Heavy Metal Anthem is Japanese heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Anthem

Anthem (band)

is a Japanese heavy metal band that was formed during the early 1980s in Tokyo. They are among the handful of heavy metal bands founded in Japan during that time and are considered to be one of the most successful and influential, alongside Loudness and Earthshaker.-Early years :Anthem was founded...

'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

Eizo Sakamoto

is a Japanese heavy metal musician who was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. He is most famous for being the lead vocalist of 1980s band Anthem. In the 1990s he started up the band Animetal which performed heavy metal covers of anime and tokusatsu opening and closing themes. He also was...

, did not return until the next album (Seven Hills

Seven Hills (Album)

Seven Hills is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's second studio album since their reformation in the year 2000. This album sees the reunion of the original line-up, including vocalist Eizo Sakamoto....

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The album was released on April 21, 2000 and was a joint collaboration between the band and singer Graham Bonnet

Graham Bonnet

Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...

. Most of the songs are Anthem's older releases, which have been remixed and sung in English by Bonnet.

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

Band members

• Graham Bonnet
  Graham Bonnet
  Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...
  
   - 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
  Chris Tsangarides
  Chris Tsangarides is a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer. He is best known for his work with many heavy metal bands, including Judas Priest, Anvil, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Helloween, and Yngwie Malmsteen...
  
   - producer, mixing
• Masahiro Fukuhara - engineer
• Yasuo Higashidate - engineer
• Katsuyuki Kobayashi - assistant engineer
• Nobuyoshi Tanaka - assistant engineer
• Tim Luce - vocal engineer
• Kevin Valentine
  Kevin Valentine
  Kevin Valentine is an American rock drummer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Valentine played drums on all of the band's early albums during the 1980s....
  
  - vocal engineer
• George Azuma - supervisor