The Burning Cold

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The Burning Cold
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Studio album by
Omnium Gatherum
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Recorded2018
Genre Melodic death metal
Length51:17
Label Century Media
Producer Markus Vanhala, Teemu Aalto
Omnium Gatherum chronology
Grey Heavens
(2016)		The Burning Cold
(2018)		 Origin
(2021)
Singles from The Burning Cold
  1. "Gods Go First"
    Released: 6 July 2018 [1] [2]
  2. "Refining Fire"
    Released: 10 August 2018 [3]
  3. "Over the Battlefield"
    Released: 7 September 2018 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BraveWords 8/10 [5]
Metal Injection8/10 [6]
Sonic Perspectives8.8/10 [7]

The Burning Cold is the eighth full-length studio album of Finnish melodic death metal band Omnium Gatherum. It was released on August 31, 2018 via Century Media Records. [8] It is the band's first album Century Media, which released their previous albums in America, as their main label, [9] as well as their last first without longtime drummer Jarmo Pikka, who initially left temporarily for a paternity leave, but eventually, Pikka's departure was made permanent and fill-in drummer Tuomo Latvala was promoted to being a full-time member, though just for this album. [10]

Contents

Vocalist Jukka Pelkonen explained in an interview about the writing process for the album, "It was kind of like a similar thing that has happened before with the previous albums. I think it's always like that when you write a new album, then we go on tour, then we have this feeling to record something new and then we start to think about the new riffs and stuff. Like, it was one and-a-half years ago, we started to have these ideas about 'The Burning Cold' and from that, it just went naturally, basically, with these paths, maybe in one-half and two years we have these new songs to record that would define OG in a new way, so we did it." [11] The band went on a European tour in November for the album, supported by Wolfheart and Nothgard. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Burning"2:06
2."Gods Go First"4:30
3."Refining Fire"5:14
4."Rest in Your Heart"4:52
5."Over the Battlefield"4:21
6."The Fearless Entity"4:43
7."Be the Sky"4:49
8."Driven by Conflict"3:57
9."The Frontline"5:13
10."Planet Scale"5:43
11."Cold"5:49

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "OMNIUM GATHERUM Release Official Video For New Single "Gods Go First" - BraveWords". BraveWords . 6 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "OMNIUM GATHERUM: 'Gods Go First' Video Released - BLABBERMOUTH.NET". Blabbermouth.net . 6 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "OMNIUM GATHERUM Release New Single "Refining Fire"; Music Video Streaming - BraveWords". BraveWords . 10 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "OMNIUM GATHERUM Release Home-Recorded Playthrough Video For "Over The Battlefield" - BraveWords". BraveWords . 7 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Owenson, Ryan (4 September 2018). "OMNIUM GATHERUM - The Burning Cold - BraveWords". BraveWords . Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Album Review: OMNIUM GATHERUM The Burning Cold". Metal Injection. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Smith, Jonathan (7 September 2018). "Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold (Album Review)". Sonic Perspectives. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "OMNIUM GATHERUM Reveal New Album Artwork, Tracklisting - BraveWords". BraveWords . 19 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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