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Cold Just Got Wicked with 13 Ways to Bleed...

ArkEnder | New Haven, CT | 12/21/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When one stops to think of Florida, usually images of oranges, tropical beaches, and unrelenting sunshine are ammong the first things to come to mind. Yet as a band hailing from Florida, nothing could be more suiting then to stand as the antithesis of the popular perception.Cold is dark. Cold is brooding. Cold is a totally alien blend of Tool nihilism and Nirvana melody wrapped in barbed wire. They are the story of the anti-hero who ceases to die; whos willingness to burn alive for the price of love speaks to a generation with such unrelenting passion it reminds us all that while some may be living just to die, there are a tragic few who are dying just to live. Cold is the incarnation of that tragedy.With the release of their Sophomore effort, 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage, Cold pours anthem after anthem of churning melody and distorted guitars, fueled by lead singer Scoot Ward's bitter crooning, out onto the table in the tradition of a mad man's confessional. From the opening rawness of the first track entitled Just Got Wicked, to the sweet despondency of the acoustic last-stand entitled Bleed, when Cold finally leaves you, it will leave you awed. It would leave you inspired. And it will leave you Cold.And through the darkness of it all, there is the underlying message that may elude the masses. A message of hope: that there are some things still worth dying for."