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Sep 2017 - p.34
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Formed in 2009 by Canadian singer
songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and classically
trained singer Brittany Paige, better known by
her stage name Kobra, Calgary-based heavy
metal outfit
Kobra and the Lotus
specialize in
traditional, hard-hitting, New Wave of British
Heavy Metal-influenced hard rock.
After releasing their first collection of material,
Out of the Pit
, independently, the band caught
the attention of Kiss'
Gene Simmons
who
helped get the fledgling act a record deal with
Universal. The band's eponymous major-label
debut arrived in 2012, followed by a long bout
of touring that saw them sharing the stage with
some of their heroes, like
Judas Priest
and
Slash
. The group's third studio album, the
Johnny K-produced
High Priestess
, dropped
in 2014, followed by a North American tour in
support of
Kiss and
Def Leppard
.
THE
SLADE
ROOMS
NOV
30
r
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21
YEARS
1995-2016
Eight years into their journey, the band has
gone through significant changes in sound and
personnel to the point that they were able to
evolve and create what is easily the strongest
album in the
Kobra & The Lotus
catalogue. In
fact, the aptly titled
Prevail
is such a show of
strength that Kobra and her bandmates chose
to make a double album to be released in two
parts over the next year; a venture very few
artists have the backbone to attempt.
