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2012 (Loudness album)

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Released
  
August 22, 2012

Artist
  
Loudness

Label
  
JAPAN RECORD

Recorded
  
March 2012

Release date
  
22 August 2012

Genre
  
Heavy metal

Studio
  
Osaka School of Music, Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan

Length
  
47:35 (Standard edition) 53:34 (Special edition)

Producer
  
Loudness, Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi

Similar
  
King of Pain, The Everlasting, Eve to Dawn, Biosphere, Breaking the Taboo

2012 (stylized 2･0･1･2) is the 25th studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, released on August 22, 2012. "The Voice of Metal" is about and dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Minoru Niihara, English lyrics co-written by Takashi Kanazawa; all music composed by Akira Takasaki, except where noted.

Personnel

Loudness
  • Minoru Niihara – vocals
  • Akira Takasaki – guitars, keyboards
  • Masayoshi Yamashita – bass
  • Masayuki Suzuki – drums
    • Production
  • Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
  • Haruka Shinohara, Yuko Tanabe - assistant engineers
  • Manfred Melchior - mastering at MM Sound, Steinhagen, Germany
  • Hirose Shiraishi - supervisor
  • Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi - executive producers

    • Songs

    1The Stronger4:20
    22012: The End of the Age5:00
    3Break New Ground5:07

    References

    2012 (Loudness album) Wikipedia
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