Great, another band with “Black” in its name. But Bay Area sludge-metal duo Black Cobra make up for that annoyance with songs that avalanche with infernal gravity. Guitarist/vocalist Jason Landrian and drummer Rafa Martinez have a decade of high-energy heavy music roiling around in their hairy heads; their latest album, Invernal, hones Black Cobra’s bludgeoning attack to a lethal degree, as Landrian’s fleet guitar riffs emulate walrus groans while Martinez generates thunder. There’s nothing seasonally festive about this stuff, thank Satan. (Highline, 210 Broadway E, 328-7837, 8 pm, $10, 21+)
Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when... More by Dave Segal