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Coldrain
are a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Nagoya, Japan, who were formed in 2007. The band combines melodic singing with screams typical of the post-hardcore genre. Although the band is Japanese, all of their songs are written in English. The lineup consists of lead vocalist Masato Hayakawa, guitarists Ryo Yokochi (Y.K.C.) and Kazuya Sugiyama (Sugi), bassist Ryo Shimizu (RxYxO) and drummer Katsuma Minatani. Hayakawa has a Japanese father and an American mother and speaks both Japanese and English fluently. The band's first two albums, ''Final Destination (album), Final Destination'' and ''The Enemy Inside (Coldrain album), The Enemy Inside'', were both released exclusively in their home country of Japan. The group made their worldwide debut in 2014 with the reissue of ''The Revelation (Coldrain album), The Revelation'', which was previously released in 2013 under the label VAP (company), VAP, with the worldwide edition being released under Hopeless Records and Sony Music Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVER (band)
Masato David Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 雅人, ''Hayakawa Masato'', born December 17, 1986), known professionally as Masato, is a Japanese singer, musician, songwriter, producer and model. He is known for being the bandleader and vocalist of the Japanese rock band Coldrain since their formation in 2007. He was a former member of AVER, alongside one of his fellow Coldrain members, drummer Katsuma Minatani. Hayakawa is also known as being the director and designer of a clothing line, as well as being a model for Over(all) Tokyo. Early life Masato David Hayakawa was born on December 17, 1986, in Nagoya, Japan. He was born to an American mother from Iowa and a Japanese father who was born in Niigata. He was taught to speak English at a young age by his mother, who was an English teacher. All of this has helped him to become fluent in English as well as Japanese. Hayakawa has stated that he hated it at the time but is very grateful for it now. This duality in his family made Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Hayakawa
Masato David Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 雅人, ''Hayakawa Masato'', born December 17, 1986), known professionally as Masato, is a Japanese singer, musician, songwriter, producer and model. He is known for being the bandleader and vocalist of the Japanese rock band Coldrain since their formation in 2007. He was a former member of AVER, alongside one of his fellow Coldrain members, drummer Katsuma Minatani. Hayakawa is also known as being the director and designer of a clothing line, as well as being a model for Over(all) Tokyo. Early life Masato David Hayakawa was born on December 17, 1986, in Nagoya, Japan. He was born to an American mother from Iowa and a Japanese father who was born in Niigata. He was taught to speak English at a young age by his mother, who was an English teacher. All of this has helped him to become fluent in English as well as Japanese. Hayakawa has stated that he hated it at the time but is very grateful for it now. This duality in his family made Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revelation (Coldrain Album)
''The Revelation'' is the third studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at House of Loud in Elmwood Park, New Jersey with producer David Bendeth. It was released on April 17, 2013 in Japan by VAP. The album would also later be released by Hopeless Records on June 23, 2014 in Europe and on June 24, 2014 in North America as a reissue upon being signed internationally for the first time, making ''The Revelation'' their first album to be released worldwide. The album would later be released in Australia on August 8, 2014 by Sony Music. ''The Revelation'' is the first Coldrain album to be released worldwide by Hopeless Records, and the only album to be released in Australia as a deluxe by Sony Music. It is the third album to be released in Japan by VAP. This would be the followup to 2011's '' The Enemy Inside'', which was the last album to be exclusively released in Japan, and the predecessor to 2015s '' Vena''. ''The Revelation'' would be their highest charting album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Side Effects (album)
''The Side Effects'' (stylised in all caps) is the sixth studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Orlando, Florida with producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette (who previously produced the band's 2017 predecessor '' Fateless''), it was released on August 28, 2019 by Warner Music Japan. ''The Side Effects'' is the second Coldrain album to be released by Warner Music Japan, the first being '' Fateless''. This would be the follow-up to 2017's ''Fateless'' and the last album by the band to be released in the 2010s. It would be their lowest charted album on the Oricon Albums Chart since the release of '' The Enemy Inside'', which debuted and peaked at number 21, for which ''The Side Effects'' would just barely scrape into the top ten at number 10. '' The Revelation'', '' Vena'' and ''Fateless'' fairing much better at number 7, 9 and 8 respectively. However, ''The Side Effects'' would fare much better on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums chart, as it would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vena (album)
''Vena'' (stylised in all caps) is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at the Trojan House and Madden Brothers Studio in Los Angeles, California with producer Brandon Paddock. It was released on October 21, 2015, in Japan by VAP and on October 23, 2015, worldwide by independent North American label Hopeless Records. ''Vena'' is the second Coldrain album to be released by Hopeless Records, the first being '' The Revelation'', and the fourth album by the band to be released in Japan by VAP. This would be the follow-up to 2013's ''The Revelation'', also to be the first album released worldwide in 2014. It would be their third highest-charting album on the Oricon Albums Chart, debuting and peaking at number 9, only behind '' Fateless'' which peaked at number 8 and ''The Revelation'', which peaked at number 7. The album spawned five singles, two of which that were released prior to the release of ''Vena''. "Words of the Youth" in August and " Gone" the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fateless (album)
''Fateless'' (stylised in all caps) is the fifth studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Orlando, Florida with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, it was released on October 11, 2017 by Warner Music. ''Fateless'' is the first Coldrain album to be released under the label of Warner Music Japan, following leaving Hopeless Records towards the backend of 2016, and also the first to not be released under the Japanese label VAP. This would be the follow-up since 2015's '' Vena'', and be their second highest charting album on the Oricon Albums Chart, debuting and peaking at number 8, only behind '' The Revelation'' which peaked at number 7. The album was home to three singles, "Envy", the lead single, which was released in the beginning of August, "Feed The Fire", on the 21st of the following month, as well as being the opening theme of the anime ''King's Game'', and "R.I.P." in October, just three days after the release of ''Fateless''. Coldrain wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Destination (album)
''Final Destination'' is the debut studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Studio Sonorous Audio in Tokyo, Japan which was self produced by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi, it was released on October 28, 2009 by VAP. ''Final Destination'' was exclusively released in Japan, along with the second studio album follow-up '' The Enemy Inside'', which was released in 2011. ''Final Destination'' debuted and peaked at number 88 on the Oricon Albums Chart, before dropping out of the charts completely the following week. The album housed three singles, two of which were released as maxi-singles. "Fiction" in November 2008 and " 8AM" in April 2009 respectively. The final single, "Final Destination", was released 5 days prior to the album's release. Musical style ''Final Destination'' has been stylistically described as post-hardcore, punk rock and alternative rock. Track listing Personnel Credits retrieved from the album's liner notes. Coldrain * – lead vocals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayday (Coldrain Song)
"Mayday" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Japanese rock band Coldrain. It is the fifth single from their sixth studio album '' The Side Effects'', produced by Michael Baskette, written by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi, and was released on 2 November 2019. "Mayday" features Ryo Kinoshita from Japanese metalcore band Crystal Lake. "Mayday" is the second anime opening for ''Fire Force''. "Mayday" also samples the Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661 mayday distress signal in the song's intro. Due to the success of the single being on the anime, it started rotating in circles around the metalcore scene elevating the band to new heights. It would also eventually become the first song by the band to reach over 10 million streams on Spotify. As of 2022, "Mayday" has since been viewed and streamed more than 50 million times worldwide. Background "Mayday" was released on November 2, 2019 as the band's fifth single and opening track off their sixth studio album '' The Side Ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone (Coldrain Song)
"Gone" is a song by Japanese rock band Coldrain. It is the lead single for their fourth studio album '' Vena'', produced by Brandon Paddock, written by Masato Hayakawa, Ryo Yokochi and Brandon Paddock, and was released on 16 September 2015. It was the first song written for the album, and received critical success among critics. The song is often regarded as the best that Coldrain has to offer, and is a popular staple song at live shows among international fans. An acoustic version was released on the followup 2016 maxi-single release ''Vena II''. "Gone" would end up becoming the second song by the band to tally up more than 10 million streams on Spotify, a feat which was only previously achieved by " Mayday". Composition "Gone" has been described by critics as being a post-hardcore, hard rock, alternative rock, and pop song. The track runs at 180 BPM and is in the key of E minor. It runs for four minutes and 12 seconds. The song was written by Masato Hayakawa, Brandon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonnegative (album)
''Nonnegative'' is the seventh studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Orlando, Florida with producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette (who previously produced the band's predecessors, '' Fateless'' and '' The Side Effects''), it was released on July 6, 2022 by Warner Music Japan. ''Nonnegative'' is the third album by the band to be released by Warner Music and is the follow-up to 2019's ''The Side Effects''. It was formally announced during the band's fifteenth anniversary live stream and was preceded by five singles. The album's lead single "Paradise (Kill the Silence)" was released on September 17, 2021, the second single "Calling" was released concurrently on the band's fifteenth anniversary on April 17, 2022, the third and fourth singles "Before I Go" and "Bloody Power Fame" were both released in June, the former being promoted as the campaign song for Sapporo Breweries latest product "Sapporo Beer Gold Star" while the latter was used as the open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy Inside (Coldrain Album)
''The Enemy Inside'' is the second studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Innig Recording Hostelry in Fujisawa, Japan, which was self-produced by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi, it was released on February 16, 2011, by VAP. ''The Enemy Inside'' was exclusively released in Japan, along with their debut studio outing ''Final Destination'', which was released two years prior. ''The Enemy Inside'' debuted at number 21 on the Oricon Albums Chart, charting for the following 5 weeks before dropping out of the charts completely. The album would spawn singles such as the lead single, "To Be Alive", which would be released at the start of February, two weeks preceding the release of ''The Enemy Inside''. "Rescue Me", the second and last single on the album was released on the 10th of the following month. This would become the first release by the band to feature a different vocalist on one of their tracks for the first time. Manabu Taniguchi, known by his stage name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Lake (band)
Crystal Lake is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo, formed in 2002. The band comprises guitarists Yudai Miyamoto and Hisatsugu Taji, bassist Mitsuru, and drummer Gaku Taura, who is a former member of Nocturnal Bloodlust. After Shinya Hori's departure, Miyamoto is the only member of the original line-up who remains in the band. Crystal Lake have released five studio albums. Their latest studio album, ''Helix'', was released on 28 November 2018. History Formation and first releases (2002–2005) Crystal Lake was formed in 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. Their first demo, ''Freewill'', was released in February in time for the show in Korea which they were invited to by GMC Records. The second demo, ''One Word Changes Everything'', came out in July, and a self-released four-track EP, also entitled ''Freewill'' was released in September with 1000 copies made and sold. In September 2003, Crystal Lake played five shows in Japan with Australian band Day of Contempt. From March to June 2004, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
