Alt-metal quintet coldrain (Nagoya, Japan) make their global return with their long awaited eighth full-length album “OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE”, set for release on September 25th, 2026, via Century Media Records. The album announcement is paired with the release of their new single “EX-HUMANITY,” which marks the sixth track unveiled from the upcoming album and the band’s first new song since the release of the “OPTIMIZE” EP on October 24th, 2025. The EP includes the band’s prior single releases “INCOMPLETE”, “CHASING SHADOWS”, and “FREE FALL”, all of which will also be featured on the forthcoming album.
PRE-SAVE/BUY THE NEW ALBUM HERE: https://coldrainband.lnk.to/OPTIMIZEOPTDEMISENE
Stream the single: https://coldrainband.lnk.to/EX-HUMANITY-SingleNE
Singer Masato shares about the upcoming album: ”EX-HUMANITY is a song built on contrast. Musically, it’s energetic, powerful and alive. Lyrically, it’s intentionally simple, static and full of despair. That contrast reflects the tension between what it means to be human and what we could become if we lose the things that make us who we are. Is this song a cry for hope or a requiem for humanity. My hope is it will not be the latter.”
coldrain LIVE
coldrain announced their “OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE JAPAN TOUR” last month, which will be happening from October to December 2026. Additionally, the band has been confirmed as one of the support acts for Electric Callboy’s “TANZNEID WORLD TOUR” tour in Australia for September 2026, alongside Ice Nine Kills. The band will also play at various festivals across Japan this summer.
All dates and further info here: https://coldrain.jp/blogs/live
“TANZNEID WORLD TOUR” w/ Electric Callboy & Ice Nine Killls –
04.09.2026 – Australia, Perth: RAC Arena
06.09.2026 – Australia, Adelaide: Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena
08.09.2026 – Australia, Melbourne: Rod Laver Arena
10.09.2026 – Australia, Sydney: Qudos Bank Arena
12.09.2026 – Australia, Brisbane: Riverstage
OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE JAPAN TOUR 2026 –
06.10.2026 – Japan, Kawasaki: CLUB CITTA’
10.10.2026 – Japan, Hiroshima: BLUE LIVE HIROSHIMA
17.10.2026 – Japan, Fukuoka: UNITED LAB
21.10.2026 – Japan, Sapporo: PENNY LANE24
22.10.2026 – Japan, Sapporo: PENNY LANE24
01.11.2026 – Japan, Kanazawa: EIGHT HALL
03.11.2026 – Japan, Niigata: NIIGATA LOTS
29.11.2026 – Japan, Sendai: SENDAI GIGS
01.12.2026 – Japan, Osaka: NAMBA HATCH
02.12.2026 – Japan, Nagoya: COMTEC PORTBASE
09.12.2026 – Japan, Tokyo: TOYOSU PIT
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