Neha Patil (Editor)

King of Pain (album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
May 19, 2010

Length
  
60:53

Recorded
  
2009 – March 2010

Studio
  
Village Studio and Rojam Studio, Tokyo, Japan

Genre
  
Heavy metal, progressive metal

Label
  
Tokuma Japan Communications

King of Pain (因果応報, Ingaōhō) is the twenty-third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released on May 19, 2010 only in Japan and marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki. Guitarist Akira Takasaki would later say King of Pain was focused on featuring Suzuki. The album reached number 21 on the Oricon chart.

Contents

The album shows a return to standard-tuned guitars and bass, and according to some fans, a return to their 1980s sound.

Track listing

All music written by Akira Takasaki, lyrics as indicated

  1. "Requiem" (instrumental) - 2:59
  2. "The King of Pain" (Minoru Niihara, Bob Dyer) - 5:30
  3. "Power of Death" (Niihara, Takashi Kanazawa) - 4:21
  4. "Death Machine" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:42
  5. "Doodlebug" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:07
  6. "Rule the World" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:11
  7. "Straight Out of Our Soul" (Niihara, Ken Ayugai) - 3:51
  8. "Where Am I Going?" (Niihara, JJ) - 3:50
  9. "Emma" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:25
  10. "Naraka" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:34
  11. "Doctor from Hell" (Niihara, Ray Higa) - 4:32
  12. "Hell Fire" (Niihara, Bob Dyer) - 4:19
  13. "#666" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:30
  14. "Never Comes" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:02

Personnel

Loudness
  • Minoru Niihara – vocals
  • Akira Takasaki – guitar, uncredited vocals on "Where Am I Going?"
  • Masayoshi Yamashita – bass
  • Masayuki Suzuki – drums
    • Production
  • Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
  • Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer
  • Kazuhiro Yamagata - mastering
  • Kiyomasa Shinoki, Keiichi Oriuchi - executive producers

    • References

    King of Pain (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics