The Arrival by DIAMOND KOBRA
Rock Hard Magazine 7/10 points
"Diamond Kobra play "High-Voltage Darksynth", already going back to 1984 in the form of a demo tape. Said cassette reappeared after 34 years and inspired the musicians to enrich the material with additional synthesizer sounds and some guitars. The result sounds like a soundtrack from the eighties and should benefit from the Stranger Things hype. The Swedish duo also has numerous guest contributions, for example Blind Guardians vocalists Hansi Kürsch and Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott can be heard, while the iconic cover comes from the renowned film poster artist The Dude Designs". "The Arrival" is available as a limited vinyl in pink with a printed inner sleeve."
MINT Magazine
"Im Synthwave- und fiktiven Soundtrack- Genre erscheint eine herausragende neue Veröffentlichung mit Heavy-Metal-Hintergrund. Diamond Kobra spinnen ihre Geschichte um das Konzeptalbun „The Arrival“. Es soll bereits 1984 entstanden, aber bis jetzt verschollen geblieben sein. Die beiden Produzenten Otto Lofgren und Bjørn Bors Baconsson stießen darauf und nahmen das Material neu auf. Dank ihrer Kontakte in die Metal-Szene gewannen sie dafür Gäste wie Arch Enemys Michael Amott und BlindGuardians Hansi Kürsch, die das Profil des sowieso schon starken SciFi-Soundtrack-Konzeptalbums mit Hörspielelementen um die Rebellen-Gang Diamond Kobra zusätzlich schärfen. Das ganze ist inspiriert von 80er-Filmklassikern wie Total Recall, City Cobra, Alien, Star Wars oder Terminator. Die vielen Ohrwurmmelodien und Klänge kommen auf dem tadellos gefertigten Vinyl hervorragend zur Geltung, die Hochglanztasche passt zum obligatorisch kitschigem Retro-Cover.“
Tracklist
| 1. | The Arival feat. Hansi Kürsch | 1:52 |
| 2. | Kvortex One | 3:48 |
| 3. | Between Two Worlds | 0:43 |
| 4. | Wyld Stallyons feat. Michael Amott | 3:25 |
| 5. | The Eyes of Tomorrow | 2:41 |
| 6. | Atomic Black | 3:35 |
| 7. | Violet Vyper | 1:23 |
| 8. | Satanik Panik | 3:56 |
| 9. | White Noize Silver Highways | 1:23 |
| 10. | Acid Queen | 3:31 |
| 11. | Two Shots | 1:31 |
| 12. | Ultra Neon Superstar | 2:15 |
| 13. | Eternal Sundown | 3:34 |
| 14. | We are Diamond Kobra feat. Hansi Kürsch | 1:39 |
Credits
Music by Diamond Kobra
Recorded between March 2018 and March 2019
Original Recordings by Viggo Håkansson May 1984 at Nightingale Studios, Västerås, Sweden
Arrangements by Otto Løfgren & B.b. Baconsson at Cellarium Studios & High Reverb Studios
Produced by Bjørn Bors Baconsson & Otto Løfgren
Engineered by B.B. Baconsson
Mixed & mastered by David Trapp at Energiekreis Zuckerhut Studios
Diamond Kobra is:
B.B. Baconsson | Keys, Synthesizers, Voice
Otto Løfgren | Synthesizers, Voice, Programming
Guest appearances by:
Michael Amott, Hansi Kürsch, Jarmo JM Mäkkeli, Chris Amott,
K.D. Johansen
Logo design & album conception by Pixeleye Industries
Novelization of the saga Christian F. B. Belzer
Cover Design by Tom Hodge, The Dude Designs
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Darksynth/80s Soundtrack
DIAMOND KOBRA is:
B.B. Baconsson
Keys, Synthesizers, Voice
Otto Løfgren
Synthesizers, Voice, Programming