Myakuhaku

Myakuhaku (脈拍) is the thirteenth studio album by the Japanese rock band Mucc, released on January 25, 2017 in Japan by Sony Japan and February 10, 2017 in Europe by Gan-Shin. It was produced by Ken from L'Arc-en-Ciel and Miya.^[1]

Myakuhaku
Studio album by Mucc
Released	January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	60:09
Language	Japanese
Label	Sony Japan Gan-Shin
Producer	Ken, Miya
Mucc chronology
T.R.E.N.D.Y. -Paradise from 1997- (2015) Myakuhaku (2017) Kowareta Piano to Living Dead (2019)
Singles from Myakuhaku
"Yueni, Matenrou" Released: September 10, 2014 "Heide" Released: June 15, 2016 "Classic" Released: September 14, 2016

The album's singles are "Yueni, Matenrou", "Heide" and the opening theme of The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War, "Classic".^[2]

Myakuhaku peaked at the seventeenth position at Oricon Albums Chart.^[3]

Release

Myakuhaku was released on January 25, 2017 in Japan, in three editions: limited A, limited B and regular. The limited editions contain a documentary about the album, the band's 20 years and a live DVD of the show MITO GROOVIN'2016. In addition, edition A contains a 60-page bonus booklet and has been limited to 3000 copies. The regular edition contains only the 14-track CD.^[4] In Europe, it was released in February 10, 2017 by Gan-Shin.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Myakuhaku" (脈拍)	Miya	Miya	4:51
2.	"Zettai Zetsumei" (絶体絶命)	Miya	Miya	4:40
3.	"Classic"	Yukke, Tatsuro	Yukke	3:49
4.	"KILLEЯ"	Tatsuro	Miya	5:34
5.	"BILLY×2 ～Entwines ROCK STARS～"	Tatsuro	Satochi, Miya	4:04
6.	"Ringo" (りんご)	Miya	Yukke, Miya	5:05
7.	"EMP"	Tatsuro	Miya	5:01
8.	"Yueni, Matenrou" (故に、摩天楼)	Miya	Miya	4:41
9.	"Himitsu" (秘密)	Tatsuro	Yukke	4:24
10.	"Commune" (コミューン)	Miya	Miya	4:19
11.	"Wasurenagusa" (勿忘草)	Tatsuro	Tatsuro	4:15
12.	"Sirius" (シリウス)	Miya	Miya	4:58
13.	"Fuka" (孵化)	Tatsuro	Miya	5:54
14.	"Heide" (ハイデ)	Tatsuro	Miya	7:18
Total length:				60:09^[6]

Personnel

• Tatsuro - vocals
• Miya - guitar
• Yukke - bass guitar
• Satochi - drums
• Ken - producer

Covers

"Classic", "EMP", and "Heide" were covered by Flow, Ken, and Roach respectively, on the 2017 Mucc tribute album Tribute Of Mucc -en-.^[7]

Charts

Chart performance for Myakuhaku

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[8]	17

References

1. NoMusicNoReason (2017-01-05). "MUCC to release new album "Myakuhaku" and perform at Nippon Budokan as part of 20th anniversary project". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
2. Pineda, Rafael (2016-11-14). "Animax Asia to Air The Seven Deadly Sins -Signs of Holy War- Anime on November 28". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
3. "脈拍(初回生産限定盤A) | MUCC". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
4. "MUCC、年明けにラルクKenプロデュースアルバム「脈拍」". Natalie (in Japanese). 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
5. "Myakuhaku (European Retail Edition) | MUCC". JaME World. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
6. "Myakuhaku on Spotify". Retrieved 2021-01-27.
7. Sizergyia (2017-11-09). "MUCC bring on an array of artists for 20th anniversary with album "TRIBUTE OF MUCC -en-"". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
8. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2017-02-06" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2 June 2021.