the WORLD Ruler is Nightmare's fourth full-length studio album. Nightmare's experimentation with the styles of electronica, ambience, and usage of live brass began in this album. Three different versions of this album were released: a CD-only version; a CD+DVD version; and a bonus CD, DVD and photobook pack. It peaked at #6 in the Oricon Charts.[1] The tracks "The World" and "Alumina" were featured in Death Note as the first opening and ending songs, respectively.

the WORLD Ruler
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2007
Genre
Length51:27
LabelVAP
ProducerNightmare
Nightmare chronology
Gianism Best Ofs
(2006)
the WORLD Ruler
(2007)
Nightmare 2003-2005 Single Collection
(2008)

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."BOYS, BE SUSPICIOUS"4:03
2."PHANTOM"1:33
3."the WORLD"3:48
4."Criminal Baby"3:34
5."Alice"4:15
6."crevasse"4:55
7."18Sai (18歳)"3:28
8."Black Sick Spider"3:32
9."Gianizm Shichi (ジャイアニズム叱)"5:06
10."The FOOL"0:47
11."Alumina (アルミナ)"5:05
12."Morpho"5:51
13."~Lulu~ (縷々)"5:29
Total length:51:27

Single information

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  • theWORLD/Alumina (アルミナ)
Released: October 18, 2006
Oricon Chart peak position: #5[2]
"The WORLD" and "Alumina" were used as the first opening and ending theme, respectively, for the anime Death Note.

Covers

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"the WORLD" was covered by Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! and added in the game started on January 14, 2021.[3] The full version of the song will be featured on Argonavis Cover Collection -Mix- which will be released on November 17, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Nightmare Releases - 4" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Nightmare [ナイトメア]'s Blog". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ^ "COVER SONG | MUSIC | アルゴナビス from BanG Dream! AAside(ダブルエーサイド)". アルゴナビス from BanG Dream! AAside(ダブルエーサイド) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-04.