''Metal Mad'' is the twenty-first studio
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by Japanese
heavy metal band
Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjectivity, subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it is defined as the "attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud". The relat ...
. It was released in 2008 only in Japan.
It would be the last album before
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 music, heavy metal band Loudness (band), Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of La ...
's death in November 2008.
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
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 ...
#"Fire of Spirit" (instrumental) - 2:58
#"Metal Mad" - 4:11
#"High Flyer" - 5:06
#"Spellbound #9" - 5:45
#"Crimson Paradox" - 4:34
#"Black and White" - 4:44
#"Whatsoever" - 5:06
#"Call of the Reaper" - 4:06
#"Can't Find My Way" - 7:02
#"Gravity" - 5:21
#"Transformation" - 4:48
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 music, heavy metal band Loudness (band), Loudness, but first rose to prominence as a member of La ...
- drums
;Production
*Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
*Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer
*Yasuji Yasuman Maeda - mastering
*Hirose Shiraishi - supervisor
*Kiyomasa Shinoki - executive producer
*Steve Johnstad, Takashi Kanazawa - lyrics translations
References
2008 albums
Loudness (band) albums
2000s Japanese-language albums
Tokuma Shoten albums
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