The Everlasting (album)

The Everlasting
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2009
RecordedJanuary–April 2009
StudioVillage Studio, Tokyo, Japan
GenreHeavy metal, progressive metal
Length60:22
LabelTokuma Japan
ProducerAkira Takasaki, Masahiro Shinoki
Loudness chronology
Metal Mad
(2008)
The Everlasting
(2009)
Live Loudest at the Budokan '91
(2009)

The Everlasting (魂宗久遠, Konsō kuon) is the twenty-second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released in 2009 only in Japan, after the death of original drummer Munetaka Higuchi, whose pre-recorded drum tracks were used on this album. It was also 15th and last album recorded by the original line-up. The song "I Wonder" introduces new drummer Masayuki Suzuki. The album also features a quasi-return to their 1980s sound in "Flame of Rock" and "I Wonder". The cover artwork is inspired by a Thailand's sculpture called "Budda Head in Tree".