Coldwave Breaks

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Coldwave Breaks
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedOctober 17, 1995 (1995-10-17) [1]
Genre Industrial
Length61:48
Label 21st Circuitry
21st Circuitry V/A chronology
Death Rave 2010
(1994)
Coldwave Breaks
(1995)
21st Circuitry Shox
(1996)

Coldwave Breaks is a various artists compilation album released on October 17, 1995 by 21st Circuitry. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Aiding & Abetting gave Coldwave Breaks a positive review and called it "a collection of club-ready stuff that has enough guitars and general noise to satisfy the staunchest loud music aficionado." [4] Tom Schulte of allmusic awarded the compilation three out of five stars and described it as "fun and a real history lesson to listen to." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."21st Century" (Rough Sex Demo) Chemlab 5:06
2."Pathetic Conviction"Naked Lunch4:44
3."This Blackness"Gracious Shades3:33
4."Tension Upon Tension" (Hate Dept. Mix)BOL3:32
5."Rage" Schnitt Acht 5:02
6."Cringe"Pain Station5:54
7."Stronghold"Pinchpoint4:39
8."Goin' Off"Piece Machine3:53
9."Free My Soul"Kaos Kontrol4:12
10."Der Tod Ist Mein Meister Aus Deutschland"Some More Crime4:08
11."Skin" (Mix of Hate) 16volt 4:07
12."New Power" Hate Dept. 3:35
13."E&E"Out Out4:24
14."Overgod" Steril 4:59

Personnel

Adapted from the Coldwave Breaks liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1995 21st Circuitry CD 21C.CD10

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  4. Worley, Jon (September 11, 1995). "Various Artists: Coldwave Breaks". Aiding & Abetting (86). Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  5. Coldwave Breaks (booklet). Various artists. San Francisco, California: 21st Circuitry. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)