Disco de Cold: “13 Ways to Bleed on Stage [Japan Bonus Tracks]”

I don't think it is too often that an album can grab you completely by surprise by just how good it is. This one did. I am not even quite sure why I bought this album, possibly just curiosity. I'm really not sure what I was expecting when I got my hands on this record but whatever my expectations were, they were completely blown out of the water. This is one of the most incredible albums I've ever heard. It's a bit difficult for me to even describe the music. Something like Staind meets Godsmack. The songs can be very hard driving and intense and they can also be very soft and quite simply beautiful. For me this album actually caused a great deal of introspection. And I think they were able to do that without being pompous. Simply put, they aren't full of themselves. They just create some of the most incredible music I've ever heard with lyrics that are simple, and yet amazingly powerful. The album actually has a very dark and moody tone to it, something that I would almost expect from a band like The Cure. While the mood may be that dark, but the music is actually completely different, much more metal than bands like that. Like I said, the bands overall sound is a lot like Staind or Godsmack and on several tracks the singer could pass for Gavin Rossdale of Bush.

One of the things that makes this album so great is the bands ability to transition speeds without ever loosing flow or momentum in the album. The album is smooth from song to song, and there are no fillers on this record. Every song is great. The highlights of the album are "Just Got Wicked", "Anti-Love Song", "It's All Good", "Bleed", "Witch", "Send In The Clowns" and "She Said". I know that's a few too many songs to list as the best on an album, but this is really just one of the most incredible albums. This is a band that with a bit of airplay could be absolutely huge. If you haven't heard anything by Cold, you need to. This is what modern hard rock or nu-metal should be.

unfortunately, cold usually ends up being lumped in with label mates limp bizkit and staind and all the other bands of their genre. it's really a shame because with the exception of staind and deftones (among others), cold really has defined their own unique sound. and unlike fred durst, skooter can actually sing. while not quite as crisp as aaron lewis' voice from staind, the vocals on cold's new album offer the same well done but distorted sound found on their debut album. this time around though, the production paid a little more attention to making the lyrics intelligible. which is a good thing because also unlike fred durst, cold can actually write good lyrics. its a lot more akin to poetry than the pre-teen fake anger posing that seems to be all limp bizkit can produce. as for the songs, their first single from this album, 'just got wicked' sounds very much like most of the songs from their first album, 'cold,' and really is the only song that doesn't find cold trying to pursue some new little sonic nuance, such as the oddly beautiful piano solos on 'she said,' and (possibly the best song on the entire album) the low-key balladesque 'bleed.' bleed is really a perfect way to end an amazing album by sort of bringing the whole thing into focus. the meaning of '13 ways to bleed on stage' is exposed in the eloquent lyrics expressing how music can become a part of your life and a necessary tool with which to pour out your soul, to literally bleed all your emotions out in a way that is both poignant and deeply satisfying.

to tell you the truth, i bought this album because of its cover. I thought that this was going to be a gothic/hardcore band, and to an extent it is. But after putting it in my cd player, i was pleasently dumbstruck. The singer doesnt scream (except for about 10 seconds on "Send in the clowns"). the guitars have a melody to them, and the lyrics have a definate meaning. They even make good use of a piano in two of the tracks. This band poured out all of their feelings out into this album, and thats what makes this so good. The cd ends with an acoustic song, "Bleed", which, along with the song "confession" i think have to be the most powerful and heartfelt songs on the cd. Definately a cd to listen to when you feel depressed. its weird, but it seems you always feel better after listening to the pain of someone else. If youre only interested in stuff like slipknot, dont get this cd, but if you like to hear ACTUAL music, get this today. You wont regret it.

I remmeber when I first bought this , I got it when year of the spider came out and being new to cold at the time i listen to this album and thought is was ok then I listen to it again and was blown away by this album ,it quickly became one of my favorite albums and bands . Scooter Wards vocals sound amazing , the music sends chills down your spine just in the first few seconds of the 1st song just got wicked and in the song send in the clowns as it builds up as he says send in the clowns then it just exposeds and he screams send in the clowns. But over all there are no bad songs on 13 ways to bleed on stage , it one of those albums thats u can listen to and not have to skip any songs. I have to say my favorite songs are just got wicked , end of the world, confession , send in the clowns, witch, and bleed. I highly recommed this album and year of the spider and there self titled album .

A little over a year ago I surfed in to Staind's site. On the site they had a little information about this band Cold and how Aaron Lewis did some backing harmonies on this song "Bleed." I listened to the song, and I was blown away.

Bleed is a positively beautiful song, and shortly after listening to it, I rushed out to buy 13 Ways to Bleed Onstage. I expected something entirely different. Where I expected Cold to be more like Staind, with a lot more crunch and thump with a few acoustic cuts here and there, I actually found an album full of extremely melodic songs with a few heavier songs interlaced throughout the record.

If you're expecting something crunchier and heavier, then you might well be disappointed by this cd at first listen, as I was. But it grew on me, and eventually I just couldn't stop listening. Scooter has a low, rich singing voice and the guitarists and bassist do an excellent job of expressing emotions through their instruments, while the drummer keeps it all tightened down with thundering beats.

Cold is NOT a "nu-metal" band. In fact, they remind me a lot more of something like... Cat Stevens or Harry Nilsson with distortion pedals and lots of tattoos. :-)

Really, I could not have imagined something this good coming from a band with as little exposure as Cold. In fact, I couldn't have expected something this good coming from a band that has a LOT more exposure than Cold... It's a beautiful album with a lot of depth and wonderfully deep, colorful, artistic songs.

In other words, this record KICKS [BUTT]. I can't wait to see these guys live.