And Then... The Legend of Animetal
# And Then... The Legend of Animetal

And Then... The Legend of Animetal (そして伝説へ…THE LEGEND of ANIMETAL, Soshite Densetsu e... Za Rejendo obu Animetaru) 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. The two-disc album includes the band's singles, plus medleys mixed from their previous studio albums.

The album peaked at No. 139 on Oricon's weekly albums chart.

## Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal, except where indicated.

## Personnel

* Eizo Sakamoto (坂本 英三, Sakamoto Eizō) – Lead vocals
* She-Ja (屍忌蛇, Shiija) – Guitar (except where indicated)
* Syu – Guitar (Disc 2 tracks 2–8)
* Masaki – Bass

with

* Mie (未唯, Mī) – Lead vocals (Animetal Lady tracks)
* Katsuji – Drums (except where indicated)
* Yasuhiro Umezawa (梅澤 康博, Umezawa Yasuhiro) – Drums (Disc 1 tracks 1–4)
* Munetaka Higuchi (樋口 宗孝, Higuchi Munetaka) – Drums (Disc 1 tracks 5, 7)
* Shinki – Drums (9)
* Rei Atsumi (厚見 玲衣, Atsumi Rei) – Keyboards (Disc 1 track 6)
* Hiroyuki Namba (難波 弘之, Namba Hiroyuki) – Keyboards (Disc 1 track 10)

## Charts

| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 139 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Incorporates Scorpions' "Blackout"
* ↑ Incorporates Deep Purple's "Burn"
* ↑ Incorporates Iron Maiden's "Aces High"
* ↑ Guitar riff is loosely based on Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
* ↑ Ending incorporates Whitesnake's "Fool for Your Loving"
* ↑ Incorporates Queen's "We Will Rock You" and the keyboard intro of Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
* ↑ Incorporates Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast"
* ↑ Initial and final guitar riffs are based on Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force"
* ↑ Guitar riff is from UFO's "Natural Thing"
* ↑ Incorporates Iron Maiden's "Where Eagles Dare"
