The Eerie Cold
| The Eerie Cold | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 20 February 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Depressive suicidal black metal | |||
| Length | 42:53 | |||
| Label | Avantgarde Music | |||
| Shining chronology | ||||
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The Eerie Cold is the fourth album by Shining.[1] 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.[2]
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
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ 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
- Niklas Kvarforth – vocals, guitar, keyboard
- John Doe – guitar
- Phil A. Cirone – bass, keyboard
- Hellhammer – drums
References
- ^ IV: The Eerie Cold - Shining | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 24 September 2025
- ^ "IV: The Eerie Cold — Shining". Prog Archives. Retrieved 18 October 2021.