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Specializing in a brand of metal that they like to call "extreme war metal," the Colorado-based two-man band
Cobalt
merge moody, mid-paced riffery with death metal screams, as evidenced throughout their 2009 offering,
Gin
. A simply punishing and sonically dense release from front to back,
is one fierce beast -- which manages to do so without bowing down to your run-of-the-mill extreme metal tricks. As the
chaps prove throughout -- especially on such ditties as
"Arsonry"
and
"Stomach"
-- you don't have to have the speedometer cranked all the way to the top to get your point across if you're an extreme metal act. Also included are two tracks on which former
Swans
singer
Jarboe
drops by --
"A Clean, Well Lighted Place"
"Pregnant Insect."
With most extreme metal bands adhering to the same game plan nowadays, it's good to hear a group attempting to put its own stamp on the genre, and as evidenced by
,
are one of the few bands brave enough to do so. ~ Greg Prato
Cobalt
merge moody, mid-paced riffery with death metal screams, as evidenced throughout their 2009 offering,
Gin
. A simply punishing and sonically dense release from front to back,
is one fierce beast -- which manages to do so without bowing down to your run-of-the-mill extreme metal tricks. As the
chaps prove throughout -- especially on such ditties as
"Arsonry"
and
"Stomach"
-- you don't have to have the speedometer cranked all the way to the top to get your point across if you're an extreme metal act. Also included are two tracks on which former
Swans
singer
Jarboe
drops by --
"A Clean, Well Lighted Place"
"Pregnant Insect."
With most extreme metal bands adhering to the same game plan nowadays, it's good to hear a group attempting to put its own stamp on the genre, and as evidenced by
,
are one of the few bands brave enough to do so. ~ Greg Prato