Brutal, BRUTAL new one from Black Cobra, the San Fran guitar/drums duo who have been kicking all kinds of hesher ass across the globe since the release of
their Bestial debut. This eight song disc doesn't change things up at all from their debut, serving up more of their trademark beatings of downtuned
sludge metal heaviness that marries the awesome, megadistorted bomb string crunch of early Floor with the rolling battle metal of High On Fire, and at this
point Black Cobra has not only become the heaviest two-piece band on the planet, but these guys have truly become masters of the battle-riff. Seriously,
every time "Red Tide" and it's onslaught of brootal bass-heavy Iommi riffing and manic tribal beats kick in, the entire Crucial Blast office is suddenly
overcome with the urge to stage a Viking raid on the local bodega. Luckily for downtown Hagerstown shop owners, Black Cobra also ddeliver a mellow
psychedelic instrumenal with the spaced out, delay n' flange soaked acid jam "Thanos" that shows up in the middle of the album that settles a deep lava-lamp
hue on the album. But the real standout on the album is "Ascension", which begins with subdued solo guitar picking, erupts into a massive hypnotic trance
dirge, and then slips into an awesome krautrock coda a la Ash Ra Tempel! This CD is actually a rerelease of the tracks that appeared on Black Cobra's split
with Eternal Elysium, which was only available in Japan. Packaged up in a digipack case and joined by an unreleased bonus track, this also contains awesome
live video of the band's set at the Roadburn Festival from earlier this year.