Eternal Warrior (album)

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Eternal Warrior
Anthem Eternal Warrior.jpg
Studio album by Anthem
Released July 21, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Heavy metal
Length51:09
Label JVC Victor
Producer Naoto Shibata
Anthem chronology
Live' Melt Down
(2003)
Eternal Warrior
(2004)
Immortal
(2006)

Eternal Warrior is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's fourth studio album since their reformation in the year 2000. [1]

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

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

The band released this album after 2 years of intensive touring and planning. Like their previous studio album Overload , this album follows the same aggressive direction.

<i>Overload</i> (Anthem album) 2002 studio album by Anthem

Overload is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's third studio album since their reformation in the year 2000.

Track listing

  1. "Onslaught" (Shibata) - 5:12
  2. "Eternal Warrior" (Shibata) - 5:05
  3. "Soul Cry" (Shibata) - 4:08
  4. "Life Goes On" (Shibata) - 6:00
  5. "Let the New Day Come" (Shibata) - 4:49
  6. "Distress" (Shimizu) - 5:56
  7. "Bleeding" (Shibata) - 4:05
  8. "Omega Man" (Shimizu) - 4:05
  9. "Easy Mother" (Shibata) - 4:40
  10. "Mind Slide" (Shibata) - 7:03

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 heavy metal 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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