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LOUDNESS
Japanese heavy metal band
Japan • b. 1981-05-01
LOUDNESS is credited on 3 releases across 3 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2009–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Pressings credited
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Albums
2
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
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. They were the first Japanese metal band signed to a major label in the United States. Loudness subsequently released twenty-six studio albums (five licensed in America) and nine live albums by 2014 and reached the Billboard Top 100 during their heyday as well as charting on Oricon dozens of times. Despite numerous line-up changes in the band's history, leaving Takasaki as the sole constant member, the band continued their activities throughout the 1990s, finally reuniting the original line-up in 2000. This incarnation released a further seven albums until November 30, 2008, when original drummer Munetaka Higuchi died from liver cancer at a hospital in Osaka at age 49. He was replaced by Masayuki Suzuki.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
3 releases · 3 albums · active 2009–2017
- Other credits · 28
- Production · 1
Studios: The Yoyogi Olympic Pool Stadium · Zepp Tokyo
Frequent collaborators
- Paula Fernandes
- Loudness (5)
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