Review by AJ

I was not familiar with any of the J-Pop songs Marty Friedman covers on this album, but after listening to the album and enjoying the songs, I searched for and listened to the original J-Pop artists which now I also enjoy. Friedman was great with his days with Megadeth, but you can only hear his best on his solo albums such as this one.

Be aware that this teapot holds just one cup. By my own fault, I did not read the description correctly and thought it was larger and held at least 3 cups or more. Somewhat disappointed when I received it, but again, my own fault. It is a nice and well made teapot. The handle is positioned well and is well balanced. The finish is excellent. The only thing that does not work 100% is the ceramic strainer. Even when using thicker sencha green tea, you will get alot of smaller tea particles in your cup if you don't use an additional thin screen strainer.

The Everlasting/-Konso Kuon, the latest from Loudness is an excellent album with a mixture of older and new styles of the band. You will notice some vintage Loudness sound in songs like 'Flame of Rock', then there is the funk style of "Thunder Burn" and pure, hardcore heavy metal on the title song "The Everlasting" with Akira Takasaki taking the vocals which I was suprised how well he can sing in a style familar to Rob Halford.

What I like about this particular instumental album is that the sound is not dominated by the guitar. There is excellent work done with the bass and drums as well. Some guitarists have the same technical style in many of their songs. Akira does not on this album which makes each song unique from the other.