┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ .;, │ │ ,G :K##Ki │ │ :f#j iLEt L####E │ │ ,fW#E. ;E###Ei ,W####Li, │ │ :iLWDiG#i .E####Wi L####WDf │ │ .,;ijLDW#KL, ,#E ,K####Ki .,: .: .K####D; │ │ ,K###DLji: tf L#f :tE####G, .K##Kt.EK ;#####i │ │ :E###E.;i Dt:K#; ,jE####, L####G##L;:,. f#####. │ │ jW##Wt:; : j#K. iG####D ;D. W####ftfW###L. G####K │ │ :G###L. D#D :D###W; fj;LG####DL######f E####D │ │ i###EGDDE##WL. i####jt .;DW#WEK###########W,W####L │ │ .#####KEW##G: ,###W;,WLGD####EtW###########K#####L │ │ .:j###D.i##j tW###KLfLjtj####Kij#####WtiW########i │ │ t###ti##Gi##################DtGKKf: ;K#######; │ │ L##j:Lj:.;iiiitjjfLGGDEKKEf. :L#####D. │ │ :t: .ijjt. │ │ [a . long . winter] │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────────────[ Info ]-───────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ Artist ........ Coal Chamber │ │ Album ......... Chamber Music │ │ Ripper ........ union │ │ Release Date... Oct-16-2003 │ │ Quality ....... VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo │ │ Grabber ....... EAC │ │ Encoder ....... Lame │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────[ ReleaseNotes ]───────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ In retrospect, White Zombie was one of the most influential metal │ │ bands of the '90s - their breakthrough album, La Sexorcisto: Devil │ │ Music, Vol. 1, relied more on camp theatrics than catchy melodies or │ │ guitar riffs, and the follow-up, Astro-Creep 2000, featured an │ │ everything-but-the-kitchen-sink production that camouflaged the │ │ simplicity of the music. Like many of the more popular alternative │ │ metal bands of the late '90s, Coal Chamber owe something to White │ │ Zombie's musical approach, often relying on noise, texture, and sheer │ │ aggression to put their music across, and sometimes neglecting craft │ │ in the process. In following up their popular yet somewhat uneven │ │ debut, Coal Chamber follows the White Zombie blueprint to a tee on its │ │ second album, Chamber Music, expanding the production palette to │ │ include electronic/industrial sounds, a bit of updated goth (i.e., │ │ more by way of Marilyn Manson than Bauhaus), and even a few │ │ orchestrations. In pure sonic terms, all of this means that Chamber │ │ Music is a better listen than its predecessor, and since it packs just │ │ as much of a wallop, it can be seen as a step forward. In another │ │ sense, however, it's something of a holding pattern, because even │ │ though the band's sound has grown more eclectic, they don't show │ │ significant growth as songwriters. Coal Chamber is still plagued by │ │ unmemorable guitar riffs that ride one note, or the same two chords, │ │ for far too long, and they simply aren't rhythmically interesting or │ │ complex enough to take this approach repeatedly. Plus, in the wake of │ │ Orgy's successful cover of New Order's "Blue Monday," there's yet │ │ another inexplicable alt-metal cover of an '80s pop song, this time │ │ Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey" (performed with special guest Ozzy │ │ Osbourne). It's not an incredibly catchy version of the song, and │ │ there doesn't seem to be a logical reason for choosing it, which makes │ │ it seem like trend-hopping. All of this is not to say that Chamber │ │ Music won't appeal to the band's fans - after all, Coal Chamber is │ │ just as hard-hitting as ever, so anyone who liked the first record │ │ will certainly like this one too. It just would have been nice to have │ │ a little more musical substance behind the blustering intensity. │ │ -Steve Huey (allmusic.com) │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ │ │ │ │ 01 mist 00:42 │ │ 02 tragedy 02:51 │ │ 03 el cu cuy 04:22 │ │ 04 untrue 03:27 │ │ 05 tyler's song 02:50 │ │ 06 what's in your mind? 03:56 │ │ 07 not living 03:50 │ │ 08 shock the monkey 03:42 │ │ 09 burgundy 02:11 │ │ 10 entwined 03:49 │ │ 11 feed my dreams 02:54 │ │ 12 my mercy 04:03 │ │ 13 no home 05:09 │ │ 14 shari vegas 03:16 │ │ 15 notion 03:26 │ │ 16 anything but you 04:42 │ │ │ │ Total Album Time: 55:10 min │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────-─[ Group ]───────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ │ │ ALW is an internal group focused on bringing back the important releases │ │ from all genres with the quality they deserve. We also pride ourselves in │ │ always being the first VBR group to give you advance releases so you can │ │ throw away your crappy pH rips that much faster. We are always looking for │ │ people who share our visions and wish to join our establishment, so if you │ │ feel you have anything to offer, join us today @ #alw on Efnet. │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘