It’s hard to find a dose of heavy metal more pure and true than what you’ll hear on Eternal Dagger, the new album from German outfit Iron Kobra. Formed in 2008, Iron Kobra have maintained a steady stream of releases, honing their approach for the third album, which you can stream below.
Always keeping with themes of the fantastical and/or mythical, Eternal Dagger sees Iron Kobra take a more sci-fi approach to the lyrics and presentation this time around, compared to the dungeon crawler themes of previous albums. Paired with the soaring melodies and ripping solos of songs like “Forbidden Fruits” and “Treacherous Tyrant,” it gives Iron Kobra something fresh without straying too far off the path.
“It is great to finally release a new album after 11 years with no full-length,” Iron Kobra tell Decibel. “From our perspective, Eternal Dagger is our most refined work yet, while still offering the rough and eccentric songs you expect from Iron Kobra. We never tried to stick to a certain style of heavy metal, which made all our albums in the past really varied and unique sounding and we stayed true to this attitude with our upcoming record. Eternal Dagger offers everything from thrashy speed metal tracks, double-lead-ridden heavy rockers in the vein of the NWOBHM and epic hymns to pump your fist and sing along to.”
Eternal Dagger is out on June 19 via Dying Victims but you can listen now.
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