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Kazuya Sugiyama
are a Japanese 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'' and '' 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'', which was previously released in 2013 under the label VAP, with the worldwide edition being released under Hopeless Records and Sony Music. Coldrain later released '' Vena'' (2015), '' Fateless'' (2017) and '' The Side Effects'' (2019). Their seventh studio albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Am Ring And Rock Im Park
The (German for "Rock at the Ring") and ("Rock in the Park") festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually. While ''Rock am Ring'' takes place at the Nürburgring race track, ''Rock im Park'' takes place at the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg. Sharing nearly identical lineups, the two festivals are usually regarded as one event. All artists perform one day at the Nürburgring and another day in Nürnberg during the three-day event. There have been minor exceptions in the past years where an artist would be announced for one of the festivals only. Combined, Rock im Park and Rock am Ring are the largest music festivals held in Germany and one of the largest in the world with a combined attendance of over 150,000 people in 2007, selling out both events in advance for the first time. History Rock am Ring was originally planned as a one-time festival on the Nürburgring motorsports complex, celebrating the inauguration of a newer, shorter version of the race track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay Money To My Pain
Pay Money to My Pain (stylized as Pay money To my Pain and abbreviated as P.T.P.) was a Japanese alternative rock/metal band. All of the band's lyrics are in English.Interview @ JAME Retrieved Sep 13 2007 History Early in life, Kei started writing lyrics as a way to cope with his depression and dark feelings. In 2005, after the disbandment of vocalist K's previous band, Gun Dog, he recruited four members and formed Pay money To my Pain. Kei said that his lyrics expressed his deepest pain and when fans bought the CDs, they were literally buying into his pain. Hence, Pay money To my Pain. They began to produce songs by themselves before getting noticed by the record label[...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] |
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 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] |
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] |
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] |
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 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] |
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] |
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Post-hardcore began in the 1980s with bands like Hüsker Dü and Minutemen (band), Minutemen. The genre expanded in the 1980s and 1990s with releases by bands from cities that had established hardcore scenes, such as Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as well as groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to post-hardcore's noise rock roots. In the early- and mid-2000s, achieved mainstream success with the popularity of bands like My Chemical Romance, Dance Gavin Dance, AFI (band), AFI, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein (band), Silverstein, The Used, At the Drive-In, Saosin, Alexisonfire, and Senses Fail. In the 2010s, bands like Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil achieved main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
