The Enemy Inside (Coldrain album)

The Enemy Inside is the second studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Innig Recording Hostelry in Fujisawa, Japan, which was self-produced by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi, it was released on February 16, 2011, by VAP.^[2][3]

The Enemy Inside
Studio album by Coldrain
Released	February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16)
Recorded	September – November 2010
Studio	Innig Recording Hostelry (Fujisawa, Japan)
Genre	Post-hardcore punk rock alternative rock alternative metal screamo
Length	37:03
Label	VAP
Producer	Masato Hayakawa Ryo Yokochi [1]
Coldrain chronology
Nothing Lasts Forever (2010) The Enemy Inside (2011) Three Days of Adrenaline (2011)
Singles from The Enemy Inside
"To Be Alive" Released: February 2, 2011 "Rescue Me" Released: March 10, 2011

The Enemy Inside was exclusively released in Japan, along with their debut studio outing Final Destination, which was released two years prior. The Enemy Inside debuted at number 21 on the Oricon Albums Chart, charting for the following 5 weeks before dropping out of the charts completely.

The album would spawn singles such as the lead single, "To Be Alive", which would be released at the start of February, two weeks preceding the release of The Enemy Inside. "Rescue Me", the second and last single on the album was released on the 10th of the following month.

This would become the first release by the band to feature a different vocalist on one of their tracks for the first time. Manabu Taniguchi, known by his stage name Mah from Japanese ska-punk band SiM, would feature on "The Maze" on the record which would track a little over 37 minutes.

Musical style

The Enemy Inside has been stylistically described as being post-hardcore, punk rock, alternative rock, alternative metal and screamo.^[4][5][6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"To Be Alive"		3:19
2.	"New Fate"	Masato Hayakawa Kazuya Sugiyama	3:09
3.	"Rescue Me"		3:29
4.	"Adrenaline"		3:30
5.	"You"		4:32
6.	"The Maze" (featuring Mah of SiM)		3:24
7.	"Rise and Fall"	Hayakawa	3:26
8.	"Confession"	Hayakawa Sugiyama	4:17
9.	"A Tragic Instinct"		3:38
10.	"Hollow"	Hayakawa	4:19
Total length:			37:03

All lyrics are written by Masato Hayakawa; all music is composed by Masato Hayakawa and Ryo Yokochi, except where noted

Personnel

Credits retrieved from album's liner notes.^[7]

Coldrain Masato David Hayakawa (マサト, Masato) – lead vocals, producer Ryo Yokochi (ヨコチ, Y.K.C.) – lead guitar, producer Kazuya Sugiyama (スギ, Sugi) – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Ryo Shimizu (リョウ, RxYxO) – bass guitar, backing vocals Katsuma Minatani (カツマ, Katsuma) – drums Guest feature Manabu Taniguchi (まぁ, Mah) of SiM – guest vocals on "The Maze"

Additional personnel Satoshi Hosoi – recording engineer, mixing Yoichi Imaizumi – assistant engineer Hiromichi Takiguchi – mastering (Parasight Mastering, Tokyo) Daichi Takahashi – instrument technician Jun Yamada – instrument technician

Charts

Charts (2011)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8]	21
Japanese Albums (Billboard)[9]	22

References

1. "Coldrain biography". Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. "COLDRAIN — THE ENEMY INSIDE". Metal Music Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
3. Muraoka, Shunsuke (17 March 2011). "Coldrain 『The Enemy Inside』". Tower Records. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
4. "COLDRAIN "The Enemy Inside"". Zona Zero. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
5. "The Enemy Inside - Coldrain". Herb Music. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
6. "Coldrain –The Revelation [CD]". TPL Records. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
7. The Enemy Inside (booklet). VAP. 2011.
8. "coldrain" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
9. "Top Albums Sales [2011/02/23]" (in Japanese). Billboard. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

External links

• The Enemy Inside at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Enemy Inside at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• The Enemy Inside at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)