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Idolator (album)

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Idolator
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2005
Genre
Length48:46
Label
ProducerBlood Stain Child, Tue Madsen
Blood Stain Child chronology
Mystic Your Heart
(2003)
Idolator
(2005)
Mozaiq
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BW&BK[2]
Rock Hard[3]
Metal.de[4]
Metal Storm[5]
AncientSpirit[6]
Vampire Magazine(unfavorable)[7]

Idolator is the third album by the Japanese metal band Blood Stain Child. Idolator combines melodic death metal similar to the In Flames albums released before this album with electronic and industrial metal influences similar to Machinae Supremacy, particularly on "Nuclear Trance". "Embrace Me", has a piano section both at the beginning and at the end of the song. In 2006, the band signed to Dockyard1 and released the album in Europe on November 27, 2006.[8] The album was released in the United States on July 17, 2007.

Original track listing

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All tracks are written by Ryu except where stated

Idolator
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Hyper Sonic" 4:41
2."Live Inside" 3:27
3."Embrace Me" 4:56
4."Final Sky" 4:03
5."Truth" 3:17
6."Trial Spiral" 3:48
7."Void" 4:21
8."Nuclear Trance" 5:06
9."Ag2o" 3:40
10."Type-N" 3:23
11."Life Story" 4:30
12."True Blue"Jun Onose3:36
Total length:48:46

European release track list

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  1. "Hyper Sonic" 4:41
  2. "Truth" – 3:17
  3. "Final Sky" – 4:03
  4. "Live Inside" – 3:27
  5. "Ag2o" – 3:40
  6. "Embrace Me" – 4:56
  7. "Trial Spiral" – 3:48
  8. "Void" – 4:21
  9. "Type-N" – 3:23
  10. "True Blue (Luna Sea cover)" – 3:36

Personnel

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Release history

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Region Release date
Japan August 18, 2005
Europe November 27, 2006
United States July 17, 2007

References

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  1. ^ Idolator at AllMusic
  2. ^ Begai, Carl (January 27, 2006). "BLOOD STAIN CHILD - Idolator". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Kupfer, Thomas. "BLOOD STAIN CHILD - Idolator". Rock Hard. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Blood Stain Child - Idolator". Metal.de. November 28, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Blood Stain Child - Idolator review". Metal Storm.
  6. ^ "AS Reviews".
  7. ^ "Vampire-Magazine.com :: Idolator :: Blood Stain Child/". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  8. ^ "BLOOD STAIN CHILD Signs To DOCKYARD 1". Blabbermouth. November 2, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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