Breaking the Taboo
Studio album by Loudness
Released	December 27, 2006
Recorded	Studio Birdman West, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length	56:49
Language	Japanese / English
Label	Tokuma Japan
Producer	Loudness, Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki
Loudness chronology
Racing (2004) Breaking the Taboo (2006) Metal Mad (2008)

Breaking the Taboo is the twentieth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2006 only in Japan.^[1]

Track listing

Music by Akira Takasaki, lyrics by Minoru Niihara

1. "Breaking the Taboo" - 4:28
2. "Brutal Torture" - 4:54
3. "Sick World" - 4:52
4. "Don't Spam Me" - 3:56
5. "Damnation" - 5:19
6. "The Love of My Life" - 4:32
7. "A Moment of Revelation" - 5:34
8. "Dynamite" - 4:49
9. "Risk Taker" - 4:16
10. "I Wish" - 5:51
11. "Diving into Darkness" - 4:13
12. "Without You" - 4:05

Personnel

Loudness

• Minoru Niihara - vocals
• Akira Takasaki - guitars
• Masayoshi Yamashita - bass
• Munetaka Higuchi - drums

Production

• Masayuki Nomura - engineer, mixing
• Shin Takakuwa, Takayuki Ichikawa - engineers
• Takaaki Abiko - mixing assistant
• Fumiaki Nochi - mastering
• Hirose Shiraishi, Shinji Hamasaki - supervisors
• Kiyomasa Shinoki, Michiko Fujita, Shun Ooki - executive producers