LOUDNESS: 'Munetaka Higuchi: Forever Our Hero' DVD Out Now

June 26, 2009

Japanese metallers LOUDNESS have just released a new concert DVD, "Munetaka Higuchi: Forever Our Hero". The footage was filmed/recorded at a tribute show in memory of late LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi, which was held on February 14, 2009 at C.C. Lemon Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Released in Japan on June 24, "Munetaka Higuchi: Forever Our Hero" features the following track listing:

01. Fire Of Spirit(instrumental)
02. Hellrider
03. Soldier Of Fortune
04. Metal Mad
05. Can't Find My Way
06. Exultation
07. Crazy Samurai
08. Breaking The Taboo
09. The Battleship Musashi
10. Never Change Your Mind
11. Crazy Doctor
12. In The Mirror
13. Crazy Night

Encore 1

14. So Lonely
15. The End Of Earth(Medley) /
16. Stay Wind

Encore 2

17. S.D.I.

"Hit The Rails", the new video from LOUDNESS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "The Everlasting", which came out on May 27 via Tokuma Japan Communications.

LOUDNESS's recent tour of Japan focused exclusively on songs from the band's first four albums — "The Birthday Eve" (1981),"Devil Soldier" (1982),"Law Of Devil's Land" (1983) and "Disillusion" (1984).

LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi passed away on November 30, 2008 following a seven-month battle with liver cancer. He was 49 years old. Higuchi was also the drummer of the rock band LAZY, going by the nickname of Davy. The group disbanded in 1981 and Higuchi co-founded LOUDNESS the same year. LAZY reunited in 1998. Higuchi was also active as a producer, handling artists such as Mari Hamada.

LOUDNESS will play four shows in Japan in August/September focusing on the material that originally appeared on the band's classic 1985 album "Thunder In The East" . The dates are as follows:

Aug. 26 - Osaka - Namba Hatch
Aug. 29 - Sapporo - Zepp Sapporo
Sep. 03 - Nagoya - Zepp Nagoya
Sep. 05 - Tokyo - Nakano Sun Plaza

(Thanks: WeROCK City)

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