Four years in the making and the five piece from Nagoya, Japan are back with their eighth album, OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE. COLDRAIN have made their mark globally with their own multi genre metal centric sound. Their lineup has remained unchanged since they started the band in 2007, made up of Masato (vocals), Y.K.C (guitars), Sugi (guitars), RxYxO (bass) and Katsuma (drums). Just under a year ago, COLDRAIN released their EP OPTIMIZE which was a five track taster of their latest u

If Japan can do something spectacularly, it is with no doubt rock music. And who is a better representative of this ever-evolving genre than the infamous coldrain ? Hailing from Nagoya, the band, currently featuring MASATO DAVID HAYAKAWA (vocals), RYO YOKOCHI (lead guitars, piano, keyboards), KAZUYA SUGIYAMA (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), RYO SHIMIZU (bass, backing vocals) and KATSUMA MINATANI (drums, percussion), was founded in 2007, and since then achieved many recog