COBRA 1981

track-list:
Saattaja
Kuun kirkas valo
Elämän pyörteissä
Yön kuningatar
Yön salamat
Tummat pilvet
Jengi
Unta en saa
Vanha kuoma
Aamunrusko

Cobra 1981 was founded in 1981 in town of Kuortane, Finland.
The album is not a typical debut because of the gap of decades.
But no one has ever defined that ‘If you are over 60 you can’t start a recording career in a heavy metal band’
So why not?
Some of the songs on the debut album are almost forty years old, some more recent.
The current line-up include all the original members.
The youngest of the new members has just celebrated his fiftieth birthday.
The spirit of the album is energetic with a high tempo and guitar harmonies.
Combined with loud, high-pitched cinematic lyrics interpreted in the NWOBHM spirit.
At times, the atmosphere is ominously heavy and power ballads are also there.
The album was recorded as a studio live and the tightness of the sound is conveyed with a little bit of crunch, tasting like a life lived.

composed by Juha Sippola, Asko Ylinen, Jukka-Pekka Laitila
lyrics by Juha Sippola
production, studio engineering & mix by Arttu Volanto
engineered by Mika Jussila/Finnvox

The Moon has given inspiration to poems, stories and songs throughout the ages.
The light it reflects is more mysterious than sunlight and the shadows it creates are deeper and darker.
The full moon is still a chapter in its own.
Its echoes can unsettle the human mind and summon up nocturnal beasts.
Cobra 1981’s latest single ‘Kuun kirkas valo’ (Bright Light of the Moon) is a traditional werewolf tale.
The full moon makes the narrator thirsty to do things he might not want to do.
However, as a counterforce, love can calm a restless mind.
Cobra 1981 comes from the Finnish countryside, where the darkness and silence are felt more strongly than in larger cities.
The moonlight has a powerful effect on the landscape.
So powerful, in fact, that it has inspired the band to write several moon-themed songs.
The single has NWOBHM influences and a strong grip on their interpretation.
After all, the songs were originally composed in the golden years of British heavy metal in the 1980s.
‘Kuun kirkas valo’ is the band’s third single release and continues Cobra 1981’s long journey towards the dream of releasing an album.
A dream that was awakened over forty years ago.
The debut album ‘VOL1’ will see the light of day on March 22, 2024.
The singles ‘Vanha kuoma’ and ‘Yön salamat’, which have been released so far, have attracted attention not only in Finland but also around the world, including Australia, Japan and South America.