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higher.  X Japan's Perfect Song - 100%  TadakatsuH0nda, August
9th, 2012  You won't see me give out 100% very often at all, but
once in a blue moon there's that one release that you just can't
point out a single flaw in, this is one of those releases. Now a
little history behind Art Of Life; X Japan's 4th studio album,
and though it's considered to be a full length release, it's
more of a mini album as it's only 29 minutes, but those 29
minutes are all a single song. Anyhow, the 29 minute symphonic
power/progressive metal epic was the first highly successful
metal song spanning over 20 minutes in length, released shortly
before the successful Dream Theater song "A Change Of Seasons",
also a successful yet very long song, Art Of Life however sold
half a million copies and topped Japan's music charts. Art of
Life also reaches every aspect of what X Japan is about from
strong vocals, lyr