UK doom/gothic/post-punk act Cold In Berlin premiere new single and music video »12 Crosses«; new album »Wounds« out today via New Heavy Sounds!
London, UK based doom/gothic/post-punk band Cold In Berlin premiere new single and music video »12 Crosses« taken from their fifth album, »Wounds«, dwhich just dropped today, November 7th, 2025 via New Heavy Sounds.
Listen to the new album »Wounds« 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
Courtesy of Sarniak PR:
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.
»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.
“»Wounds« is a series of songs about the different ways people live with and process ‘the wounds’ of their lives.” explains Cold in Berlin’s vocalist Maya. “A strange celebration of that formative pain we have all experienced in some way. The loss and joy of survival – the celebration of finding others like us, the gift of knowing life comes after fire.”
The band’s new album »Wounds« is out thanks to New Heavy Sounds label. It’s 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« was recorded by Mike Bew, on location at Foel Studio. The band could be found working deep into the witching hours, experimenting with new sounds and filling the valleys with cantankerous wails of sound, bursting from amps borrowed from My Bloody Valentine.
“The Welsh countryside has a mystical quality to it.” says Cold in Berlin’s guitarist Adam. “We recorded in a deep, dark valley; misty days and shooting stars at night. You could wander through nearby woods and stone circles during breaks. Foel Studios is woven into this setting with a transcendence of its own – its storied history includes sessions by Electric Wizard, Hawkwind and The Fall.”
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.
Buy CD: coldinberlin.bandcamp.com/album/wounds
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
18 February – Gdansk, Poland, Wydzial Remontowy (with Datûra)
19 February – Poznan, Poland, Pod Minoga (with Datûra)
20 February – Cracow, Poland, Garage Pub (with Datûra)
21 February – Warsaw, Poland, VooDoo Club (with Datûra)
27 May – Vienna, Austria – Viper Rooms
29 May – Wroclaw, Poland – TBA
30 May – Bratislava, Slovakia – Koncerty na garážach
Tour dates & tickets: coldinberlin.com/live
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well