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2025.11.23

5th album release confirmed. Online signing session also planned.

LOVEBITES will release their fifth full-length album, “Outstanding Power,” on February 18, 2026.

Entering 2025, the band fully shifted into the songwriting phase. From January to March, they continued creating powerful tracks in parallel with the Japanese leg of the “Eternal Phenomenon Tour.” After the tour, they focused entirely on production. Recording began in August and lasted for about two months, right up until early November, just before heading to the US for the American leg of “Eternal Phenomenon tour.” The resulting sound was mixed by Mikko Karmila and mastered by Mika Jussila, two renowned Finnish engineers, culminating in a new masterpiece brimming with “outstanding power,” as the album title suggests.

The artwork depicts the band’s symbolic white wolf aboard a ship, surging through storms and raging waves with overwhelming strength. This was created by Easy Rabbit Creation, the Spanish art team responsible for all previous LOVEBITES album covers and numerous works for German metal legends Helloween.



The band commented:
"A ship sailing across the sea, which unlike land is never stable, pushing forward through trials like raging waves, heavy rain, and lightning without yielding. This album, filled with ‘Outstanding Power,’ is something only we could create―a truly unique work. We look forward to sharing this voyage aboard the ship called LOVEBITES with metalheads who draw strength from the songs contained within this album."

Several deluxe editions will be available. One is the Heaven Edition, which includes a Blu-ray (or DVD) featuring the full recording of the March 13, 2025 performance at Zepp DiverCity (TOKYO) during the aforementioned tour, titled “Made In Heaven – Live At Zepp DiverCity (TOKYO) 2025.” Another is the Hell Edition, which includes a Blu-ray (or DVD) of the full set from Hellfest, one of the world’s largest metal festivals, held in France on June 28, 2024, titled “Made In Hell – Live At Hellfest 2024.” Furthermore, super deluxe editions―including live CD featuring the audio from each live video―will be sold exclusively through the Victor Online Store and will be available only to the official fan club LOVEBITES INC members. Victor Online Store will also offer bundle packages that include each deluxe edition along with a special T-shirt.

Additionally, fans who purchase the album through Victor Online Store by January 12, 2026 will receive a special paper sleeve as a bonus and will be entered into a lottery to participate in an online signing session scheduled for January 31, 2026.

Special page for the online signing session:
https://victor-store.jp/special/lovebites202601

LOVEBITES
Album title: OUTSTANDING POWER
Release date: February 18, 2026
Regular Edition (CD): VICL-66116 / ¥3,500 (tax incl.)
Heaven Edition (CD+Blu-ray): VIZL-2493 / ¥9,000 (tax incl.)
Heaven Edition (CD+DVD): VIZL-2494 / ¥9,000 (tax incl.)
Hell Edition (CD+Blu-ray): VIZL-2495 / ¥8,000 (tax incl.)
Hell Edition (CD+DVD): VIZL-2496 / ¥8,000 (tax incl.)
FC Heaven Edition (CD+Blu-ray&2CD): NZS-1023 / ¥16,000 (tax incl.)　*VOS-exclusive product available only as a bundle with a T-shirt.
FC Heaven Edition (CD+DVD&2CD): NZS-1024 / ¥16,000 (tax incl.)　*VOS-exclusive product available only as a bundle with a T-shirt.
FC Hell Edition (CD+Blu-ray&CD): NZS-1025 / ¥14,500 (tax incl.)　*VOS-exclusive product available only as a bundle with a T-shirt.
FC Hell Edition (CD+DVD & CD): NZS-1026 / ¥14,500 (tax incl.)　*VOS-exclusive product available only as a bundle with a T-shirt.

Pre-order HERE: https://lovebites.jp/Linkall/outstandingpower.html

Purchase bonuses on the shops (first-come, first-served):
◆ Tower Records (all stores) / Tower Records Online: Poster calendar (2026 / B3 size)
◆ HMV (all stores) / HMV & BOOKS online: Cover art sticker
◆ Joshin Discpier / Joshin web shop: Symbol sticker
◆ Rakuten Books: Plastic folder (A4 size)
◆ Neowing: Photo of the band (with printed signature)
◆ Amazon.co.jp: Notebook (A5 size)
◆ Diskunion / Online shop: Leather keychain
◆ Victor Online Store: Special paper sleeve & entry for online signing session lottery
※ Victor Online Store bonuses apply to regular products, Victor-exclusive bundles, and fan club-exclusive items.
※ For Amazon.co.jp and Rakuten Books, products with bonuses will be listed separately. Please select the bonus-included product if you wish to receive the bonus.
※ Bonus designs will be announced later.
※ Quantities are limited. Please reserve early.
※ Bonus contents and designs are subject to change without notice.