following album titled King of Pain, which was released in May 2010. Also in 2010, Loudness was featured at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany and did a brief European tour. Loudness returned to America for their 30th Anniversary tour in May and June 2011. In 2010 they recorded "The Eternal Soldiers" to be the theme song for Mazinkaiser SKL, which was released as a single later that year. In an interview with Guitar World and posted on YouTube on July 11, 2011, Akira Takasaki commented on King of Pain'''s lack of solos and speed. He said that the reason for this was the band's desire to introduce Masayuki Suzuki, their new drummer. Takasaki also stated that the next album's playing would be "much more speedy, much more aggressive" than King of Pain. Loudness released Eve to Dawn on September 14, 2011. Another album, 2012, followed on August 22, 2012. Due to a scheduling conflict with Niihara's side project X.Y.Z.→A, Michael Vescera was scheduled to perform as guest vocalist for Loudness on April 14, 2013 at the Live N' Louder Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, which would mark the first time he has sung with the band in over 20 years. However, Vescera was unable to attend the event, and Hibria vocalist Iuri Sanson ended up filling in the vocalist spot. The band released their 26th studio album titled The Sun Will Rise Again on June 4, 2014. Loudness played a song from the album called "Immortality" on the 2014 Monsters of Rock cruise. The group teamed up with Outrage to hold the first Loud∞Out Fest on May 2, 2015. The second installment was held on May 1, 2016 and also included Anthem and Lost Society in addition to the two namesake acts. The 2017 edition of the fest was called a "tour" and saw two concerts on May 4 and 6 that included Galneryus. In January 2018, the band released their 27th studio album, Rise to Glory. However, in February, Suzuki was hospitalized with a mild stroke. The band tapped Ra:IN drummer Ryuichi Nishida to fulfill the tour until Suzuki's full recovery and return in September 2018. The end of 2021 brought a new record entitled Sunburst. Members Akira Takasaki – guitars, backing vocals (1981–present), lead vocals (1981), bass (1993–1994) Masayoshi Yamashita – bass, backing vocals (1981–1991, 2000–present) Minoru Niihara – lead vocals (1981–1988, 2000–present) Masayuki Suzuki –