Iron Kobra - 'Malicious Magician' (official visualizer)

Steering the sludge in his cauldron
a compound that reeks of pests
All sacredness has long been gone
obeying the demons’ requests

Eyes that pierce your heart!
Wills that break apart!

Malicious - Magician

Shrouding his identity
to hide his cruel intention
A dark malignant entity
excluded from ascension

Οι Iron Kobra μας έρχονται από την Γερμανία. Δημιουργήθηκαν προ δεκαετίας και το μουσικό τους ύφος το προβλέπεις εύκολα αν διαβάσεις τις επιρροές τους:

Manowar, Thor, Spinal Tap, Manilla Road, Cirith Ungol, Brocas Helm, Exciter, Tygers of Pan Tang, Tank, Black Widow, Living Death, Warlock, Tokyo Blade, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Running Wild, Top Gun Soundtrack.

Έχουν κυκλοφορήσει ένα demo, ένα ep, τρία singles, ένα split (μαζί με τους Witchcurse), ένα live album και δύο "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους. Το νέο τους πόνημα είναι split album (μαζί με τους Atom Smasher).

Πρόκειται για "επτάρι" βινύλιο, το οποίο έχει προγραμματισθεί να κυκλοφορήσει από την Dying Victims Productions το νέο έτος (24 Φεβρουαρίου 2023). Οι δύο μπάντες συμμετέχουν με ένα τραγούδι, το "Malicious Magician" για τους Iron Kobra και το "The Law" από την πλευρά των Atom Smasher...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Iron Kobra should be a familiar name to those who follow Dying Victims, as the Germans have become something of a “flagship band” for the label after their two full-lengths, 2012’s Dungeon Masters and 2015’s Might & Magic.

And just as those two albums’ titles (and covers!) display, Iron Kobra are true-as-steel HEAVY METAL time-locked in 1984!

And while it’s been quite quiet on the recorded front since that second full-length (except for the 2017 “Kerker & Drachen” 7”), the bikers from Hell return with a brand-new track here, “Malicious Magician,” that’s a glorious return to form – and shows they’re ready for a gleaming-black new chapter, swords strapped to their iron steeds.

On the flip is fellow Germans Atom Smasher: despite forming in 2010, it wasn’t until a decade later when they delivered their first EP.

And while a four-way split followed the next year, the duo’s spare discography suggests quality over quantity - and that’s what you get with their track here, “The Law,” which is a moody & mysterious epic of equally archaic metal. Bright days ahead for Atom Smasher, and Dying Victims is stoked to get their name out there with the ever-reliable Iron Kobra.»