2012 (Loudness album)

2･0･1･2
Studio album by Loudness
Released August 22, 2012
Recorded March 2012
Studio Osaka School of Music, Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Heavy metal
Length 47:35 (Standard edition)
53:34 (Special edition)
Label Tokuma Japan
Producer Loudness, Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi
Loudness chronology
Eve to Dawn
(2011)		 2･0･1･2
(2012)		 The Sun Will Rise Again
(2014)

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.[1]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."The Stronger"4:20
2."2012~End of the Age"5:00
3."Break New Ground"5:07
4."Driving Force"4:55
5."Behind the Scene"5:31
6."Bang'em Dead"4:07
7."The Voice of Metal (Song for RJD)"4:12
8."Who the Hell Cares"5:40
9."Spirit from the East" (instrumental)2:18
10."Memento Mori" (Masayoshi Yamashita)4:38
11."Out of the Space" (Takasaki and Masatoshi Sakimoto, instrumental)1:51
Special edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Deep-Six the Law"5:59

Personnel

Loudness
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

References

  1. ↑ "Loudness 2・0・1・2". CD Journal. Ongaku Shuppansha.
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