Loudness (band)
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Loudness 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. L
Loudness at Wacken Open Air in 2022
Loudness in 1985. Original/classic 1980–1988, 2001–2008 line-up. (l-r) Yamashita, Niihara, Takasaki, Higuchi
Sole constant member Takasaki reunited the original lineup of the band in 2001.
Drummer Masayuki Suzuki replaced Higuchi in 2009.
Thunder in the East (album)
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Thunder in the East is the fifth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, and the first released by a major American label after the contract signed with Atco Records, then a subsidiary of
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…deal with Atco Records. Such an achievement was the first in Japanese music history for a heavy metal band. Their fifth album, the Max Norman–produced Thunder in the East, was recorded in the United States and was successful. It was their first American release and it peaked at No. 74 in the Billboard 200 chart, relying…
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