Band Review: coldrain (Japan)

Heyho! Long time no post, guys!
Now I'm back to review a band, amazing band called coldrain!

coldrain - Vena

coldrain (コールドレイン Kōrudorein) is a rock band from Japan, precisely from Nagoya prefecture. Their genres come around post-hardcore, metalcore, alternative metal, and screamo (but I guess it's post-hardcore mainly). coldrain formed in 2007 with their original members who last until now, they are:

Masato David Hayakawa (マサト Masato) as lead vocals
Yokochi (ヨコチ Y.K.C) as lead guitars and programming
Kazuya Sugiyama (スギ Sugi) as rythm guitars and backing vocals
Ryo Shimizu (リョウ RxYxO) as bass and backing vocals
Katsuma Minatani (カツマ Katsuma) as drums.

Masato

Y.K.C

Sugi

RxYxO

Katsuma

coldrain has four studio albums already. Their first album, Final Destination, came out in October 2009. The second album, The Enemy Inside, came out in February 2011. The Revelation then came out in April 2013. The forth album, Vena, came out in October 2015.

Vena, their latest album, is one of my favorite album in 2015. This album consists of eleven tracks including the song 'Runaway' which Papa Roach's vocalist took part of. The track listing is:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vena"	0:58
2.	"Wrong"	3:32
3.	"Divine"	3:36
4.	"Gone"	4:12
5.	"Words of the Youth"	3:31
6.	"The Story"	4:09
7.	"Whole"	3:45
8.	"Runaway" (feat. Jacoby Shaddix)	3:46
9.	"Pretty Little Liar"	3:46
10.	"Heart of the Young"	3:48
11.	"Fire in the Sky"	3:24

I like almost all of the songs in this album. Well, I could say they did a really great great job with this album (It's also the reason why I fallen for them now!). The melodic and the drum's beats blend perfectly with Masato's vocal which very fluently in English. All of the songs are in English, by the way. No wonder, Masato is half Japanese and half American! xD

My favorite among favorites is The Story. Not only due to the music, but the lyrics too. I'm always enjoying my time to sing that song. But once again, I like almost -I guess now all- of the tracks tho.

Well I guess that's enough for tonight. If you curious about this band, just go to Youtube and listen to few of their songs. I bet they're worth listening! Just believe in me ;)

Good night! Boo-yah~




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Review Album: Madness by Sleeping With Sirens

Last Tuesday, March 17th 2015, was the release date of Sleeping With Sirens' newest album Madness.

Madness is Sleeping With Sirens' forth studio album and released under Epitaph Records label (their previous albums were released under Rise Records label). Beside that, this album is the first record with the new guitarist, Nick Martin, who replaced former guitarist Jesse Lawson.

Band members:
Kellin Quinn: lead vocals, keyboards
Jack Fowler: lead guitars, programming
Justin Hills: bass guitars
Gabe Barham: drums, percussions
Nick Martin: rhythm guitars, backing vocals

Production:
John Feldmann: productions, mixing

The track list are (Madness Deluxe Edition):
1. Kick Me
2. Go Go Go
3. Gold
4. Save Me A Spark
5. Fly
6. The Strays
7. Left Alone
8. Better Off Dead
9. We Like It Loud
10. Heroine
11. November
12. Madness
13. Don't Say Anything
14. Parasites (Bonus Track)
15. 2 Chord (Bonus Track)

Now, let's review some of the tracks.

1. Kick Me

One of my favorite track in this album. Kick Me has post-hardcore influence and fast beat tempo. There're some Kellin's screaming parts. Well, I think this track is easy listening because first you heard it, you'll like it.

2. Go Go Go

I like this track at first sight when I saw its music video. I said this track is bit lighter than Kick Me or Better Off Dead or We Like It Loud. But still, it worth listening (sure!). Because the way they play the music or sing, somekind make us feel light and happy.

3. Fly

Fly is one of the track in this album that has unique beat. The Kellin's voice strength mixed perfectly with the instruments. Also the lyrics as good as always. I think it's one of the track that you should listen to.

4. The Strays

Kellin said that The Strays is his favorite track in this album. I can't disagree with him because this track is so good and has deep meaning. Maybe Kellin wrote this song based on his experience in the real world. So when he sings this song it seems he sings it whole-heartly. The music also support the lyrics perfectly. Well, it's good to hear really!

5. Better Off Dead

It's my favorite track in this Madness album. I like it as I heard it for the first time through Epitaph's youtube channel. This track has deep emotion that everyone feel sometimes (or more times). It's about being left, alone, rejected, and somekind of that. So she thought better off dead than living that way. The lyrics touch everyone who listening to it so they could feel it too. Beside that, the music's great from my perspective. I like this kind of music (the lyrics too!) Maybe through this song, SWS's members want to show their love and say that we should appreciate ourselves no matter what happens.

6. We Like It Loud


Beside Kick Me, maybe We Like It Loud is the right track that has post-hardcore influence. Like their songs before, this track has more screaming parts than any other track in this album (is it right?). Maybe if we want to hear little bit resemblance of their's previous album songs, we should hear We Like It Loud.

7. Madness

Madness title same as the album's name. This track is half-acoustic. It has great guitar parts. The tempo is medium (maybe?) and the music is little bit slow. Kellin's parts are prominent and it's good to deliver the meaning of this song. I think this track is good to a accompany you in your sleep.

8. 2 Chord

So far I know, this track is the full acoustic track in Madness. The guitar parts and Kellin's voice mixed harmonically. This really good acoustic song!

Yeah, those are some track reviews from Madness album. Overall, I enjoy listening to this album. There're happy tracks, bit sad tracks, and deep meaning tracks. I love it! Maybe for some people this album a bit different from their previous albums. But, it's okay. Maybe this is some part of their musical journey, right?

Well, it's all from my perspective and of course my perspective could be same as yours or maybe different. So, write your own review and tell everybody what do you think about this Madness album!

So pick it up! Yeaahhh!! \m/



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