┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Anthem - Attitude 2017-Live And Documents-(WRDZZ-680) + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Mar-04-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2018 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 10 cd2: 9 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.heavymetalanthem.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Anthem Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Attitude 2017-Live And DocumenLabel : Ward ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Considered to be one of the earliest pioneering ║ │ │║ bands of Japanese heavy metal alongside Loudness ║ │ │║ and Earthshaker, Anthem formed in 1981 as a ║ │ │║ quartet of singer Toshihito Maeda, guitarist ║ │ │║ Akifumi Koyanagi, bass player Naoto "Ski" ║ │ │║ Shibata and drummer Takamasa Ohuchi. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Koyanagi left in late 1983 to be replaced by ║ │ │║ Hiroya Fukuda. In December 1984 vocalist ║ │ │║ Toshihito Maeda also left. He appeared as ║ │ │║ Anthem's vocalist on the first "Heavy Metal ║ │ │║ Force" compilation and sings the song "Warning ║ │ │║ Action". Anthem then drafted vocalist Eizo ║ │ │║ Sakamoto for their debut eponymous album issued ║ │ │║ in July 1985 by Nexus and licensed to Europe via ║ │ │║ Roadrunner Records. This was followed by a ║ │ │║ string of successful albums including ║ │ │║ "Tightrope", "Bound to Break", and the band's ║ │ │║ most successful album; "Gypsy Ways" which ║ │ │║ featured Yukio Morikawa on vocals instead of ║ │ │║ Sakamoto. Morikawa at the time was often ║ │ │║ compared in terms of vocal skill, range, and ║ │ │║ ability to Graham Bonnet, who would ironically ║ │ │║ join the band in 2000. Within this successful ║ │ │║ span in the mid 80's, the band experienced ║ │ │║ perhaps their greatest highlight, a North ║ │ │║ American tour in which they were the headlining ║ │ │║ act supported by Racer X, and Commander. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In the early 90s, Anthem experienced more lineup ║ │ │║ changes with the departure of Hiroya Fukuda, ║ │ │║ followed by his replacement Hideaki Nakama. Akio ║ │ │║ Shimizu was finally hired after many auditions ║ │ │║ and the band released "Domestic Booty", but with ║ │ │║ the drop of popularity that plagued most Heavy ║ │ │║ Metal bands in the 90s, as well as the rise of ║ │ │║ the Visual Kei movement led by bands such as X ║ │ │║ Japan, Dead End, and D'erlanger among many ║ │ │║ others, they were left with no choice but to put ║ │ │║ the band on hold. Anthem played one final tour ║ │ │║ and disbanded in late 1992, this would be the ║ │ │║ last time they would perform for another 8 ║ │ │║ years. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Finally, in 2000, Anthem made their triumphant ║ │ │║ return to the Japanese music scene, releasing ║ │ │║ "Heavy Metal Anthem" featuring Hirotsugu Homma ║ │ │║ of Loudness as well as Graham Bonnet of Rainbow, ║ │ │║ and Alcatrazz fame. Anthem have since brought ║ │ │║ back Eizo Sakamoto on vocals and are still ║ │ │║ recording and touring to this day. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In January 2013, band leader Naoto Shibata was ║ │ │║ diagnosed with Stomach Cancer after which the ║ │ │║ band immediately went on hiatus. The cancer was ║ │ │║ discovered early and the band returned to ║ │ │║ touring by April. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Anthem are credited as the first band to have a ║ │ │║ song used as promotion for a video game in their ║ │ │║ single "Xanadu" released in 1986 promoting Nihon ║ │ │║ Falcom's computer RPG "Dragon Slayer II: ║ │ │║ Xanadu". Additionally the song, "Show Must Go ║ │ │║ On!" (from Bound to Break) appeared in the anime ║ │ │║ series OAV Devil Man: The Genesis, Part One near ║ │ │║ the end of the episode, when Akira Fudou first ║ │ │║ becomes Devil Man. It appears in a scene in a ║ │ │║ club where people are partying in order to ║ │ │║ become possessed by devils. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Naoto "Ski" Shibata has orchestrated and ║ │ │║ released an album of hard rock versions of ║ │ │║ classic themes from the Castlevania video games ║ │ │║ via Konami, entitled Konami Kukeiha Club: ║ │ │║ Dracula Battle Perfect Selection. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Vocalist Yukio Morikawa is working with Akira ║ │ │║ Kajiyama on their project named Goldbrick. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ SPECIAL THANKS TO SHI. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ - CD1 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - The Artery Song [04:08] │ │ 02 - Far Away [05:54] │ │ 03 - Venom Strike [05:17] │ │ 04 - Cry In The Night [04:46] │ │ 05 - Keep Your Spirit Alive [04:28] │ │ 06 - Linkage [05:13] │ │ 07 - Night After Night [05:16] │ │ 08 - Drum solo [03:23] │ │ 09 - Finger's On The Trigger [03:51] │ │ 10 - Ghost In The Flame [08:01] │ │ - [ ] │ │ - CD2 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - Midnight Growl [04:55] │ │ 02 - Sacred Trace [05:39] │ │ 03 - Bound To Break [04:51] │ │ 04 - Running Blood [06:14] │ │ 05 - Engraved [04:58] │ │ 06 - Reactive Desire [04:37] │ │ 07 - Innocent Man [04:30] │ │ 08 - Shine On [05:01] │ │ 09 - Wild Anthem [05:42] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [96:44 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘