Cold Red Review
Deadtide.com

Essex, England's Niota's debut Cold Red hit stores in September 2005 to praise as a hybrid of fellow UK alt-rockers Funeral For A Friend and hardcore mainstays Poison The Well. Here, we've got the debut single containing just two songs. Interesting marketing idea, I suppose.

While Niota's sound isn't really given due credit by comparing it to the aforementioned bands, Niota does successfully combine fast-paced alternative rock-style vocals (a gritty sort of singing) along with abrasive, equally as quick guitar and drum work. Niota seems to be one of those bands that could and can cross genres into the lighter side of metal and the harder side of alternative rock... It's just too bad that I can only guess from these two tracks. The two, however, are surprisingly good, once you get past Ben Keenan's unique vocal delivery. The talent and distinctively interesting style is there for sure, but the songs (at least on this two-track single) are not.