Coldrain

Coldrain
coldrain at Rock im Park, 2014
Background information
Origin	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Genres	Post-hardcore alternative metal alternative rock metalcore screamo
Years active	2007–present
Labels	VAP Hopeless Records
Website	coldrain.jp
Members	Masato Y.K.C (Yokochi) Sugi RxYxO (Ryo) Katsuma

Coldrain (コールドレイン, Kōrudorein^?, stylized as coldrain) is a Japanese metalcore band from Nagoya, formed in 2007. The band mixes melodic singing alongside screams typical of the post-hardcore genre. Despite being Japanese, all the band's songs are written in English and executed in a way that is quite faithful to the stereotypical American song. Masato (lead vocals), has a Japanese father and an American mother and speaks both Japanese and English. After the first two albums, Final Destination and The Enemy Inside, which were only released in Japan, the group made its worldwide debut in 2014 with The album The Revelation, released by Hopeless Records and Sony.

After the disbanding of the bands Wheel of Life (RxYxO, Sugi and Y.K.C.) and AVER (Masato and Katsuma), coldrain was formed in 2007 in Nagoya with Masato on vocals, RxYxO (Ryo) on bass guitar, Katsuma on drums, and Y.K.C (Yokochi) and Sugi on guitars. The common musical interest of the members was one of the decisive factors for the forming of Coldrain. Once when AVER and Wheel of Life first co-debuted on stage, and AVER heard Sevendust's song played during Wheel of Life's rehearsal, an excited Katsuma asked RxYxO, "Don't tell me you're a fan of Sevendust as well!?" Thereafter, each time they interacted, they wanted to form a new band together. RxYxO was originally doing the vocals, but turned bassist because of Coldrain. The band gained their first followers from performing as a local band in their home-town while distributing demo discs after each performance.