Cobra (Undead Oxygen album)

Cobra is the 7th studio album by Undead Oxygen, released June 2nd, 2012, and their final release on China Records. The poor sales of this album caused Plastic Records to unsign them and sign them to their independent subsidiary, Plastic Man Records, in 2013. However, they still funded the 8th Undead Oxygen album, as recording had already started by the time that they were signed to Plastic Man Records. The album sold 6,200 copies out of an expected 30,000 copies. Many people blame China Records' lack of advertising for the album as the reason for the album's failure. The album was considered a victim of the loudness war, with so much compression that the guitar audibly cuts out on some snare hits. John's vocals were also "way too filtered", being compared later on to Green Day's "Uno!" in that respect, as well as in terms of overall sound. The album seemed to drift towards an "extremely radio friendly" image, with not as much heavy distortion. Many of the songs were not written by John, they were in fact written by the album's producer, Marc Chase, the cousin of Gary Queen, the producer of several other albums by the band. The album's rating averages around 4.5/10.