Cold Night For Alligators
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Cold Night For Alligators is a Danish
metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2008. They have released one extended-play entitled Ulterior Motives.
In the beginning of 2010 they entered Danish recording studio
CB-Studios to start the recording of their first extended-play. They continued the work by recording vocals at another Danish recording studio based in Frederikssund called Six String Studios, and ended up recording guitar and bass themselves in CNFA Studios. The recordings was then mixed and mastered by Jeppe Anderson in Hansen Studios.
Shortly after the EP was finished bassist Simon Silva left the band.
Ulterior Motives also received coverage from several bloggers. One blogger reviewed the album and rated the album with a B+ rating and another blogger described the band this way: they have massive technical influence and there's no doubt about it. This is not just simple deathcore.
at the 29th of April. Cold Night For Alligators won the award.
The influences of Cold Night For Alligators include Between The Buried And Me
, Meshuggah
and The Faceless
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2008. They have released one extended-play entitled Ulterior Motives.
Formation
Cold Night For Alligators was founded in 2008 in Roskilde by guitarists Kristoffer Jessen and Roar Jakobsen, drummer Niklas Schrøder and former bassist Simon Silva. During the first year of existence the band rehearsed without a singer but in 2009 vocalist Hjalte Bertelsen joined the band.In the beginning of 2010 they entered Danish recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
CB-Studios to start the recording of their first extended-play. They continued the work by recording vocals at another Danish recording studio based in Frederikssund called Six String Studios, and ended up recording guitar and bass themselves in CNFA Studios. The recordings was then mixed and mastered by Jeppe Anderson in Hansen Studios.
Shortly after the EP was finished bassist Simon Silva left the band.
Release of Ulterior Motives
In September 2010 Cold Night For Alligators released the EP and named it Ulterior Motives. Ulterior Motives was given mixed reviews with Danish mainstream music magazine Gaffa awarding the record 3 stars of 6 possible, and online magazine Rockfreaks.net giving the EP a rating of 8 out of 10. Another online magazine named Devilution described the EP as "exciting fusion metal" and gave the release a rating of 3 out of 5.Ulterior Motives also received coverage from several bloggers. One blogger reviewed the album and rated the album with a B+ rating and another blogger described the band this way: they have massive technical influence and there's no doubt about it. This is not just simple deathcore.
Nominated for Best Metal Act
The band was nominated for best metal act at the annual Danish Underground Music Awards. The awardshow was held at Danish venue Bremen located in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
at the 29th of April. Cold Night For Alligators won the award.
Release of first music video
At the 8th of May the band released a music video for the song 'Tempus Fugit' of the EP Ulterior Motives. Two days after its release, the video was promoted by online magazine The NewReview and later the same month Metal Injection did the same.Influences
Cold Night For Alligators got their name from a user made font on www.dafont.comThe influences of Cold Night For Alligators include Between The Buried And Me
Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They have released a total of five studio albums, as well as a cover album, an EP and a live DVD/CD...
, Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
and The Faceless
The Faceless
The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
.
Current
- Kristoffer Jessen - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(since 2008, founding member) - Roar Jakobsen - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(since 2008, founding member) - Niklas Schrøder - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(since 2008, founding member) - Hjalte Bertelsen - vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
(since 2009)