is the twenty-second 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 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 in 2009 only in Japan, after the death of original drummer Munetaka Higuchi, whose pre-recorded drum tracks were used on this album. It was also 15th and last album recorded by the original line-up. The song "I Wonder" introduces new drummer Masayuki Suzuki. The album also features a quasi-return to their 1980s sound in "Flame of Rock" and "I Wonder". The cover artwork is inspired by a Thailand's sculpture called "Budda Head in Tree".

Track listing

Music by

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 ...

, lyrics by Minoru Niihara #"Hit the Rails" - 4:15 #"Flame of Rock" - 4:47 #"I Wonder" - 5:08 #"The Everlasting" - 5:33 #"Life Goes On" - 4:24 #"Let It Rock" - 4:06 #"Crystal Moon" - 4:44 #"Change"- 6:56 #"Rock into the Night" - 3:27 #"I'm in Pain" - 5:22 #"Thunder Burn" - 5:21 #"Desperate Religion" - 6:19

Personnel

;Loudness * Minoru Niihara - vocals *

- guitars, vocals on "The Everlasting", producer *Masayoshi Yamashita - bass * Munetaka Higuchi - drums *Masayuki Suzuki - drums on "I Wonder" ;Production *Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing *Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer *Kazuhiro Yamagata - mastering *Masahiro Shinoki - executive producer

References

2009 albums Loudness (band) albums Japanese-language albums Tokuma Shoten albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub