• New Music Reviews
• |
• Archives
• |
• News
• |
• Submissions
• |
• About
• |
• 
• |
• 

September 2024

• Sinner's Blood: Dark Horizons
• Serious Black: Rise Of Akhenaton
• Eclipse: Megalomanium II
• SteelCity: Reverence
• Hydra: ReHydrated
• Heartwind: III
• Gabrielle De Val and the Dragonlords: Tiger
• Find Me: Nightbound
• The Nail: The Nail
• Timeless Fairytale: A Story To Tell
• Stryper: When We Were Kings
• Phil Mogg: Moggs Motel
• Pure Reason Revolution: Coming Up To Consciousness
• Jordan Rudess: Permission To Fly

August 2024

• Siege Perilous: Creation's Call EP
• Paralydium: Universe Calls
• Mike Tramp: Songs Of White Lion Vol. II
• Bite The Bullet: Looking For Paradise
• All For Metal: Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)
• Hammerfall: Avenge The Fallen
• Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 2

July 2024

• Ironflame: Kingdom Torn Asunder
• Spektra: Hypnotized
• (Michael) Palace: Reckless Heart
• Mr. Big: Ten
• Dark Mile: Dark Mile

June 2024

• Kaipa: Sommargryningsljus
• Sunbomb: Light Up The Sky
• Seven Spires: A Fortress Called Home
• Atlantic: Another World
• Xeneris: Eternal Rising
• New Horizon: Conquerors
• Issa: Another World

May 2024

• Rhapsody Of Fire: Challenge The Wind
• Cloven Hoof: Heathen Cross
• Perseus: Into The Silence
• Yes: Talk (1994/2024) Reissue
• Marty Friedman: Drama
• Demon: Invincible
• The Treatment: Wake Up The Neighbourhood
• The Tangent: To Follow Polaris
• Riot V: Mean Streets
• Anette Olzon: Rapture
• FM: Old Habits Die Hard

[ More Music Reviews ]

Triple Cobra: Live Fast & Die Beautiful

Glam/Glitter Rock

Rating: 3.0/5.0

Triple Ego Music
www.triplecobra.com
www.myspace.com/triplecobra
Review: Craig Hartranft,  06.28.2009

The copyright on Triple Cobra 's Live Fast & Die Beautiful dates this disc three years to 2006. However, this San Francisco glitter/glam hard rock band is getting the push from Just Rock PR here in the States. Triple Cobra is fronted by transvestite-like singer Artiss Ngoval who looks like Marilyn Manson colliding with Iggy Pop (without the muscles) at the L'Oréal counter at Nieman Marcus and sings like Brit Justin Hawkins. Besides the usual bass, drums and rhythm guitar, the band is rounded out by some well-rounded and bodacious backup singers often found wearing feather boas. Promo materials suggest that Triple Cobra's live act is raw, rowdy, and decadently over the top.

Unfortunately, I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Triple Cobra's music. Live Fast & Die Beautiful is B-movie average melodic hard rock lacquered with aforementioned rock and roll decadence, some nasty riffs, and a soft production. Conversely, Triple Cobra is blessed with a strong rhythm section which delivers a steady groove and some great vocal arrangements, especially when the ladies get the push. Ngoval's vocals are solid, but also just as annoying as Justin Hawkins when he goes for the falsetto. Guitar solos are few and far between or often buried in the mix. In the end, only a few songs caught my interest, most notably the better rocking Trash and Little Vice. Otherwise, Live Fast & Die Beautiful is mostly forgettable glam and glitter melodic hard rock with an (hardly novel) androgynous lead vocalist and an outrageous stage show to back it up. I hope it's enough because its been done before.

Triple Cobra's Live Fast & Die Beautiful is mostly forgettable glam and glitter melodic hard rock with a hardly novel androgynous lead vocalist and an outrageous stage show to back it up. I hope it's enough because its been done before.

Alphabetical Index

By far, Sweden's Eclipse is one of my favorite bands. Always consistent and always entertaining, Eclipse has been delivering their 21st century version of melodic metal rock since songwriter, producer ... [ Read More ]