The Waking Cold is the solo project of Chris Greene who back in 2003 joined Agalloch as their full time drummer, but later departed for reasons I don't recall. ‘Doorways of a Fading Heart’ is his first and (I do believe) only album, originally released on Agalloch bassist's JWW's Audio Savant Records in 2003. This is a diverse album of ambiance, noise, industrial and symphonic passages.
The album opens with, ‘The Dirt under my Nails’ a rather straightforward ambient piece with Gregorian style chants in the background and features some slight noise elements into this short opening song. ‘Independence’ is the noisiest song on the album featuring some harsh electronics mixed with subtle yet quite beautiful and relaxing synth work. ‘Deadlust’ is definitely my favorite song on the album opening with some weird laughter, screaming, and moaning, which occasionally pops up throughout the song. Musically this one is more ambient/industrial/noise sounding reminding me of a band like Puissance or Atomtrakt perhaps. At times it also sort of reminds me of the Terminator 2 movie theme. ‘Servitude or Longitude’ is a basic dark ambient piece that has a strong foreboding atmosphere to it. ‘ATFG’ continues in the same manner, while, ‘Sleep and you shall Sing’ is a nineteen minute dark ambient piece that reminds me of the previous two songs.
From what I do recall, this release was limited to something like 200 copies and is most likely sold out and even if it isn't, Audio Savant is gone now so I'd assume it's impossible to find. Therefore, I've made it available for download. Do check it out. This project deserves more listeners.
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