Dark Days

Coal Chamber | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B00005A46R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,142 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Coal Chamber's third outing since 1997 finds the Los Angeles-based quartet taking its dark, intelligent nu-metallic approach farther. More ominous, aggressive, and postindustrial than true metal, the band's portentous, aggro style is also at times sensual, as vocalist Dez Fafara delivers provocative, pointed lyrics in a passionate, wide-ranging sing-to-a-growl voice. From "Friend?" to "Drove," with its spooky soundtrack-like vocals and simple, haunting, edgy music, Coal Chamber pulls no punches. As Farfara taunts in "Drove," "Yes, I despise you mostly / you're small you see, a wannabe." From the barely controlled chaos of "Something Told Me" and the dynamic title track to the insinuating, irresistible chorus of "One Step" and "Rowboat," a song originally done by the band Flood, the disc is generally strong. Ultimately, however, this album's 41 minutes of murky musings is not revolutionary enough to earn major merit. --Katherine Turman

Product Description

Limited edition of the goth inspired alternative metal act's 2002 album is packaged in an exclusive black jewelcase & includes three bonus tracks, 'Anxiety', 'Save Yourself' & 'One Step' (Scott Humphrey mix). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Coal Chamber!!!!!!, May 13, 2002

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Simon Jarløv (Bakersfield, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Days (Audio CD)

The album by Coal Chmaber is amazing. It has everything a fan of hardcore metal could ever want. Heavy riffs, screams and growls and hard-hitting drums. This is Coal Chamber's most focused record, it has far better flow than the two previous efforts. It's like a blend of the heaviness of the first and the dark melodies of the second. In almost every way, this album is superior to the two others. It has much better playing (especially Rayna's bass playing is by all means way better), much better production (the sound is clear and crispy at the same time), and the songs are of a very high standard.

Where the new album fails, is that it doesn't break new ground, as Chamber Music did. This time, the band didn't reinvent themselves as they did last time. But the new album is definately a leap foreward.

I recommend this to any fan of metal, whatever metal it might be. Well, perhaps not to fans of Linkin Park and Papa Roach. It might be a little too heavy and scary for them. But anyone else with a good taste in music.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK, May 8, 2002

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Bury Me In Smoke (LUBBOCK, TEXAS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Days (Audio CD)

Dark days is a step forward for coal chamber in terms of heaviness. This album sounds similar to their awesome self-titled debut. Compared to Chamber Music, Dark Days is overall a better album. Chamber Music had much more melody and singing on it, which wasn't neccessarily a bad thing, but it just wasn't coal chamber. But the band do what they do best on Dark Days, with unrelenting heavy beats, psycotic choruses repeated over and over again, and great energy with every song. Still it doesn't come close to their 1st album which is one of my all time favorites. But at least coal chamber are being true to themselves and their fans my making a very heavy album and not trying to get on the radio like so many other pathedic imitator bands. So in conclusion, buy Dark Days if you want "nu-metal" in its most original and raw form. Don't buy dark days if you like listening to rock radio.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, July 22, 2002

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Sean Wike "tankboy" (Mesa, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Days (Audio CD)

This is the best Coal Chamber album. The first album rocked very hard, but was undermined slightly by so-so sound. Chamber Music was let's say, lackluster. An overproduced version of the first. Dark Days isn't breaking any new musical ground, but it sounds 100 times better than Chamber Music. This CD is going in my top 50 all-time greatest. My favorite, "Fiend" sounds a bit like Marilyn Manson, and kicks the CD off nicely. The title track sounds like it came off of the first CD, but got polished a little bit more. Overall, if you're a disenchanted Coal Chamber fan (like I was), give 'em a break and give this one a listen. If you're a fan of the genre, this is a must have. And if you like your music hard, loud, and fast, this is for you.