COBALT – Slow Forever 2xCD
“Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.”
Led by mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Erik Wunder and featuring new vocalist Charlie Fell (ex-LORD MANTIS), the duo of COBALT forge onwards where “Gin” left off seven years ago, with what could very well be their most ambitious album to date. Forged as a double-album clocking in at 86-minutes, “Slow Forever” is epic in the traditional COBALT sense of progressive and forward-thinking apocalyptic wasteland outlaw metal. On “Slow Forever” the listener will be taken on a journey (akin to the metal soundtrack to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road) through an experience where an overwhelming sonic barrage presents itself as COBALT’s most challenging, hypnotizing, and time-stretching material yet. While at the same time “Slow Forever” also presenting some of COBALT’s most straightforward and catchiest material within its scope along with that touch of gothic Americana alchemy lending its tone to the sound canvas likewise.
Once again recorded/mixed/and mastered by longtime COBALT producer Dave Otero in his Flatline Audio Studios in Denver, CO, and featuring art and design by Jimmy Hubbard, tracklisting for “Slow Forever” goes as follows:
Disc One:
1. Hunt The Buffalo
2. Animal Law
3. Ruiner
4. Beast Whip
5. King Rust
6. Breath
7. Cold Breaker
Disc Two:
8. Elephant Graveyard
9. Final Will
10. Iconoclast
11. Slow Forever