Viva La Muerte

Cobra Verde, “Viva La Muerte” (Scat/Matador, 1994)
Essentially, this is Death of Samatha after a slight line-up reshuffle and a major attitude re-vamp. Roxy Music/Pere Ubu glam-art-punk fused with fluently Stonesy rock classicism is still the working model here, but the former whimsy has been replaced by a chain-mail-fisted, powerfully dynamic hard-rock attack in pursuit (and attainment) of the ultimate Herzog/Fassbinder European death trip.
Try 2, 6, 7, 8
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