Heavy Metal Anthem
Studio album by Anthem
Released	April 21, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	51:02
Language	English
Label	JVC Victor
Producer	Yorimasa Hisatake, Naoto Shibata, Chris Tsangarides
Anthem chronology
Domestic Booty (1992) Heavy Metal Anthem (2000) Seven Hills (2001)

Heavy Metal Anthem is Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's return album, released nearly 8 years since their disbandment in the early 1990s, it's the eighth studio album. Most of the former members play on the album, but the original vocalist, Eizo Sakamoto, did not return until the next album (Seven Hills). The album was released on April 21, 2000, and was a joint collaboration between the band and singer Graham Bonnet.^[1] Most of the songs are Anthem's older releases, which have been remixed and sung in English by Bonnet.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Gypsy Ways (Win,Lose or Draw)" (Boyd, Shibata) - 5:47
2. "Evil Touch" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:47
3. "Show Must Go On!" (Sakamoto, Shibata, Tsangarides) - 3:52
4. "Midnight Sun" (Boyd, Shibata, Tsangarides) - 4:44
5. "The Juggler" (Boyd, Shibata) - 3:49
6. "Mr. Genius" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:32
7. "Cryin' Heart" (Boyd, Shibata) - 4:47
8. "Hunting Time" (Boyd, Shibata) - 6:02
9. "Hungry Soul" (Boyd, Shibata) - 5:23
10. "Blinded Pain" (Boyd, Shibata) - 7:15

Personnel

Production

• Yorimasa Hisatake - producer
• Chris Tsangarides - producer, mixing
• Masahiro Fukuhara - engineer
• Yasuo Higashidate - engineer
• Katsuyuki Kobayashi - assistant engineer
• Nobuyoshi Tanaka - assistant engineer
• Tim Luce - vocal engineer
• Kevin Valentine - vocal engineer
• George Azuma - supervisor

References