If you took Korn, Lamb Of God, DevilDriver and a pinch of Meshuggah and put them into some sort of German-made metaphorical music blender, then the resulting mush would resemble Cold Snap.
You may be thinking that these fellas are behind the times, and you wouldn’t be totally wrong. Cold Snap are from Croatia, in the former Eastern Bloc, yet disappointingly, they haven’t exploited their context as interestingly as Rammstein have, for instance. Simply, Cold Snap sound very American.
The tracks on World War 3 are hard to distinguish from one another, all of them built on the band’s nu-metal/groove metal mix, except for middle track ‘Freedom’, a short electronic ditty, and closing track ‘My Emptiness’, the obligatory long and mellow metal track.
Although they may be retreading old ground, at least World War 3 isn’t full of tiresome breakdowns. Cold Snap aren’t too worried about pushing any envelopes, but they seem rather happy bolting all their favourite metal influences into one nice, easy-going mixture that you’ll be sure to enjoy if you’re a metalhead.
2.5/5.
World War 3 is out now through Eclipse.
