It’s unusual, isn’t it ? But it’s the proof that japanese bands are serious rivals.
A song on which Masato and Sugi, the main composers, deeply engage themselves. Far from losing their intensity, the band surprises us with an acoustic ballad named Miss You. Screams aren’t fully absent but relegated to the background, while The Youth’s whole break is screamed. Let’s come back to aggressive sounds with After Dark, that keeps some atmospheric riffs due to the guitar’s clean mode. Really catchy, however we can feel the song’s pop roots. Coldrain quickly dares to cover a song, and it’s Stuck from Stacie Orrico that benefits of their Metalcore. A heady lead guitar and a massive rhythm part while Masato uses his clean voice until a moment that he sings alone before being joined again by the whole band. Suddenly, the track ends to give way to We’re Not Alone.
We discover Masato’s punchy scream on a classic Metalcore rhythm part : heavy and jerky riffs until the chorus that clearly flirts with Alternative Metal sound with clean vocals. The EP starts in power with Die Tomorrow, a catchy and violent song.
It was seven years ago, and their sound was already amazing. This release allows them to create the roots of their own style. Before being this famous band, Coldrain released Nothing Lasts Forever in 2010, an emotional EP. The band celebrates their tenth birthday booking the mighty Budokan for a headline show.
All their lyrics are in english because Masato’s father is american, which allows them to stand out from the other japanese bands and to easily drill outside of their country, with some shows in Europe and United States. They cleverly melt Metalcore with sometimes Alternative Metal or Post-Hardcore sounds, and the band composed four full-lengths and two EPs. There is Masato on vocals, Yokochi and Sugi on guitars, RxYxO holds the bass and Katsuma is behind the drumkit. Let’s come back to Japan to discover a westernised Metalcore band : Coldrain.Ĭreated in Nagoya in 2007, the members remains the same from the beginning.
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