Breaking the Taboo (album)

Breaking the Taboo
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 27, 2006
RecordedStudio Birdman West, Tokyo, Japan
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal
Length56:49
LanguageJapanese / English
LabelTokuma Japan
ProducerLoudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki
Loudness chronology
Racing
(2004)
Breaking the Taboo
(2006)
Metal Mad
(2008)

Breaking the Taboo is the twentieth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. Recording started on November 27, 2006, following the group's Thanks 25th Anniversary Loudness Liveshocks 2006 concert at the Tokyo International Forum, and the album was released that December.[1]

Track listing

Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara

  1. "Breaking the Taboo" - 4:28
  2. "Brutal Torture" - 4:54
  3. "Sick World" - 4:52
  4. "Don't Spam Me" - 3:56
  5. "Damnation" - 5:19
  6. "The Love of My Life" - 4:32
  7. "A Moment of Revelation" - 5:34
  8. "Dynamite" - 4:49
  9. "Risk Taker" - 4:16
  10. "I Wish" - 5:51
  11. "Diving into Darkness" - 4:13
  12. "Without You" - 4:05

Personnel

Loudness
Production
  • Masayuki Nomura - engineer, mixing
  • Shin Takakuwa, Takayuki Ichikawa - engineers
  • Takaaki Abiko - mixing assistant
  • Fumiaki Nochi - mastering
  • Hirose Shiraishi, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
  • Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki - executive producers

References

  1. ^ Mori, Tomoyuki (2007-02-01). "【復刻インタビュー】LOUDNESS(2007年2月号)-四半世紀を経てもなお前進を続ける世界水準のモンスター・バンド - インタビュー". Rooftop (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-05. 11月25日に国際フォーラムでライヴ(25周年のスペシャル・ライヴ『thanks 25th anniversary LOUDNESS LIVESHOCKS 2006』)があって、27日からレコーディングに入って、12月27日にはリリースだから。