King of Pain (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = King of Pain

| type = Album

| artist = Loudness

| cover = Loudness king of pain.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 19, 2010

| recorded = 2009 – March 2010

| venue =

| studio = Village Studio and Rojam Studio, Tokyo, Japan

| genre = Heavy metal, progressive metal

| length = 60:53

| label = Tokuma Japan Communications

| producer = Akira Takasaki, Kiyomasa Shinoki, Keiichi Oriuchi

| prev_title = Live Loudest at the Budokan '91

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Eve to Dawn

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{Nihongo|King of Pain|因果応報|Ingaōhō}} is the twenty-third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released on May 19, 2010 only in Japan and marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki. Guitarist Akira Takasaki would later say King of Pain was focused on featuring Suzuki.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.guitarworld.com/loudness-reveal-release-date-track-listing-new-album-eve-dawn | title = Loudness Reveal Release Date, Track Listing for New Album, 'Eve To Dawn' | accessdate = 2012-04-14 | magazine = Guitar World}} The album reached number 21 on the Oricon chart.{{cite web | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14633/ranking/cd_album/p/2/ | title = LOUDNESSのアルバム売り上げランキング | accessdate = 2012-04-14 | publisher = Oricon}}

The album shows a return to standard-tuned guitars and bass, and according to some fans, a return to their 1980s sound.{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Loudness/King_of_Pain/272456 | title = Loudness- King of Pain | accessdate = 2011-07-13 | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Metallum}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y|date=April 2012}}