Japanese genre-blenders CROSSFAITH have today released a brand new single “Slave of Chaos” “This is our message to the powers who try to control us,” says frontman Kenta Koie. “We have been strangled by your ego and we need to take back control! ‘Slave of Chaos’ mixes trap with hardcore punk and rock’s attitude, so it’s different from our last releases. But you’re going to find out about the new Crossfaith style as soon as you hear this song…”
“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 one 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 EP saw the band continue to push their own 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.”
Slave of Chaos lyrics:
Shockwave
Like an animal
Now it’s filled up
This is the new transmissionNo no no
There is no sane no pain no gain
It got me insane go check my brain
Inject to my vain
I’m becoming insane
I end your reign
And burn it becauseYour function is dead
Now now now
Gonna play game
No pray for fame
You call me insane
Don’t fuck my face
Don’t judge my fate
Don’t stop my brain
I end your game and burn it becauseYour function is dead
Shockwave
Like an animal
Now it’s filled up
This is the new transmissionSlave of chaos
Slave of chaos
Slave of chaosSlave of chaos
Get back to this law
Slave of chaos
No more fucking lies
Slave of chaos
We back with shockwave
Slave of chaos
New transmissionRight now
Gimme more gasoline
Right now
Pusha pusha
Right now
Don’t need hypocrisy
Right now
This is the place we liveOh we never taking it slow
We’re doing what we want
Don’t call my friends
I won’t fake myself like fake myself like you
You can’t suck on my blood
I kill the mosquitos
We bring another roll on the way to our goalI’m like nobody
Don’t need no bullshit you got it?
I’m like nobody
You’re never gonna be like “me”
I’m like nobody
Don’t need no bullshit you got it
I’m like nobody
You`ll never gonna kill meShockwave
Like an animal
Now it’s filled up
This is the new transmissionSlave of chaos
Slave of chaos
Slave of chaosSlave of chaos
Get back to this law
Slave of chaos
No more fucking lies
Slave of chaos
We back with shockwave
Slave of chaos
New transmissionRight now
Gimme more gasoline
Right now
Pusha pusha
Right now
Don’t need hypocrisy
Right now
This is the place we liveShow me how you survive
Just get what you want
Just do what you needShockwave
Like an animal
Now it’s filled up
This is the new transmissionSlave of chaos
Get back to this law
Slave of chaos
No more fucking lies
Slave of chaos
We back with shockwave
Slave of chaos
New transmissionSlave of chaos
Run or fight
Wrong or right
Dead or alive
Tonight
Decide it to myself
