''El mundo frio'' is the fourth full-length studio album by Japanese
doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...
band
Corrupted. The album consists of a single, continuous 71-minute song. The instrumentation is notable for inclusion of the Western
harp
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.
The title is Spanish for "The Cold World", albeit with the accent over ''frío'' left off.
Musical style
After the brief detour of the previous album ''
Se hace por los suenos asesinos'', the guitars in the album's final third ceased to be as doomy and distorted as they’d been, and almost shifted into
post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock that emphasizes Texture (music), texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional rock techniques. Post-rock artists often combine rock instrumentation and rock stylings wit ...
, as vocalist
Hevi began to recite the lyrics in a hoarse, earnest whisper rather than his usual bestial roar.
Track listing
Personnel
*Talbot – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Yokota – bass guitar, electric guitar
*Chew Hasegawa – drums
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Hevi – vocals
*Anri – harp
*Masahiko Ono – artwork
*Ippei Suda – engineering
References
Corrupted (band) albums
2005 albums
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