“At the beginning of the song, you can hear the parable by the Soviet filmmaker Konstantin Lopushansky, which states:
“Look at yourself, human! For there is nothing more beautiful than you. Lies – that’s your name, and hypocrisy – that’s your deeds. Everything you touch will be desecrated: the living and the dead, trees and stones of planets, air, animals and fish. Everything will be poisoned, everything will be distorted…”
Media Praise for Kob’:
ARKONA won the soundcheck of Metal.de
“A sincere, intense album that grows in appreciation with each exploration” (Rock Hard, FR)
“The darkest creation in their discography so far.” (Bianca Härtzsch / Metal Hammer, DE)
“The band’s darkest album, to date, a reflection on the darkness humanity creates for itself.” (A&P Reacts, CAN)
“An extreme and their blackest masterpiece that goes beyond words and stands as an absolute peak in the Russian band’s discography” (Rock Hard, IT)
“A fascinating album with a lot to offer.” (Powerplay UK)
ARKONA on the new album, Kob’:
“We’re enormously proud to present you our new album, Kob’, which is finally ready to step out into this world in its full glory. Clad in a black robe, it’s prepared to reveal itself in the image of the many-faced and majestic death, which inevitably leads us along an invisible thread, by the whisper of a prophetic divination spell called Kob’. Close your eyes. Led by the Universal Darkness that has risen from the grave, taste the flesh of a blatant bloody reality. Drink the tears of Mother Earth’s sufferings. Take your filthy skin off your innocent face, in order to be cleansed from the suffering received during the dark power of epidemics and wars which were created by your pure, gentle hands.
For you are a human and the world hasn’t seen anything more beautiful than you….”
