Devil Soldier

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)

Professional ratings

Review 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

All lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lonely Player"	4:51
2.	"Angel Dust"	4:47
3.	"After Illusion"	5:59
4.	"Girl"	2:34

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Workin'"	3:30
2.	"Loving Maid"	4:55
3.	"Rock the Nation"	3:23
4.	"Devil Soldier"	7:08

2005 CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Geraldine"	4:00
10.	"Lonely Player" (Live)	5:02

Personnel

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

See also

• 1982 in Japanese music

References

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.