Breaking the Taboo (album) explained

Breaking the Taboo
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loudness
Cover:	Loudness Breaking The Taboo.jpg
Released:	December 27, 2006
Recorded:	Studio Birdman West, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length:	56:49
Language:	Japanese / English
Label:	Tokuma Japan
Producer:	Loudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki
Prev Title:	Racing
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Metal Mad
Next Year:	2008

Breaking the Taboo is the twentieth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2006 only in Japan.^[1]

Track listing

Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara

1. "Breaking the Taboo" - 4:28
2. "Brutal Torture" - 4:54
3. "Sick World" - 4:52
4. "Don't Spam Me" - 3:56
5. "Damnation" - 5:19
6. "The Love of My Life" - 4:32
7. "A Moment of Revelation" - 5:34
8. "Dynamite" - 4:49
9. "Risk Taker" - 4:16
10. "I Wish" - 5:51
11. "Diving into Darkness" - 4:13
12. "Without You" - 4:05

Personnel

Loudness

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

Production

• Masayuki Nomura - engineer, mixing
• Shin Takakuwa, Takayuki Ichikawa - engineers
• Takaaki Abiko - mixing assistant
• Fumiaki Nochi - mastering
• Hirose Shiraishi, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
• Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki - executive producers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loudness - Breaking the Taboo . 2011-08-08 . Encyclopaedia Metallum.