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REVIEW DATE:
01.02.2010
LABEL:
Denon
Columbia Music
[Remastered]
PRODUCTION:
Loudness
FORMAT:
1x CD
ORIGIN:
Japan
RECORDED:
1983
TRACKS:
9
11 [Remastered]
LENGTH:
42:53
51:49 [Remastered]
GENRE:
Heavy Metal
MEMBERS:
  • Akira Takasaki (Guitar, Chorus)
  • Minoru Niihara (Vocal)
  • Masayoshi Yamashita (Bass, Chorus)
  • Munetaka Higuchi (Drums)
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    REVIEW:
         > The Law Of Devil's Land is the third album from Loudness' discography.  In my opinion, this album was their finest of the first three.  The Denon CD release came in 1989, and I promptly snagged it.  With the release of the Remastered CD in 2004, Columbia added 2 tracks from the Road Racer EP (big thumbs up).

         > The original 9 songs offer insight into the direction Loudness would take with their next studio album, Disillusion.  Although most of the lyrics are in Japanese, the words as sung by Minoru flow well with the music.  Akira's riffs are beginning to take a harder edge, while still maintaining an melodic rhythm.  Without a doubt the song "In The Mirror" is the album's best offering, followed closely by "Mr. Yes Man".

         > When you consider "Road Racer" and "Shinkiro" in the Remastered edition, they trump everything from the original 9 songs.  As a matter of fact, those 2 songs were released some time after this album on a 12" EP and actually sound like they belong on Disillusion.  Either way they're in my collection and that's all that matters.
    BOTTOM LINE:
         > Since I already owned the Denon release, I mainly bought the Remastered edition to get "Road Racer" and "Shinkiro" on CD.  If you like the Disillusion album you'll probably like The Law Of Devil's Land.  At any rate, this is a great Japanese Metal record.

    RATING: 85% / 90% [Remastered]
    LOUDNESS / The Law Of Devil's Land | front cover
    LOUDNESS / The Law Of Devil's Land | back cover
    LOUDNESS / The Law Of Devil's Land [Remastered] | front cover
    LOUDNESS / The Law Of Devil's Land [Remastered] | back cover
    Tracks:
    1. Theme Of Loudness Part II
    2. In The Mirror
    3. Show Me The Way
    4. I Wish You Were Here
    5. Mr. Yes Man
    6. The Law Of Devil's Land
    7. Black Wal
    8. Sleepless Night
    9. Speed
    10. Road Racer [Remastered]
    11. Shinkiro  [Remastered]
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