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Kiss of the Cobra King
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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = Powerwolf
| album = Best of the Blessed
| released = 1 November 2019
| recorded = 2019
| studio = Fascination Street Studios
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| label = Napalm Records
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| producer = Jens Bogren
| prev_title = Fire & Forgive
| prev_year = 2018
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"'Kiss of the Cobra King'" is a song by the German power metal group Powerwolf. It was originally released on the album 'Return in Bloodred.'
The song earned the Gold and Platinum Record award in Czech Republic.
Background and release
The first version of "Kiss of the Cobra King" was released on Powerwolf's first studio album titled 'Return in Bloodred' on 4 April 2005.
In 2018 the song got covered by the metalcore band Caliban. It was available on the Deluxe Edition of Powerwolf's album 'The Sacrament of Sin'.
A re-written version of the song was released as a single on 1 November 2019.
Subject
The first version of the song tells a story about a wolf, which fights against a snake. The story is about the war between Romania and the Ottoman Empire under Vlad III Dracula. According to older interviews, this is an old Romanian legend; the biography of 'The History of Heresy I', on the other hand, claims that the idea arose during a rehearsal session when Attila Dorn ordered a pop-up pop group to be quiet, otherwise they would be "bitten by the Cobra King."
The 2019 version tells about Eve, the first woman according to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, who's being tempted by the serpent of Eden to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Matteo Vdiva Fabbiani and Chiara Cerami. It was released on YouTube on 1 November 2019. It follows Eve as she's being tempted to eat an apple by Matthew Greywolf, Attila Dorn, Roel van Helden, Falk Maria Schlegel and Charles Greywolf.
Eve is played by Jezz von Sperling. The video also features Alessandro Adriano Dos Santos, Ari Denaro, Beatrice Baumann, Cristina Sech, Eva Hel, Furfur, Josephine Paulenz, Lily Kumpe, Lisa Vandalism, Lyna R. Lynanuye, Mary De Weirdo, Natalie Petek, Seilor Cernunnos, Setty Mois, Thenia AF. and Zora van der Blast. It was recorded in the Insomnia nightclub in Berlin.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
* Attila Dorn vocals
* Matthew Greywolf lead guitar
* Charles Greywolf rhythm guitar, bass
* Falk Maria Schlegel organ, keyboards
* Roel van Helden drums
References
Category:Cultural depictions of Adam and Eve
Category:Powerwolf songs
Category:2019 singles
Category:2005 songs
Category:Napalm Records singles
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