| Welcame | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rise of the Northstar |
| Cover: | Welcame album cover.jpg |
| Released: | November 21, 2014 |
| Recorded: | November – December 2013 |
| Studio: | Sainte-Marthe (Paris) |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Rise of the Northstar |
| Chronology: | Rise of the Northstar |
| Prev Title: | Demonstrating My Saiya Style |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | The Legacy of Shi |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Welcame is the debut studio album by French heavy metal and hardcore punk band Rise of the Northstar. It was released on November 21, 2014 by Nuclear Blast.
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.
Adapted from the liner notes of Welcame.[1]