L.A. COBRA + SMOKING SNAKES

L.A. COBRA + SMOKING SNAKES 30e Oktober

L.A. Cobra is a sleaze rock band from Pretoria, South Africa. Breaking hearts and melting faces since 2005. Some bands just have a good thing, Know what makes them great, and they build continuously on those strengths. South Africa’s L.A. Cobra released their debut album How much snake can you take? back in 2010 and it was reminiscent of the early 80s hard rock bands that inspired them, and yet they had their own spin on it. A big part of that is the vocal style of singer/ guitarist Don Cobra who sounds vocally like a mixture of Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe, Taime Down of Faster Pussycat, C.J Snare of Firehouse, and Mike Tramp of White Lion. Their second album Shotgun Slinger arrived in 2017 and took their sound further, with even bigger anthems. The album also featured backing vocals and mixing by Martin Sweet of Crashdiet.

As great as those two albums are, L.A. Cobra’s latest album Superstition is next level stuff. Martin steps in as producer, Mixing, Mastering, and backing vocals. The difference in production quality shows, their past two albums are great but from a production level they were more raw sounding, Superstition has a huge sound in comparison. The album starts out with “Strange Desires” which features lead vocals by L.A Cobra’s lead guitarist Slade, This song reminds me a lot of Martin’s side project Sweet Creature and Slade even sounds quite a bit like him vocally. “Nothing like a nemesis” starts out with a guitar riff that reminds me of Judas Priest ” you’ve got another thing coming” before going straight up Ratt meets Firehouse, the rhythms and leads on this song are excellent.

The title track again evokes comparisons to Ratt but these guys really have their own spin, this song is mid tempo but no less an excellent rocker, Definitely one of the best songs on the album. “Untamed” is a raging beast of a song that I’d LOVE to hear live, this is L.A. Cobra really kicking down the door, a viscous rocker with hard hitting rhythms and chord progressions, this might be my favorite song they’ve done to date.

“I want more” sounds very inspired by early Mötley Crüe and Dokken, the higher production level and mixing quality on this album really lets this bands rhythm section shine, the bass tones played by Ewil Honey are rich and the Drumming by Callie the animal hits with that huge drum sound you want from bands like this.

SMOKING SNAKES Meet the Gothenburg-based sleaze metal band that's turning heads and making waves in the rock scene. Formed in 2022 by Brett Martin (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Andy Delarge (bass, backing vocals), Mackey Gee (drums), and Rob Raw (lead guitar) are the next generation of hard-hitting, guitar-driven rock n' roll.

Influenced by the big arena rock bands of the 80s like W.A.S.P, RATT, Dokken, and Kiss, their music is a fresh and modern take on classic sleaze metal. From catchy hooks to heavy riffs and powerful vocals, they've got a sound that's all their own.

At the beginning of 2024 their criteria-acclaimed debut album "Danger Zone" was released. It was nominated for the Rocknytt Prize for Album of the Year 2024 and Debut Album of the Year by Sweden's largest online newspaper, Rocknytt. Smoking Snakes is currently recording the band's second album.

Line-up: Brett Martin - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar Andy Delarge - Bass, backing vocals Mackey Gee- Drums, backing vocals Rob Raw - Lead guitar, backing vocals

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