''The Enemy Inside'' is the second
studio album by Japanese
rock band
Coldrain. Recorded at Innig Recording Hostelry in
Fujisawa,
Japan
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, 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 Mah from Japanese
ska-punk band
SiM, would feature on "The Maze" on the record which would track a little over 37 minutes.
Musical style
''The Enemy Inside'' has been stylistically described as being
post-hardcore,
punk rock
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,
alternative rock,
alternative metal and
screamo.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits retrieved from album's
liner notes.
Coldrain
* –
lead vocals,
producer
* –
lead guitar,
producer
* –
rhythm guitar,
backing vocals
* –
bass guitar, backing vocals
* –
drums
Guest feature
* of
SiM – guest vocals on "The Maze"
Additional personnel
* Satoshi Hosoi –
recording engineer,
mixing
* Yoichi Imaizumi – assistant engineer
* Hiromichi Takiguchi –
mastering (Parasight Mastering,
Tokyo)
* Daichi Takahashi –
instrument technician
* Jun Yamada –
instrument technician
Charts
References
External links
*
*
''The Enemy Inside''at
YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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2011 albums
Coldrain albums
Punk rock albums by Japanese artists
Albums produced by Masato Hayakawa