Welcame (album)

{{album ratings

| rev1 = Louder Sound

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/rise-of-the-northstar-welcame|title=Rise Of The Northstar: Welcame|last=Lloyd|first=Garvin|magazine=Louder Sound|publisher=Future|date=November 11, 2014|accessdate=November 15, 2019}}

| rev2 = Metal.de

| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/rise-of-the-northstar-welcame-59079/|title=Rise Of The Northstar – Welcame|last=Deibler|first=Tamara|language=de|publisher=Metal.de|date=November 24, 2014|accessdate=November 17, 2019}}

| rev3 = Punknews.org

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13973/rise-of-the-northstar-welcame|title=Rise Of The Northstar – Welcame|author=Dan|website=Punknews.org|date=January 15, 2015|accessdate=November 15, 2019}}

| rev4 = Rock Hard

| rev4Score = 9/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/rise-of-the-northstar-welcame_41426.html|title=Rise Of The Northstar – Welcame|last=Schleutermann|first=Marcus|language=de|magazine=Rock Hard|date=September 13, 2014|accessdate=November 17, 2019}}

| rev5 = Rock Sound

| rev5Score = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/rise-of-the-northstar-welcame|title=Rise Of The Northstar – Welcame|magazine=Rock Sound|date=September 13, 2014|accessdate=November 15, 2019}}

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Punknews.org praised the first two tracks for displaying the band's mosh-core style and unironic delivery of Japanese pop culture, concluding that, "[I]f you are expecting a groundbreaking, genre-defining release, this is most certainly not it. If you are a fan of all things heavy and want something with a bit of a different spin on what you can bang your head to, then this might be your bag." Garvin Lloyd from Louder Sound commended the album for carrying a junk food quality to their hardcore musicianship and mixing it well with manga iconography, calling it "big, dumb fun at its finest." He concluded that, "While it may make some stomachs turn, the meaty riffs on offer here certainly give you something to get your teeth stuck into." Rock Sound was mixed on the "belligerent, Japanese pop culture-influenced hardcore" style after the first track but said that it will please its existing fanbase more than a casual audience.

{{tracklist

| total_length = 42:43

| all_lyrics = Vithia

| all_music = Rise of the Northstar, except where noted

| title1 = What the Fuck

| length1 = 5:45

| title2 = Welcame (Furyo State of Mind)

| length2 = 4:19

| title3 = The New Path

| length3 = 3:58

| title4 = Samurai Spirit

| length4 = 3:35

| title5 = Dressed All in Black

| length5 = 4:43

| title6 = Again and Again

| length6 = 4:31

| title7 = Tyson

| length7 = 3:01

| title8 = Bosozoku

| length8 = 3:44

| title9 = Simon Says (Cover Song)

| note9 = Monch Chichi

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = Authentic

| length10 = 2:44

| title11 = Blast 'Em All

| length11 = 4:00

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Adapted from the liner notes of Welcame.{{cite AV media notes|title=Welcame|others=Rise of the Northstar|year=2014|publisher=Nuclear Blast|type=booklet|id=27361 34452}}

;Rise of the Northstar

• Vithia – vocals
• Eva-B – lead guitar
• Air One – rhythm guitar
• Fabulous Fab – bass guitar
• Hokuto No Kev – drums

;Background vocals

• Pegaz
• Lucas
• Thibault
• Seb
• Julien
• Big Tom
• Marty
• Doom
• Soufiene
• ROTNS

;Production

• Zeuss – mixing, mastering

;Artwork

• Vithia – art direction, illustration and design
• Berzerker – photography

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