Best of Animetal
# Best of Animetal

Best of Animetal (アニメタルのベスト, Animetaru no Besuto) is a compilation album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on May 21, 1998. The album compiles the A-sides of the various singles they had released from 1996 to 1998. With the exception of "Animetal" (which was previously released under Funhouse Records), all of the singles were released by Sony.

## Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal.

## Personnel

* Eizo Sakamoto (坂本 英三, Sakamoto Eizō) - Lead vocals
* She-Ja (屍忌蛇, Shiija) - Guitar (except where indicated)
* Masaki - Bass (except where indicated)

with

* Mie (未唯, Mī) - Lead vocals (4, 6)
* Yasufumi Shinozuka (篠塚 泰文, Shinozuka Yasufumi) - Guitar (1)
* Yō Okamura (岡村 陽, Okamura Yō) - Bass (1)
* Take-Shit - Bass (2)
* Devil Miyamoto (デビル宮本, Debiru Miyamoto) - Drum programming (1)
* Katsuji - Drums (except where indicated)
* Yasuhiro Umezawa (梅澤 康博, Umezawa Yasuhiro) - Drums (3-4)
* Munetaka Higuchi (樋口 宗孝, Higuchi Munetaka) - Drums (5, 7)
* Shinki - Drums (9)
* Rei Atsumi (厚見 玲衣, Atsumi Rei) - Keyboards (6)
* Hiroyuki Namba (難波 弘之, Namba Hiroyuki) - Keyboards (8)

## Footnotes

* ↑ 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"
