetal - Amazon Da Da Da!! [Kamen Rider Amazon]
[00:48] 12. Animetal - Kyou Tatakau Stronger [Kamen Rider Stronger]
[01:01] 13. Animetal - Otoko No Na Wa Kamen Rider [Kamen Rider (New)]
[01:22] 14. Animetal - Haruka Naru Ai Ni Kakete [Kamen Rider (New)]
[00:57] 15. Animetal - Hi Wo Fuke Rider Ken [Kamen Rider Super 1]
[00:48] 16. Animetal - Tatakae!! Jinzou Ningen Kikaider [Jinzou Ningen Kikaider]
[01:15] 17. Animetal - Hakaider No Uta [Jinzou Ningen Kikaider]
[00:45] 18. Animetal - 01 Rock [Kikaider 01]
[00:57] 19. Animetal - Chest! Chest! Inazuman [Inazuman]
[00:58] 20. Animetal - Inazuman Action [Inazuman F]
[01:21] 21. Animetal - Susume Robot Keiji [Robot Keiji]
[00:40] 22. Animetal - Kyodain To Wa Ore-Tachi Da [Uchuu Tetsujin Kyodain]
[00:55] 23. Animetal - Star! Star! Kagestar [The Kagestar]
[01:25] 24. Animetal - Oozora No Captor [Ninja Captor]
[01:39] 25. Animetal - Otoko Wa Hitori Michi Wo Yuku [Kaiketsu Zubat]
[01:10] 26. Animetal - Monkey Magic [Saiyuuki]
[01:35] 27. Animetal - Gandara [Saiyuuki]
[01:00] 28. Animetal - Nekketsu Sarutobi Sasuke [Nekketsu Sarutobi Sasuke]
[01:40] 29. Animetal - Uchuu Enjin Gori Na No Da [Uchuu Enjin Gori]
[00:58] 30. Animetal - Yuujou No Barom Cross [Choujin Barom 1]
[01:00] 31. Animetal - Ore No Kyoudai Denjin Zaborger [Denjin Zaborger]
[01:09] 32. Animetal - Yamato Takeru No Uta [Ai No Senshi Rainbowman]
[01:10] 33. Animetal - Akai Yuuhi No Barabaraman [Robot Hatchan]
[01:02] 34. Animetal - Ganbare Robocon [Ganbare Robocon]
[01:11] 35. Animetal - Zebraman No Uta [Zebraman]
[01:29] 36. Animetal - Kakero! Spiderman [Spiderman]
[01:20] 37. Animetal - Seiun Kamen Machineman [Seiun Kamen Machineman]
[01:12] 38. Animetal - Tsuyosa Wa Ai Da [Uchuu Keiji Gavan]
[01:12] 39. Animetal - Ore Ga Seigi Da! Jaspion [Kyojuu Tokusou Jaspion]
[01:09] 40. Animetal - Jikuu Senshi Spielvan [Jikuu Senshi Spielvan]
[02:30] 41. Animetal - Kimi No Seishun Wa Kagayaite Iru Ka [Choujinki Metalder]
[03:30] 42. Animetal - SEE THE DISTANT HORIZON ~Boukyaku No Suiheisen~
[11:34] 43. Animetal - JUMP IN THE FIRE (Jump Medley)

Song Review

As for the song review, I’m not going to tell you what I thought of every song. For one, I haven’t seen any of these anime and I can only tell you how they are from a metalhead’s viewpoint. So, I’ll pick the longer songs and some shorter songs and explain why I like them.

10) Ore Wa X Kaizorg [Kamen Rider X] - 59 seconds long - 7/10
From a typical power metal standpoint, the music is what you’d expect. However, one thing nice in all their songs is the prevalent bass guitar you can always hear. You’ll catch some English words because the vocals are clear and nice. The song seems longer than it really is.

09) Shounen Kamen Rider Tai No Uta [Kamen Rider V3] - 47 seconds long - 8.5/10
This song starts off showing Syu’s neo-classically influenced shreding talents, as well as a chorus and dual-singing. It’s just simply great for 47 seconds of pure enjoyment.

41) Kimi No Seishun Wa Kagayaite Iru Ka [Choujinki Metalder] - 2 minutes 30 seconds - 8/10
This song is longer, and yet somewhat slower. There are some nice almost ambient parts and some even better background music, as well as Sakamoto singing. A well organized song.

43) JUMP IN THE FIRE (Jump Medley) - 11 minutes 34 seconds - 9.3/10
This song is simply great. It’s long, it’s fast, it’s got the bass, the shreding, the vocals, the voice layering, everything is superb. For longer songs, it’s obvious that the exact same drum beat, same vocals, same chorus would eventually get boring. As with some bands (X Japan - Art of Life), they’ve learned to mix things up. The song really gets your interest and keeps it all the way to the end.



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