▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ 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 █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ 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. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 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 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░