Art of Life EP, 1992

"Listening to this nearly 30 minutes long epic left me with mixed feelings about this band. They are a Power/Speed Metal band, and they play in that fashion during about 50% of the track. There are progressive Power Metal bands, but X-Japan aren't one of them because they keep their Power Metal very simple most of the time, rhythmically and harmonically.

What makes this a progressive epic is the classical elements they add during the non-metal phases, most notably the excessive piano section from approx. 16:00 to 23:00."