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duga · 03-10-2010, 02:05 PM

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ColdWorld - Melancholie^2

I didn't know what to think when I first heard the band name and album title. To be honest, I found them both to be kind of cheesy. Though, I have to say, they fit the them. I mean...this is Melancholie squared. After a bit of research, I found myself even more worried as there is a hardcore/emo band named the Cold World. Hardcore is not my thing, to say the least. Luckily, it turns out these are two different bands (this one is one word - ColdWorld) and this one is an ambient black metal band. Not everyone's cup of, to be sure...but I have just so happen to be really interested in metal recently. This is exactly the kind of black metal I have been hoping to discover.

I could only find bits of information on the band, but it seems to be mainly work of one person who I could only identify as GB. A German band formed in 2005, they have only released this full length album and an EP called TheStarsAreDeadNow. I only spent a few minutes looking them up, but there is a definite lack of information.

The album starts off like the antithesis of black metal...slow and trippy...but, of course it doesn't take too long to get things kicked off. The first song, Dream of a Dead Sun, was a solid opener. From my past experience with black metal, I couldn't imagine it getting much better. Then Tortured By Solitude came on...wow. This song is officially in my top 3 black metal songs. Just slow enough, completely atmospheric (as all black metal should be, in my opinion), aggressive, and even the vocals blend perfectly (which I find black metal usually has a problem with).

If you don't have a mild interest in black metal, then you won't be interested in this album, to be sure. For those of us with a soft spot for it, though, this is a must. Truly haunting music, and it definitely fits the theme (but what black metal wouldn't). This album mastered one truly problematic aspect of typical black metal: contrast. ColdWorld threw in clean and ambient interludes between the songs that really needed them, and it played out nicely.

8.5/10 - This is my current go to black metal album. Thanks, abdullah!

03-10-2010, 02:05 PM	#1188 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	abdullah424 sent me: ColdWorld - Melancholie^2 I didn't know what to think when I first heard the band name and album title. To be honest, I found them both to be kind of cheesy. Though, I have to say, they fit the them. I mean...this is Melancholie squared. After a bit of research, I found myself even more worried as there is a hardcore/emo band named the Cold World. Hardcore is not my thing, to say the least. Luckily, it turns out these are two different bands (this one is one word - ColdWorld) and this one is an ambient black metal band. Not everyone's cup of, to be sure...but I have just so happen to be really interested in metal recently. This is exactly the kind of black metal I have been hoping to discover. I could only find bits of information on the band, but it seems to be mainly work of one person who I could only identify as GB. A German band formed in 2005, they have only released this full length album and an EP called TheStarsAreDeadNow. I only spent a few minutes looking them up, but there is a definite lack of information. The album starts off like the antithesis of black metal...slow and trippy...but, of course it doesn't take too long to get things kicked off. The first song, Dream of a Dead Sun, was a solid opener. From my past experience with black metal, I couldn't imagine it getting much better. Then Tortured By Solitude came on...wow. This song is officially in my top 3 black metal songs. Just slow enough, completely atmospheric (as all black metal should be, in my opinion), aggressive, and even the vocals blend perfectly (which I find black metal usually has a problem with). If you don't have a mild interest in black metal, then you won't be interested in this album, to be sure. For those of us with a soft spot for it, though, this is a must. Truly haunting music, and it definitely fits the theme (but what black metal wouldn't). This album mastered one truly problematic aspect of typical black metal: contrast. ColdWorld threw in clean and ambient interludes between the songs that really needed them, and it played out nicely. 8.5/10 - This is my current go to black metal album. Thanks, abdullah! __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...