Sweet Cobra

Hometown post-metal vets Russian Circles filled Metro on September 9 to cover the crowd in absolutely massive riffs, accompanied by heavy Indiana tourmates Cloakroom and local pop-sludge outfit Sweet Cobra. The entire show was incredibly loud, exactly the way you want to experience the kind of shoegaze tinged post-rock that aims only to submerge you in its swelling guitar lines...

Pelican @ Lincoln Hall, June 2012 (more by Zach Pollack) Chicago post-metal outfit Pelican, who now call The Swan King's Dallas Thomas a fulltime member, are currently working on a new album...

Chicago metal band Sweet Cobra are gearing up for the vinyl release of 2010's Mercy, due out on July 17 via Hawthorne Street Records, and have scheduled a big hometown show at Lincoln Hall on June 19th...

As discussed on Brooklynvegan, Kansas City's Shiner have reunited for a select set of US dates in celebration of the reissue of The Egg, due on August 7th...

today in Chicago * Dark Star Orchestra @ the Vic * GliterGuts' Dance Punk Circus @ Metro * artEdge @ Museum of Contemporary Art * Spare Change @ Ultra Lounge (Late Show) * Diana Jones @ Old Town School of Folk Music * Brothers Rage, Afternoon Moon, Digeometric @ Abbey Pub * Voodoo Glow Skulls, Authority Zero, Skyfox @ Beat Kitchen * The Hush Sound, Empires, Dr...

Chicago hardcore festival The Rumble have announced plans for a 2012 edition, taking place on April 27 & 28 at the Bottom Lounge. Their initial lineup of over twenty bands between the two days is headed up, Murphy's Law, Coliseum, and Sweet Cobra...

Anatomy of Habit @ Saint Vitus in Brooklyn (more by Mariah Karson) As discussed, Anatomy of Habit said they weren't going to play any shows this month, then they added just one, and now it seems they can't stop adding gigs to their schedule...

Sweet Cobra guitarist Mat Arluck passed away from a tough battle with cancer in late 2009. On his Birthday in 2010 (February 4th), Sweet Cobra, Cooler By The Lake, Deminer, Crash Course, Closing In, and Lynyrd's Innards got together for a memorial concert at Beat Kitchen...

, photo Coliseum headlined a laid-back metal show at the Beat Kitchen on May 27th, near the end of their US and Canadian tour. The line-up included the Chicago bands Hunters, The Swan King, and Sweet Cobra; the last of which also played three Ohio dates on the Coliseum tour...