Coldness (album)

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Coldness
Kotipelto coldness.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2004
Recorded2003
Studio Finnvox, Beyond Abilities Studios, High and Loud's Elk Studios
Genre Power metal
Length40:12
Label Century Media
Producer Timo Kotipelto
Kotipelto chronology
Waiting for the Dawn
(2002)
Coldness
(2004)
Serenity
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Coldness is the second album by power metal band Kotipelto, released in 2004 while Stratovarius was in hiatus. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Timo Kotipelto

  1. "Seeds of Sorrow" - 4:09
  2. "Reasons" - 3:46
  3. "Around" - 5:24
  4. "Can You Hear the Sound" - 3:19
  5. "Snowbound" - 4:34
  6. "Journey Back" - 3:37
  7. "Evening's Fall" - 3:56
  8. "Coldness of My Mind" - 3:34
  9. "Take Me Away" - 3:31
  10. "Here We Are" - 6:22
  11. "Beyond Dreams" - 3:36 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

Additional Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Kotipelto - Coldness". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2010-05-30.