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Loudness (band) Loudness ( Japanese: ラウドネス, Hepburn: Raudonesu) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. [ 1][ 2] They were the first Japanese metal act signed to a major label in the United States. Loudness subsequently released twenty-six studio albums (five licensed in ...
Akira Takasaki (高崎 晃, Takasaki Akira, born February 22, 1961) is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness . He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy , with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Akira Takasaki. Loudness chronology. Rise to Glory. (2018) Sunburst. (2021) Sunburst (我武者羅, Gamushara) is the twenty-eighth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It is their first double album, as well as the first album released on their own label, Katana Music. It was released to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary. [1]
AllMusic. [1] Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo is the first live album by the Japanese band Loudness. It was recorded and released in 1983. The instrumental track "Tusk of Jaguar" appears on Akira Takasaki's first solo album with the same name. The opening theme is taken from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, performed by the Orchestre National ...
Tusk of Jaguar is the debut solo studio album by Japanese guitarist Akira Takasaki, renowned for his contributions to the rock bands Loudness and Lazy. Initially released in 1982 exclusively in Japan, it was reissued in 2005. [3] The album represents a collaborative effort between Takasaki and keyboard player Masanori Sasaji, who composed three ...
Eve to Dawn (旭日昇天, Kyokujitsu shōten) is the twenty-fourth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, released on September 14, 2011. [1] The album reached number 36 on the Oricon chart. [2] In an interview, guitarist Akira Takasaki described the album as more "aggressive" than King of Pain. Saying, the previous album was ...
7/10 [ 2] Soldier of Fortune is the eighth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, and their first with American vocalist Mike Vescera. It is the band's third album produced by Max Norman after Thunder in the East in 1985 and Lightning Strikes in 1986. The album is co-produced by Fates Warning 's producer Roger Probert. [ 3]
Rise to Glory. (2018) Sunburst. (2021) Rise to Glory -8118- is the twenty-seventh studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in Japan through Ward Records and in the US and Europe through earMUSIC. [1] It was their first album released in the US since 1991's On the Prowl [2] and their first in Europe since 2004's Racing ...