The Eerie Cold is the fourth album by Shining. It was released on Avantgarde Music in 2005. A black LP version was released, limited to 500 copies. This album was originally intended to be the band's last.[1]

The Eerie Cold
A monochrome very blurry image with a young girl holding something upright in her hands.
Studio album by
Released20 February 2005
Recorded2004
GenreBlack metal, depressive suicidal black metal
Length42:53
LabelAvantgarde Music
Shining chronology
Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie
(2002)
The Eerie Cold
(2005)
Halmstad
(2007)

The end of "Claws of Perdition" includes sampled audio from the ending monologue of Christian Bale's character Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
0.Untitled (A spoken-word introduction appears on some copies[notes 1])2:00
1."I och med insikt skall du förgå" (As You Reach Insight You Shall Perish)7:31
2."Vemodets arkitektur" (The Architecture of Sadness)7:53
3."Någonting är jävligt fel" (Something is Very Wrong)6:20
4."Eradication of the Condition"6:58
5."The Eerie Cold (Samvetskvalens Ballad)" (The Eerie Cold (The Ballad of Remorse))5:52
6."Claws of Perdition"6:18
Total length:42:53

Notes edit

  1. ^ Promo CD had a spoken intro on the first track that was removed from the retail version, however, the Peaceville reissue does feature this spoken word intro.

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IV: The Eerie Cold — Shining". Prog Archives. Retrieved 2021-10-18.