Heavy Metal Anthem

Heavy Metal Anthem
Studio album by
Anthem
ReleasedApril 21, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreHeavy metal
Length51:02
LanguageEnglish
LabelJVC Victor
ProducerYorimasa Hisatake, Naoto Shibata, Chris Tsangarides
Anthem chronology
Domestic Booty
(1992) 		Heavy Metal Anthem
(2000) 		Seven Hills
(2001)

Heavy Metal Anthem is the eighth studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Anthem, released on April 21, 2000. It was their first album since their disbandment in 1992. Most of the former members play on the album, but the original vocalist, Eizo Sakamoto, did not return until the next album (Seven Hills), and was a joint collaboration between the band and English singer Graham Bonnet.[1] All of the songs are Anthem's older releases, which have been rerecorded and sung in English by Bonnet.[2] Bassist and principal songwriter Naoto Shibata recreated the songs with Bonnet's voice in mind, including the English lyrics.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Gypsy Ways (Win,Lose or Draw)" (Boyd, Shibata) - 5:47
  2. "Evil Touch" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:47
  3. "Show Must Go On!" (Sakamoto, Shibata, Tsangarides) - 3:52
  4. "Midnight Sun" (Boyd, Shibata, Tsangarides) - 4:44
  5. "The Juggler" (Boyd, Shibata) - 3:49
  6. "Mr. Genius" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:32
  7. "Cryin' Heart" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:47
  8. "Hunting Time" (Boyd, Shibata) - 6:02
  9. "Hungry Soul" (Boyd, Shibata) - 5:23
  10. "Blinded Pain" (Boyd, Shibata) - 7:15

Personnel

Anthem

  • Graham Bonnet - vocals
  • Naoto Shibata - bass, producer
  • Takamasa "mad" Ohuchi - drums
  • Akio Shimizu - guitars

Additional musicians

  • Kazumasa Saito - guitar on "Gypsy Ways"
  • Hirotsugu Homma - drums on "Hungry Soul"
  • Yoshitaka Mikuni - keyboards

Production

  • Yorimasa Hisatake - producer
  • Chris Tsangarides - producer, mixing
  • Masahiro Fukuhara - engineer
  • Yasuo Higashidate - engineer
  • Katsuyuki Kobayashi - assistant engineer
  • Nobuyoshi Tanaka - assistant engineer
  • Tim Luce - vocal engineer
  • Kevin Valentine - vocal engineer
  • George Azuma - supervisor

References

  1. ^ "Anthem (Jpn) - Heavy Metal Anthem". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  2. ^ "Heavy Metal Anthem". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  3. ^ "Burrn!". Burrn! (in Japanese). Burrn! Corporation. April 2000.
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