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

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

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