Venereology (album)
Venereology is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was inspired by death metal and grindcore. It was the first of five Merzbow albums released by the American heavy metal label Relapse Records, under their Release Entertainment imprint, and as such was responsible for bringing Merzbow's work to a much wider audience in the United States. "Venereology" has also gained notoriety for the loudness of its mastering, which violated American limitations on the dynamic range allowed on CDs, and for its third track, "I Lead You Towards Glorious Times", which is often cited to be  the loudest track created in CD format - having a RMS value of 0.00dB. The liner notes includes an extensive thank you list in the style of many metal releases. "Venereology" was reissued on vinyl with a revised track list and bonus tracks by Relapse in March 2019. Background. Akita then explained that his next album for Relapse, "Pulse Demon", was back to his normal sound and was recorded sober. Personnel. Credits adapted from the album notes.