2012 (Loudness album)
# 2012 (Loudness album)

2012 (stylized 2･0･1･2) is the 25th studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, released on August 22, 2012. "The Voice of Metal" is about and dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio.

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara, English lyrics co-written by Takashi Kanazawa; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki, except where noted.

## Personnel

### Loudness

* Minoru Niihara – vocals
* Akira Takasaki – guitars, keyboards
* 山下　昌良 – bass
* Masayuki Suzuki – drums

### Production

* Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing
* Haruka Shinohara, Yuko Tanabe - assistant engineers
* Manfred Melchior - mastering at MM Sound, Steinhagen, Germany
* Hirose Shiraishi - supervisor
* Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi - executive producers
