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░ ██ ██ Artist: ColdWorld ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: TheStarsAreDeadNow █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-03-24 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Maa Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I don't know where to start - this is an EP I've █
█ been appreciating and listening to for years so █
█ I'm pretty familiar with the songs by now. █
█ Although it seems like "Melancholie" is most █
█ people's favourite, this one is mine. It's █
█ definitely underrated and should be as respected █
█ as much as their full length album is. █
█ The only way I can describe it is by saying that █
█ if pain was a sound, this EP would be it through █
█ and through. Considering the EP is about suicide, █
█ pain, death and sorrow, it isn't half rich with █
█ melody, life and an amazing sense of structure. I █
█ even think someone who isn't into DSBM that much █
█ could definitely begin to like this, because of █
█ its rich tone and strong layered undertones. █
█ The feelings of sorrow are strong throughout 'This █
█ Empty Life' and 'Suicide' ('Suicide', in my █
█ opinion, being the best song off the release) █
█ especially, but then you have 'Hate' which B÷rner █
█ did a perfectly good job of translating into a █
█ sound. Blast beats accompany the powerful ambiance █
█ in pretty much every song, but it works really █
█ well considering it's a common characteristic of █
█ the genre. Not to mention ''The Old Ghost In The █
█ Well', which is incredibly unique compared to █
█ every other song on the record; the use of sound █
█ effects opposed to just being completely ambient █
█ instrumental is fantastic and gives it a really █
█ nice touch. █
█ This also happens on 'Suicide' although I think █
█ it's actually a triangle which is making the █
█ "twinkling" sounds. If the stars twinkling made a █
█ sound, that would be it, and it just so happens to █
█ be on the EP named "TheStarsAreDeadNow" so it's █
█ like that is representing the death of the stars. █
█ To sum it up, this is a really solid EP and will █
█ continue to be one of my favourite regardless of █
█ what I come across in the black metal / depressive █
█ suicidal black metal genres. It is definitely █
█ worth a listen... preferably in a snowy landscape █
█ in the middle of the night. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ ColdWorld is the solo project of the German █
█ musician Georg B÷rner and indeed this is one of █
█ the most impressive metal debutÆs that I have █
█ heard. █
█ The EP TheStarsAreDeadNow has perfectly █
█ exemplified the talent Georg B÷rner possesses. █
█ Melancholie▓ Is the album which is most talked █
█ about when ColdWorld is mentioned, but this EP is █
█ a rare gem which is criminally under-rated. █
█ The record starts with the track This Empty Life █
█ and here you go on a trip of ColdWorld, the █
█ atmosphere Georg B÷rner manages to create on this █
█ record is mesmerizing and simply beautiful, the █
█ vocals are well suited for the beautiful █
█ atmospheric music . The second track Hate has one █
█ of the most catchy riffs you will come across █
█ especially when you play black metal and this is █
█ the point when the album starts growing on you. █
█ The third track Cancer manages to keep the █
█ haunting and the cold atmosphere intact and sound █
█ beautiful at the same time, then comes the best █
█ track on the record, the track Suicide starts with █
█ a perfect intro and the synths in the background █
█ just add a lot more to the track and the █
█ atmosphere created throughout the song is █
█ marvelous and simply breathtaking which makes you █
█ want to kill yourself, the final track on this █
█ record is The Old Ghost In The Well which is an █
█ ambient track and an another example of musical █
█ genius of Georg B÷rner. █
█ ColdWorld is one of the best current Black Metal █
█ bands especially when the genre is getting █
█ commercialized to quite an extent, ColdWorld can █
█ proudly keep the black metal flag waving high. █
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░ 1. This Empty Life 7:20 ░
░ 2. Hate 3:56 ░
░ 3. Cancer 3:36 ░
░ 4. Suicide 5:15 ░
░ 5. The Old Ghost in the Well (Instrumental) 7:43 ░
░ 6. Dead Stars (Bonus Track) 2:09 ░
░ 7. Ragnar÷k (Bonus Track) 3:19 ░
░ 33:18 ░
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