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.

Metal Mad
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2008
StudioR & C Studio
GenreHeavy metal, progressive metal
Length53:41
LabelTokuma Japan
ProducerLoudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki
Loudness chronology
Breaking the Taboo
(2006)
Metal Mad
(2008)
The Everlasting
(2009)

Track listing

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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

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Loudness
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

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