Biosphere (album)

Biosphere (新世界, Shin sekai) is the seventeenth studio album by the Japanese metal band Loudness. It was released only in Japan, in 2002.

Biosphere
Studio album by Loudness
Released	September 4, 2002
Studio	Little Bach Kobuchizawa and Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	57:13
Language	Japanese / English
Label	Tokuma Japan
Producer	Loudness, Noricazu Shimano
Loudness chronology
Pandemonium (2001) Biosphere (2002) Loudness Live 2002 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Maximum Metal	(very favourable)[1]

Track listing

All lyrics by Minoru Niihara, music as indicated.

1. "Hellrider" (Akira Takasaki & Loudness) - 5:30
2. "Biosphere" (Masayoshi Yamashita & Loudness) - 3:52
3. "Savior" (Yamashita & Loudness) - 3:44
4. "My Precious" (Takasaki & Loudness) - 5:08
5. "Wind from Tibet" (Yamashita & Loudness) - 5:39
6. "System Crush" (Yamashita & Loudness) - 4:23
7. "The Night Is Still Young" (Takasaki & Loudness) - 4:37
8. "Shame on You" (Yamashita & Loudness) - 5:53
9. "Break My Mind" (Munetaka Higuchi & Loudness) - 4:30
10. "So Beautiful" (Yamashita & Loudness) - 4:53
11. "For You" (Niihara & Loudness) - 6:53

Personnel

Loudness

• Minoru Niihara - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi - drums

Production

• Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
• Kazumi Tokue, Nobuko Shimura, Tadashi Hashimoto - assistant engineers
• Yoichi Aikawa - mastering
• Nobuo Naka, Yukichi Kawaguchi - supervisors
• Noricazu Shimano - executive producer

References

1. Compton, Eric (21 January 2003). "Full Reviews: Loudness- Biosphere". Maximum Metal.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.