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December
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - Out Of The Pit(Kobra Music - 2010)

Lampooning a classic Testament song title turns out rather appropriate for this disc after you’ve heard one or two tracks.Pretty much a girl fronted version of most Bay Area big boys a lot of the time herein, KATL do give us the routine punk metal outings as well plus lashings of random old-school bombast. Frontwoman Britanny Paige’s pipes are a little painful to sit through at first, but her upper octave trad-metal yelps blend in as the music blends towards it itself.Dissolving into a sweetly balanced mix of Maiden and Megadeth along the last three quarters of the album’s run, the twin guitars are well delivered with classy soloing and give room for substance while doing their task.

‘It's Yours’, ’Focfom’, ‘Teaspoon Of Metal’ ‘, ‘The Hooker’ ‘Snake Pit’ and’ Ride Like Sugar’ are great sturdy old fashioned metal tunes that Paige adds a freshening feel to, restraining their effort from a journey down the same-old-same-old chute.

Brilliant.

8.5/10

By Dave Attrill

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