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| | Manowar (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The band\\\'s \\\"Spectacle of Might\\\" tour of Great Britain is subject to claims that the loudness of one of the band\\\'s performances was measured at 129.5 decibels. | | | According to Worldwide Web Warriors (the dedicated internet fanbase of Manowar), the band is said to be in studio right now; recording their tenth studio album, which is expected to be released in 2006. | | | In 1984, Manowar found themselves in the book \\\'\\\'Guinness World Records\\\'\\\' as the \\\"loudest band in the world,\\\" following the release, and during the supporting tour, of their fourth album \\\'\\\'Sign of the Hammer\\\'\\\'. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar_(band)
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| | Akira |
| | For those of you who are unfamiliar with the band Loudness, they are one of the leaders in Japanese hard rock/heavy metal. | | | Loudness was formed by Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi after their previous band (Lazy) was being encouraged to become too pop-oriented. | | | (several of the early Lazy albums have been re-released on CD, and are reportedly quite good.) The band followed in the footsteps of Bow Wow (the first Japanese metal band ever?) and proceeded to have a profound influence on practically every Japanese metal band of the 80's. |
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http://www.roysegers.com/Akira.htm
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| | BNR Metal Pages -- Loudness |
| | Loudness was formed by Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi, the duo leaving their previous band (Lazy, often described as a pop-rock band though apparently some of their material is quite accomplished) to explore a heavier style of music. | | | The band followed in the footsteps of Bow Wow (the first Japanese metal band ever?) and proceeded to have a profound influence on practically every Japanese metal band of the 80's. | | | During the 90's the lineup and style continued to shift, but in 2001 the original lineup was back together, and they are still going strong, now one of the more prolific metal bands ever. |
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http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/loud.htm
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| | Loudness (heavy metal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Loudness is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by Akira Takasaki. | | | Some of Loudness' members were part of the Japanese Band Ezo. | | | Masayoshi Yamashita supports the band's music with his Earth-rumbling bass sound. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_(heavy_metal)
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| | Rough Edge: Keel CD Reviews |
| | The band's keep-it-simple-but-keep-it-full-of-testosterone approach worked pretty well when the band was going balls-out, but when they slowed down to ballad speed, they seemed to lose the impact that power and loudness gave them otherwise. | | | The live songs on the CD are, with one exception, the kind of songs you want to hear on a live album. | | | Keel's over-the-top conflagration of every cliché in the hard rock formula books made for some interesting listening way back when. |
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http://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/k/keel.htm
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| | Loudness |
| | It has been more than 18 years since the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness played the U.S., and its return to New York on Sunday commemorated the band's 25th anniversary with its original lineup. | | | Head-banging began in earnest as Loudness ripped into "Crazy Nights." Time has been kind to the music, even if it has taken its toll on the band. | | | The group emerged from the wings of the stage at B.B. King's bowing and waving to the cheering crowd and proceeded to rock the room with a 90-minute show (which was filmed for a DVD) of the best of the band's catalog. |
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237143
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| | [Metal-Temple.com] Saxon / Chinchilla - Gagarin 205, Athens (GR) (31/10/2004) (Report) |
| | The band’s new drummer, renowned Heavy Metal "killing machine" Jorg Michael (ex-Stratovarius, ex-Running Wild etc) was a human drum machine throughout the entire concert giving all songs the Heavy Metal loudness needed in order to blow the fans away (his double bass drumming rules). | | | The band did what it knows best for almost 2.5 hours, leading the crowd to a pleasant exhaustion (I know I was dead meat after the show had ended), taking all of us on a headbanging journey through the band’s loaded discography. | | | Saxon is and always has been (for 25 years already) an undoubtedly "must see" Heavy Metal band, a steady value when it comes to live performances. |
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http://www.metal-temple.com/report.asp?id=67
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| | No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Loudness |
| | While Loudness have released their share of pop metal songs, this song is just uncharacteristic of the band. | | | First of all, I have to say this is one of the coolest album covers in the Loudness discography. | | | Regardless of the situation, "Jealousy" is much heavier than anything the band had done on "Hurricane Eyes" and is a bit more like the Judas Priest inspired metal of "Thunder in the East." "Long Distance Love" is the most commercial of the tracks with a sing-along chorus, "Can't stop this Long Dis-tance love baby. |
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http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/loudness.htm
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| | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI |
| | Note that the low frequency bands of A and AB are both considered to be softer than the high frequency energy of band E In fact, band A is only two-thirds the loudness of band E. This fact in itself should dismiss loudness as the cause of the low frequency SR bands localization dominance. | | | They begin with a summary of the music track results, followed by a plot for each individual SR band that was tested with the music track. | | | With the results disclosed, one might argue that a low frequency band from 20-800 Hz (band A) is not a fair comparison versus a high frequency band from 12-20 kHz (band E). |
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http://www.music.miami.edu/programs/mue/research/rhartman/rhartman_web/chapter6.htm
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| | bright light ! an unofficial mogwai web site |
| | young team was released in october, o'hare was out of the band, reportedly due to his committing the heinous crime of excessive loudness at a gig bv arab strap, braithwaite's favorite band. | | | "call us an art-rock punk band" insists guitarist stuart braithwaite, "i don't think that we play traditional punk music, but pink wasn't ever really about tradition in the first place. | | | this, in turn, led to a succession of hyperbolically inclined british reviewers heaping "single of the week" praise on the band. |
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| | BNR Metal Pages -- Bow Wow |
| | Though their earlier material was decidely hard rock and a shade poppy at times, they were unquestionably a prime influence on Loudness and the other Japanese bands that would emerge in the eighties, and guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto was quite an accomplished heavy rock guitarist. | | | The band broke up in the early nineties, but in 1995 Kyoji Yamamoto put together a new version of the band, now back as Bow Wow, and had recorded as late as 2002. | | | The oldest of all Japanese metal bands, Bow Wow formed in 1975 and by the early eighties had become a popular band in their home country, though they were virtually unknown elsewhere. |
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| | Eddie Kramer Discography |
| | Other rock bands he has worked with since include Angel, Ace Frehley, Alcatraz (with Steve Vai), Raven, Loudness, Triumph, Robin Trower, Havana Black and Whitesnake, and he has also done work in fields as diverse as country and classical, recording acts such as the Kentucky Headhunters and guitarist John Williams. | | | Kramer kicked off the 80’s producing the band Fastway, and since then he has been working almost non-stop continuing to produce some of the most important bands in music. | | | "Buddy Guy and The Saturday Nite Live Band with G.E. Smith," a"live album" and documentary film, were released in the summer of’ 96 (Silverstone Records) and the album was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award. |
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| | Transcending the Mundane: Review of 'Disillusion' by Loudness |
| | Takasaki is now the only original member of the band remaining, and Loudness has lost almost all of its progressive instinct and modern flavor. | | | The band got it's start in 1980 when guitarist Akira Takasaki invited singer Minoru Niihara to collaborate with him on a solo project. | | | Huge in sound, progressive in songwriting, and relentless on the attack, Disillusion was the complete work the band had been looking for. |
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| | Heavy metal music - Psychology Central |
| | Whereas a painting is experienced visually, a symphony experienced audibly, a heavy metal band's "image" and the common theme that binds all their music is expressed in the artwork on the album, the set of the stage, the tone of the lyrics, in addition to the sound of the music. | | | Metal's profound influence on contemporary popular music is again seen in its effect on several bands in the garage rock revival set of the early 21st century. | | | Thrashcore, crust punk and grindcore all have notable influence from both punk and metal. |
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| | Amazon.com: Disillusion: Music: Loudness |
| | Disillusion was the first album released in the United States (in 1984) by the Japanese metal band Loudness. | | | Disillusion is an excellent album as well and a lot of Loudness fans consider it the band's best. | | | When it comes to heavy metal I am very picky and there are only a hand full of bands that stand up to my scrutiny. |
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| | Heavy-Metal News |
| | It has been more than 18 years since the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness played the United States, and its return to New York on Sunday commemorated the band's 25th anniversary with its original lineup. | | | Heavy Metal has long been a stigmatized musical genre characterized by aggressive rhythms, dark lyrics and satanic worship. | | | Cult British Metallers ELIXIR Sign With MAJESTIC ROCK RECORDS - Mar. 26, 2006 Majestic Rock Records has announced the signing of cult British heavy metal act ELIXIR. |
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| | Band Heavy Metal Top |
| | Brutal Metal is a reference site for heavy metal music, with bands, cd covers, reviews, audio samples, and an Ebay price guide. | | | Heavy Harmonies is a discography reference site for AOR, Hard Rock, and Melodic Metal music, with band lineups, track listings, reviews, audio samples, and an Ebay price guide. | | | Whitecross was formed in 1986 by Rex Carroll and Scott Wenzel and was undoubtedly the premier Christian rock or Christian heavy metal band of the 80's. |
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| | MAXIMUM METAL |
| | The Loudness tune gets some extra attention from guest vocalist Minoru Nihara, the original singer for the Jap band. | | | This time around it is a step in the same direction, dishing out metal goods from a lot of bands that just came and went, talented bands that put out great albums and great songs. | | | Opener "Long Live The Loud" is the perfect testament to the band's knowledge of past glory. |
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http://www.maximummetal.com/reviews/revresults.asp?ID=pgod_lltl2&idBand=123
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| | Metroactive Music Storm Large |
| | Storm and Her Dirty Mouth evolved from the band Flower SF, which Storm describes as "really loud and very dramatic [with] all the loudness of Led Zeppelin and the cabaret of Queen." "I'd usually end up naked and heaving," she adds. | | | The band has been together for about one year and just released its first EP, Storm and Her Dirty Mouth (PopMafia). | | | Storm's crisp, clear voice can move from a sweet melody to an emotion-filled scream, and she puts it to good use on "Ima Yora," a fully charged rocker that begins with Storm conspiratorially whispering, "She's a whore/And she is evil to the core/She's a whore/That's what she is/If that is what you think about her." |
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| | Nippop Loudness Profile |
| | Loudness enjoyed the best sales of any of the Japanese metal bands, but some critics felt that the band could never break big with a non-native English speaker on vocals. | | | Loudness signed to Atlantic Records, released an English version of 1984’s Disillusion, and were soon touring all over the world. | | | At the time it was still a novel concept, as while heavy metal had been quite popular since the late 60’s, the Japanese metal scene was almost entirely cover bands, with the areas near US military bases being frequent breeding grounds. |
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| | [ T ] titles at Aquarius Records |
| | The band is a four piece: with not one, but two bassists, a drummer, and a guitarist/keyboardist, and a couple of samplers amongst them. | | | Heavy on atmosphere and almost devoid of melody, the four album side songs that make up Zeit are some of the darkest -- and arguably, best -- material recorded by Tangerine Dream. | | | Dark and heavy orchestrations and vibrations resonating from the claustrophobic cloak of the cold, cold iron curtain. |
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| | Epinions.com - The Misfits/Ignite-Live-Old Bridge, NJ 8/12/00 |
| | After wowing the crowd for over an hour, the band took one final bow, and left the stage with a thump and loudness all their own. | | | The band opened up with the song Forbidden Zone which is a terrific pop-punk tale done worth the typical, classic horror movie themed style that fans of the band are quite accustomed to. | | | While a tad bit sloppy musically, the band pounded and thumped bombastically as the rabid crowd ate up every single note. |
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| | Loudness MP3 Downloads - Loudness Music Downloads - Loudness Music Videos |
| | When this CD came out in 1991, Loudness had a non-Japanese lead singer, Mike Vescera, and was going for a slick sound that was sort of Mötley Crüe meets Ratt meets Warlock. | | | The band, however, never received much attention in the U.S., and On the Prowl was far from the commercial breakthrough the headbangers were hoping for. | | | In the 1980s, Loudness was one of the top heavy metal units in Japan, which was an extremely strong market for metal and hard rock. |
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| | Anthem - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
| | Bassist Shibata showed up on a few Loudness albums in the late '90s, but when Japan's elder statesmen of metal decided to reconvene their classic lineup, he once again turned his attentions to Anthem, relaunching his old band eight years after their demise. | | | It was thanks to the pioneering efforts of Loudness and Bow Wow in the late '70s that Japan truly discovered heavy metal, resulting in a flurry of activity at the start of the next decade, with dozens of new bands vying for attention. | | | Anthem were one of the first major Japanese heavy metal bands. |
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| | City Pages - Circumcised! Down & Dirty! |
| | Wounded Bird Records has been reissuing the Loudness catalog for a few years, the first releases being CD editions of American vinyl that revealed a band committing a variety of sins while kowtowing to '80s 'mersh metal lowest common denominators. | | | Loudness, Heavy Metal Hippies, and Once and for All, however, are an entirely different story, the style metamorphosing from Silly MTV Hopefuls to Marauding Visigoths. | | | Loudness and Once and for All look like black metal albums. |
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| | Beastie Boys Message Board - Was Spinal Tap a real band? |
| | Loudness was a Japanese hair band that tried to cross over -- phonetically -- in the 80's. | | | And their songs are better than those of most chart bands, so eh yeah... | | | those songs were written by the actors who played the band members- Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer, mainly... |
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| | Drain STH - heavy metal from Stockholm, Sweden |
| | Stockholm, Sweden is the home for one of the greatest all girl heavy metal bands, Drain STH (that's what the "STH" stands for). | | | Drain, an all girl heavy metal band, hails from Stockholm, Sweden. | | | They are currently on tour in support of their new CD, "Freaks of Nature", which is incredible. |
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| | Daniel Dismal Int |
| | The latest album has been met by rave reviews all across the globe & has ensured the band a place in metal history. | | | Recently metallers Crematorium released Process of Endtime the follow up to 2002s For all our Sins. | | | With tracks such as Reconstructed its safe to say Crematorium will be around for quite some time & have plenty more to say. |
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| | bibliogr.txt |
| | Chapters 4 through 9 are explanations of the physics of the usual sorts of sound generators one would find in orchestral of jazz music, and comparative studies of their pitch and loudness ranges, harmonic structure, and expressive characteristics in relation to the player's abilities. | | | Flavors Band, FORMES, Kyma, Platypus, SoundKit, MusicKit, MODE, HyperScore ToolKit, CreationStation, Javelina, VDSP, TTrees, Nutation. | | | Strings, woodwinds, brasses, and percussion devices are given their own chapters, and keyboards are lumped together in one chapter, despite their differences in sound creation (which Eargle acknowledges but views as less important than their similarities). |
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