Track Listing

1. Fiend
2. Glow
3. Watershed
4. Something Told Me
5. Dark Days
6. Alienate Me
7. One Step
8. Friend
9. Rowboat
10. Drove
11. Empty Jar
12. Beckoned

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48321 in Music
• Released on: 2002-05-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Limited edition of the goth inspired alternative metal act's 2002 album is packaged in an exclusive black jewel case & includes three bonus tracks, 'Anxiety', 'Save Yourself' & 'One Step' (Scott Humphrey mix).

Amazon.com
Coal Chamber's third outing since 1997 finds the Los Angeles-based quartet taking its dark, intelligent nu-metallic approach farther. More ominous, aggressive, and postindustrial than true metal, the band's portentous, aggro style is also at times sensual, as vocalist Dez Fafara delivers provocative, pointed lyrics in a passionate, wide-ranging sing-to-a-growl voice. From "Friend?" to "Drove," with its spooky soundtrack-like vocals and simple, haunting, edgy music, Coal Chamber pulls no punches. As Farfara taunts in "Drove," "Yes, I despise you mostly / you're small you see, a wannabe." From the barely controlled chaos of "Something Told Me" and the dynamic title track to the insinuating, irresistible chorus of "One Step" and "Rowboat," a song originally done by the band Flood, the disc is generally strong. Ultimately, however, this album's 41 minutes of murky musings is not revolutionary enough to earn major merit. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews

Best of Coal Chamber!!!!!!
The album by Coal Chmaber is amazing. It has everything a fan of hardcore metal could ever want. Heavy riffs, screams and growls and hard-hitting drums. This is Coal Chamber's most focused record, it has far better flow than the two previous efforts. It's like a blend of the heaviness of the first and the dark melodies of the second. In almost every way, this album is superior to the two others. It has much better playing (especially Rayna's bass playing is by all means way better), much better production (the sound is clear and crispy at the same time), and the songs are of a very high standard.

Where the new album fails, is that it doesn't break new ground, as Chamber Music did. This time, the band didn't reinvent themselves as they did last time. But the new album is definately a leap foreward.

I recommend this to any fan of metal, whatever metal it might be. Well, perhaps not to fans of Linkin Park and Papa Roach. It might be a little too heavy and scary for them. But anyone else with a good taste in music.

ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
Dark days is a step forward for coal chamber in terms of heaviness. This album sounds similar to their awesome self-titled debut. Compared to Chamber Music, Dark Days is overall a better album. Chamber Music had much more melody and singing on it, which wasn't neccessarily a bad thing, but it just wasn't coal chamber. But the band do what they do best on Dark Days, with unrelenting heavy beats, psycotic choruses repeated over and over again, and great energy with every song. Still it doesn't come close to their 1st album which is one of my all time favorites. But at least coal chamber are being true to themselves and their fans my making a very heavy album and not trying to get on the radio like so many other pathedic imitator bands. So in conclusion, buy Dark Days if you want "nu-metal" in its most original and raw form. Don't buy dark days if you like listening to rock radio.

Excellent!
This is the best Coal Chamber album. The first album rocked very hard, but was undermined slightly by so-so sound. Chamber Music was let's say, lackluster. An overproduced version of the first. Dark Days isn't breaking any new musical ground, but it sounds 100 times better than Chamber Music. This CD is going in my top 50 all-time greatest. My favorite, "Fiend" sounds a bit like Marilyn Manson, and kicks the CD off nicely. The title track sounds like it came off of the first CD, but got polished a little bit more. Overall, if you're a disenchanted Coal Chamber fan (like I was), give 'em a break and give this one a listen. If you're a fan of the genre, this is a must have. And if you like your music hard, loud, and fast, this is for you.