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Cold in Berlin Premiere “The Power” Video; Rituals of Surrender out Oct. 11

Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 10th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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There’s no shortage of drama inherent in the direct-to-camera looks of Cold in Berlin‘s new video for the lead single from Rituals of Surrender, which is out Oct. 11 as their first release through New Heavy Sounds and fourth long-player overall, but with the strobe and smoke effects, creepy silhouette dancing and thunderously doomed metallic crash, the goth-tinged Londoners remind of something that might’ve taken hold in the later reaches of Headbanger’s Ball back in the day; a dark aesthetic familiar but given additional edge here through the modern tonal weight. Their last two records having come out through CandlelightRituals of Surrender follows 2015’s The Comfort of Loss and Dust as well as a couple singles and remixes (in true ’90s fashion) that revamp the band’s approach in various atmospheric ways. “The Power,” the song featured in the clip premiering below, is as much a summary of what’s on offer in terms of style as one could ask.

It is presented with a catchy and commanding hook, as well as a fervent rhythmic stride, the vocals of Maya Berlin in immediate control of the proceedings. Maya is the silhouette in question and has a distinct presence maintained across the song’s sub-five-minute span. As much as the song owes stylistically to goth, though, “The Power” is definitively a work of doom metal, and its not-cult-rock leanings are refreshing in an age of fuzzed-up Insta-ready faux-mystique. Cold in Berlin seem to be taking a different approach, and one that stands them out among the crowded London underground as well as offers a mature approach to craft without sounding stale, overly dramatic or lost in its woes as anything remotely goth runs the risk of doing. That’s not to say there isn’t any drama happening in “The Power” — the video proves that wrong almost immediately — just that the balance between that and the aural heft creates a fusion of elements that enhances both. It’s heavy, it’s metal, it’s doom, it’s goth. Cold in Berlin is an excellent name.

Rituals of Surrender is available to preorder now from New Heavy Sounds and comes in vinyl — red and black smoke — CD and digital editions linked under the video below. More info also follows as per the PR wire.

Please enjoy:

Cold in Berlin, “The Power” official video premiere

This video was created By CHEMICALLY SINISTER PRODUCTIONS
Director/Editor: John Clay
Director of Photography: Ben Etchells
Producer/Creative attache/Colour grading/Projector handler: Jorge Dubac
Creative consultant/Lighting: Rob Homewood
Set Designer/prop design: Millie Kemp
Special Thanks to Alfredo Widmer Violante of Public Pressure

There are rituals surrounding all acts of surrender; the strange dance we perform before the many endings scattered throughout our lives, before the next beginning rises from the dust. Cold in Berlin’s new album Rituals of Surrender, released on 11th October via London label New Heavy Sounds, offers up thunderous modern fables, crawling from the wreckage of an ordinary life – dark and hopeful – standing tall in the debris.

Produced with gritty clarity and volume by Wayne Adams (Green Lung – Woodland Rites), Rituals of Surrender is not a crack of lightning or the drumming of rain on a window, it is an unnatural, ground shaking thunder raging through your veins. It is a suffocating howl crashing through your heart. But with the moments before any ending, surrender brings release, the serenity of escape, even from the darkest of days.

Ten years since their debut Cold in Berlin continue their sonic journey in the face of nothing less than the immanent collapse of the world, as we know it.

Pre-order now:
CD and limited edition transparent red and black smoke vinyl – https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/cold-in-berlin-rituals-of-surrender
Digital – https://smarturl.it/RitualsOfSurrender

Upcoming shows:
5th October – The Lending Room – Leeds
10th October – The Victoria – London

Cold in Berlin is:
Maya – Vocals/Lyrics
Adam – Guitar
Lawrence – Bass
Alex – Drums

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