''Vetelgyus'' is the ninth studio album by

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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

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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 ''

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album charts, respectively; the second highest rankings of their studio albums.

References

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