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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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Stronger"	4:20
2.	"2012~End of the Age"	5:00
3.	"Break New Ground"	5:07
4.	"Driving Force"	4:55
5.	"Behind the Scene"	5:31
6.	"Bang'em Dead"	4:07
7.	"The Voice of Metal (Song for RJD)"	4:12
8.	"Who the Hell Cares"	5:40
9.	"Spirit from the East" (instrumental)	2:18
10.	"Memento Mori" (山下　昌良)	4:38
11.	"Out of the Space" (Takasaki and Masatoshi Sakimoto, instrumental)	1:51

Special edition bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deep-Six the Law"	5:59

Personnel

Loudness

Minoru Niihara – vocals
Akira Takasaki – guitars, keyboards
Masayoshi Yamashita – 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

References

"Loudness 2・0・1・2". CD Journal. Ongaku Shuppansha.

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Akira Takasaki Masayoshi Yamashita Minoru Niihara Masayuki Suzuki Hiroyuki Tanaka Mike Vescera Taiji Sawada Masaki Yamada Hirotsugu Homma Naoto Shibata Munetaka Higuchi
Studio albums	The Birthday Eve Devil Soldier The Law of Devil's Land Disillusion Thunder in the East Shadows of War / Lightning Strikes Hurricane Eyes Soldier of Fortune On the Prowl Loudness Heavy Metal Hippies Ghetto Machine Dragon Engine Spiritual Canoe Pandemonium Biosphere Terror Racing Breaking the Taboo Metal Mad The Everlasting King of Pain Eve to Dawn 2･0･1･2 The Sun Will Rise Again Rise to Glory Sunburst
EPs	Odin Jealousy
Live albums	Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo 8186 Live Once and for All Loud 'n' Raw Eurobounds The Soldier's Just Came Back Loudness Live 2002 Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
Compilations	RockShocks
Singles	"Crazy Night"
Supporting tours	Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour
Related articles	Discography Lazy Sly Ezo Anthem X Japan

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