Self released, 2006

So Cold is fortunately enough a band from Italy that doesn’t play power metal like majority of other bands hailing from that part of the world. They are actually quite opposite and thanx God for that. The music So Cold is presenting for us here on this 5-tracker cd-r A Touch of…is simply gothic metal. It reminds me a lot of Anathema, Sentenced, Charon and even Type o Negative. First two tracks opener “…Rain” and the following “Opening” are almost the same, I mean with the same pace, and with what I would describe as heavy rock gothic sound ala H.I.M. and there’s no reason why not to compare it to H.I.M. cause the guys actually mention H.I.M. to be one of their biggest influences. Central part of the album is maybe the best track “Kiss the Scythe” with very interesting lyrics and very good progressive passages where you can hear some violins making this song very romantic in a way, I guess. In this part of the album some doom elements are more present than before – diversity was definitely good fuel to this Goth fire! “The Deceiver” shows the band in another but never the less good light, showing all their musical capacities, creating great atmosphere with great vocals. “Black Harmony” is the last song closing this black chapter of So Cold story with lyrics concerning death, pain and human weakness. So if you’re were (or still are?) a fan of the 90s Finnish Gothic scene and bands like Charon, Sentenced and HIM then I can highly recommend you this demo cd. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of this genre I must say that I see a lot of potential to this band if they just continue recording and presenting their music very seriously. For more info visit band’s official site at: www.socold.org or contact this Italian band (very close to ex-Yugoslav border) at: -email-