Giving The Devil His Due - Coal Chamber

Chamber Music - Coal Chamber

This is Coal Chamber s opus as far as stuidio albums are concerned when you think that most of the bands fan favorites come from this album. First ill start by telling you about the sound it s labled above as "new metal" and i can see why but it definately hangs around on the heavier side of new metal. The sound of the album is heavy but it s suibtle variations in timbre can mean it can switch between bordeline schizophenia and melancholia with two tracks. Evidence of this can be seen in "My mercy" which has the distinct feel of the melancholia that i was refering to and to counter-point that "Tyler s song" has an underlying feel of ...

Chamber Music - Coal Chamber

This is Coal Chamber s opus as far as stuidio albums are concerned when you think that most of the bands fan favorites come from this album. First ill start by telling you about the sound it s labled above as "new metal" and i can see why but it definately hangs around on the heavier side of new metal. The sound of the album is heavy but it s suibtle variations in timbre can mean it can switch between bordeline schizophenia and melancholia with two tracks. Evidence of this can be seen in "My mercy" which has the distinct feel of the melancholia that i was refering to and to counter-point that "Tyler s song" has an underlying feel of ...

Dark Days - Coal Chamber

Back in ’97 ‘spookycore’ kids Coal Chamber were one of the first bands to jump on the nu-metal bandwagon. Their cartoon-goth image made them a love/hate band but still dancefloor/moshpit driven anthems such as ‘Loco’ and ‘Sway’ saw them win Kerrang’s best new band 1997 poll (putting them on a par with KoRn (’96), System of a Down (’98) and their future labelmates Slipknot (’99)). With the proliferation of nu-metal acts flooding the market, however, Coal Chamber opted for a more ‘mature’ sophomore album (‘Chamber Music’), which flopped rather badly. For my money, it’s ...

Dark Days - Coal Chamber

Back in ’97 ‘spookycore’ kids Coal Chamber were one of the first bands to jump on the nu-metal bandwagon. Their cartoon-goth image made them a love/hate band but still dancefloor/moshpit driven anthems such as ‘Loco’ and ‘Sway’ saw them win Kerrang’s best new band 1997 poll (putting them on a par with KoRn (’96), System of a Down (’98) and their future labelmates Slipknot (’99)). With the proliferation of nu-metal acts flooding the market, however, Coal Chamber opted for a more ‘mature’ sophomore album (‘Chamber Music’), which flopped rather badly. For my money, it’s ...