This is the discography of Loudness, a pioneering Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 in Osaka. It consists of 26 studio albums, three EPs, eight live albums, 15 singles and 16 compilation albums, thus making Loudness one of the world's most prolific heavy metal bands.

Loudness at Wacken Open Air 2022

Discography

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Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Titles Peak chart
positions
JPN
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US
1981 The Birthday Eve
1982 Devil Soldier
1983 The Law of Devil's Land
1984 Disillusion
Disillusion (English Version)
1985 Thunder in the East 4 74
1986 Shadows of War
Lightning Strikes (U.S. Remix of Shadows of War) 64
1987 Hurricane Eyes 190
Hurricane Eyes (Japanese Version) 34
1989 Soldier of Fortune 18
1991 On the Prowl 7
1992 Loudness 2
1994 Heavy Metal Hippies 29
1997 Ghetto Machine 65
1998 Dragon 49
1999 Engine 48
2001 Spiritual Canoe 20
Pandemonium 27
2002 Biosphere 45
2004 Terror 88
RockShocks 37
Racing 60
2005 Racing (English Version) 174
2006 Breaking the Taboo 129
2008 Metal Mad 51
2009 The Everlasting 42
2010 King of Pain 21
2011 Eve to Dawn 36
2012 2012 33
2014 The Sun Will Rise Again 29
2015 The Sun Will Rise Again (U.S. Mix)
2016 Samsara Flight 19
2018 Rise to Glory 13
2021 Sunburst 5

Live albums

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Year Titles JP
1983 Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
1986 8186 Live
1994 Once and for All 48
1995 Loud 'n' Raw 55
2000 Eurobounds
2001 The Soldier's Just Came Back 76
2003 Loudness Live 2002 259
2009 Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
2017 8186 Now and Then
2019 Live In Tokyo: Loudness World Tour 2018 Rise to Glory
Loudness Japan Tour 19 Hurricane eyes+Jealousy: Live at Zepp Tokyo 31 May 2019 55

Compilations

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Year Titles JP
1986 Never Stay Here, Never Forget You
1989 Early Singles
1991 Loudest 59
Loudest Ballads
1996 Best Songs
Masters of Loudness
1997 Very Best of Loudness
2001 Best of Loudness 8688: Atlantic Years 71
Re-Masterpieces 94
2005 The Best of Reunion 139
2007 Loudness Complete Box
2009 Golden Best Loudness: Early Years Collection
2012 Loudness Best Tracks: Columbia Years 156
Loudness Best Tracks: Warner Years 130
Loudness Best Tracks: Tokuma Japan Years 177
Single Collection
Year Titles
1985 Gotta Fight (Odin)
1988 Jealousy
1989 A Lesson in Loudness [promo]
1991 Loud 'N' Rare
Slap in the Face

Singles

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Year Titles JP Album
1982 "Burning Love"/"Bad News" Non-album singles
1983 "Geraldine"/"In the Mirror"
"Road Racer"/"Shinkiro"
1984 "Milky Way" (English version)/"Milky Way" (Japanese version) [promo] Disillusion
1985 "Crazy Nights"/"No Way Out" Thunder in the East
"Never Change Your Mind" [promo]
"Gotta Fight"/"Odin" Non-album single
1986 "Let It Go"/"Farewell"/"Dark Desire" Shadows of War
"Let It Go"/"1000 Eyes" Lightning Strikes
"Risky Woman"/"Silent Sword"/"The Night Beast" 32 Non-album single
1987 "So Lonely"/"Strike of the Sword" Hurricane Eyes
"This Lonely Heart"/"Take Me Home" [promo]
"Rock 'N Roll Gypsy" [promo]
1988 "Long Distance Love"/"Good Things Going" 58 Jealousy
1989 "Dreamer & Screamer"/"Die of Hunger"
"You Shook Me"/"Faces in the Fire" 79 Soldier of Fortune
1991 "Down 'n' Dirty"/"Take It (Or Leave It)" 97 On the Prowl
"In the Mirror"/"Sleepless Nights"
"Sleepless Nights" [promo]
1992 "Black Widow"/"Racing the Wind" 30 Loudness
"Firestorm" [promo]
"Slaughter House"/"House of 1,000 Pleasures" (live)/"S.D.I." (live) 40
1994 "Electric Kisses"/"House of Freaks (Alternate Guitar version)" Heavy Metal Hippies
2004 "Crazy Samurai"/"R.I.P."/"Cyber Soul" (live) 72 Racing
2005 "The Battleship Musashi"/"Wolfgang Amadeus"/"More Than Machine" 89 Non-album singles
2010 "The Eternal Soldiers"/"The Danger Zone" 143

Videography

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Year Titles
1983 Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
1984 Eurobounds
1985 Thunder In The East Vol. I
Thunder In The East Vol. II
1986 Live in Tokyo - Lightning Strikes
1991 Video Loudest
1992 Black Widow - Once and for All
Welcome to the Slaughterhouse
2001 The Soldier's Just Came Back - Live Best
2002 Loudness Live: Loudness Presents Loud'n Fest Vol.1 at Club Citta - official bootleg, series 1
20th Anniversary Pandemonium Tour: Live @ NHK Hall 2001.11.25
2003 Live Biosphere
2004 Loudness Live Terror 2004
2005 Rock-Shocking the Nation
Loudness Live in Germany - limited edition
2006 Loudness Live in Seoul 20051203 - official bootleg, series 2
Loudness in America '06 Live Shocks Worid Circuit 2006 Chapter 1
2007 Thanks 25th Anniversary: Loudness Live at International Forum 20061125
2008 Liveshocks 2008 Metal Mad Quattro Circuit - official bootleg, series 3
The Legend of Loudness - Live Complete Best
2009 Munetaka Higuchi Forever Our Hero 20090214
2010 Classic Loudness Live 2009 Japan Tour the Birthday Eve - Thunder in the East
Munetaka Higuchi Forever Our Hero 20091114
2011 Loudness World Circuit 2010 Complete Live
Lightning Strikes World Circuit 2010 Asia Tour
2012 Everlasting Munetaka Higuchi 2010
Loudness 30th Anniversary World Tour In USA 2011 Live & Document
Loudness 2011-2012 Live & Document In Japan
2013 Loudness 2012 Complete DVD - Regular Edition Live & Document
Loudness 2012 Complete DVD - Limited Edition Live Collection
Loudness Best Music Videos 85-12
2014 Loudness Complete Live DVD World Circuit 2013
Prime Cut Masterpiece Sessions - Dedicated to Munakata Higuchi
2016 Loud ∞ Out Fest 2016
2017 Loudness Japan Tour 2017 "Lightning Strikes" 30th Anniversary 8117 at Zepp Tokyo 13 April 2017
2019 Loudness World Tour 2018 Rise To Glory Metal Weekend
Loudness Japan Tour 19 Hurricane Eyes + Jealousy Live at Zepp Tokyo 31 May, 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Loudnessのアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 January 2022.