Tag Archives: Kobra and the Lotus

Metal By Numbers 7/23: The sound of Silence

Posted by on July 23, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The fourth album by Suicide Silence is titled You Can’t Stop me, and it’s strangely appropriate. It’s an album of firsts – their first album with Eddie Hermida following the untimely passing of Mitch Lucker, […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/16: Judas Priest redeem record sales

Posted by on July 16, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Retirement plans for metal bands (or really any kind of rock band) seem to involve the same thing: big final tour with possibly a final album, then at some point someone says “Well, we […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/9: You can’t fight the Seether

Posted by on July 9, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a pretty slow week for metal debuts. Unlike last week, there aren’t any heavy albums landing in the top ten. Active rock band Seether have a pretty solid debut for themselves, but that’s almost […]

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New and Noteworthy, July 1: Typical Miracle

Posted by on July 1, 2014

As is usual for the metal release calendar, the summer has already yielded some of the greatest albums expected to be released in 2014. This week, we get some more gems and highly-anticipated releases amid a short list. Read up and enjoy!     Every Time I Die, From Parts Unknown (Epitaph)   If you […]

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‘I Am’ about to watch this Kobra and the Lotus video

Posted by on June 11, 2014

Kobra And The Lotus’ third album High Priestess will be out in North America on June 24th via Titan Music. You might remember that the band’s last album, their self-titled one, was on Simmons Records, as in Gene Simmons. For their new album, the band have enlisted producer Johnny K. Led by the powerhouse vocals […]

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Photos: Amaranthe, Kobra & Lotus, And Flames Of Fury At NYC’s Gramercy Theatre, 7/17/13

Posted by on July 19, 2013

While Swedish/Danish metal sextet Amaranthe have been around for four years, it wasn’t until earlier this year, when their sophomore album The Nexus was released, that the band had an American profile. But when their first-ever American tour kicked off on Wednesday in New York’s Gramercy Theater to a near-capacity crowd, you would have thought the […]

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This was bound to happen – here’s a power metal cover of “Get Lucky”

Posted by on July 16, 2013

[youtube]http://youtu.be/yf9SMX4Lo58[/youtube] It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that the song of the summer this year is Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” The retro song by the French duo has crossed far beyond the EDM world, becoming a top 40 hit and appealing to fans of alt, disco and indie rock. And metal too, apparently. Peruvian guitarist […]

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