Formed in Los Angeles in sping of 1994, the music of coal chamber is the sound of internal combustion. Espousing a raw brutal down- tuned sound, their goth, hip-hop, and hardcore influences can be clearly heared in Dez Fafara's ominous whispers, guttural growls, and belligerent bellows, miguel "meegs" Rascon's anarchistic guitar playing, and rayna foss-rose and drummer mike cox's relentless, thundering rhythems. tension defined Coal Chamber thoughout its years existence and the music they left behind, as showcased on this compilation, serves as both a testament to their resilenceand a document of their demons.
