Kobra Paige (born October 14, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the founder, lead singer, and songwriter for

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and metal band

Kobra and the Lotus Kobra and the Lotus (also initialized as KATL) is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2009 by lead vocalist and songwriter Kobra Paige. History Formation, ''Out of the Pit'' (2009–2010) Kobra and the Lotus was formed by classical singe ...

. She was also a touring guest vocalist for

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and Metal All Stars.

Early years

At the age of seven, Paige started classical singing lessons and classical piano, and after attending a

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concert at age 15, decided that metal was the right place for her voice and her passion. "When I saw the way the crowd responded when "

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" started playing, I knew I needed to be part of this culture", said Paige during an interview with

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magazine. Paige and her band Kobra and the Lotus would open for Judas Priest at the

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four years later in London.

Career

Kobra and the Lotus

Paige answered an ad in a

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paper for a drummer for a heavy metal band. She showed up and told them she was not a drummer but a singer, and after jamming through some metal standards, she got the job. "I wanted to find some musicians to jam some

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with but by the first practice we started writing our own tunes instead," says Paige in an interview with Femme Metal. The band recorded the first ''

'' album ''

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'' in Calgary with Toronto heavy rocker Greg Godovitz

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producing the first cut and mixing the tracks at

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in Toronto. Paige met both

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and

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at the studio, and

did a guitar solo for the KATL cover of "

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"''.'' After sending the debut CD to a few industry taste makers, Canadian journalist

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suggested another recording session for the vocals, and Paige re-recorded the vocals and remixed the debut CD with

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providing the first generation of the signature Kobra sound. From the independent release of ''

,'' Kobra Paige and her music was noticed by

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, and Paige was included in the 2010 ''Maidens of Metal'' calendar. upright=1.2, Paige performing with Kobra and the Lotus in 2018 The second album was recorded with producer Julius Butty, and the demo tracks were shopped to Universal Music. Paige and the Lotus wrote recorded ''Forever One, My Life, 50 Shades of Evil'' with producer

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and added them to the new album. While touring the third album ''

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,'' Paige became quite ill with

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during the end of The KISS 40th Anniversary World Tour and took time off to recover. During the time off, in order to keep the fans interested, Kobra and the Lotus recorded an EP of their favorite Canadian rock artists and released ''

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.'' Kobra and the Lotus released brand new album ''Prevail I'' via

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on May 11, 2017 with single ''Light me Up'' peaking at #34 on ''

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. Their fifth studio album,

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, is to release in Spring of 2018. Single ''TriggerPulse'' was advance released in October 2016 debuting the band's evolved entrance into hard rock/metal musical blend.

Metal All Stars

Paige joined the super group Metal All Stars in 2014 for a European tour and subsequent South American tour with other vocalists

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, and

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Kamelot

Kobra and the Lotus did a tour with

through the United States in 2015, followed by a European tour in 2016. Subsequently,

has had Paige as a regular guest vocalist on the Haven tour.

We Are Fury

On July 19,

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pop artists We Are Fury released a new single titled "Heart of Mine" off their upcoming album. This was the first electronic, pop collaboration Paige had written and recorded with anyone.

Other ventures

Paige is the voice of protagonist 'Gitta' in the upcoming music based video game ''Of Bird and Cage'', set to release in 2021.

Personal life

On 19 June 2019, Paige and

vocalist

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announced they had gotten engaged. In a video message on April 26, 2020, the couple revealed that they were married on April 4.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (Kobra Music, 2010) * ''

'' (

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, 2012) * ''

'' (2014) *'' Prevail I'' (2017) (

) *''

'' (2018) (Napalm Records) *''

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'' (2019) (Napalm Records)

EPs

* ''

'' (2015)

Singles

* "Here Comes Silverbells!!" (Kobra Music Inc., 2009) * "Zombie" (Kobra Music Inc., 2015) * "Remember Me" (Kobra Music Inc., 2015) * "TriggerPulse" (Napalm Records, 2016) * "Gotham" (Napalm Records, 2017) * "You Don't Know" (Napalm Records, 2017) * "Light Me Up" (Napalm Records, 2017), reached No. 34 on the

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chart * "Heart of Mine" (Lowly, 2019) * "Burn!" (Napalm Records, 2019) *"Get the Fuck Out of Here" (Napalm, 2019) *"Thundersmith" (Napalm, 2019) * "Everything We Are" (Mighty Music, 2020)

References

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