Pain Is Beauty

by Chelsea Wolfe

Pain Is Beauty cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 September 2013
  • Label: MCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 54:47
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 24 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Pain Is Beauty', Chelsea Wolfe expands her goth-folk sound into electronic territory, incorporating synths and beats alongside her reverb-drenched guitars. The album creates a majestic, nocturnal atmosphere that explores themes of nature, love, and torment. It is a hauntingly beautiful collection of songs that feels like a soundtrack to a dark, romantic fairy tale.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, funereal, vampiric, electronic, female-vocals, droning, melodic, bleak, delicate

Tracklist

  1. Feral Love (03:22)
  2. We Hit a Wall (03:35)
  3. House of Metal (05:00)
  4. The Warden (03:52)
  5. Destruction Makes the World Burn Brighter (02:38)
  6. Sick (05:35)
  7. Kings (03:58)
  8. Reins (05:15)
  9. Ancestors, The Ancients (04:35)
  10. They'll Clap When You're Gone (05:52)
  11. The Waves Have Come (08:29)
  12. Lone (02:36)

Credits

  • Johnny Rozsa - photography by
  • Me Company - sleeve, design

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