London doom/gothic/post-punk band Cold In Berlin releases second single and music video »The Stranger« from upcoming album »Wounds«
London, UK based doom/gothic/post-punk band Cold In Berlin releases the second single and music video »The Stranger« taken from their upcoming studio album, »Wounds«, due out on November 7th, 2025 via New Heavy Sounds.
Listen to »The Stranger« on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Hangman’s Daughter
02. 12 Crosses
03. Messiah Crawling
04. They Reign
05. The Stranger
06. We Fall
07. The Body
08. I Will Wait
09. Wicked Wounds
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Born in East London in 2010, Cold In Berlin quickly graduated from the local scene’s fleeting gothic revival into one of the UK underground’s most revered live acts. Fronted by the commanding and fierce vocal performances of Maya, the band forges dark post-punk, doom, and krautrock into a singular sonic force – equal parts raw power and bleak beauty, as heavy as it is haunting.
“»The Stranger« is a song that is meant to allow for multiple interpretations… It can be a song about addiction – the wound that doesn’t heal. Or you can understand it as a story about finding your place in the world. And the third possibility is that »The Stranger« is a song about that sharp kind of love at first sight that can overwhelm, offering freedom and constraint all at once.” says Cold In Berlin vocalist Maya about the new single. “»The Stranger« can be all these things – a healer, a cage, an addiction, but it is most definitely a call into the darkness, reaching out to the listener to join us in the howl of life, to wake up the bones and the skin. Be with us in the noise and know that whatever it is that led you to us, we are grateful you are home.”
Synths in »The Stranger« by Bow Church.
New single »The Stranger« previews the band’s upcoming album »Wounds«. Its premiere is set for 7th November this year, thanks to New Heavy Sounds label. It will be the band’s first studio album since 2019’s »Rituals Of Surrender«, which Narc Magazine praised for its “crushing doom-laden riffs that assaulted the speakers with a steady pulse of noise”. It follows the 2024 EP »The Body Is The Wound«, described by Metal Epidemic as featuring “hooky melodic songs” with a “swelling heavy intensity”.
»Wounds« is the band’s long-awaited fifth album – their first in six years. As heavy as it is haunting, the record masterfully blends doom, post-punk, and driving krautrock in a dynamic, hypnotic maelstrom – pushing London’s most exciting cult band into intoxicating new territory.
The album has been previously announced by the single »Hangman’s Daughter«.
With their fifth album, »Wounds«, Cold In Berlin deliver on the promise of all that came before. Their most ambitious work to date features powerful synths from long-time collaborator Bow Church, free-jazz brass sections, and off-beat structures and time signatures.
Cold In Berlin debuted in 2010 with the album »Give Me Walls«. It was named an Album of the Year by Artrocker magazine, announcing Cold In Berlin as a vital new voice in alternative music. Signing with Candlelight Records (Universal), the band released »And Yet« (2012) and »The Comfort Of Loss And Dust« (2015), pushing their earlier post-punk sound into darker, heavier territory, with major UK airplay (BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music) and acclaim from Metal Hammer, Mojo, and Q.
By the time of 2019’s »Rituals Of Surrender« (New Heavy Sounds), their transformation from punky noiseniks to post-metal powerhouse was complete. Nearly a decade on from their formation, the band was immortalised in the British Library’s Sound Archive, following their inclusion in its major exhibition Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination.
After a period in the shadows during the global pause, Cold In Berlin re-emerged in 2024 with »The Body Is The Wound« EP. Incorporating mechanical, factory-floor rhythms and icy string machines into their wall of noise, it was cited by critics as the band’s best work to date, establishing a new blueprint for their evolving sound.
Pre-save new album »Wounds« HERE.
Cold In Berlin is:
Maya Berlin – Vocals, Lyrics
Adam Richardson – Guitar
Lawrence Wakefield – Bass
Alex Howson – Drums
Tour dates:
7 November – Coventry, The Arches
8 November – Leeds, The Library
22 November – Sheffield, the Corporation (with NFD)
23 November – London, the Garage (with NFD)
24 January – Bristol, The Gryphon
31 January – London, the Lexington
19 February – Poznan, Poland, Pod Minoga (with Datûra)
20 February – Cracow, Poland, Garage Pub (with Datûra)
21 February – Warsaw, Poland, VooDoo Club (with Datûra)
Tour dates & tickets: coldinberlin.com/live
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well