{"id":1018,"date":"2011-12-11T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T19:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:33:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:33:30","slug":"black-cobra-headlining-tour-to-begin-in-brooklyn-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/12\/11\/black-cobra-headlining-tour-to-begin-in-brooklyn-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK COBRA Headlining Tour To Begin In Brooklyn Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/earsplitpr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"BC12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earsplitcompound.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BC12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having just wrapped up their near three-week tour supporting Kyuss Lives! and The Sword,<strong>BLACK COBRA<\/strong>\u2019s first headlining tour in support of their new album,\u00a0<em>Invernal<\/em>, kicks off in Brooklyn tonight. The duo will hammer their way around the country on a fifteen-date headlining tour on their way back to San Francisco, the first nine dates bearing support from Zoroaster and The Body. Three new West Coast dates have been added since previous tour announcements, with shows now confirmed for Portland, Seattle and San Francisco at the end of the routing.<!--more--><strong>BLACK COBRA<\/strong>\u00a0overthrew the massive front cover of longtime northern New Jersey weekly entertainment mag The Aquarian this week;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaquarian.com\/2011\/12\/07\/interview-with-rafa-martinez-from-black-cobra-the-edge-of-the-earth\/\">check it out<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLACK COBRA Headlining Tour:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12\/11\/2011 Saint Vitus Bar \u2013 Brooklyn, NY w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/12\/2011 Johnny Brenda\u2019s \u2013 Philadelphia, PA w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/13\/2011 Great Scott \u2013 Allston, MA w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/14\/2011 AS220 \u2013 Providence, RI w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/15\/2011 Black Cat \u2013 Washington, DC w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/16\/2011 Drunken Unicorn \u2013 Atlanta, GA w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/17\/2011 Siberia \u2013 New Orleans, LA w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/19\/2011 Emo\u2019s \u2013 Austin, TX w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/20\/2011 The Conservatory \u2013 Oklahoma City, OK w\/ Zoroaster, The Body<br \/>\n12\/21\/2011 Launchpad \u2013 Albuquerque, NM<br \/>\n12\/22\/2011 Rogue \u2013 Scottsdale, AZ<br \/>\n12\/23\/2011 The Z \u2013 San Luis Obispo, CA<br \/>\n12\/27\/2011 Star Theater \u2013 Portland, OR<br \/>\n12\/28\/2011 Highline \u2013 Seattle, WA<br \/>\n12\/31\/2011 Elbo Room \u2013 San Francisco, CA<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTheirs is a sound of thorough desolation, and their most recent studio album, Invernal, their third full-length, is undoubtedly the best representation yet of their sophisticated brutality and mesmerizing heaviness.\u201d \u2013 The Aquarian Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026the songwriting itself finds Black Cobra at the peak of their abilities, and there isn\u2019t a false note anywhere to be found\u2026 8\/10\u2033 \u2013 Metal Injection<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026like a shotgun blast of thumb tacks, gravel and raw amphetamine\u00a0&#8211; point blank to the face.\u201d \u2013 The Bone Reader<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs the band marks its 10th anniversary in 2011, they do so with their greatest achievement yet. This is what metal should be.\u201d \u2013 The Obelisk<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026a band that seems to always improve on its punishing formula.\u201d \u2013 Music Emissions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"319\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/T1hzsoVTuAc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"319\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/T1hzsoVTuAc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackcobra.net\/\">http:\/\/blackcobra.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackcobramusic\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackcobramusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blackcobramusic\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blackcobramusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernlord.com\/\">http:\/\/www.southernlord.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.southernlord.com\/\">http:\/\/blog.southernlord.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twatterlord\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/twatterlord<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having just wrapped up their near three-week tour supporting Kyuss Lives! and The Sword,BLACK COBRA\u2019s first headlining tour in support of their new album,\u00a0Invernal, kicks off in Brooklyn tonight. 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