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Insane Album from Loudness!

Peter Scott Wyndham | San Diego CA | 03/26/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album was a bit of a shocker for me as I wasn't expecting the marked differences from their classic 80's offerings such as Thunder in the East and Lightning Strikes that this disc has. It's way more brutal than those earlier awesome albums and shows that Loudness has the ability to change their style to suit the current trends, but more likely to suit their own changing personal musical aspirations, which are freaking awesome as always. The songs are all great and get me frothing like a madman while I'm driving and yes, the singer is the old school one that rules and he sings in english. Loudness are not a bunch of washed up rockers like many other 80's metal acts trying to still do it. No, they are rocking like MF's and keeping their metal torch burning brightly. The production is great and they are trying new things that I've never heard from any band before. I'm a metal shredding guitarist and Akira is one of my idols. He plays some cool solos that aren't the run of the mill type, and sound awesomely outlandish on cetain songs and in a very creative way. Its cool that he's trying new and creative sounds and shows that he's not content to stick to the same formula like many guitarists who may be afraid to branch out do. If you like Loudness, then you have to get this. Give it some time, after 3-4 listenings you'll catch on to what they are doing and their new style and you'll probably love it."