'The Body is the Wound' EP is the first new material from the band since the lauded 2019 album Rituals of Surrender. While Rituals ‘crushing doom laden riffs… assaulted the speakers with its steady pulse of noise’ (Narc magazine), this new collection of songs feature a more diverse set of audio weaponry, firing crunchy synthesiser stabs at razor-sharp guitar riffs to create a hypnotic and inventive vehicle with which to carry vocalist Maya’s gothic poetry.
The lyrical themes dance around sex, murder, suicide and broken dreams, brought together in loose storytelling that allows listeners to add their own experiences and bring personal meaning.
'A TRULY ENGROSSING EP' 8/10 DISTORTED SOUND
distortedsoundmag.com/ep-review-the-body-is-the-wound-cold-in-berlin/
'DELICIOUS SCOOPS OF DOOM RIFFAGE AND STIRRING ELECTRONICS IN THEIR CAULDRON OF SOUND... STRONG, HEAD-ABSORBING SONGS' NOIZZE
www.noizze.co.uk/cold-in-berlin-the-body-of-the-wound-ep-review/
'DIRTY GUITAR RIFFS TWIST AROUND MENACING ELECTRONICS, DRIVEN EVER ONWARDS BY PULSATING RHYTHMS. NOTHING IS WASTED, AND NOTHING SUPERFLUOUS IS ADDED. BUT FRONT AND CENTRE REMAINS MAYA BERLIN’S POWERFUL, MESMERIC VOCALS.'
ECHOES AND DUST
echoesanddust.com/2024/01/cold-in-berlin-the-body-is-the-wound/
'WHAT ELEVATES THE TRACK EVEN FURTHER ARE THE SPECTACULARLY OFFBEAT VOCALS THAT REMIND ONE OF LYDIA LUNCH AT HER MOST CHAOTIC AND DANGEROUS, THE ORCHESTRATION HELPING TO ENHANCE ITS MENACING UNPREDICTABILITY. A HELL OF A WAY TO CONCLUDE PROCEEDINGS.' THE SLEEPING SHAMAN
www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/cold-in-berlin-body-wound/?fbclid=iwar2rj8ftikl7-uwsuqsqwrog4cjdhykrhrp7akxdpjoamph6i66ap5mxcua
'9/10 FOR A PERFECT EP' EVER-METAL
'DREAM ONE IS A HELL OF AN INVENTIVE SONG – IT SEAMLESSLY MELDS THE MOST CATACLYSMIC OF DOOM RIFFS WITH THE VOLATILE SENSUALITY OF GOTHIC ROCK AND THE IMPERSONAL BATTERING OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS AND IT DOES IT WITH AS MUCH STYLE AS A FUCKING CATWALK SHOW IN MILAN...
IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED WHAT HAVING A MOUNTAIN DROPPED ON YOU FEELS LIKE, LISTEN TO SPOTLIGHT AND YOU’LL HAVE AN IDEA.'
www.ever-metal.com/2024/01/11/cold-in-berlin-the-body-is-the-wound-ep/
'WHEN DID YOU SEE HER LAST GRADUALLY PICKS UP THE PACE AND THE EMOTION. THIS HEAVY ON THE BASS, LIGHT ON THE HAMMER COMPOSITION IS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM TO LISTEN TO, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY HOURS WITH A PAIR OF OVER THE EAR HEADPHONES ON. THE VOCALS AND GUITAR FADE IN AND OUT BEAUTIFULLY TO FULLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER ON THIS FABULOUSLY OUTSTANDING SONG.' 4.5/5 METAL EPIDEMIC
www.metalepidemic.com/cold-in-berlin-the-body-is-the-wound/
released January 19, 2024
All songs written by Cold In Berlin
Recorded at Bear Bites Horse Studio, London
Produced and mastered by Wayne Adams