# coldrain Announce New Album ‘OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/coldrain-announce-new-album-optimize-optdemise/
- Published: 2026-07-20T09:46:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-20T23:50:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Sound
- Original article: https://rocksound.tv/news/coldrain-announce-new-album-optimize-optdemise
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- coldrain announce new album 'OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE', out 25 September
- First full-length since 2022's 'Nonnegative', via Century Media Records
- New single 'EX-HUMANITY' released; album features Bert McCracken and Kenta Koie

## Summary

Japanese metalcore band coldrain have announced their new album 'OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE', their first full-length release since 2022's 'Nonnegative'. The record is due out on 25 September via Century Media Records and has been teased with the release of a new track.

The 12-track album includes the songs 'OPTIMIZE', 'CHASING SHADOWS' and 'INCOMPLETE', with guest features from The Used's Bert McCracken on 'POISON' and Crossfaith's Kenta Koie on 'SAVIOR'. The newly released single 'EX-HUMANITY' has been described by frontman Masato as a track built on contrast, pairing energetic, powerful instrumentation with sparse, despairing lyrics that explore what it means to remain human.

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