The Revelation is the third studio album by Japanese rock bandColdrain. Recorded at House of Loud in Elmwood Park, New Jersey with producerDavid Bendeth. It was released on April 17, 2013 in Japan by VAP. The album would also later be released by Hopeless Records on June 23, 2014 in Europe and on June 24, 2014 in North America as a reissue upon being signed internationally for the first time, making The Revelation their first album to be released worldwide. The album would later be released in Australia on August 8, 2014 by Sony Music. The Revelation is the first Coldrain album to be released worldwide by Hopeless Records, and the only album to be released in Australia as a deluxe by Sony Music. It is the third album to be released in Japan by VAP. This would be the followup to 2011's The Enemy Inside, which was the last album to be exclusively released in Japan, and the predecessor to 2015s Vena. The Revelation would be their highest charting album to date on the Oricon Albums Chart, debuting and peaking at number 7, selling over 10,000 copies in its first week. Their other albums peaking in the top 10 did not fare as well, Fateless came the closest, peaking at number 7. The album would produce four different singles from its original Japanese track listing, with the other three released from the international edition, that would be from their 2014 Until the Endextended play, which was exclusively released in Japan. The lead single, being the title track "The Revelation" was released on the same day as the album's release in 2013. The second single "The War is On" was released the following month, while the third single "Behind the Curtain" was released in January of the following year, the last single to be released prior to their debut international release. "Aware and Awake" was released after the international release in July 2014, and was borrowed from Until the End to be placed on the international edition as well as four other tracks. "House of Cards" being the only not released on the international release, but later released as a part of the Australian deluxe. "You Lie" was later released in September, being the second single released in the new international era. The seventh and final single, "Time Bomb" was released in March 2015. The Revelation would be a departure from their earlier post-hardcore and punk rock sound from Final Destination and The Enemy Inside, which instead got heavier and swayed into more of an alternative metal sound, while still retaining some post hardcore elements, while also dabbling into the heavier style metalcore at points on this record that tracks a little over 43 minutes long.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Masato Hayakawa, all music composed by Ryo Yokochi, except where noted. ;Japanese edition
Personnel
Credits retrieved from album's liner notes. Coldrain
