''Cobra Speed Venom'' is the tenth studio album by Swedish

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. The album was released on 16 March 2018 via

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and featured an appearance of Robin Sorqvist and Henrik Axelsson.

Release

The Crown announced that their album Cobra Speed Venom would be released in January 2018. On 14 February 2018, the band released debut music video for their title song "Cobra Speed Venom". The recording was officially released on 16 March 2018 in the

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and the

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on a Digipak-CD containing 11 singles and two bonus tracks, with a third bonus track exclusive to the Japan CD. Exclusively for the European Union, the band have released the

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in three colors: the violet blue marbled, pale lilac marbled, and purple red splattered. The US exclusive vinyl was in white and purple splattered or dusk blue splattered variations.

Track listing

Personnel

*Johan Lindstrand – vocals *Magnus Olsfelt – bass *Henrik Axelsson – drums *Marko Tervonen – guitar *Robin Sorqvist – lead guitar, backing vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2018 albums Metal Blade Records albums The Crown (band) albums Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström