Fact is the second full-length album by Japanese post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 band FACT

Fact (band)

Fact is a Japanese post-hardcore band which formed in 1999 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Their music makes use of common hardcore punk and punk rock elements that include fast guitar riffs and a highly melodic style. Clean and screamed singing styles are both used, and gang vocals are present in...

, and their first on a major label. It is also their first world wide release. The only single from the album was, "A Fact of Life", for which a music video was made. On the Japanese version of the album, the track "A Fact of Life (Boom Boom Satellites

Boom Boom Satellites

is a Japanese electronic music duo consisting of guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima and bassist and programmer Masayuki Nakano. While their music can be mostly classified as big beat or nu skool breaks with heavy jazz influences, they are famous for the heavy usage of electric guitars in...

 Remix)" does not appear.

Track listing

1. "Paradox" - 2:44
2. "Los Angeles" - 2:38
3. "A Fact of Life" - 3:04
4. "Chain" - 0:24
5. "Reborn" - 3:27
6. "Purple Eyes" - 2:06
7. "Lights of Vein" - 3:14
8. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
   Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
   Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is a 1983 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring Jack Thompson, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yuya Uchida, and Takeshi Kitano.It was written by Oshima and Paul Mayersberg and based on Laurens van der Post's experiences...
   
   " - 3:19
9. "CO3" - 2:03
10. "Snow" - 2:51
11. "Stretch My Arms" - 3:59
12. "45 Days" - 4:21
13. "Why..." - 3:23
14. "1-2" - 1:57
15. "Rise" - 3:33
16. "A Fact of Life (Boom Boom Satellites
    Boom Boom Satellites
    is a Japanese electronic music duo consisting of guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima and bassist and programmer Masayuki Nakano. While their music can be mostly classified as big beat or nu skool breaks with heavy jazz influences, they are famous for the heavy usage of electric guitars in...
    
     Remix)" - 7:09

Personnel

• Hiro – Lead vocals (2002 – present)
• Kazuki – Backing vocals and Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
   (1999 – present)
• Eiji – Drums, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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   (1999 – present)
• Tomohiro – Bass, Backing vocals (1999 – present)
• Takahiro – Lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , Backing vocals (1999 – present)