The Eerie Cold
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Eerie Cold |
| type | Studio album |
| artist | Shining |
| cover | Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold.jpg |
| alt | A monochrome very blurry image with a young girl holding something upright in her hands. |
| released | 20 February 2005 |
| recorded | 2004 |
| genre | Depressive suicidal black metal |
| length | 42:53 |
| label | Avantgarde Music |
| prev_title | Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie |
| prev_year | 2002 |
| next_title | Halmstad |
| next_year | 2007 |
| :: |
| name = The Eerie Cold | type = Studio album | artist = Shining | cover = Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold.jpg | alt = A monochrome very blurry image with a young girl holding something upright in her hands. | released = 20 February 2005 | recorded = 2004 | venue = | studio = | genre = Depressive suicidal black metal | length = 42:53 | label = Avantgarde Music | producer = | prev_title = Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Halmstad | next_year = 2007
The Eerie Cold is the fourth album by Shining. It was released on Avantgarde Music in 2005. A black LP version was released, limited to 500 copies. This album was originally intended to be the band's last.
The end of "Claws of Perdition" includes sampled audio from the ending monologue of Christian Bale's character Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
Track listing
| title0 = | note0 = A spoken-word introduction appears on some copiesPromo CD had a spoken intro on the first track that was removed from the retail version, however, the Peaceville reissue does feature this spoken word intro. | length0 = 2:00 | title1 = sv | note1 = As You Reach Insight You Shall Perish | length1 = 7:31 | title2 = sv | note2 = The Architecture of Sadness | length2 = 7:53 | title3 = sv | note3 = Something is Very Wrong | length3 = 6:20 | title4 = Eradication of the Condition | length4 = 6:58 | title5 = The Eerie Cold (Samvetskvalens Ballad) | note5 = The Eerie Cold (The Ballad of Remorse) | length5 = 5:52 | title6 = Claws of Perdition | length6 = 6:18 | total_length = 42:53
Notes
Personnel
- Niklas Kvarforth – vocals, guitar, keyboard
- John Doe – guitar
- Phil A. Cirone – bass, keyboard
- Hellhammer – drums
References
References
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