COLD BLACK RIVER CD RELEASE – Wed., October 31, 2018 – The Wisco – Madison, WI

This show is a killer line-up!  CORTEGE, ROYAL STATION, COLD BLACK RIVER, THE SCHISMS.  Trust me on this one; all these bands kick ass! … I couldn’t be more excited.

This Halloween show is also going to be the official CD release party for Cold Black River’s latest release – Tales of Death & The Devil. 

Cold Black River was formed in 2015 by Eric Cobb (vox/bass), Jeremy Roseland (guitar), and Aaron Kanitz (drums). The band was twice nominated for the MAMA (Madison Area Music Association) Awards, and performed in the MAMA Breakthrough Artist competition 2016, as well as garnering a nomination for a WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award for best metal artist.  Tales of Death & The Devil is the band’s fourth release.

I got the chance to listen to an advance copy of Tales of Death & The Devil and thought it was really great. According to the band, “We wanted to craft a stripped-down heavy sound with doom metal influences, decent hooks, and vocals you could hear and understand. We think our sound has given us a broader audience and allowed us to reach more people with our music.”

CBR eases us into the heaviness on this album with the sludgy instrumental Numbers Station > The Deserts of Mars (which sounds like it could be a track by Earth) but then lights right into Keep Rollin‘. The last time I caught CBR performing in Madison they were working out some of the new songs – and Keep Rollin’ was a hot number and well-received on the floor. CBR continues the heat through the remainder of the album.

Madison has some great heavy metal bands; Cold Black River is one of them. Tales of Death & The Devil is solid from front to back, and it well captures the musical energy of Cold Black River – and if you’ve seen their show you understand: “it is good.” 

Get out to this show.  Support local live music.  This night is gonna be killah…  Did I mention that it is also Halloween?