The Eerie Cold

The Eerie Cold
Studio album by Shining
Released	20 February 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Depressive suicidal black metal
Length	42:53
Label	Avantgarde Music
Shining chronology
Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie (2002) The Eerie Cold (2005) Halmstad (2007)

The Eerie Cold is the fourth album by Shining. ^[1] It was released on Avantgarde Music in 2005. A black LP version was released, limited to 500 copies. This album was originally intended to be the band's last. ^[2]

The end of "Claws of Perdition" includes sampled audio from the ending monologue of Christian Bale's character Patrick Bateman in American Psycho .

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
0.	Untitled (A spoken-word introduction appears on some copies [notes 1] )	2:00
1.	"I och med insikt skall du förgå" (As You Reach Insight You Shall Perish)	7:31
2.	"Vemodets arkitektur" (The Architecture of Sadness)	7:53
3.	"Någonting är jävligt fel" (Something is Very Wrong)	6:20
4.	"Eradication of the Condition"	6:58
5.	"The Eerie Cold (Samvetskvalens Ballad)" (The Eerie Cold (The Ballad of Remorse))	5:52
6.	"Claws of Perdition"	6:18
Total length:		42:53

Notes

1. Promo CD had a spoken intro on the first track that was removed from the retail version, however, the Peaceville reissue does feature this spoken word intro.

Personnel

• Niklas Kvarforth – vocals, guitar, keyboard
• John Doe – guitar
• Phil A. Cirone – bass, keyboard
• Hellhammer – drums

References

1. IV: The Eerie Cold - Shining | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 24 September 2025
2. "IV: The Eerie Cold — Shining". Prog Archives. Retrieved 18 October 2021.