![]() ![]() ColdWaves IV takes things further into more experimental musical territory than ever before, featuring the more doom-laden and apocalyptically driven stylings of Godflesh, Lustmord, Author & Punisher, and Lead into Gold to the more rhythmic and rocking alternative sounds of Pop Will Eat Itself, Severed Heads, and Front Line Assembly. ![]() Cooperating from the start with the Hope for the Day charity for suicide prevention, ColdWaves may be one of the most aggressively loud yet most emotionally poignant festival events the underground music scene has yet seen, all taking place in the center of American industrial music. Held in the heart of the Windy City and entering its fourth installment, ColdWaves has grown into one of the industrial music scene’s most singular events, bringing together several different styles and even resurrecting several acts long since disbanded. Since passing from this mortal coil in 2012, his brother-in-arms, Jason Novak has striven to pay tribute to Duffy’s memory – together with WTII Records co-founder David Schock, the pair have commemorated Duffy’s life and music with the annual ColdWaves festival. The death of a loved one is never an easy affair, and in the case of Jamie Duffy, one of Chicago’s most revered musical and audio wunderkinds, his loss was felt by more than his family and friends felt by an entire scene that he helped to create. ![]()
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