Until Soundwave made the announcement that Coldrain were the first band to feature on the Soundwave 2015 line up, only the die hard Japanese Metalcore followers would have heard of them. After researching them over the last couple of days and having the opportunity to talk to lead vocalist Masato, it blows that they haven’t hit our shores sooner, but it’s fantastic that they are now!
The band formed in 2007 in Nagoya, Japan and threw themselves head first into making a name for themselves, starting out with handing out demo discs after each local show and climbing from there. They are no strangers to hard work and absolutely love what they do, releasing either an album or EP each year since their formation.
It wasn’t until signing with Raw Power Management at the end of last year that the band scored the opportunity to come Down Under, something that – although they have been waiting for years to do – the strength and sound they have right now is the one they want to bring across.
“I think it’s a good thing that we get to start over again fresh. We still have that 7 years to back us up so while its always good to be a rookie, to be there with the strength we have right now is great and we’ll never have that fresh feeling in the band here in Japan again. All around it’s a really good feeling.”
So when I asked Masato what folks could expect from Coldrain’s live performance, here is what he told me…
“We are all for the energy, all for anything anyone wants to do. We put in a circle pit, mosh pit, crowd surfing. Most important is all the singing. If everyone can hear our stuff, learn some words and sing along, its definitely gonna be a great time and we hope we get that exposure before we get there so everyone can sing with us.”
This is the band that managed to get a circle pit around the PA tent! Who wouldn’t want to see that?!
The band formed in 2007 in Nagoya, Japan and threw themselves head first into making a name for themselves, starting out with handing out demo discs after each local show and climbing from there. They are no strangers to hard work and absolutely love what they do, releasing either an album or EP each year since their formation.
It wasn’t until signing with Raw Power Management at the end of last year that the band scored the opportunity to come Down Under, something that – although they have been waiting for years to do – the strength and sound they have right now is the one they want to bring across.
“I think it’s a good thing that we get to start over again fresh. We still have that 7 years to back us up so while its always good to be a rookie, to be there with the strength we have right now is great and we’ll never have that fresh feeling in the band here in Japan again. All around it’s a really good feeling.”
So when I asked Masato what folks could expect from Coldrain’s live performance, here is what he told me…
“We are all for the energy, all for anything anyone wants to do. We put in a circle pit, mosh pit, crowd surfing. Most important is all the singing. If everyone can hear our stuff, learn some words and sing along, its definitely gonna be a great time and we hope we get that exposure before we get there so everyone can sing with us.”
This is the band that managed to get a circle pit around the PA tent! Who wouldn’t want to see that?!
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