Heavy Metal Anthem

by Anthem

Heavy Metal Anthem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 April 2000
  • Label: JVC Victor
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 50:47
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Masa Itoh, Graham Bonnet, Chris Tsangarides, 広瀬和生, Naoto Shibata, Takamasa Ohuchi, Akio Shimizu

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anthem's eighth studio album and their first after disbanding in 1992, 'Heavy Metal Anthem' re-records the Japanese band's older songs in English with Graham Bonnet on vocals. Bassist Naoto Shibata rebuilt the material around Bonnet's voice, co-producing with Yorimasa Hisatake and Chris Tsangarides alongside guitarist Akio Shimizu and drummer Takamasa Ohuchi.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, male-vocals, loud, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. GYPSY WAYS (5:46)
  2. EVIL TOUCH[ENGLISH VERSION] (4:46)
  3. SHOW MUST GO ON! (3:51)
  4. MIDNIGHT SUN[ENGLISH VERSION] (4:43)
  5. THE JUGGLER[ENGLISH VERSION] (3:48)
  6. MR.GENIUS[ENGLISH VERSION] (4:30)
  7. CRYIN' HEART[ENGLISH VERSION] (4:47)
  8. HUNTING TIME[ENGLISH VERSION] (6:01)
  9. HUNGRY SOUL[ENGLISH VERSION] (5:20)
  10. BLINDED PAIN[ENGLISH VERSION] (7:15)

Credits

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