page_title: Coldrain
section_title: 2019–present: The Side Effects
hierarchical_section_title: Coldrain / History / 2019–present: The Side Effects
caption_attribution_description: English: An image of the Japanese rock band Coldrain performing at Download Festival in the United Kingdom in June 2019
context_page_description: Coldrain is a Japanese rock band from Nagoya, Japan, formed in 2007. The band mixes melodic singing with screams typical of the post-hardcore genre. Although the band is Japanese, all their songs are written in English. The lineup consists of lead vocalist Masato Hayakawa, guitarists Ryo Yokochi and Kazuya Sugiyama, bassist Ryo Shimizu and drummer Katsuma Minatani.
  Masato Hayakawa has a Japanese father and an American mother and speaks both Japanese and English. The band's first two albums, Final Destination and The Enemy Inside, were both released exclusively in their home country of Japan. The group made their worldwide debut in 2014 with the reissue of The Revelation, which was previously released in 2013 under the label VAP, with the worldwide edition being released under Hopeless Records and Sony Music.
  Coldrain would later release Vena and Fateless. Their sixth studio album The Side Effects was released on August 28, 2019. They are best known for their songs "Gone", "Mayday", "Coexist", "Die Tomorrow", "No Escape", "The Revelation", "Envy" and "Feed the Fire".
context_section_description: On 31 March 2019, Coldrain announced a new One Man Tour, which would be the subsequent headline show for the newly titled album called The Side Effects. The September tour would include 11 shows at 10 venues across Japan.
  Coldrain would also then go onto a European tour in June 2019 to promote their upcoming record by playing the first single "Revolution" at all their shows, including major festivals such as Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, finishing off at the highly acclaimed Download Festival where they played on the Dogtooth Stage.
  On 16 May 2019, a teaser for The Side Effects was released on all social media accounts which used the song "Coexist" which was eventually released in its entirety as a single on July 4 alongside a music video to complement its release which stacked up more than 345K+ views in just 3 weeks, which makes it the fastest-growing music video they have ever released. On the same day, the release date was also announced and slated for release on August 28, 2019. The first album to not be released in October, since the release of The Revelation back in 2013 and 2014 internationally. The limited-edition included a documentary on the process of making the album along with some merchandise.
  In August, to continue hyping the release of the forthcoming album. They released music videos for "January 1st" and "The Side Effects", on August 8 and 27 respectively, which came out to huge success. Hayakawa had specifically asked for "January 1st" to get a music video because it was deeply personal to him, a ballad for the band which typically wouldn't become a single for an album produced by the band. The latter being the title track was used to commemorate the release of The Side Effects. Another song called "Mayday", featuring Ryo Kinoshita from Crystal Lake, was also used as the opening theme for the anime Fire Force. This would also get a music video on November 2, coinciding with the debut of the song as Fire Force's intro theme, also being the last single released by the band in the 2010s.
  In the same month, Coldrain would later announce that their own annually hosted concert "BLAREDOWN BARRIERS" would be turned into a festival and renamed to "Blare Fest". Blare Fest would take place at Port Messe in Nagoya. The 2020 edition of the newly formed festival would announce bands such as One Ok Rock, We Came as Romans, Fever 333, The Word Alive, Volumes, Crossfaith and Crystal Lake, as well as many more, who would all play on two separate days with Coldrain headlining both days on February 1 and 2.
  The band would release two new music videos for The Side Effects. "See You" on January 17, 2020 and "Speak" on March 21, 2020.
  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Coldrain was forced to cancel or postpone many gigs. As a result, they released all three of their live DVDs on YouTube for free for a limited amount of time to help entertain their fans during lockdown, including Three Days of Adrenaline, Evolve and 20180206 Live at Budokan, along with the music video for "Speak".
caption: Coldrain performing live at Download Festival 2019
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