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1	Loudness (1992) more music like this by Loudness With the departure of vocalist Mike Vescera (off to join the ranks of Yngwie Malmsteen's band -- poor bastard), not to mention the loss of founding bassist Masayoshi Yamashita, Loudness' "American experiment" was officially over. Having failed to make any further headway in the States, despite their best efforts to play by the more commercial ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
2	Thunder in the East (1985) more music like this by Loudness With 1985's Thunder in the East, Loudness were faced with the daunting challenge of conquering heavy metal fans outside their homeland of Japan for the first time. Knowing that their early sound might prove a tad too heavy and complex for American audiences, the foursome rose to the occasion by dispensing their most melodic compositions ever. Yet, ... see all copies from $8.74! new only from $8.91!
3	Lightning Strikes (1986) more music like this by Loudness The 1985 album Thunder in the East may have introduced Japanese metalheads Loudness to America, but Lightning Strikes was the album that introduced America to Loudness. Their first album conceived specifically for the U.S. market, Lightning Strikes was overseen by veteran metal producer Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth), who helped the band ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $10.20!
4	8186 Live (2005) more music like this by Loudness Designed to commemorate the band's five-year anniversary, this double disc isn't as ferocious as Live-Loud-Alive, but it definitely serves as a thorough overview of the group's history up to that point in time. On this 15-song, three-solo showcase, Loudness are tenacious in their delivery of some of the group's finest hits as well as a few fan ... see all copies from $13.71! new only from $13.71!
5	Heavy Metal Hippies (1994) more music like this by Loudness The strangely-titled Heavy Metal Hippies finds Japanese metal institution Loudness searching for a foothold -- any foothold -- in the post-Nirvana alternative world, coming away with a modern metal sound somewhere between Pantera and Seattle. All things considered, they could have done a lot worse, but guitarist Akira Takasaki is obviously running ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
6	On the Prowl (1991) more music like this by Loudness In the 1980s, Loudness was one of the top heavy metal units in Japan, which was an extremely strong market for metal and hard rock. The band, however, never received much attention in the U.S., and On the Prowl was far from the commercial breakthrough the headbangers were hoping for. When this CD came out in 1991, Loudness had a non-Japanese lead ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $5.94!
7	Hurricane Eyes (1987) more music like this by Loudness Heavy metal Japanese style, "Hurricane Eyes" was their best effort. Earlier albums were slightly tacky, while later efforts lost the chances of Loudness becoming a household name. The album was good and it didn't sound typically Japanese, American or European. John Book, All Music Guide see all copies from $8.74! new only from $8.91!
8	Soldier of Fortune (1989) more music like this by Loudness You can't blame Loudness vocalist Minoru Niihara for leaving the band after the abysmal Hurricane Eyes, but it's a shame he wasn't around for Soldier of Fortune, a far more potent and focused affair than its muddled predecessor. Reunited with producer Max Norman, Loudness thankfully stripped away the superfluous production gloss that sunk the band ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $5.94!
9	Shadows of War (2005) more music like this by Loudness With a little bit of maneuvering of the track list, this originally Japan-only release was essentially Lightning Strikes, the release from which American audiences first warmed up to Loudness. Their full-on rock showcase proves no worse for wear when translating lyrics into English and dispensing with the attempts to warm up to the commercial ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
10	Jealousy/Slap in the Face (2005) more music like this by Loudness An anomaly in the Loudness catalog, Jealousy is a six-song EP that finds the group unfocused and at the crossroads of their career. The song styles are diverse but wildly erratic when compared to the hard-driving discography Loudness had established up to this point. The guitar acrobatics of Akira Takasaki are still in good form, but that's about ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
11 view cover	Once and for All (2002) more music like this by Loudness Wounded Bird had the good sense to reissue Loudness' quintessential live album -- originally issued by Warner Bros. in 1992 -- for a new generation of heavy metal fans. Hopefully, this will raise the profile of a group that continues to be woefully ignored by the Western metal world. Once and for All finds the group at its performing peak, ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $8.91!
12 view cover	Rockshocks (2005) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $14.26! new only from $14.26!
13 view cover	Loud 'n' Raw (1995) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $5.73! new only from $8.91!
14 view cover	Racing (2005) more music like this by Loudness For a brief period during the mid-'80s, Japanese metal export Loudness flirted with crossover success in the American market, as they caught the attention of MTV with the anthemic "Crazy Nights" (off of 1985's Thunder in the East), and opened for AC/DC in U.S. arenas a year later. Loudness started out as a metal act in the vein of Judas Priest, ... see all copies from $41.59! new only from $41.59!
15 view cover	Best Songs Collection (1995) more music like this by Loudness Most everyone would agree that Loudness' best material is to be found on their early albums, prior to American exposure -- before the Japanese foursome began listening to misguided outside opinions or conforming to market trends, and sang predominantly in their native tongue to boot. Best Songs Collection is a double-disc set released by Sony ... see all copies from $24.67! new only from $24.67!
16 view cover	Live 2002 (2003) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $31.26! new only from $31.26!
17 view cover	Law of Devil's Land (1983) more music like this by Loudness Hang on -- don't shut off your CD player just yet! Despite its downright silly intro, "Theme of Loudness (Part II)" (which recklessly marries Queen-like chorused guitars and a military march to an absurd children's chorus straight out of a bad Japanese cartoon), Loudness' third effort, 1983's Law of Devil's Land soon launches into one of the band ... see all copies from $17.81! new only from $17.81!
18 view cover	Best of Reunion (2005) by Loudness see all copies from $19.28! new only from $19.28!
19 view cover	Crazy Samurai (2004) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00!
20 view cover	Disillusion (1984) more music like this by Loudness Loudness had come a long way by 1984 and, after notching a number of increasingly successful albums in their homeland, their momentum finally carried across the waters. So it was that their fourth effort, Disillusion, which they had originally recorded mostly in Japanese, was recut with English lyrics to make it a tad more appetizing for Western ... see all copies from $17.81! new only from $17.81!
21 view cover	Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo (1983) more music like this by Loudness With so many Western artists recording live albums in their backyard (usually at the famed Budokan theater), it was only fair that Japanese metal pioneers Loudness should get a crack at it too. And while they were still mostly unknown to Western metal fans at the time, 1983's double vinyl Loud-Live-Alive finds the quartet basking in full-fledged ... see all copies from $30.00!
22 view cover	The Birthday Eve (1981) more music like this by Loudness As one of Japan's first heavy metal bands, Loudness was quite literally playing it by ear when the group released its first album, 1981's The Birthday Eve. A somewhat awkward affair, the album finds the young but ambitious members of the quartet struggling to establish their identity by translating whatever sounds and styles they could from the ... see all copies from $35.60!
23 view cover	Dragon/Ghetto Machine (1999) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $24.67! new only from $24.67!
24 view cover	Birthday Eve [Bonus Tracks] (2005) more music like this by Loudness As one of Japan's first heavy metal bands, Loudness was quite literally playing it by ear when the group released its first album, 1981's The Birthday Eve. A somewhat awkward affair, the album finds the young but ambitious members of the quartet struggling to establish their identity by translating whatever sounds and styles they could from the ... see all copies from $27.18! new only from $27.18!
25 view cover	Breaking the Taboo (2007) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $37.91! new only from $37.91!

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