Black Cobra - "Invernal" CD

The fourth album from this Bay Area duo is an absolutely massive and vicious juggernaut of pummeling aggression. "Invernal" hits hard from the start, with the opener, "Avalanche", being an apt description. The next 7 cuts don't falter from there, either. With thick-as-molasses guitars and thunderous drums, Black Cobra singlehandedly crush most metal bands underfoot. Tracks like "The Crimson Blade" just seethe with tension, with as much low-end as the Melvins and as much speed as Slayer. Black Cobra just smoke, no doubt about it. (Southern Lord)

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Black Cobra - "Chronomega" CD

Bay Area duo Black Cobra's Southern Lord debut (and third LP overall) shreds from the very first track. "Negative Reversal" is a frantic, riff-heavy onslaught of sludgy doom/stoner wickedness -- like the Melvins on a speed binge, perhaps. "Catalyst" begins with some subtle drone, but it soon erupts into another mammoth cataclysm of molasses-thick riff-n-spliff. "Zero Point Field" gets so sticky, it threatens to become total noise, but it never devolves quite that far. Produced by the man-of-the-hour Billy Anderson (Melvins, Neurosis, High On Fire), "Chronomega" is a thick, bludgeoning behemoth capable of crushing anything in it's path. I am duly convinced, and worship at the altar of Black Cobra. (Southern Lord)

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