Black Empire (Anthem album)

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Black Empire
Anthem Black Empire.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2008
Recorded2006
Genre Heavy metal
Length45:44
Label JVC Victor
Anthem chronology
Immortal
(2006)
Black Empire
(2008)
Heraldic Device
(2011)

Black Empire is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's sixth studio album since their reformation in the year 2000. [1]

Anthem is a Japanese heavy metal band that was formed during the early 1980s in Tokyo. They are among the handful of heavy metal bands founded in Japan during that time and are considered to be one of the most successful and influential, alongside Loudness and Earthshaker.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Black Empire" - 4:35
  2. "Heat of the Night" - 4:06
  3. "You" - 3:56
  4. "Go Insane" - 4:43
  5. "Walk Through the Night" - 4:48
  6. "Emptiness World" - 5:13
  7. "Telling You" - 4:13
  8. "Pilgrim" - 4:23
  9. "Awake" - 4:56
  10. "Perfect Crawler" - 4:51

Personnel

Band members

Eizo Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter who was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. He is most famous for being the lead vocalist of 1980s band Anthem. In the 1990s he started up the band Animetal which performed heavy metal covers of anime and tokusatsu opening and closing themes. He also was involved with the Anison band JAM Project before reuniting with Anthem. Sakamoto then began a new project called Eizo Japan which is similar to Animetal: more heavy metal covers of theme songs post-disbanding, along with original material.

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References

  1. "Anthem (Jpn) - Black Empire". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2010-06-03.