Critic Score
Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 52 ratings
2015 Ratings: #112
October 23, 2015 / Release Date
LP / Format
VAP, Hopeless / Label
Brandon PaddockProducer
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60
Kerrang!
If you like your music to sneak up on you occasionally, rather than just bash you over the head, you’ll want to get soaked by coldrain.
spaceashes
84

VENA by coldrain doesn't re-invent the wheel, however, I absolutely ADORE the execution on this album and a little bit of nostalgia is at play here too, with Gone being one of the first Metal songs I had ever heard.
The production isn't as stale as most modern metalcore albums, the vocalist has a great voice, both clean and unclean, and the choruses are grand and some get stuck in your head.
However, the instrumentation for the most part isn't all-too remarkable. It does the job yes, but it's ... read more

trailerl
75

The melodies are really addicting on this project.

DomVen4433
97

The start of coldrain's modern sound, Masato sounds amazing here, the instrumentals are great, and the production is the best it's been up to this point. Not a single song on here is a skip, even the short title track intro, and songs like Gone, Whole, Runaway, and Fire In the Sky have me wanting to sing along.

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Track List

1Vena
0:58
88
2Wrong
3:32
92
3Divine
3:36
91
4Gone
4:12
93
5Words of the Youth
3:31
98
6The Story
4:09
99
7Whole
3:45
100
8Runaway
3:46
95
9Pretty Little Liar
3:46
94
10Heart of the Young
3:48
100
11Fire In the Sky
3:24
95
Total Length: 38 minutes
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