Completeness is the debut studio album by Japanese

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band Ave Mujica. It was released on April 23, 2025, by Bushiroad Music. The album features seven tracks with a total length of 28 minutes, including " Killkiss" and "Georgette Me, Georgette You" which were used as opening and ending theme songs for the first season of '' BanG Dream! Ave Mujica'' anime series. The remaining five songs of the album were also used as insert songs in the same series. The album managed to rank in the official Japanese Album Charts by

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as well in the '' Hot Album'' Charts published by ''

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Background and release

Bushiroad Music announced the album on February 14, 2025 with the estimated release date on April 23. The album was recorded at Mech Studio, Sound City in

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while mixing took place at Fennel Studio in

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, Tokyo.Ave Mujica: ''Completeness'', Bushiroad Music, JAN/ISBN: 4562494358860, Catalog Number: BRMM-10917, 2025 (Japanese) The song's lyrics were entirely written by Diggy-MO', a former member of Japanese hiphop group Soul'd Out, while he was part in composing the music as well among others. On January 15, 2025, the single " Killkiss" alongside the coupling track "Georgette Me, Georgette You" was released. The songs were used as opening and ending theme song for the anime television series '' BanG Dream! Ave Mujica'' respectively. On March 6, 2025 the digital release of the songs "Imprisoned XII" and "Crucifix X" followed after both songs were used as insert songs in the tenth episode of the anime series. About a month later, the song "Musica Caelestis" was published as digital download and via music streaming. Six days prior to the albums' release, the song "Alter Ego" was officially released. The album was released on two versions: Regular Edition and Limited Edition. The latter featured a

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disc containing the band's fourth concert "Adventus" recorded in it's entirety. People who had ordered a physical copy of the album received a second CD featuring a bonus song varying on where the album had been ordered.

Reception

Katarina McGinn, writer for '' Dead Rhetoric'', described ''Completeness'' as a powerful listen whether or not having checked out the Ave Mujica anime. McGinn further wrote that the music blends elements of symphonic metal,

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and pop, the band ve Mujicarepresent something fresh. According to the critic the album is "resoundingly heavy, playfully melodic, gloriously cinematic, and spellbindingly addictive to listen to." In her conclusion, ''Completeness'' is one of the strongest releases in 2025 to date.

Commercial performance

''Completeness'' managed to sell approximately 27.000 physical copies in it's first week after release leading the album to rank at no. 7 in the official

Albums Chart. When the album's first single ''KiLLKiSS'' was initially released, it managed to sell about the same amount in it's debut week resulting the single charting at fourth place in the Oricon Singles Charts. ''Completeness'' charted on 47th place in the '' Hot Albums'' Charts published by ''

'' and stayed in the charts for one week.

Track listing

Notes

* Stylized as KiLLKiSS.

Credits and personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes and the Videogame Music Database.

Charts

Notes

References

{{reflist 2025 debut albums 2020s Japanese-language albums Ave Mujica albums Symphonic metal albums Gothic metal albums Anime soundtracks BanG Dream!