Heavy Metal Anthem

Heavy Metal Anthem is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's return album, released nearly 8 years since their disbandment in the early 1990s, it's the eighth studio album. Most of the former members play on the album, but the original vocalist, Eizo Sakamoto, did not return until the next album (Seven Hills). The album was released on April 21, 2000 and was a joint collaboration between the band and singer Graham Bonnet.[1] Most of the songs are Anthem's older releases, which have been remixed and sung in English by Bonnet.[2]

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

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

Band members

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

Additional musicians

  • Kazumasa Saitoh - guitar on "Gipsy 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
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