Have you ever had a moment when you put on a record and you can actually see the power of the music coming out of the your speakers? Then the next thing you know, your face starts contorting in awe and amazement while thinking to yourself, how that fuck can a band create music so epically awesome? When I first heard Invernal, the new album by BLACK COBRA, which will be released on October 11th via Southern Lord, those were the kind of experiences that took over my senses. This is one really special record; it is constructed of ultra gnarly grooves that only get thicker with each listen, and drumming that has the force to break dinosaur bones. Before I continue I must say that BLACK COBRA makes me scratch my head in wonder, because I still can’t figure out how only two humans can create such a monolithic sonic attack! Listening to Invernal is like having audio magic take place in your skull, and the call and response thing that this band has happening between each other is like hearing the 10 wonders of sound take place in your brain. Trust me, there are loads of rad vocals on this record, but it’s the interaction that the musicians have that will mesmerize you! The riffage on Invernal is so fucking radical that it has me envisioning it carving giant animal heads out of stone with caustic tones jumping out of the guitar. This record will inject you with so much Apocalyptic melody, after one listen you will have the strength to kick in the skull of Mad Max and get your dancing on at the same time. So the first song on the album is called “Avalanche,” but what comes to my mind when I hear this track is a raging volcano that you can not walk away from, because the magnetic grooves are just puling you closer until your body becomes lava. BLACK COBRA’s tune “Somnae Tenebrae” paints this strange picture in my imagination; when I hear the fury that this song packs, it makes me daydream about Nascar races, but instead of cars going around the track it’s giant woolly mammoths running around it, chasing after nonbelievers in metal. BLACK COBRA is two humans that are highly original in the music that they create, and they figured out a way to combine punk, hardcore, & cycodelic sludge into a sound that is all of their own. Another of facet Invernal that impresses me is when they slow things down; the guitar during these periods makes me think about my favorite trees, weeping willows. While taking in the new BLACK COBRA record, I realized, damn, I must see them perform this live! I know for a fact they will rock and shock the nation!
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