The Everlasting (album)

The Everlasting
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
Metal Mad
(2008)Metal Mad2008		 The Everlasting
(2009)		 Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
(2009)Live Loudest at the Budokan '912009

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 80's 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

  1. "Hit the Rails" - 4:15
  2. "Flame of Rock" - 4:47
  3. "I Wonder" - 5:08
  4. "The Everlasting" - 5:33
  5. "Life Goes On" - 4:24
  6. "Let It Rock" - 4:06
  7. "Crystal Moon" - 4:44
  8. "Change"- 6:56
  9. "Rock into the Night" - 3:27
  10. "I'm in Pain" - 5:22
  11. "Thunder Burn" - 5:21
  12. "Desperate Religion" - 6:19

Personnel

Loudness
Production
  • Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
  • Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer
  • Kazuhiro Yamagata - mastering
  • Masahiro Shinoki - executive producer

References

  1. ↑ "Loudness - The Everlasting". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Buddha Head in Tree".
    Buddha Head in Tree
    . Retrieved 2013-08-24.
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