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Coldrain 
Background information Origin Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Genres Post-Hardcore
Alternative MetalYears active 2007-present Labels VAP Website coldrain.jp Members Masato
Y.K.C. - (Yokochi)
Sugi
RxYxO - (Ryo)
KatsumaColdrain is a Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal band from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. They formed in 2007 and have found themselves compared to western rock band My Chemical Romance and Japan's own Pay Money To My Pain. The band mix Melodic singing alongside screams typical of the Post-Hardcore genre. [1]
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History
Coldrain was formed in 2007 in Nagoya with 5 members: vocalist Masato, bassist RxYxO (Ryo), drummer Katsuma, and guitarists Y.K.C (Yokochi) and Sugi. The band gained their first followers from performing as a local band in their home-town distributing demo discs after each performance. Soon after, the band started becoming well known despite of their songs all being sang in English by half-American singer Masato.
About a year after coldrain formed, they were offered and later signed a major contract with VAP, after which the band released its debut maxi single "Fiction" on November 5, 2008. Soon thereafter, they set off for their first nationwide tour and played in 30 venues across Japan.
After the tour, the group released their next maxi single: "8AM". The limited edition included a DVD which featured the music video of the title song and three live videos: "Fiction", "Painting", and "Come Awake". "8AM" was also used as a theme song to the anime series Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger. 2009 saw their first performance at the Summer Sonic Festival. In October, they released their first album "Finale Destination" and embarked on another successful sold-out nationwide tour.
The band released their mini album "Nothing Lasts Forever" on June 23, 2010. One of the songs, "We’re Not Alone", was used as an opening theme of the anime series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin.
Another song, "Die Tomorrow", was used in the Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 soundtrack.
The last of them was the album "The enemy inside".
Discography
Albums
- Final Destination [28.10.2009]
- The Enemy Inside [16.02.2011]
Mini-Albums
- Nothing Lasts Forever [23.06.2010]
Maxi-Singles
- Fiction [05.11.2008]
- 8AM [08.04.2009]
Other
- V.A. :Fuck The Borderline -A Tribute to KUROYUME-(#5 Chandler) [09.02.2011]
References
External links
Categories:- Japanese heavy metal musical groups
- Japanese alternative rock groups
- Japanese hard rock musical groups
- Nu metal musical groups
- Musical groups established in 2007
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