The Side Effects (album)

The Side Effects
Studio album by
Coldrain
ReleasedAugust 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)
RecordedJanuary 30, 2019 – February 28, 2019[1][2]
StudioStudio Barbarosa (Orlando, Florida, US)[3]
Genre
Length46:24
LabelWarner Music Japan
ProducerMichael Baskette
Coldrain chronology
20180206 Live at Budokan
(2018) 		The Side Effects
(2019) 		Live & Backstage at Blare Fest. 2020
(2020)
Singles from The Side Effects
  1. "Revolution"
    Released: December 12, 2018
  2. "Coexist"
    Released: July 4, 2019
  3. "January 1st"
    Released: August 8, 2019
  4. "The Side Effects"
    Released: August 27, 2019
  5. "Mayday"
    Released: November 2, 2019
  6. "See You"
    Released: January 17, 2020
  7. "Speak"
    Released: March 21, 2020

The Side Effects (stylised in all caps) is the sixth studio album by Japanese rock band Coldrain. Recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Orlando, Florida with producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette (who previously produced the band's 2017 predecessor Fateless), it was released on August 28, 2019 by Warner Music Japan.[4][5]

The Side Effects is the second Coldrain album to be released by Warner Music Japan, the first being Fateless. This would be the follow-up to 2017's Fateless and the last album by the band to be released in the 2010s. It would be their lowest charted album on the Oricon Albums Chart since the release of The Enemy Inside, which debuted and peaked at number 21, for which The Side Effects would just barely scrape into the top ten at number 10. The Revelation, Vena and Fateless fairing much better at number 7, 9 and 8 respectively. However, The Side Effects would fare much better on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, as it would debut and peak at number 8, selling over 8,600 copies in its first week.

The album would produce seven singles, four of which were released before the release of The Side Effects. "Revolution" being the only one to be released the year prior to the release of The Side Effects, which first got showcased in September 2018 as the main theme for Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs 2, but not being released as a single until December 2018.[6] "Coexist", "January 1st" and the title track "The Side Effects" all being released in 2019 and before the release date of The Side Effects. "Coexist" would be unveiled in July 2019, with both "January 1st" and "The Side Effects" being released the following month in August, the title track being released the day before the release of the album. The Side Effects currently has three singles released since the release of the album. "Mayday" on November 2, the last single to be released by the band in the 2010s. The track would feature Ryo Kinoshita from Japanese metalcore band Crystal Lake, of which would also be featured as the second opening theme for the popular anime, Fire Force.[7] "See You" and "Speak" would be released during the new decade. "See You" was released on January 17, while "Speak", the final single from the record, which was released on March 21, 2020.

The Side Effects features a more experimental sound which incorporates vocal elements of rapping and electronica backgrounds, which is heard in songs like "Revolution", "The Side Effects", "Speak" and "Coexist" of which is typically heard in the metal subgenre nu metal.

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