Devil Soldier

1982 studio album by Loudness

Devil Soldier

Studio album by

Loudness

Released| July 21, 1982
Studio| Studio Birdman, Nippon Columbia Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre| Heavy metal
Length| 37:06
Language| Japanese
Label| Nippon Columbia
Producer| Loudness, Daiko Nagato
Loudness chronology
| The Birthday Eve
(1981)  | Devil Soldier
(1982)  | The Law of Devil's Land
(1983)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 7/10[2]

Devil Soldier (戦慄の奇蹟, Senritsu no kiseki) is the second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness.[3] It was released in 1982. The American Daniel McClendon (brother of Tommy McClendon) was called to engineer the sound of this album, because there was no Japanese technician experienced enough in heavy metal records at the time.[4][5] The album won the award for Best Heavy Metal record of the year in Japan.[6] The reissue in CD of 2005 contains two bonus tracks, coming from the second single of the band.

## Track listing[edit]

All music by Akira Takasaki, all lyrics by Minoru Niihara

Side one

1. "Lonely Player" - 4:51
2. "Angel Dust" - 4:47
3. "After Illusion" - 5:59
4. "Girl" - 2:34

Side two

1.   2. "Hard Workin'" - 3:30
3. "Loving Maid" - 4:55
4. "Rock the Nation" - 3:23
5. "Devil Soldier" - 7:08

2005 Japanese CD edition bonus tracks

1.   2. "Geraldine" - 4:00
3. "Lonely Player" (live) - 5:02

## Personnel[edit]

Loudness

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

Production

* Daiko Nagato \- producer
* Daniel McClendon - engineer, mixing
* Kenichi Kishi, Masao Nakajima - label executives
* Keisuke Tsukimitsu - art direction

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Loudness Devil Soldier review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 201\. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. ^ "Loudness - Devil Soldier". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
4. ^ Cahoon, Keith (2004-11-19). "Loudness Profile". Nippop.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
5. ^ "Loudness Biography". Doom Radio.net. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
6. ^ "Loudness Special" (in Italian). Musica Follia.com. 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-21.

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Loudness

* Akira Takasaki
* Masayoshi Yamashita
* Minoru Niihara
* Masayuki Suzuki

* Hiroyuki Tanaka
* Mike Vescera
* Taiji Sawada
* Masaki Yamada
* Hirotsugu Homma
* Naoto Shibata
* Munetaka Higuchi

Studio albums|

* The Birthday Eve
* Devil Soldier
* The Law of Devil's Land
* Disillusion
* Thunder in the East
* Shadows of War / Lightning Strikes
* Hurricane Eyes
* Soldier of Fortune
* On the Prowl
* Loudness
* Heavy Metal Hippies
* Ghetto Machine
* Dragon
* Engine
* Spiritual Canoe
* Pandemonium
* Biosphere
* Terror
* Racing
* Breaking the Taboo
* Metal Mad
* The Everlasting
* King of Pain
* Eve to Dawn
* 2･0･1･2
* The Sun Will Rise Again
* Rise to Glory
* Sunburst

EPs|

* Odin
* Jealousy

Live albums|

* Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo
* 8186 Live
* Once and for All
* Loud 'n' Raw
* Eurobounds
* The Soldier's Just Came Back
* Loudness Live 2002
* Live Loudest at the Budokan '91

Compilations|

* RockShocks

Singles|

* "Crazy Night"

Supporting tours|

* Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Lazy
* Sly
* Ezo
* Anthem

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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