Metal Mad

Metal Mad
Studio album by Loudness
Released	February 20, 2008
Studio	R & C Studio
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length	53:41
Label	Tokuma Japan
Producer	Loudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki
Loudness chronology
Breaking the Taboo (2006) Metal Mad (2008) The Everlasting (2009)

Metal Mad is the twenty-first studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2008 only in Japan.[1] It would be the last album before Munetaka Higuchi's death in November 2008.

Track listing

Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara

1. "Fire of Spirit" (instrumental) - 2:58
2. "Metal Mad" - 4:11
3. "High Flyer" - 5:06
4. "Spellbound #9" - 5:45
5. "Crimson Paradox" - 4:34
6. "Black and White" - 4:44
7. "Whatsoever" - 5:06
8. "Call of the Reaper" - 4:06
9. "Can't Find My Way" - 7:02
10. "Gravity" - 5:21
11. "Transformation" - 4:48

Personnel

Loudness

• Minoru Niihara - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi - drums

Production

• Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
• Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer
• Yasuji Yasuman Maeda - mastering
• Hirose Shiraishi - supervisor
• Kiyomasa Shinoki - executive producer
• Steve Johnstad, Takashi Kanazawa - lyrics translations

References

1. "Loudness - Metal Mad". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-04-05.