The Revelation (Coldrain album)

Following the release of the Through Clarity extended play in 2012, the band would go into the studio with David Bendeth once again to record the followup to The Enemy Inside in December 2012.[8] The band would end up doing an exclusive acoustic Christmas performance of "Carry On" in the studio to showcase the progress of the new record.[9] On 15 March 2013, the band announced on their social media platforms that they would release the newly titled The Revelation on 17 April, and would release the first single once they had achieved 5000 retweets on the announcement post.[10] The title track "The Revelation" would be released as the first and lead-single from the record on the 1st of April.[11]

Upon the band signing with Hopeless Records in April 2014, the band announced that they would re-release The Revelation with an international reissue that would be released on the 23rd and 24 June later that year in Europe and North America.[12]

The album has been described by critics as post-hardcore,[13] metalcore,[14][7] alternative metal,[13] alternative rock,[15] hard rock,[16] and pop punk.[17][7]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Sound	[18]
Ultimate Guitar	8.3/10[19]
Metal.de	4/10[20]
AvoMagazine	85/100[21]
Aux Portes De Metal	14/20[13]
Twilight Magazine	12/15[22]

The debut worldwide studio album, The Revelation, received a polarised response from critics as a whole. The positive reviews were very favourable, however the release received an amount of negative reviews as well.

The main praises for The Revelation consisted of the melodies and clean vocals by frontman Masato Hayakawa. Max Barrett of Rock Sound, who rated the album a 6/10, noted that: "With the quality to fuse a mature, melodic approach with their ear for a clean and catchy chorus ("Given Up On You"), the Nagoya-based quintet make it virtually impossible to simply sit still and listen. Chuck in the more venomous, metalcore-esque sections (the title track), not to mention the odd ripping solo ("Time Bomb"), and there’s enough variation here to formally introduce Coldrain to the world."[18] This point was reiterated by Kersten Lison of Twilight Magazine, "The metalcore is extremely dynamic and energetic. In addition, it can convince with a pleasant note of melodic, which is extremely catchy and catchy, but without drifting into the arbitrary. This gives the sound an enormous lightness despite the genre-typical hardness, which is otherwise very rarely heard in this form ("Behind The Curtain"). Just the right thing for the summer. Almost like a pleasantly cooling summer rain."[22]

Many of the songs were strongly praised by DJ Robintje who wrote for Avo-Magazine, who would comment on the anthem like sing-a-long "The War is On". ""The War Is On" begins with a gentle, relatively short intro. This is followed up by singing which begins slowly and then introduces soft grunts. The alternation between the vocals and the grunting has a pleasant balance. Drums and guitar are clearly present, with a strong and compelling rhythm. Despite the rather dark vocals you will immediately be in the mood to join in, which makes me want to scream along with the chorus. Certainly a song that will catch on during live performances." They would then also go on to praise the highly diverse "Time Bomb", "Time for the fifth song named "Time Bomb". This track begins with a guitar intro and some solid bass lines. The vocalist sounds more dynamic and aggressive than before, which is supported by reverbs during the rush part. The guitar plays a very important role in this track which is complemented by a very nice beat. The guitar solo later in the song is fantastic! A song with a lot of variety, which still forms a beautiful whole."[21]

However, on a more negative review, Rasmus Peters of Metal.de would highly criticise the lack of originality on the record as a whole. "Lyrically on the paths of Bullet for My Valentine, but without getting to the choruses or kindness sits or kindness that they have or had without any doubt. Even Linkin Park, when they were still being worshipped on every conventional schoolyard, are a long way off for Coldrain. It simply lacks every spark of originality, no small of it. It doesn't help that the song material itself is solidly arranged and produced."[20]

All lyrics written by Masato Hayakawa, all music composed by Ryo Yokochi, except where noted.

Japanese edition

Credits retrieved from album's liner notes.[8]

• The Revelation at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Revelation at MusicBrainz (list of releases)