The Everlasting (album)
The Everlasting | ||||
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Studio album by Loudness | ||||
Released | May 27, 2009 | |||
Recorded | January–April 2009 | |||
Studio | Village Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, progressive metal | |||
Length | 60:22 | |||
Label | Tokuma Japan | |||
Producer | Akira Takasaki, Masahiro Shinoki | |||
Loudness chronology | ||||
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The Everlasting (魂宗久遠, Tamashī Sō kuon) is the twenty-second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. 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.[1] 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".[2]
Track listing
Music by Akira Takasaki, 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
- Akira Takasaki - 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
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- Akira Takasaki
- Masayoshi Yamashita
- Minoru Niihara
- Masayuki Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Mike Vescera
- Taiji Sawada
- Masaki Yamada
- Hirotsugu Homma
- Naoto Shibata
- Munetaka Higuchi
- The Birthday Eve
- Devil Soldier
- The Law of Devil's Land
- Disillusion
- Thunder in the East
- Shadows of War / Lightning Strikes
- Hurricane Eyes
- Soldier of Fortune
- On the Prowl
- Loudness
- Heavy Metal Hippies
- Ghetto Machine
- Dragon
- Engine
- Spiritual Canoe
- Pandemonium
- Biosphere
- Terror
- Racing
- Breaking the Taboo
- Metal Mad
- The Everlasting
- King of Pain
- Eve to Dawn
- 2・0・1・2
- The Sun Will Rise Again
- Rise to Glory
- Sunburst
- Odin
- Jealousy
- Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
- 8186 Live
- Once and for All
- Loud 'n' Raw
- Eurobounds
- The Soldier's Just Came Back
- Loudness Live 2002
- Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
- Discography
- Lazy
- Sly
- Ezo
- Anthem
- X Japan
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