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Crystal Lake (band)

January 01, 1970

Crystal Lake is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo, formed in 2002. The band comprises vocalist John Robert Centorrino, guitarists Yudai Miyamoto and Hisatsugu Taji, bassist Mitsuru, and drummer Gaku Taura, who is a former member of Nocturnal Bloodlust. After Shinya Hori's departure, Miyamoto is the only member of the original line-up who remains in the band. Crystal Lake have released five studio albums. Their latest studio album, Helix, was released on 28 November 2018.

Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake performing at Full Force in 2019
Background information
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active2002–present
Labels
Members
  • Yudai "YD" Miyamoto
  • Gaku Taura
  • Mitsuru
  • Hisatsugu "TJ" Taji
  • John Robert Centorrino
Past members
  • Seiji Nagasawa
  • Kentaro Nishimura
  • Yusuke Ishihara
  • Yasuyuki Kotaka
  • Teruki Takahashi
  • Shinya Hori
  • Ryo Kinoshita
Websitecrystallake.jp

History edit

Formation and first releases (2002–2005) edit

Crystal Lake was formed in 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. Their first demo, Freewill, was released in February in time for the show in Korea which they were invited to by GMC Records. The second demo, One Word Changes Everything, came out in July, and a self-released four-track EP, also entitled Freewill was released in September with 1000 copies made and sold. In September 2003, Crystal Lake played five shows in Japan with Australian band Day of Contempt.

From March to June 2004, they toured with Loyal to the Grave and Extinguish the Fire. Following the end of the tour, the bands released a split album titled Blood of Judas on CD and DVD.

On 29 April 2005, the band released their second split album with Risen and Unboy titled 3 Way Split. They also toured in Malaysia.[1]

Dimension and Taste of Chaos 2007 (2006–2007) edit

In February 2006, they performed at Independence D. On 5 July 2006, the band released their first studio album titled Dimension through Imperium Recordings. After the release of the album, they went on "Dimension Tour" in Japan.[2]

In February 2007, they performed at Metal Presentation with Australian band I Killed the Prom Queen and Hatebreed on "Hatebreed Japan Tour" in March.[3][4] In November 2007, they played on Rockstar's "Taste of Chaos" in Japan.[5]

Third split album and Taste of Chaos 2008 (2008–2009) edit

In May 2008, they released their third split album on CD with the Japanese punk band Cleave.[6] In November 2008, they performed again at Rockstar's "Taste of Chaos" in Japan.[7]

In January 2009, they toured in Japan with Parkway Drive and Shai Hulud.[8][9]

Into the Great Beyond and Nishimura's departure (2010–2011) edit

On 27 May 2010, Crystal Lake released free download demo Endeavor on their MySpace page.[10] Crystal Lake also announced through MySpace, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube a new music video "Twisted Fate" from their upcoming second studio album titled Into the Great Beyond. On 11 June 2011, the founding vocalist Kentaro Nishimura left the band.

Line-up change and Cubes (2012–2015) edit

On 24 March 2012, the original drummer Yusuke Ishihara left the band. On 3 July, they announced their new vocalist Ryo Kinoshita on their Facebook page with a statement: "Today, we are pleased to announce the newest addition to the Crystal Lake Family, please give a warm welcome the new vocalist Ryo."[11] The next day, the band announced that Gaku Taura will be their support on drums. They also announced that they were going to release a new single in summer.[12] On 5 September, they released two new singles "The Fire Inside" and "Overcome" which was mixed and mastered by Brian Hood at 456 Recordings.

From 26 January to 1 February 2013, they toured with As Blood Runs Black and Confession. In May 2013, they toured with The Ghost Inside and Continents. After that they shared the stage with Emmure and they toured across Japan on the Sumerian Tour 2013 with Born of Osiris, Upon a Burning Body and Her Name in Blood. Later in 2013, the band went on a supporting tours for Coldrain, Her Name in Blood, Crossfaith, Before My Life Fails, SiM, and Totalfat.

On 9 February 2014, they played at the Scream Out Fest 2014 with The Devil Wears Prada, Periphery, The Word Alive, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Her Name in Blood at Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo. On 12 April, they played on the Monster Energy Outburn Tour 2014 with Coldrain, Crossfaith, and Miss May I in Sapporo.

Later in 2014, the band announced that their first EP titled Cubes via YouTube page, is set to release on 6 August 2014.[13] A music video for the new song "Ups & Downs" was released on 28 July. On 4 August, a music video was released for their cover of Limp Bizkit's song "Rollin'". On 6 August, they released the new EP Cubes via Cube Records. Cubes debuted at No. 5 on the Oricon (Japanese music chart) indie weekly album chart, at No. 45 on the weekly album chart and at No. 27 on the daily album chart.

On 8 August, they headlined the "True North Project Tour", with support from Infection, Prompts, Sailing Before the Wind, Scarface, and Shark Ethic. They toured on the Crossfaith's "ACROSS THE FUTURE Tour" with We Came as Romans and While She Sleeps in September.[14] On 25 October, they started their headlining tour "Cubes Tour" 2014. On 15 November, they performed at the Knotfest Japan 2014.[15]

On 3 August 2015, it was announced that bassist Yasuyuki Kotaka had decided to leave the band due to his illness.

Signing to Artery Recordings, The Sign and True North (2015–2017) edit

On 7 September 2015, Crystal Lake announced they had signed to Artery Recordings in the U.S. and JPU Records in the UK and Europe and would be releasing their following third studio album The Sign on 7 October 2015 through these labels. On 30 November 2016, Crystal Lake released their fourth studio album True North. They later released two new singles, "Apollo" and "Machina" in 2017.

Signing to SharpTone Records and Helix (2018–2019) edit

Crystal Lake released the single and accompanying video for "The Circle" on 6 August 2018. The three-track release for The Circle was released on 8 August.[16]

On 28 November, SharpTone Records announced that they had signed Crystal Lake to the label. The band released a new single and accompanying video for the song "Aeon".[17] On the same day, the band released their fifth studio album, Helix, exclusively in Japan with an international release following in 2019. In 2019, Crystal Lake will support August Burns Red, Miss May I, and Fit for a King on "The Dangerous Tour" in North America. In March, the group went on Adept's Russian Tour as a warm up. They also headlined the 2019 "Never Say Die Tour" with In Hearts Wake, King, Our Hollow Our Home, Polar, Alpha Wolf, and Great American Ghost.

The Voyages and departures of Kinoshita and Hori (2020–present) edit

On 8 July 2020, the band released a brand new single titled "Watch Me Burn" and its corresponding music video. On 9 July, a day after the new release, the band announced that the founding rhythm guitarist Shinya Hori would be taking a hiatus for personal reasons.[18]

On 3 August, the band re-released their song "Into the Great Beyond" from their second studio album of the same name alongside an accompanying music video. At the same time, the band announced that an album consisting of re-recorded material from their Kentaro Nishimura era, titled The Voyages, which released on 5 August 2020, while also revealing the album cover and the track list.[19] On 21 November, the band officially announced that Hori's hiatus would become a permanent departure due to "personal reasons".[20]

In July 2021, the band released the single "Curse", accompanied by an official music video for the song, uploaded onto their YouTube channel. Along with the music video, it was announced that touring members Gaku Taura, and Mitsuru were made official members of the band. Along with the addition of a new rhythm guitarist, Hisatsugu "TJ" Taji.[21] On 28 September 2022, Ryo Kinoshita announced that he left the band revealing that he has been dealing with an illness known as adjustment disorder that has made it difficult for him to continue with the group. The illness afflicted Kinoshita over the past five years which made him the decision to step away from the group.[22] On 11 March 2023, Crystal Lake announced that they have recruited John Robert Centorrino formerly of The Last Ten Seconds of Life as their new full-time vocalist.[23][24] On 23 June, the band unveiled another single "Rebirth" and its corresponding music video.[25]

Musical style edit

Crystal Lake's musical style has been described as metalcore,[26][27][28] progressive metal,[27][29][30] nu metal,[31][32][33] and deathcore.[34][35].

Ryo Kinoshita cites death and black metal bands like Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Entombed, Dismember, Mayhem, Darkthrone, nu-metal bands and screamo like Stray From The Path as well as japanese bands like Shadows, The Bonez, VVorld or Palm. Other members cited new school hardcore bands like Shai Hulud, Earth Crisis, Hatebreed and some new music like The Ghost Inside or Parkway Drive as influences[36].

Members edit

Timeline

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon
[37] 		JPN
Billboard
Dimension
  • Released: 5 July 2006
  • Label: Imperium Recordings
  • Format: CD
 — —
Into the Great Beyond
  • Released: 3 November 2010
  • Label: Imperium Recordings
  • Format: CD
 — —
The Sign 36 32[38]
True North
  • Released:
    • 30 November 2016 (JPN)
    • 2 December 2016 (NA, UK, EU)
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 39 37[39]
Helix
  • Released:
    • 28 November 2018 (JPN)
    • 15 February 2019 (NA, UK, EU)
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 23 19[40]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays edit

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon
[37] 		JPN
Billboard
Cubes 45 40[41]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Split albums edit

List of split albums
Title Album details
Blood of Judas
(with Extinguish the Fire, Loyal to the Grave)
  • Released: 30 October 2004
  • Label: Blood Axe[42]
  • Format: CD
3 Way Split
(with Risen, Unboy)
  • Released: 29 April 2005
  • Label: Alliance Trax[43][44]
  • Format: CD
Crystal Lake / Cleave
(with Cleave)
  • Released: 24 May 2008
  • Label: HGR
  • Format: CD

Compilation albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon
[37] 		JPN
Billboard
The Voyages 40 33[45]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Singles edit

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak positions Album
JPN
Oricon
[46]
"The Fire Inside / Overcome" 2012 — Non-album singles
"Apollo" 2017 26 Helix
"The Circle" 2018 44 Non-album singles
"Watch Me Burn" 2020 12
"Curse" 2021 50
"Denial / Rebirth" 2023 —
"DYSTOPIA" 2023 —
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Collaborations edit

Year Song Album Album artist
2012 "Accept Your Fate Now"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Seated with Liquor Draw the Emotional & Foreground Eclipse[47]
2013 "Icons"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		(For)Lorn
(フォーローン) 		Before My Life Fails[48]
"Superhate"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Storm Chaser Translations[49]
2015 "Monster"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Magna Carta Swanky Dank[50]
"Neo Khaos"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Neo Tokyo Rave Style DJ Baku[51]
2016 "Back to Zero"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Coexistence Breakdown of Sanity
"Spectrum"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Fixed Survive Said the Prophet
2017 "Solace"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Ambivalence End These Days[52]
"Kingsglaive"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Non-album single Scintilla[53]
"Dreamscape"
(featuring Crystal Lake) 		Dreamscape PhaseOne
2018 "Angelwrath"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Spirit Vessel A Scent Like Wolves[54]
2019 "Deathwatch"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Deathwatch The Royal[55]
"Atmosphere"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Damaged Souls Awake the Dreamer
"Mayday"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		The Side Effects Coldrain[56]
2020 "Yōkai"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Yōkai Within Destruction[57]
"God of Fire"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		The Path Fit for a King[58]
"Agnes"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Non-album single Hills Have Eyes[59]
"Holy Roller"
(new version; featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Eternal Blue Spiritbox[60]
"Cibus"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Metempsychosis Dexcore[61]
2021 "Remember Me"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Burn in the Flood Our Hollow, Our Home[62]
2022 "The Abyss"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Oceans Esprit D'Air[63]
"Demon King"
(new version; featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Non-album single Brand of Sacrifice[64]
"Ronin"
(featuring Ryo Kinoshita) 		Trinity The Gloom in the Corner[65]

Other appearances edit

Music videos edit

Year Song Artist Director Link
2020 "Baseball Bat"[66] SiM Inni Vision [1]

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Crystal Lake at AllMusic

January 01, 1970
crystal, lake, band, crystal, lake, japanese, metalcore, band, from, tokyo, formed, 2002, band, comprises, vocalist, john, robert, centorrino, guitarists, yudai, miyamoto, hisatsugu, taji, bassist, mitsuru, drummer, gaku, taura, former, member, nocturnal, bloo. Crystal Lake is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo formed in 2002 The band comprises vocalist John Robert Centorrino guitarists Yudai Miyamoto and Hisatsugu Taji bassist Mitsuru and drummer Gaku Taura who is a former member of Nocturnal Bloodlust After Shinya Hori s departure Miyamoto is the only member of the original line up who remains in the band Crystal Lake have released five studio albums Their latest studio album Helix was released on 28 November 2018 Crystal LakeCrystal Lake performing at Full Force in 2019Background informationOriginTokyo JapanGenresMetalcore progressive metal nu metal deathcoreYears active2002 presentLabelsBlood Axe Alliance Trax HGR Imperium Halfcut Shock Cube Artery JPU SharpToneMembersYudai YD Miyamoto Gaku Taura Mitsuru Hisatsugu TJ Taji John Robert CentorrinoPast membersSeiji Nagasawa Kentaro Nishimura Yusuke Ishihara Yasuyuki Kotaka Teruki Takahashi Shinya Hori Ryo KinoshitaWebsitecrystallake wbr jp Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and first releases 2002 2005 1 2 Dimension and Taste of Chaos 2007 2006 2007 1 3 Third split album and Taste of Chaos 2008 2008 2009 1 4 Into the Great Beyond and Nishimura s departure 2010 2011 1 5 Line up change and Cubes 2012 2015 1 6 Signing to Artery Recordings The Sign and True North 2015 2017 1 7 Signing to SharpTone Records and Helix 2018 2019 1 8 The Voyages and departures of Kinoshita and Hori 2020 present 2 Musical style 3 Members 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Extended plays 4 3 Split albums 4 4 Compilation albums 4 5 Singles 4 6 Collaborations 4 7 Other appearances 4 7 1 Music videos 5 References 6 External linksHistory editFormation and first releases 2002 2005 edit Crystal Lake was formed in 2002 in Tokyo Japan Their first demo Freewill was released in February in time for the show in Korea which they were invited to by GMC Records The second demo One Word Changes Everything came out in July and a self released four track EP also entitled Freewill was released in September with 1000 copies made and sold In September 2003 Crystal Lake played five shows in Japan with Australian band Day of Contempt From March to June 2004 they toured with Loyal to the Grave and Extinguish the Fire Following the end of the tour the bands released a split album titled Blood of Judas on CD and DVD On 29 April 2005 the band released their second split album with Risen and Unboy titled 3 Way Split They also toured in Malaysia 1 Dimension and Taste of Chaos 2007 2006 2007 edit In February 2006 they performed at Independence D On 5 July 2006 the band released their first studio album titled Dimension through Imperium Recordings After the release of the album they went on Dimension Tour in Japan 2 In February 2007 they performed at Metal Presentation with Australian band I Killed the Prom Queen and Hatebreed on Hatebreed Japan Tour in March 3 4 In November 2007 they played on Rockstar s Taste of Chaos in Japan 5 Third split album and Taste of Chaos 2008 2008 2009 edit In May 2008 they released their third split album on CD with the Japanese punk band Cleave 6 In November 2008 they performed again at Rockstar s Taste of Chaos in Japan 7 In January 2009 they toured in Japan with Parkway Drive and Shai Hulud 8 9 Into the Great Beyond and Nishimura s departure 2010 2011 edit On 27 May 2010 Crystal Lake released free download demo Endeavor on their MySpace page 10 Crystal Lake also announced through MySpace Twitter Facebook and YouTube a new music video Twisted Fate from their upcoming second studio album titled Into the Great Beyond On 11 June 2011 the founding vocalist Kentaro Nishimura left the band Line up change and Cubes 2012 2015 edit On 24 March 2012 the original drummer Yusuke Ishihara left the band On 3 July they announced their new vocalist Ryo Kinoshita on their Facebook page with a statement Today we are pleased to announce the newest addition to the Crystal Lake Family please give a warm welcome the new vocalist Ryo 11 The next day the band announced that Gaku Taura will be their support on drums They also announced that they were going to release a new single in summer 12 On 5 September they released two new singles The Fire Inside and Overcome which was mixed and mastered by Brian Hood at 456 Recordings From 26 January to 1 February 2013 they toured with As Blood Runs Black and Confession In May 2013 they toured with The Ghost Inside and Continents After that they shared the stage with Emmure and they toured across Japan on the Sumerian Tour 2013 with Born of Osiris Upon a Burning Body and Her Name in Blood Later in 2013 the band went on a supporting tours for Coldrain Her Name in Blood Crossfaith Before My Life Fails SiM and Totalfat On 9 February 2014 they played at the Scream Out Fest 2014 with The Devil Wears Prada Periphery The Word Alive Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Her Name in Blood at Shinkiba Studio Coast Tokyo On 12 April they played on the Monster Energy Outburn Tour 2014 with Coldrain Crossfaith and Miss May I in Sapporo Later in 2014 the band announced that their first EP titled Cubes via YouTube page is set to release on 6 August 2014 13 A music video for the new song Ups amp Downs was released on 28 July On 4 August a music video was released for their cover of Limp Bizkit s song Rollin On 6 August they released the new EP Cubes via Cube Records Cubes debuted at No 5 on the Oricon Japanese music chart indie weekly album chart at No 45 on the weekly album chart and at No 27 on the daily album chart On 8 August they headlined the True North Project Tour with support from Infection Prompts Sailing Before the Wind Scarface and Shark Ethic They toured on the Crossfaith s ACROSS THE FUTURE Tour with We Came as Romans and While She Sleeps in September 14 On 25 October they started their headlining tour Cubes Tour 2014 On 15 November they performed at the Knotfest Japan 2014 15 On 3 August 2015 it was announced that bassist Yasuyuki Kotaka had decided to leave the band due to his illness Signing to Artery Recordings The Sign and True North 2015 2017 edit On 7 September 2015 Crystal Lake announced they had signed to Artery Recordings in the U S and JPU Records in the UK and Europe and would be releasing their following third studio album The Sign on 7 October 2015 through these labels On 30 November 2016 Crystal Lake released their fourth studio album True North They later released two new singles Apollo and Machina in 2017 Signing to SharpTone Records and Helix 2018 2019 edit Crystal Lake released the single and accompanying video for The Circle on 6 August 2018 The three track release for The Circle was released on 8 August 16 On 28 November SharpTone Records announced that they had signed Crystal Lake to the label The band released a new single and accompanying video for the song Aeon 17 On the same day the band released their fifth studio album Helix exclusively in Japan with an international release following in 2019 In 2019 Crystal Lake will support August Burns Red Miss May I and Fit for a King on The Dangerous Tour in North America In March the group went on Adept s Russian Tour as a warm up They also headlined the 2019 Never Say Die Tour with In Hearts Wake King Our Hollow Our Home Polar Alpha Wolf and Great American Ghost The Voyages and departures of Kinoshita and Hori 2020 present edit On 8 July 2020 the band released a brand new single titled Watch Me Burn and its corresponding music video On 9 July a day after the new release the band announced that the founding rhythm guitarist Shinya Hori would be taking a hiatus for personal reasons 18 On 3 August the band re released their song Into the Great Beyond from their second studio album of the same name alongside an accompanying music video At the same time the band announced that an album consisting of re recorded material from their Kentaro Nishimura era titled The Voyages which released on 5 August 2020 while also revealing the album cover and the track list 19 On 21 November the band officially announced that Hori s hiatus would become a permanent departure due to personal reasons 20 In July 2021 the band released the single Curse accompanied by an official music video for the song uploaded onto their YouTube channel Along with the music video it was announced that touring members Gaku Taura and Mitsuru were made official members of the band Along with the addition of a new rhythm guitarist Hisatsugu TJ Taji 21 On 28 September 2022 Ryo Kinoshita announced that he left the band revealing that he has been dealing with an illness known as adjustment disorder that has made it difficult for him to continue with the group The illness afflicted Kinoshita over the past five years which made him the decision to step away from the group 22 On 11 March 2023 Crystal Lake announced that they have recruited John Robert Centorrino formerly of The Last Ten Seconds of Life as their new full time vocalist 23 24 On 23 June the band unveiled another single Rebirth and its corresponding music video 25 Musical style editCrystal Lake s musical style has been described as metalcore 26 27 28 progressive metal 27 29 30 nu metal 31 32 33 and deathcore 34 35 Ryo Kinoshita cites death and black metal bands like Morbid Angel Suffocation Entombed Dismember Mayhem Darkthrone nu metal bands and screamo like Stray From The Path as well as japanese bands like Shadows The Bonez VVorld or Palm Other members cited new school hardcore bands like Shai Hulud Earth Crisis Hatebreed and some new music like The Ghost Inside or Parkway Drive as influences 36 Members editCurrent Yudai YD Miyamoto lead guitar 2002 present backing vocals 2012 present Gaku Taura drums 2021 present touring 2012 2021 Mitsuru bass 2021 present touring 2017 2021 Hisatsugu TJ Taji rhythm guitar 2021 present John Robert Centorrino lead vocals 2023 present Former Seiji Nagasawa bass 2002 2007 Kentaro Nishimura lead vocals 2002 2011 Yusuke Ishihara drums 2002 2012 Yasuyuki Kotaka bass 2007 2015 Teruki Takahashi bass 2015 2016 Shinya Hori rhythm guitar 2002 2020 Ryo Kinoshita lead vocals 2012 2022 Touring musicians Bitoku Sakamoto bass 2015 2016 2018 2023 TimelineDiscography editStudio albums edit List of studio albums with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon 37 JPNBillboard Dimension Released 5 July 2006 Label Imperium Recordings Format CD Into the Great Beyond Released 3 November 2010 Label Imperium Recordings Format CD The Sign Released 7 October 2015 Label Cube Records JPN Artery Recordings US JPU Records EU Halfcut Records amp Shock Records AUS Formats CD LP digital download 36 32 38 True North Released 30 November 2016 JPN 2 December 2016 NA UK EU Label Cube Records JPN Artery Recordings US Formats CD LP digital download 39 37 39 Helix Released 28 November 2018 JPN 15 February 2019 NA UK EU Label Cube Records JPN SharpTone Records US Formats CD LP digital download 23 19 40 denotes items which did not chart Extended plays edit List of extended plays with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions JPNOricon 37 JPNBillboard Cubes Released 6 August 2014 Label Cube Records Formats CD LP digital download 45 40 41 denotes items which did not chart Split albums edit List of split albums Title Album details Blood of Judas with Extinguish the Fire Loyal to the Grave Released 30 October 2004 Label Blood Axe 42 Format CD 3 Way Split with Risen Unboy Released 29 April 2005 Label Alliance Trax 43 44 Format CD Crystal Lake Cleave with Cleave Released 24 May 2008 Label HGR Format CD Compilation albums edit Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon 37 JPNBillboard The Voyages Released 5 August 2020 Label Cube Records JPN SharpTone Records US Formats CD LP digital download 40 33 45 denotes items which did not chart Singles edit List of singles with selected chart positions Title Year Peak positions Album JPNOricon 46 The Fire Inside Overcome 2012 Non album singles Apollo 2017 26 Helix The Circle 2018 44 Non album singles Watch Me Burn 2020 12 Curse 2021 50 Denial Rebirth 2023 DYSTOPIA 2023 denotes items which did not chart Collaborations edit Year Song Album Album artist 2012 Accept Your Fate Now featuring Ryo Kinoshita Seated with Liquor Draw the Emotional amp Foreground Eclipse 47 2013 Icons featuring Ryo Kinoshita For Lorn フォーローン Before My Life Fails 48 Superhate featuring Ryo Kinoshita Storm Chaser Translations 49 2015 Monster featuring Ryo Kinoshita Magna Carta Swanky Dank 50 Neo Khaos featuring Ryo Kinoshita Neo Tokyo Rave Style DJ Baku 51 2016 Back to Zero featuring Ryo Kinoshita Coexistence Breakdown of Sanity Spectrum featuring Ryo Kinoshita Fixed Survive Said the Prophet 2017 Solace featuring Ryo Kinoshita Ambivalence End These Days 52 Kingsglaive featuring Ryo Kinoshita Non album single Scintilla 53 Dreamscape featuring Crystal Lake Dreamscape PhaseOne 2018 Angelwrath featuring Ryo Kinoshita Spirit Vessel A Scent Like Wolves 54 2019 Deathwatch featuring Ryo Kinoshita Deathwatch The Royal 55 Atmosphere featuring Ryo Kinoshita Damaged Souls Awake the Dreamer Mayday featuring Ryo Kinoshita The Side Effects Coldrain 56 2020 Yōkai featuring Ryo Kinoshita Yōkai Within Destruction 57 God of Fire featuring Ryo Kinoshita The Path Fit for a King 58 Agnes featuring Ryo Kinoshita Non album single Hills Have Eyes 59 Holy Roller new version featuring Ryo Kinoshita Eternal Blue Spiritbox 60 Cibus featuring Ryo Kinoshita Metempsychosis Dexcore 61 2021 Remember Me featuring Ryo Kinoshita Burn in the Flood Our Hollow Our Home 62 2022 The Abyss featuring Ryo Kinoshita Oceans Esprit D Air 63 Demon King new version featuring Ryo Kinoshita Non album single Brand of Sacrifice 64 Ronin featuring Ryo Kinoshita Trinity The Gloom in the Corner 65 Other appearances edit Music videos edit Year Song Artist Director Link 2020 Baseball Bat 66 SiM Inni Vision 1 References edit Alliance Trax 31 December 2005 3 Way Split Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 Retrieved 28 May 2009 Dimension CD Amazon 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Japanese Oricon Retrieved 9 November 2019 Accept your fate now Records Japan in Japanese 30 December 2012 Retrieved 30 December 2012 Before My Life Fails フォーローン Tower Records Japan in Japanese 24 April 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2017 Translations Storm Chaser Tower Records Japan in Japanese 12 June 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2017 Swanky Dankから新年のご挨拶 Ryoコラボ曲PVお披露目 New year s greetings from Swanky Dank Ryo collaboration song PV announcement Natalie in Japanese 1 January 2015 Retrieved 15 December 2017 DJ Baku 新曲MVでCrystal Lake Ryoと気迫に満ちたセッション DJ Baku a new song MV Crystal Lake Ryo and a filled session Natalie in Japanese 18 November 2015 Retrieved 15 December 2017 Crystal Lake s Ryo lends his voice to END THESE DAYS on Solace music video Jrock News 16 October 2017 Retrieved 8 January 2019 Final Fantasy XV inspired song from Scintilla featuring Ryo from CRYSTAL LAKE Jrock News 22 November 2017 Retrieved 8 January 2019 Desantis Zack 11 April 2018 Familiar smell fresh sound on A Scent Like Wolves Spirit Vessel Reading Eagle Archived from the original on 5 May 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2019 The Royal Deathwatch feat Ryo Kinoshita of Crystal Lake Official Video Long Branch Records YouTube Channel 15 February 2019 Archived from the original on 20 December 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2019 Mateo Alex 26 August 2019 Coldrain Perform Fire Force Anime s New Opening Theme Song Anime News Network Retrieved 29 August 2019 ALBUM REVIEW Yokai Within Destruction Distorted Sound 18 August 2020 Retrieved 14 October 2020 Listen To Fit For A King s Crushing New Single God Of Fire Kerrang 10 July 2020 Retrieved 11 July 2020 LISTEN Hills Have Eyes Neuer Song mit Crystal Lake Frontmann Ryo Kinoshita More Core 2 November 2020 Retrieved 2 November 2020 LISTEN Spiritbox s Crushing Version Of Holy Roller Featuring Crystal Lake s Ryo Kinoshita Rock Sound 2 October 2020 Archived from the original on 2 November 2020 Retrieved 29 October 2020 DEXCORE joined by Ryo Crystal Lake for heavy Cibus music video JRock News 2 October 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2020 News Our Hollow Our Home Announce New Album Release Remember Me feat Ryo Kinoshita New Noise 12 February 2021 Retrieved 11 June 2021 Esprit D Air to collaborate with members of The Sisters of Mercy and Crystal Lake in new album Oceans Metal Planet Music 7 January 2022 Retrieved 22 January 2022 LISTEN BRAND OF SACRIFICE Crushing Version Of Demon King Featuring Crystal Lake s Ryo Kinoshita Believe Music 25 May 2022 Retrieved 25 May 2022 The Gloom In The Corner Ronin feat Ryo Kinoshita SharpTone Records 27 July 2022 Retrieved 27 July 2022 SiM brings together 25 bands in Baseball Bat music video from 5th album Jrock News 4 June 2020 Retrieved 4 June 2020 External links editOfficial website Crystal Lake at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crystal Lake band amp oldid 1223438547, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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