Release
date: May
01st
2019. Label: Self
Released.
Format: CD/Cassette/DD/Vinyl
Tower
– Tracklisting
1.LESION
05:00
2.SLAUGHTERHOUSE
06:14
3.KUMATE
08:22
4.OPIUM
02:22
5.STORY
OF A DROWNING MAN 07:48
6.TSUNAMI
11:22
Members
Mindy-
guitar/vocals
Jakob-
drums/vocals
Adam-
bass/vocals
Review
Wolf
Blood new album is an exciting mix of different styles of Hard Rock
and Metal with the band showing a great eye for sonic melodies along
the way. The band take an original approach with their music by
blending elements of Heavy Metal, Thrash, Doom, Stoner, Psych and
Sludge for the whole course of the album. I remember being impressed
by Wolf Blood’s debut album when I first heard it many years ago.
This
album offers a different and aggressive style to their debut album
but still maintains many themes and ideas contained on that album.
Opening
song – Lesion – is an aggressive style of Sludge, Doom and Heavy
Metal that I took me by complete surprise. As the band take influence
from bands such as Iron Maiden, YOB and Black Sabbath on this song
but still delivering their own hard-hitting sound. The song is quite
progressive in places with Mindy’s vocals adding a cool Psychedelic
based groove. The song becomes quite relentless towards the end with
Wolf Blood playing epic style riffs.
Second
song – Slaughterhouse – is one of the strongest songs on the
album and that’s mainly down to the excellent dual vocals. The
music is still aggressive but with a more Doom Metal orientated sound
that suits Wolf Blood down to the ground. The gloomy lyrics offer a
dark insight into Wolf Blood’s creative vision and draws you in
with loud hypnotic riffs.
Third
song – Kumate – is perhaps named after the JVCD classic film
BLOODSPORT. Could be wrong on that score. Anyway, this song is
another aggressive slice of fast-paced riffage where Wolf Blood that
acts as a cool throwback to eighties Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and
still offering modern Sludge/Stoner Metal vibes for an exciting style
of music.
The
second half of the album sees Wolf Blood playing a harsher style of
Doom/Sludge Metal and the vocals take a sinister turn on the
excellent fourth song Opium and this ranks as my favourite song on
the album. As it’s straight to the point lasting under three
minutes and that allows Wolf Blood to play all the heavy aggressive
sounds quite early on and left me wanting more for this style of
music.
The
final two songs – Story Of A Drowning Man and Tsunami – offers a
more reflective and personal sound from the band. As the album adds a
slightly off-kilter Post-Rock vibe on Drowning Man. It’s a superbly
written and haunting song that is perhaps the gloomiest song on the
entire album. Tsunami offers runs past the eleven minutes’ mark and
brings this album to an exciting and action packed finish.
Wolf
Blood have delivered the goods with this album and this demands your
full undivided attention.
Words
by Steve Howe
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