Metal Mad is the twenty-first studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2008 only in Japan.[1] It would be the last album before Munetaka Higuchi's death in November 2008.
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| Released | February 20, 2008 | |||
| Studio | R & C Studio | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 53:41 | |||
| Label | Tokuma Japan | |||
| Producer | Loudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki | |||
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Track listing
Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara
- "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 - vocals
- Akira Takasaki - guitars
- Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
- Munetaka Higuchi - 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