The band is considered to play the style of music known as electronicore, due to their blend of influences from metalcore, industrial metal, hardcore, metal and electronica. They have thus been described as "Slipknot tearing the Prodigy limb from limb."
In their early touring history they supported bands like Hatebreed, Machine Head, In This Moment, Bleeding Through, The Used August Burns Red, and Memphis May Fire. In March 2011, Tragic Hero Records signed Crossfaith for an American release of their second album The Dream, The Space.
In 2012 Crossfaith's tour schedule for around the Europe expanded, supporting Of Mice & Men with Bury Tomorrow and later in the year supporting While She Sleeps alongside Bleed from Within and Polar in September. In August the band went to Japan to play the Summer Sonic festival, the largest festival in the country, where they played at 3am to 10,000 people.
In September 2012 the band released their second extended play Zion, used as an introductory sampler designed to break into a bigger market overseas. Zion was named after the human city in The Matrix film series. The extended play revived a popular response from mainstream critics such as Kerrang! and The Sydney Morning Herald. Three promotional videos spawned out of the promotion of the EP: music videos for "Monolith" and "Jägerbomb," and one typography style video for "Photosphere." On 10 November the band performed at the 2012 Warped Tour at the Alexandra Palace in London on the 'Kevin Says Stage'. The stage they played on was only a 500 capacity room so security had to block the entrance to the room as it exceeded capacity during their performance. Their performance at the festival garnered a lot of attention for the band.
After a hiatus, it was announced that Hiroki would depart from Crossfaith. Shortly after it was announced that Daiki Koide (ex. Her Name in Blood) would join Crossfaith officially.
Voices
Crossfaith Lyrics
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You kill someone voices/can you hear my scream
You find my shades
Why think you why
Why you hides the lost these words
Sun find it out/find it out now
You stop at the sorrow
And can't step behind in the like stong my heartache
I hope you cry and scream like me
How do you runaway
How do you break
How do you disappear
I tell it all
Pay back the pain to you right now
Your blood poring to your scars
This game is already over
We sing it/we fight it
It is for me
You regret/through my words/you no way out
I try say can you help me but you betrayed of my words
Voice,scream,inside of me
The lyrics to Crossfaith's song "Voices" are quite open to interpretation, but seem to touch on themes of pain, betrayal, and the inner turmoil that can come with those experiences. The song seems to be directed at someone who has caused the singer harm, urging them to feel the pain they've caused and essentially pay for it.
The opening lines, "Wake up those lost words / You kill someone voices / Can you hear my scream" seem to convey a sense of desperation and urgency - the singer wants their words to be heard, and feels like the person they're speaking to has silenced them in some way. As the song goes on, the lyrics become more aggressive, with phrases like "Pay back the pain to you right now" and "Your blood poring to your scars." The singer wants revenge, and wants to see the other person suffer in the way that they have.
The chorus is a bit more ambiguous but seems to convey a sense of power - "We sing it / We fight it / It is for me" - a call to rally against those who have caused harm. The final lines, "Voice, scream, inside of me" seem like a nod to the fact that the singer has been holding onto these feelings for some time, and they're finally bursting forth in the form of this song.
Line by Line Meaning
Wake up those lost words
Acknowledge the words that have been lost or ignored
You kill someone voices/can you hear my scream
When you ignore someone's voice, it is like killing it. Can you hear my agony?
You find my shades
You discover the façade I put up to mask my true feelings
Why think you why
Why do you ask?
Why you hides the lost these words
Why do you conceal these lost words?
Sun find it out/find it out now
Let the truth come out
You stop at the sorrow
You become stagnant at the point of sorrow
I hope scratch inside my head
I wish I could scratch the cause of my grief from my mind
And can't step behind in the like stong my heartache
I cannot fall back, as the pain is too strong to ignore
I hope you cry and scream like me
I wish you could identify with my pain and express it like me
How do you runaway
How do you escape from your problems?
How do you break
How do you overcome your obstacles?
How do you disappear
How do you evade your challenges?
I tell it all
I am completely transparent
Pay back the pain to you right now
You will receive the consequences of your actions immediately
Your blood poring to your scars
You will feel the physical and emotional effects of what you have done
This game is already over
Your efforts are too late as the damage is already done
We sing it/we fight it
We share our struggles and battle through them together
It is for me
I am the sole beneficiary of my struggles and triumphs
You regret/through my words/you no way out
Once you understand the gravity of my words, you will experience regret and have no escape
I try say can you help me but you betrayed of my words
I asked for your help but you disregarded my request and let me down
Voice,scream,inside of me
My inner thoughts and screams that I cannot express audibly
Contributed by Isabella L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
TK氏
やっぱり個人的にはCFの中では1番最強な曲。
この先これを越える曲出ないんじゃないかってくらい好きw
Ice Reduction Through Daughter Combustion
Still their best song in my opinion <3
Eszter Závaczki
best metal band I've ever heard! I just love them and their music <3
Devils Student
My favorite track from Crossfaith, the main melody (intro melody) just feels nostalgic and emotional to me, and for some reason it reminds me of BLEACH (anime)...ironic(being that both topics are Japanese), strange and awesome at the same time! xD
DJ 7PLY
yess that intro feels so nostalgic
Devils Student
@Ar Ca
yeh it has a BLEACH kinda feel to it, no idea xD
Ala Fosca
WTF!!?? SAME!! WTF?? I was watching Bleach on TV when I discovered this band. So yeah somehow I relate this song with Bleach too LOOOLLLLL
Bastian Diez Zambra
I WANT A LIVE VERSION OF THIS SONG lml
Lil Aotearoa
/watch?v=naWO-E4WBCg&ab_channel=erieley
Anzstella
The intro is AMAZING ! :D