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artist: Iron Kobra / Atom Smasher
title: Malicious Magician / The Law
year: 2023
genre: Heavy Metal
type: Split EP
label: Dying Victims Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2023-02-24
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:10:25
size: 23.9 MiB / 2 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-09
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/c1j03nelvtudb
tracklist:
01. Iron Kobra - Malicious Magician 4:31
02. Atom Smasher - The Law 5:55
release notes:
IRON KOBRA should be a familiar name to those who follow DYING VICTIMS,
as the Germans have become something of a "flagship band" for the label
after their two full-lengths, 2012's Dungeon Masters and 2015's Might &
Magic. And just as those two albums' titles (and covers!) display, IRON
KOBRA are true-as-steel HEAVY METAL time-locked in 1984! And while it's
been quite quiet on the recorded front since that second full-length
(except for the 2017 "Kerker & Drachen" 7"), the bikers from Hell return
with a brand-new track here, "Malicious Magician," that's a glorious
return to form - and shows they're ready for a gleaming-black new
chapter, swords strapped to their iron steeds. On the flip is fellow
Germans ATOM SMASHER: despite forming in 2010, it wasn't until a decade
later when they delivered their first EP. And while a four-way split
followed the next year, the duo's spare discography suggests quality over
quantity - and that's what you get with their track here, "The Law,"
which is a moody & mysterious epic of equally archaic metal. Bright days
ahead for ATOM SMASHER, and DYING VICTIMS is stoked to get their name out
there with the ever-reliable IRON KOBRA.