title: And Then... The Legend of Animetal
text: # 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"
  