The Sun Will Rise Again

The Sun Will Rise Again (撃魂霊刀) is the twenty-sixth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, released on June 3, 2014. A US mix of the album was released on October 7, 2015, in which the songs were remixed, and the album cover shows a blue-and-white rising sun design, instead of the traditional red-and-white. The tracks "Nourishment of the Wind" and "Got to Be Strong" are only released on the Japanese edition of the album, while "Rock Will Never Die" is only released on the US edition.

Personnel

 * Loudness
 * Minoru Niihara – vocals
 * Akira Takasaki – guitars
 * Masayoshi Yamashita – bass
 * Masayuki Suzuki – drums


 * Production
 * Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
 * Kohki Meno - engineer
 * Hiorshi Ishida, Kento Imagawa, Nobuhiro Kawashima, Takanari Shibuchi - assistant engineers
 * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner - mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles
 * Yoshichika Kuriyama - additional programming, sound effects
 * Kimitaka Kato, Shunji Inoue - supervisors