Yep apparently that's pretty common with Cobalt CD's =P

Written by Guest on 12.01.2010 at 20:40

Deafness still wouldn't be an excuse for choosing Behemoth over the vast majority of other releases this year. And did Converge really deserve the number 1 spot for the official list? Converge tend to be good but number 1 worthy? I doubt it somehow, not that I've heard it

Yeah, you haven't heard it so there ye go.

Did the new album get album of the year or did one of the other albums get album of the decade? I just ask because the new one isn't as good as the 3 albums before it. Those are all worthy of a place in the top twenty of the decade.

Written by -tom- on 15.01.2010 at 18:31

Written by Guest on 12.01.2010 at 20:40

Deafness still wouldn't be an excuse for choosing Behemoth over the vast majority of other releases this year. And did Converge really deserve the number 1 spot for the official list? Converge tend to be good but number 1 worthy? I doubt it somehow, not that I've heard it

Yeah, you haven't heard it so there ye go.

Did the new album get album of the year or did one of the other albums get album of the decade? I just ask because the new one isn't as good as the 3 albums before it. Those are all worthy of a place in the top twenty of the decade.

New album is Terrorizer Staff's album of 2009.

"Jane Doe" is Decibel Mag's album of the decade.

Now back to Cobalt... love the insert pic of one fo the Coblaters shooting a typewriter in the snow. imagine that is a tribute to HUnter S. Thompson.

The new one would have to top Jane Doe to beat Gin. Looks like I don't need to listen to it now.

After listening to War Metal, Eater Of Birds, and Gin...

I like War Metal better. The break downs in Gin are a bit much. The vocals are great and most of the music sounds fucking fantastic, but the songs kinda blur together. War Metal was a bit faster and had a more definite direction. Maybe if there was use of some noise and/or sampling in the back ground... I would like it more.

If you like the War Metal album then get Hammerfight. War Metal was a bit weak in terms of production than the first CD.

Talked to Erik for a bit last Saturday at Roadburn. He was there playing drums for Jarboe. The Jarboe merch girl was pissed off that I wanted a CObalt shirt and not a Jarboe one. Had to explain to her that really like Cobalt but not Jarboe at all

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.04.2010 at 15:45

Talked to Erik for a bit last Saturday at Roadburn. He was there playing drums for Jarboe. The Jarboe merch girl was pissed off that I wanted a CObalt shirt and not a Jarboe one. Had to explain to her that really like Cobalt but not Jarboe at all

lols. two entirely different animals that will appeal to different people. i'd have wanted a Coblat shirt as well...

Written by BitterCOld on 19.04.2010 at 05:36

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.04.2010 at 15:45

Talked to Erik for a bit last Saturday at Roadburn. He was there playing drums for Jarboe. The Jarboe merch girl was pissed off that I wanted a CObalt shirt and not a Jarboe one. Had to explain to her that really like Cobalt but not Jarboe at all

lols. two entirely different animals that will appeal to different people. i'd have wanted a Coblat shirt as well...

Profound Lore has the second limited design out. They still have some left I think. I own the first one, the "nihilistic primitivism" and it's pretty much my favorite t-shirt.

Written by spirit_inblack on 19.04.2010 at 06:03
Profound Lore has the second limited design out. They still have some left I think. I own the first one, the "nihilistic primitivism" and it's pretty much my favorite t-shirt.

I saw that, am pretty tempted.

Written by Guest on 19.04.2010 at 17:17

Written by spirit_inblack on 19.04.2010 at 06:03
Profound Lore has the second limited design out. They still have some left I think. I own the first one, the "nihilistic primitivism" and it's pretty much my favorite t-shirt.

I saw that, am pretty tempted.

Aha, I see that that's the one I bought at Roadburn. They actually had only borught one XL along. Probably figuring that almost no-one would buy it since Cobalt wasn't playing.
Btw it seems the shirt is sold out at Profound Lore.

I gave Eater of Birds and Gin a few more listens. I don't like the break downs, they ruin it for me. The music is good, it has a good sound and a good flow, but with each breakdown I get bored and it does not give me the atmosphere or feeling that I really wanted from those two albums. I still enjoy the first album and EP. And I like the vocals, I think thats the only thing that kept me afloat with the last two albums.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 19.04.2010 at 17:49

Written by Guest on 19.04.2010 at 17:17

Written by spirit_inblack on 19.04.2010 at 06:03
Profound Lore has the second limited design out. They still have some left I think. I own the first one, the "nihilistic primitivism" and it's pretty much my favorite t-shirt.

I saw that, am pretty tempted.

Btw it seems the shirt is sold out at Profound Lore.

I managed to get one from there?

Written by Guest on 19.04.2010 at 21:53

I managed to get one from there?

When I looked on the Profound Lore site earlier today all I came across was the insect T-shirt.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 19.04.2010 at 22:08

Written by Guest on 19.04.2010 at 21:53

I managed to get one from there?

When I looked on the Profound Lore site earlier today all I came across was the insect T-shirt.

Er yeah I think that's the one spirit_inblack was talking about (Pregnant Insect, the one I just bought, hella sexy), he was saying that Nihilistic Primitivism was his fave shirt, is that the one they were selling at Roadburn then?

Written by Guest on 19.04.2010 at 23:21


Er yeah I think that's the one spirit_inblack was talking about (Pregnant Insect, the one I just bought, hella sexy), he was saying that Nihilistic Primitivism was his fave shirt, is that the one they were selling at Roadburn then?

Yeah they sold Nihilistic Primitivism at Roadburn. And now I am still wondering why I didn't get Eric to sign the shirt. I had a felt tip pen at that point cause I had just got Tom G Warrior to sign my Only Death Is Real book and all of Triptiykon to sign the Eparistera Daimones double vinyl.

I briefly listened to War Metal while on walkabout earlier and I wasn't blown away. If I was heavily into the whole black/thrash thing I probably would have been but as it stands the newer style is much more my thang.

Jesus Christ this band is immense!!!!

I'm hearing Eater of Birds and Gin for two days running. Really brilliant.

Weeee got Eater Of Birds this weekend and am loving it.

... this track leaves my jaw on the floor :O

I am so buying this album!!

Gin is THE proof that black metal does not always need to have lo-fi production to be good. It is really immense.

McSorley has to come up with new work. Not generally a fan of black metal but he mixes it in with the right sound. Gin was amazing.

This interview with Cobalt member Erik Wunder was posted on Sputnikmusic recently discussing Cobalt and to a larger extent his other project Man's Gin (folk, Americana). There is another Cobalt album in the works. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2013/08/31/erik-wunder-of-mans-gin-and-cobalt-interview/

Cool interview and I'm glad to have found this because I've never heard Man's Gin before. For those of you who like American folk you should really give this a try:

Written by SmokyPeat on 10.10.2013 at 19:28

McSorley has to come up with new work. Not generally a fan of black metal but he mixes it in with the right sound. Gin was amazing.

Already done a couple of weeks ago. Phil released a tape from his LLN-worshipping project, Recluse, which also includes Mike Meacham of Loss on bass. The tape was released on Meacham's Graceless Recordings (http://gracelessrecordings.bigcartel.com/. I'm fairly certain the next tape is either already recorded or nearly recorded, and is just waiting to be released. Here's a track:

Written by spirit_inblack on 12.10.2013 at 20:45

Written by SmokyPeat on 10.10.2013 at 19:28

McSorley has to come up with new work. Not generally a fan of black metal but he mixes it in with the right sound. Gin was amazing.

Already done a couple of weeks ago. Phil released a tape from his LLN-worshipping project, Recluse, which also includes Mike Meacham of Loss on bass. The tape was released on Meacham's Graceless Recordings (http://gracelessrecordings.bigcartel.com/. I'm fairly certain the next tape is either already recorded or nearly recorded, and is just waiting to be released. Here's a track:

When you said LLN I feared the worst but that was pretty nice for something so derivative.

Cobalt... brilliant is the best word to describe them.

Written by spirit_inblack on 12.10.2013 at 20:45

Written by SmokyPeat on 10.10.2013 at 19:28

McSorley has to come up with new work. Not generally a fan of black metal but he mixes it in with the right sound. Gin was amazing.

Already done a couple of weeks ago. Phil released a tape from his LLN-worshipping project, Recluse, which also includes Mike Meacham of Loss on bass. The tape was released on Meacham's Graceless Recordings (http://gracelessrecordings.bigcartel.com/. I'm fairly certain the next tape is either already recorded or nearly recorded, and is just waiting to be released. Here's a track:

Erik Wunder is the one who brings the other influences to the table that makes their sound distinctive (as I quickly figured out after my above post). I wrongly mentioned McSorley here. Not a fan of the Recluse track but thanks for sharing.

Written by SmokyPeat on 13.10.2013 at 18:49

Written by spirit_inblack on 12.10.2013 at 20:45

Written by SmokyPeat on 10.10.2013 at 19:28

McSorley has to come up with new work. Not generally a fan of black metal but he mixes it in with the right sound. Gin was amazing.

Already done a couple of weeks ago. Phil released a tape from his LLN-worshipping project, Recluse, which also includes Mike Meacham of Loss on bass. The tape was released on Meacham's Graceless Recordings (http://gracelessrecordings.bigcartel.com/. I'm fairly certain the next tape is either already recorded or nearly recorded, and is just waiting to be released. Here's a track:

Erik Wunder is the one who brings the other influences to the table that makes their sound distinctive (as I quickly figured out after my above post). I wrongly mentioned McSorley here. Not a fan of the Recluse track but thanks for sharing.

Personally, I don't think that statement is entirely accurate. I've been listening since before the Eater of Birds days, and as far as I can remember, there was an interview in an issue of Metal Maniacs wherein the band stated that Phil was the one that recorded Ritual Use Of Fire, one of Cobalt's more experimental guises. I can't reference said issue, because I didn't take those magazines with me when I moved out, and my parents threw them in the trash.

EDIT: I also have just consulted M-A, and it states that Phil solely recorded Ritual Use Of Fire.

I will say, Erik is definitely the one that brings the Swans influence into the picture. One look at the artwork and music of Man's Gin reveals that (and the fact that he has played drums for Jarboe).

Overall, I believe it's a amalgamation of both Phil's and Erik's influences that contribute to the distinctiveness of Cobalt's sound.

Why do some people in here keep on calling Cobalt's latest album 'Man's Gin' when in fact it is just called 'Gin'? Btw there are samples of Jarboe on that album as well.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.10.2013 at 13:07

Why do some people in here keep on calling Cobalt's latest album 'Man's Gin' when in fact it is just called 'Gin'? Btw there are samples of Jarboe on that album as well.

Man's Gin is an apocalyptic folk rock side project by one of the Cobalt members. Certainly not part of Cobalt's discog.