Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber

Mi Loco! (296 words)
by Burning_Darkness - written on 04/10/09, updated on 04/10/09 (Very useful, 23 readings)
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Released back in 1997, c Coal Chamber s debut self-titled album mixes rough chuggy nu-metal riffs with eerie sounding clean chords to create a sound that the band s label described rather embarrassingly at the time as spooky-core . The music is full of typical nu-metal breakdowns and simple repetitive riffs, whilst the vocals, courtesy of one Dez Fafara, ,(now singer for of the equally embarrassing band DevilDriver) are the usual mix of angsty crooning and barked, and in places almost rapped vocals dealing with the usual themes of teenage angst. Coal Chamber s debut was an album that I was very fond of back in my early teens, although looking back its hard to see the ...

Chamber Music - Coal Chamber

A little unkown gem (258 words)
by dukejar - written on 29/06/09 (1 readings)
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This is C 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 ...