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An admiration for ‘70s inspired groove rock and remnants of a hardcore driven past brewed the foundation for Sweet Cobra. The mind-boggling grooves and sludgy, down-trodden guitar riffs make avoiding toe-tapping nearly impossible. Driven by murky grooves, Sweet Cobra incorporates the disgruntled fervor of hardcore as the finishing touch to an already intense sound that one must experience to comprehend.
Sweet Cobra formed in 2002 with drummer Jason Gagovski (Suicide Note) and vocalist/bassist Botchy Vasquez (The Killer, Challenger) Guitarists Robert Lanham and Matt Arluck later joined on to complete the line up. The band made its debut on Seventh Rule Recordings with “Praise,” introducing Sweet Cobra’s boundary defying sound. Picking up where “Praise” left off is 2007’s “Forever,” originally released through Hawthorne Street Records.
“Forever” offers eight songs, encompassing a similar reefer madness feel, with production by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian Circles) and mixed by Sanford Parker (Minsk, Buried at Sea) at Volume Studios. The art on the release was completed by vocalist and bassist Botchy Vasquez with drummer Jason Gagovski executing art direction and graphic design.
Sweet Cobra has shared the stage with Mastodon, Pelican, Converge, High on Fire, Isis, Coalesce, Baroness, Russian Circles and many, many more.
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