The Revelation (Coldrain album)

The Revelation
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2013 (2013-04-17)
RecordedDecember 2012 – February 2013
StudioHouse of Loud (Elmwood Park, New Jersey, US)
Genre
Length35:40 (Japanese edition)
43:50 (international edition)
58:37 (Australian deluxe edition)
Label
ProducerDavid Bendeth[1]
Coldrain chronology
Through Clarity
(2012)
The Revelation
(2013)
Evolve
(2014)
Singles from The Revelation
  1. "The Revelation"
    Released: April 1, 2013
  2. "The War Is On"
    Released: July 25, 2013
  3. "Behind the Curtain"
    Released: January 15, 2014
  4. "Aware and Awake"
    Released: July 1, 2014
  5. "You Lie"
    Released: September 8, 2014
  6. "Evolve"
    Released: February 13, 2015
  7. "Time Bomb"
    Released: March 2, 2015

The Revelation is the third studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at House of Loud in Elmwood Park, New Jersey with producer David Bendeth. It was released on April 17, 2013 in Japan by VAP.[2][3]

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.[4][5][6] The album would later be released in Australia on August 8, 2014 by Sony Music.[7]

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 8.

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 End extended play, which was exclusively released in Japan. The lead single, being the title track "The Revelation" that was released just over two weeks before the album's release in 2013 on April 1. The second single "The War Is On" was released three months later, 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 serve as a departure from their earlier punk rock sound from Final Destination and The Enemy Inside, which instead got heavier and was more influenced from metalcore on the album that tracks a little over 43 minutes long.

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  6. ^ "Coldrain (Hopeless Records) announce new album; stream new song, "The War is On"". Alternative Press. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ Moskovitch, Greg (4 August 2014). "Soundwave 2015 Lineup: Coldrain". Music Feeds. Retrieved 7 March 2020.