is the eighteenth studio
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by the Japanese
heavy metal band
Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjectivity, subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as, "That attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The rel ...
. It was released only in Japan, in January 2004. The album is one of the heaviest released by the band, and was created with a theme of horror and terror. This theme is also reflected in the album artwork. The band display influences from
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...
, and the album overall has a
doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...
type sound.
Track listing
All songs written by Loudness
#"Pharaoh" - 7:08
#"Cyber Soul" - 5:35
#"Life After Death" - 5:02
#"Let's Free Our Souls" - 4:37
#"Detonator (Fire and Thunder)" - 3:09
#"Cross" - 8:49
#"About to Kill" - 4:46
#"Double-Walker" - 6:36
#"City of Vampire" - 5:57
#"Seventh Heaven" - 4:30
#"Terror" - 4:46
Personnel
;Loudness
*
Minoru Niihara
is a Japanese singer. He is the original and current lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Loudness.
His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass and sang. His vocal style was influenced by blues singers, but he adapted quickly ...
- vocals
*
Akira Takasaki
is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Career
He started his ...
- guitars
*Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
*
Munetaka Higuchi
(December 24, 1958 – November 30, 2008) was a Japanese musician and record producer. He is best known as the original drummer of the heavy metal band Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of Lazy in the 1970s.
Career
From a ...
- drums
;Production
*Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
*Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer
*Yoichi Aikawa - mastering
*Norikazu Shimano, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
*Yukichi Kawaguchi, Junji Tada - executive producers
References
External links
Official album page
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2004 albums
Loudness (band) albums
Japanese-language albums
Tokuma Shoten albums