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"Evolution" is the sixth studio album from Canadian heavy metal band Kobra and the Lotus. The work was released on 20 September 2019 via Napalm Records.
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Kobra and the Lotus have decided that, in order to keep up, bigger is better, so they’ve gone hell for leather on attempting to create an album of real power. It works in places as well – the riff at the beginning of the title track is truly monolithic in size and lead single Burn! has not only a colossal chorus but an even more sizeable stomp. Talking of stomp, Thundersmith is going to become a staple of rock radio stations for years to come with its own riffage that, with a bit more distortion, wouldn’t look out of place on a Marilyn Manson record. At the front of it all is Kobra Paige, who is the standout performer across the whole album. She has never sounded better, hitting her potential superbly and especially on the ballad-esque Wash Away, where she stakes a real claim to owning the best female voice in rock and metal music today.
Kobra and the Lotus are not going to lose many fans or sleep over Evolution; when it hits the spot it’s a juggernaut of catchy choruses and great riffs. All they need to do is bring the production down a notch or two going forward and they’re going to scale even greater heights than they have already. In terms of album success over the last three years, this has definitely got them the hat-trick.
Reviewed by Elliot Leaver for distortedsoundmag.com.
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