, nicknamed "Ampan", is the current drummer for the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

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Loudness (band)

is a Japan-based heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese heavy metal act signed to a major label in the United States, releasing twenty-three studio albums...

. He joined the band in 2009, a year after the death of their original drummer, Munetaka Higuchi

Munetaka Higuchi

was the original drummer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.Since very young, he was considered a talented drummer. During his high school years, Higuchi played in seven bands. But he was not happy with this situation, wanting to focus his time on only one band...

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Suzuki's first recording with Loudness was the song "I Wonder" from the album The Everlasting

The Everlasting (Loudness album)

The Everlasting is the twenty-second studio album by Japanese 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...

, released in May 2009. The rest of the drum tracks on the album were recorded as demos by Higuchi before his death.
He first played live with Loudness in May 2009, then followed up with an appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany in 2010, and a short tour of Europe. His American debut was in May and June 2011, for the band's 30th Anniversary tour. Suzuki's first full album with Loudness was King of Pain

King of Pain (Loudness album)

King of Pain is the twenty-third studio album by Japanese band Loudness. It was released in 2010 only in Japan. It also marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki....

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He also appears (with Loudness) on the soundtrack for the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 OVA Mazinkaizer SKL

Mazinkaizer SKL

, also called Mazinkaizer Skull and Mazinkaiser SKL, is a Japanese OVA series which is itself a spinoff of Go Nagai's Mazinkaiser which was itself a spinoff of Mazinger. The first episode was released on and was first screened on...

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