CROSSFAITH RETURN WITH VIDEO FOR “GIMME DANGER” FEAT. ralph
Japanese genre-blenders Crossfaith channel rock, metal, rap, and grime on their new single”Gimme Danger” (Feat. ralph), out today via UNFD.
Watch the video here.
“We decided to write new music to heal people and boost their minds. We still can’t play live, but we can deliver new music to our fans and I’m pretty sure that is our role under these circumstances,” shares frontman Kenta Koie, adding that the vocal feature of grime-inspired local rapperralphbrought both an energy, intensity, and chemistry to the song.
“On ‘Gimme Danger,’ we welcome ralph, an upcoming rapper who has the essence of grime. We feel a real chemistry, and our fans can catch new feelings with it. Those moments where people have a new experience are more important than just making music — we want to achieve something which we haven’t figured out already, so our exploring will keep going.”
“Gimme Danger” also features an audio sample of the audience clapping during Crossfaith’s last headline tour in Japan. Meanwhile, its cover art by Gage Lindsten (pictured below) is this artist’s rendering of the Crossfaith character/icon SPECIES X, who was first introduced on the band’s 2015 album Xeno.
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ABOUT CROSSFAITH:
“Playing heavy music is how I feel alive,” says singer Kenta Koie. “We want Crossfaith to be the band making music that no one has ever heard before.” Crossfaith formed in 2006 and released their debut album The Artificial Theory for The Dramatic Beauty in 2009, followed by The Dream, The Space (2011), Apocalyze (2013), Xeno (2015), and Ex Machina (2018). Each release saw the band blend its love of punk rock, metal, and electronic music in daring new ways. “Good art is how I express myself to other people. It’s hard to talk from the bottom of my heart, that’s why I write these songs,” Koie says. In keeping with their progressive musical journey, 2020’s SPECIES EPsaw the band continue to push its sonic soundscape to new grounds.
When Koie was younger, he was drawn to heavy music because it was unlike anything he’d ever heard before. “I heard Slipknot’s ‘People=Shit’ and it changed my life. I didn’t know I had this anger inside me and it was the most inspirational moment for me. I wanted to be the one blowing minds.” At 12 years old, he had one big question that he wanted to answer. He grew up listening to Western music and could find it easily in all Japanese record stores, but he knew not many people listened to Japanese music in the west. He wanted to change that. “I had a dream to play my music outside of Japan,” Koie shares. “I wanted to be the Japanese band that was listened to by people all across the world. That dream came true but we’re not done yet.”
“You need bands who are leaders,” the singer says. “Especially in rock music. We focus on making new things and making new movement. That’s our role. We don’t want to be getting old. It’s so sad when you see your heroes starting to sound old, so we brush ourselves off everyday and always try to find a new way to make music. Exploring is very important.”
