BRAHMAN Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

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BRAHMAN “Backlight”

Released as a single and included on the 4th album “ANTINOMY.” The lyrics are entirely in Japanese.

It’s an unconventional song where the chorus switches to 3/4 time, yet it carries a nostalgic feel—perfect for sunsets and, as the title suggests, backlighting.

It’s a track that vividly conjures up scenes as if you could reach out and touch them.

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I tried playing BRAHMAN's “Tōgoku”.

Transcendence, BRAHMAN’s fifth album, released on February 20, 2013.

It got off to a strong start, debuting at No.

4 on the Oricon chart.

This track is the seventh song on the album.

It’s a number distinguished by its driving, exhilarating sound.

The electric guitar tones that seem to cut through the pitch-black darkness in the middle of the song are striking.

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Raido

“Raidō,” the second track on the 2018 album Bonbai, was created around the concept of fuwa raidō—mindlessly conforming to others without having one’s own will.

There are moments that make even me snap to attention as I listen, but the fact that it’s a BRAHMAN song alone seems to give it a certain persuasiveness.

There are many songs like this that help set me straight, so try listening while reflecting on the meaning of the lyrics!

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BRAHMAN "Transient Life" MV

Included on their 6th full album, “Transcendence.” This work uses live performance footage straight as the music video.

It begins with the words, “Spilling out and disappearing.” From the band all jumping in together, they attack fiercely and blast through to the very end.

It’s an incredibly cool song that truly embodies BRAHMAN’s way of life.

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BRAHMAN “Thunderbolt”

Included on the sixth full album, “Chōkoku” (Transcendence), released two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011.

On this album, which features lyrics entirely in Japanese, this song is mostly a ballad—the chorus turns intense—creating a mysterious piece where gentleness and sorrow, melancholy and hope sit side by side.

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BRAHMAN “Smooth Sailing” Music Video

Despite the gentle image suggested by its title, this song portrays the toughness to face harsh realities head-on and keep moving forward.

The roaring guitars, breakneck rhythms, and urgent vocals create an arrangement that feels like a distillation of the band’s entire journey—electrifying to the core.

Released in November 2024, it also serves as the opening track of the album “viraha.” It played a crucial role as the theme song for the band’s 30th-anniversary project.

An emotional number that offers true courage to anyone who wishes to live powerfully.

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Nervous Breakdown

SURE SHOT, an album by BRAHMAN & EGO-WRAPPIN’, was released on May 19, 2010.

This track is the third on the album.

A bass that growls low, as if ready to bolt at any moment.

Drums that keep looping provocatively.

It’s a song that grabs you from the very start.