Through Clarity

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Rock Sound

| rev1Score = 8/10 {{Cite web|website=Rock Sound|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/coldrain-through-clarity|title=Coldrain – Through Clarity|date=22 February 2014|accessdate=7 March 2020}}

| rev2 = Contact Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{Cite web|website=ContactMusic|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/music/coldrain-through-clarity-mini|title=Coldrain - Through Clarity Mini-album Review|date=28 January 2014|last=Mack|first=Nathan|accessdate=1 April 2020}}

| rev3 = Dead Press!

| rev3Score = 7/10 {{Cite web|website=DeadPress|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/ep-coldrain-through-clarity/|title=EP: coldrain - Through Clarity|date=27 January 2014|last=Spencer|first=Greg|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}

| rev4 = Hit The Floor

| rev4Score = 6/10 {{Cite web|website=HitTheFloor|url=https://www.hitthefloor.com/reviews/review-coldrain-through-clarity-ep/|title=Review: Coldrain - THROUGH CLARITY (EP)|date=3 February 2014|last=Borucki|first=Matt|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}

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The EP received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Greg Spencer of Dead Press! praised the opener, "No Escape", for its pacing and energy. "Through Clarity begins with "No Escape", which is a rip roaring beast of a track. Its frenetic pacing and unstoppable energy combined with a catchy chorus make for a fantastic beginning to the EP. It isn't the heaviest of songs, but that actually works in the band's favour as frontman Masato has a really melodic presence as a vocalist and he carries the track forward with his vocals which range from heavy screams to Jason Butler style softer intonations." He criticised the following two tracks, "Persona" and "The Future". "The next two tracks, "Persona" and "The Future", unfortunately dredge the band into a more corny and slightly lackadaisical phase of the EP. Both tracks just feel slightly forced, the latter especially feels ultra fatuous and lacks any real emotion or genuine spark. Instead, it actually seems like one of the most generic songs you could possibly hear on a rock album."

These criticisms are shot down by Nathan Mack of Contact Music, who labelled all of the tracks as 'outstanding'. He wrote, "A personal favourite on this mini-album would be "Never Look Away". Beginning with delicate vocals and a soft intricate riff, it lulls us into a false feeling that we're soon to be given a break from with the subsequent torrential onslaught. Yet, the track rises in volume and intensity before reaching a crescendo with the first chorus, retaining momentum until the very end."

While generally praised by Rock Sound, it slammed the lyrics of frontman Masato Hayakawa. Leading it as the main problem with Through Clarity. "Sure, the lyrics are a bit crap (such is the problem with language barriers in heavy music), but if you can overlook that, Coldrain have enough ideas and intricacies on Through Clarity to really start something big."

Matt Borucki of Hit the Floor, compared the sound on the EP to that of a metalcore titanic band. "From the moment "No Escape" kicks in, it screams of early Bullet for My Valentine. In fact, so does much of the album."

{{tracklist

| all_lyrics = Masato Hayakawa

| all_music = Masato Hayakwa and Ryo Yokochi,{{cite web|publisher=Tower Records Japan|url=https://tower.jp/item/3102592/THROUGH-CLARITY#productContent|title=Coldrain – Through Clarity|language=ja|date=4 July 2012|accessdate=7 March 2020}} except where noted

| title1 = No Escape

| length1 = 3:08

| title2 = Persona

| length2 = 3:21

| writer2 = Masato Hayakawa

| title3 = The Future

| length3 = 3:30

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hayakawa|Kazuya Sugiyama}}

| title4 = Six Feet Under

| length4 = 3:39

| title5 = Never Look Away

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Inside of Me

| length6 = 4:06

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hayakawa|Sugiyama}}

| total_length = 21:25

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• {{nihongo|Masato David Hayakawa|マサト|Masato}} – lead vocals
• {{nihongo|Ryo Yokochi|ヨコチ|Y.K.C.}} – lead guitar
• {{nihongo|Kazuya Sugiyama|スギ|Sugi}} – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• {{nihongo|Ryo Shimizu|リョウ|RxYxO}} – bass guitar, backing vocals
• {{nihongo|Katsuma Minatani|カツマ|Katsuma}} – drums

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• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQgz3Sb2AmtlN0cec9kYstHhWhC-0pjgk Through Clarity] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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Category:2012 EPs

Category:Coldrain EPs

Category:Post-hardcore EPs

Category:Albums produced by David Bendeth