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WOLF BLOOD
Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2013 | INDIE
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The bell of the ride counts out a measure and soon enough the guitar starts in on âWitch,â the opening track from Wolf Bloodâs self-titled debut. Right away, something just seems bent. Itâs like the sound is contorted somehow. Itâs an otherworldly sensation and it continues throughout the Duluth, Minnesota, four-pieceâs six-track offering, which follows through with a loosely cultish approach but is more geared toward general darkness and tonal space than trying to win you over to Team Lucifer. Driven by the riffs of guitarists Mike Messina and Mindy Johnson (the latter also vocals), âWitchâ is the slowest of Wolf Bloodâs tracks until its complementary 12-minute closer âProcession of the Witch,â and it also provides one of the albumâs signature hooks, so while it may not represent the High on Fire thrashy sensibility of âExile,â Messina, Johnson, bassist Brian Wells and drummer/vocalist Jake Paulsrude are definitely putting their best foot forward, and theyâre swinging it hard right at their audience.
Grooves and big riffs abound, but thatâs nothing new to the converted, and where Wolf Blood really distinguish themselves is in the oddity of their aggression. Blending clean vocals, spoken parts and screams, they play off both metallic and heavy rock styles and craft something fluid and malevolent from them. Thereâs a sense of theatricality in side A finale âDancing on Your Grave,â where much of the albumâs second half seems to be more about pummel, but thereâs an emerging personality at work across the board, and Wolf Blood emerge after âProcession of the Witchâ unscathed by their own strangeness, having tread hard on a couple fine lines between subgenres. Ultimately, Wolf Blood is as satisfying for its brashness as it is for its density of groove. - The Obelisk
âWitch,â the opening track from Wolf Bloodâs self-titled debut. Right away, something just seems bent. Itâs like the sound is contorted somehow. Itâs an otherworldly sensation and it continues throughout the Duluth, Minnesota, four-pieceâs six-track offering, which follows through with a loosely cultish approach but is more geared toward general darkness and tonal space than trying to win you over to Team Lucifer. Driven by the riffs of guitarists Mike Messina and Mindy Johnson (the latter also vocals), âWitchâ is the slowest of Wolf Bloodâs tracks until its complementary 12-minute closer âProcession of the Witch,â and it also provides one of the albumâs signature hooks, so while it may not represent the High on Fire thrashy sensibility of âExile,â Messina, Johnson, bassist Brian Wells and drummer/vocalist Jake Paulsrude are definitely putting their best foot forward, and theyâre swinging it hard right at their audience.
Grooves and big riffs abound, but thatâs nothing new to the converted, and where Wolf Blood really distinguish themselves is in the oddity of their aggression. Blending clean vocals, spoken parts and screams, they play off both metallic and heavy rock styles and craft something fluid and malevolent from them. Thereâs a sense of theatricality in side A finale âDancing on Your Grave,â where much of the albumâs second half seems to be more about pummel, but thereâs an emerging personality at work across the board, and Wolf Blood emerge after âProcession of the Witchâ unscathed by their own strangeness, having tread hard on a couple fine lines between subgenres. Ultimately, Wolf Blood is as satisfying for its brashness as it is for its density of groove.
The band released it earlier this year on two separate, sold-out tape pressings and the whole record is available to stream on the bandâs Bandcamp in that original form, but Burning World Records and Outer Battery Records will have a vinyl out in October remixed and remastered by James Plotkin, and you can hear the new version of âWitchâ on the player below. - The Obelisk
Wolf Blood is an onslaught of heavy, piss-in-your-face doom metal from Duluth, MN. Non-stop iniquitous riffs that will make you want to simultaneously get lost in a dark cave, play World of Warcraft and burn yourself with a candle. They are truly one of the best (and one of my favorite) contemporary doom bands alongside Bongripper and Thou. They are also proof that music can come out of Duluth that isnât another clone of Trampled By Turtles. I am extremely happy that they are finally receiving the wide recognition they deserve outside of Duluth. Next month their debut tape is being released as an LP by European label Burning World Records, who have put out records for amazing bands such as Altar of Plagues, The Angelic Process and Boris. They are also doing a midwest tour starting late next month (dates listed below). Fans of Electric Wizard, Bongzilla and Weedeater will love Wolf Blood - Loud North
âWolf Blood is indeed that brutal--âbrutalâ as in smack-your-face loud rock-n-roll, amps on fire, packed house, broken glass, cops-breaking-up-the-party brutal.â --Homegrown Music Festival Field Guide, 2014 - www.duluthhomegrown.org
Just when I thought I'd heard all the bands with "wolf" in their names, along comes Wolf Blood out of Duluth, Minnesota. I'll admit that I was a bit skeptical and almost passed, but it's a good thing that I didn't - Wolf Blood is for real.
This self-titled cassette begins with "Witch," and you can tell what's in store for you pretty quickly. Wolf Blood play stoner metal with a healthy dose of sludge and maybe a hint of grunge thrown in at times.
"Ochro Ologo," a scorching instrumental, gets off to a fast start and is a little heavier than the opening track. "Dancing on your grave" has a Sabbath vibe going on and really kicks it into overdrive about halfway through. "Black Moon" and "Exile" bring more of the same, but this is not a bad thing. The slow start of the twelve-minute closer "Procession of the Witch" lulls you into thinking the song is going nowhere until you realize that it's simply building itself up to be the highlight of the record.
Wolf Blood is available from the band's Bandcamp page at the "name your price" option, or you can pick up the cassette version, which is limited to 100 copies. It reminds me a bit of Harvester's The Blind Summit Recordings from 2012, which is also available at the "name your price" option - Metallurgian
Sleeping shaman
One can be fairly sure that witches are not the only ones who produce unholy sounds and know a lot about herbs. This ensemble from Duluth, Minnesota clearly is well versed in the art of magic, if we presume to call it that. Their fuzzy and frantic music is definitely not born from a sober state.
The way they describe their origins is shrouded in smoke. In a dark basement Wolf Blood was born out of an unholy (yes, I might use that word again later) union of psychedelic music and doom. Iâm fairly sure it might have been a garage due to the raw sound of a garage rock band, but a basement sound suits these guys better. The band members have some previous experience in bands like Dirty Horse, Dadâs Acid and The Keep Aways.
So where does that leave the boys from Duluth? Well, they sound a bit like Windhand, but with a bit more fun, along with the push-the-pedal mentality of Doomriders, the old school sound of Witch filled with crackling amps and soaring vocals, that sound just strange and different enough to keep you listening.
The opening riffs of this record immediately grabs your attention and anticipation for what is to come. The vocals on Witch are being shouted, then hissed. Thereâs a witch in town and the townâs folk are feeling restless. That unrest is the build-up of slow sludgy riffs, escalating quickly into frenzied heavy metal. Itâs more fury than technique here, and in general Wolf Blood tends to sound a bit too punk or too stoned for metal. What the title Ochro Ologo means, I cannot tell you. I can tell you itâs a blazing, break-neck speed tune of frantic stoner rock with a lot of guitar riffs chipping off the rocket and floating away. Towards the end of the track, it breaks down again in fat riffs that ring in your ears.
Dancing On Your Grave opens with a nice guitar sound that could come from Saint Vitus or Bedemon. The song starts out calm, builds up atmosphere but then propels onwards into a flurry of guitar work, recapturing its rhythm and then letting go again. The howling vocals and tasty hooks make this, as far as Iâm concerned, the strongest track on this record. The amazing guitar skills get half of the song as an introduction to be displayed on Black Moon. After that, a thunderous rhythm with roaring vocals suddenly spills out. As if the dark mass under a black moon was disturbed and the antagonist of the story must flee.
From there on, the hunt has started with galloping rhythms and tense guitar play on Exile. We were talking about witches and this song is definitely the chase. Hectic and severe, the music jutters onward while the vocals are cries of panic and haste, urging us onwards. The song is the shortest on the record but surely it must be the rawest. Wild, haggard and fast, the bass pushes the song to its 3:31 crescendo.
The witch must be caught during the previous song, because Procession Of The Witch tells us so. The muddy, dragging doom track continues on for about 12 minutes. The buzz in that ominous droning sound keeps the listener on edge. After about 7 minutes, the howling vocals come in. Jagged screams over reverberating guitar sounds, creating chaos. Psychedelic layers of guitar shroud the screams of despair towards the end of the song. As if the fire slowly consumes the witch, but the mood remains restless.
Iâm amazed that this band is not as well-known as I believe they should be. Their sound fits in with the whole retro movement, but thereâs also a typical sound to them to distinguish them from the big pile that tries to cash in on trends. The songs are good and the record is coherent. Perhaps the reason is simply that theyâre not that fussed as I am about their album. Seriously, check Wolf Blood out, if you can find them. - Sleeping Shaman
In my last review, of Sunnataâs Climbing the Colossus, I talked about how music from the stoner/sludge/doom genres often relies heavily on pure sonic impact, and the creation of larger-than-life sound mountains that become bigger than the music itself (whatever that means). I think it was an apt qualification for that album, and for plenty of similar albums, but in other cases, Iâd like to say that thereâs an equally important, perhaps more important, role served by tempo. And this is a bit easier to ignore, I think. People sometimes take tempo for granted, forgetting that itâs as vital to a songâs overall effect as any other factor, but I think that tempo, down to the exact bpm, vies for supreme importance, especially in heavy music. When you go back to the first Sabbath album, you probably arenât going to be blown away by the sheer force of Tony Iommiâs guitar tone. Itâs perfect, donât get me wrong, but it doesnât blow your face off. What blows your (or at least my) face off about that album is tempo and feel. The crawling pace of the eponymous riff when it finally explodes through the thunderstorm, Bill Wardâs masterfully syncopated groove that fades out of âBehind the Wall of Sleep,â Geezer Butlerâs funky reserve on âThe Warning.â Maybe itâs just me, but these are the moments that really make that album. Sonically, you might say they didnât catch up until Master of Reality, but as early as the debut they were masters of locking in on the perfect tempos.
What I like about the self-titled debut EP from Minneapolis doomsters Wolf Blood is it makes me think more about tempo than about tone. The album opener, âWitchâ, is probably my favorite track, and itâs the best example of how to make a good choice with your tempo. It sits behind the beat, which is one of those abstract expressions that drummers always use, more often than not without really understanding how difficult it actually is to do. Essentially it makes the song feel like itâs always getting slower, but itâs not, itâs just perpetually dragging by the perfect number of milliseconds. Sleep were the seminal masters of this, but Wolf Blood does a pretty darn good job of it too. The clincher is at the 3:30 mark, when it comes back from the obligatory Sweet Leaf/Snowblind thrashy interlude, and settles back down to the original groove. It doesnât just go from fast back to slow, it goes from fast to even slower than you remembered the slow part being. You expect it to be that tiniest bit faster, but the music pulls you back. Devastating!
I like the vocals on this track, too. They remind me a lot of early Electric Wizard; perhaps a bit clearer, but theyâve still got that lazy sense of loathing, which really stands out compared to the more typical doom/stoner vocal styles, like raspy/bluesy or devilish/growly.
The rest of the album continues to show a mature and original diversity of feels, pummeling full-throttle on âOcho Ologro,â swinging hard on âDancing on your Grave,â creeping sinister on âBlack Moon,â and finally turning the sludge up to 11 as the seemingly endless dirge âProcession of the Witchâ brings things to an agonizing close. All in all, a very enjoyable EP, and a refreshing look at how Wolf Blood strives to follow in the steps of those bands who, in my opinion, made great metal by relying on time just as much as they relied on sound.
Get the album here, and check them out on the latest installment of the Hot Black Blueberry! - the Bent Unit
To conclude this globe-trotting metal excursion we return to the U.S., and to Duluth, Minnesota in particular. Thatâs the home base of a band named Wolf Blood. They released their debut, self-titled album on tape, but now Burning World Records plans to release it on vinyl in October 2014. The vinyl release features the enticing cover art you see above.
I hunted around for music to hear and discovered that the album is streaming on the bandâs Bandcamp page. At this writing Iâve only listened to the first two songs, but man are they good.
âWitchâ is mainly slow-moving, sludgy, and narcotic, with a tremendously hooky lead riff and a vocalist who moves from a psychoactive wail to a jagged howl with aplomb. And when the song really starts to roll, heads will bang. The instrumental piece âOchro Ologoâ makes for a nice follow-on contrast, proving that Wolf Blood can bust up the joint, too. Itâs got âmosh triggerâ written all over it â and itâs catchy as hell. Iâll definitely be listening to the rest of this album later today; the vinyl pre-orders are available now at the Burning World site. - No Clean Singing
I came for the awesome human sacrifice album artwork, I stayed for the great tunes: this pretty accurately describes my introduction to Duluth âpsycho-sludgeâ band Wolf Blood. The group recently released a self-titled cassette on Burning World Records. You can stream it below or purchase one of the few remaining copies (last I checked there were two left). While apparently recorded during the great Duluth flood of 2012, ST doesnât really come across as particularly watery. Unless the flood happened to unearth the grave of some ancient evil that then washed into the space where Mike Messina (guitar), Jake Paulsrud (drums), Mindy Johnson (guitar), and Brian Wells (bass) happened to be waiting for inspiration. The bandâs sound is, in their own words âtoo stoned to be metal, and too baneful to be indie-rock.â To me itâs pure doom metal. Thatâs not a genre I have extensive experience listening to, but if this tape is any indicator, I may have to change that. - Reviler
Menacing sludgy metal from Minneapolis 4-piece Wolf Blood. The initial pressing of their debut album (on cassette) sold out in just a few days, apparently. This vinyl release comes ahead of an extensive US tour and it's brutal, loud, sinister and feral. If you play it backwards you can just make out the voice of Satan himself reciting the Lord's Prayer in Transylvainian. Probably. On Burning World Records. - Norman records
Wolfmother, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Parade. Duluthâs own Actual Wolf. Wolf, wolf, wolf. The bands with the word âwolfâ in their name are nearly as legion as the bands with the word âblackâ followed by a noun.
Wolf Blood â who came out of the gate a couple of years ago with a Homegrown show that had longhairsâ tongues clacking â are the latest in a long line of âwolfâ bands. (They have yet, however, to land on wolfbandnames.blogspot.
com, where there are exactly 1,000 âwolfâ bands listed, with three âWolf Bloods, none of which are the group from Duluth).
Hereâs the thing: While their name may suggest some kind of lack of inventiveness, their music suggests that band names mean little. Wolf Blood just plain rules.
Itâs so fantastic to see a heavy, pummeling band coming out of the Twin Ports. Itâs such a breath of fresh air to see a group thatâs interested in being a machine of destruction. Itâs glorious to see someone local pick up the mantle of something nearly true kvlt (Google it, squares). Theyâre metal, theyâre punk, theyâre all of those genresâ subgenres, whatever. It doesnât matter what they are, exactly, just that theyâre not friendly, and that just warms this aging rockerâs heart.
The bandâs self-titled debut was recently picked up by notable underground metal label Burning World Records after a limited cassette release on Duluthâs Heat Street Records. Itâs been repackaged, remixed and remastered, but itâs the same collection of songs in the same sequence as before. (Weâll get into this in a minute.)
The album is a monster. Itâs largely doom metal with vocals that sound like a slightly more tone-deaf Ozzy Osbourne with a sweet tooth for black metal. âThe Witchâ uses a quiet/loud approach and a hypnotic riff to good effect, and it moves into a boogie part out of nowhere just like Black Sabbath used to love to do. âOchro Ologoâ gets more math-rock and frenzied â it sounds more like earlier Mastodon. About midway through the song, drummer Jake Paulsrud makes a case for him being one of the best rock drummers to ever play in a band from this region â his energy, swing and feel is exactly right for this kind of music, and without him, the band would be half as strong. And he rocks a ride bell like few others.
The nearly seven-minute âDancing On Your Graveâ starts with a cool three-over-four riff before moving into something that wouldâve sat well on âSabbath Bloody Sabbath.â The midsection of this one is a bit meandering and lacks a bit of focus, but itâs not anything critically impairing. âBlack Moonâ establishes itself with a moody, lengthy arpeggio motif from Mindy Johnson, Duluthâs primo guitar goddess, and it later morphs into a thrash metal riff that Dave Mustaine couldâve easily slid onto âPeace Sells ... but Whoâs Buying?â
âExileâ is one of the top jams on the record â the opening riff sounds like a snake on fire, writhing wildly, and the doom riff at the end sounds like Paul Bunyan laying waste to an entire city with his massive axe.
âProcession of the Witchâ is the 12-minute closer. After several minutes of evil bass, guitar noise and spooky organs, the band comes in, once again laying down a monstrous, slow, grinding riff. Paulsrudâs demented vocals donât even appear until six minutes in or so.
Itâs not a huge stretch to say Wolf Bloodâs debut is one of the heaviest (if not the heaviest) albums to ever come out of this area of the world, and itâs also a show of immense potential. If the band can come up with recordings in the future that build on the structure theyâve presented here and clean up some of the more meandering, blurry bits, they could find themselves a national or international concern real fast. Regardless of what happens down the road, though, this oneâs a real achievement in its own right. One of the best local albums of the year, for sure.
One quibble, however: After getting the remixed (by noted metal producer James Plotkin) version of the album from Burning World, your reviewer did some A/Bâing and came to the conclusion that the original version of the LP is head and shoulders above the remix.
Jake Larsonâs mix is cleaner, more present and more lively than the one by Plotkin, and those looking to check the album out would do well to seek the original version. Youâd think the big-name guy wouldâve smoked the stuff that the local guy did, but itâs not even close. The new version isnât poor by any means, but it doesnât compare to the first. Look it up on Bandcamp â itâs still available there. - Duluth News Tribune 10/7/2015
If you've heard about Wolf Blood by now, then you probably know how they've essentially come out of nowhere (or Minnesota) to take things by storm. Their first 100-copy run of their debut album, on affordable cassette, sold out within the first week it was available, and the second pressing is well on its way along the same path. Burning World Records have signed them up, and a more widely available run on vinyl and CD has just emerged for pre-order, with official release on October 1st. Where's the legend-in-the-making bingo card set? I think they just won. - Ride With the Devil
At first itâs difficult to tell if Wolf Blood are being serious on this album. A tormented riff opens the album in try Sabbath style but then descends into some silliness regarding witches replete with whispered vocals. Pure Hammer Horror, by the end of the album all this is put to rest by what is a deeply heavy and dark doom influenced album. Itâs an album that lulls you into a false sense of recognition and then proceeds to rip apart all theories in how heavy music should sound. By the end you feel like you have been through the mill and back again. Strangely, it leaves you wanting more.
What is most exciting about Wolf Blood is that they donât just settle with one style of music. After the rather enjoyable, once you slip into their mindset, opening of âWitchâ they then proceed to blast out some death metal style riffs for âOchro Ologoâ. Itâs an intense moment, but also one where you realise they have a few tricks up their sleeve as a melody starts to surface and the music widens out. All at no expense to the brutality.
âDancing On Your Graveâ is a blues style Sabbath song that then turns into something way heavier than that band ever did. Itâs a raucous and unstoppable moment and casts Wolf Blood as merchants of an unimpeachable doom variety. This is then thrown to the wind as they head further down the chasm for âBlack Moonâ and then âExileâ, which does its best to play around with your mind.
Possibly best, on an album which is one huge highlight, is âProcession Of The Witchâ where it returns to doom territory before losing itself several minutes in the middle of a psych fuelled odyssey. The music roars and the melodies wail inducing head nodding and anguished screams from your every orifice. Itâs the true sound of torment and pain and is utterly delicious.
Wolf Blood can lay claim to releasing one of the more heavier releases this year but also one that is surprisingly accessible. There are elements of doom, death and psych throughout, but most of all itâs the sound of classic metal. Itâs a blues influenced sound which begs you to try it out and then return again. - Echoesanddust.com
Un sello europeo como es Burning World Records, autor de trabajar con bandas de tal magnitud como pueden ser Elder, Conan, Slomatics o editar la Ășltima jam cĂłsmica de otro planeta entre los instrumentales Earthless y Heavy Blanket en ese âIn A Dutch Hazeâ (reseña aquĂ), atrapa una de esas perlas prometedoras venidas del otro lado del charco, llamados Wolf Blood.
En estos primeros dĂas que corren en el mes de Octubre, la discogrĂĄfica con base en Holanda, lanzarĂĄ el nuevo debut de este cuarteto de Duluth (Minneapolis). El propio sello, orgulloso de su fichaje, califica a esta nueva banda con el suficiente poder de destreza en sus riffs para compararlos con bandas como Windhand o Goatsnake.
Hasta 6 piezas llenas de vigor para degustar desde su bandcamp, demuestran que la primera tirada que lanzaron en formato cassette se vendiĂł en menos de una semana. Ahora, Wolf Blood deciden sacar a pasear toda su rabia en la versiĂłn que mĂĄs se antoja, el preciado y mejor plĂĄstico negro.
Como tantas formaciones que nacen a base de improvisaciĂłn, risas y macarrismo en uno de esos hĂșmedos sĂłtanos de Minneapolis, Wolf Blood nace de las ideas primarias de Mike Messina y Jake Paulsrud (guitarrista y baterĂa, respectivamente). En su haber ciertos toques a un sludge sucio de dudosa pero maravillosa producciĂłn, perfecta para su estilo con ciertos toques psych. Esta dupla empieza a escribir piezas que apedreaban los estilos mĂĄs metaleros y en algunos casos algo funestos a la mĂșsica indie. Poco tiempo despuĂ©s, la intrusiĂłn de Mindy Johnson como segunda guitarra y el bajista Brian Wells, completarĂan un cuarteto definitivo que empezaba a resultar amenazante.
Su homĂłnimo debut deja muestras de lo mĂĄs interesantes listas parta esparcir tu hemoglobina craneal con la inicial âWitchâ. A partir de aquĂ, nos esperan 35 minutos de furia desgarradora dĂłnde la crueldad de sus riffs nos alegrarĂĄ el dĂa. Incluso el desorden que lleva âOchro Ologoâ en sus primeros instantes nos da a pensar que estamos siendo testigos de la mejor carnicerĂa de principiantes de este 2014. Tanto Mike como la fĂ©mina Mindy, nos sueltan tal descarga que es inevitable el no desmelenarse. No hay voces, tan solo un huracĂĄn endemoniado que te destrozarĂĄ en pedazos. En particular este tema se puede ver con creces la energĂa que tienen Wolf Blood y lo alentador que resulta su estilo tan corrosivo.
âDancing On Your Graveâ no es un cover de MotĂłrhead, digamos que empieza a dejar los primeros momentos de este debut por los que verdaderamente creer en esta banda. Aunque cierto aspectos de esta canciĂłn despierta una aroma a las bandas nĂłrdicas europeas con un sabor mĂĄs vikingo, no deja de mezclar esas melodĂas con la intensidad dejando la pista en un recuerdo mĂĄs memorable. âBlack Moonâ prosigue con las melancĂłlicas armonĂas que llevan durante esta parte del ĂĄlbum. Algo mĂĄs lenta, la eufonĂa se apodera de estos cuatro mĂșsicos norteamericanos alcanzando uno de los grandes clĂmax del disco hasta ese desgarrador final dĂłnde marcan ritmo de caballerĂa para llevarte hasta un extremo infernal. Ese extremo de momento no acaba porque llega âExileâ con la misma fuerza para seguir esa tangente vertiginosa entre estilos mĂĄs veloces como el sludge mĂĄs metalero.
Wolf Blood pretenden ser recordados con este nuevo debut y lo mejor para no quitĂĄrtelos de la cabeza es endosarte una Ă©pica llamada âProcession Of The Witchâ. Lo sĂ© soy un amante de los temas largos y en muchas ocasiones suelen ser las despedidas mĂĄs grandilocuentes de este tipo de trabajos y en este hacen lo propio. La fĂșnebre marcha que marcan los de Duluth empieza a coger un ambiente estremecedor y espeluznante. El largo adiĂłs de Wolf Blood puede resultar algo pesado para los no acostumbrados pero estas 6 piezas que habitan en su debut son una razĂłn por las que creer en el buen porvenir de esta banda y lo que pueden aportar de ahora en adelante. La propia banda se lanzarĂĄ a la carretera a finales del prĂłximo mes con una gira por todo el territorio estadounidense, por lo demĂĄs, aquĂ seguiremos para recibir buenas nuevas. Me quedo con âOchro Ologoâ, la gran destacada. - La Habitacion 235
The idea that metal has lost itâs roots is nothing new. Iâm sure youâve heard it too. The complaints that metal has become way too polished and stylized these days. A sound which no layer of grit on your latest vinyl can compete with. I understand why bands do it too, but if these people would just quit their whining, theyâll realize there are plenty of talented bands out there that strive for the same dirty ascetic of their predecessors, who just happened to have limiting recording options. Take the first release from psych doom stoners, Wolf Blood from Burning World/Roadburn Records for instance.
Recorded at Sacred Heart by Jake Larson in Duluth MN, the band seems to be making waves in a cross section of scene, calling on the interest of outsiders from other niches. Result of hipster culture holding Wolf Blood in their filthy grasp? In this case, I say let them have it and hop on the Wolf Blood train with them.
I was in their neighboring Wisconsin recently, and trust me, the festivals that go through there and how itâs supposedly the origin of Thrash Metal in America according to some stoner dude I met on the street (not true at all,) Minnesota they can handle a lot more metal culture inside the scene and out.
A powerful portrait is constructed in the first track âWitch,â of a vengeful woman, tied to a cross and set a blaze. Lighting the precedent for this psychedelic, pagan blend of doom, Wolf Blood let the bass groves hang low and heavy, keeping the vocals to a happy medium. The solitary instrumental track, âOchro Ologoâsâ menacing force pummels itâs way forward, paving the way for âBlack Moon,â which contains my favourite riff of the album. When you hear it, youâll know. That driving force is relentless. If played to a different tuning, it could have been a Razor riff.
âDancing On Your Graveâ was catchy as hell and remains my favourite on the album. Brianâs bass is prominent and playful. Jakeâs wavering vocals sound semi-submerged as he handles the kit masterfully. Each guitar break leaves just enough space for the the next verse to flow or your head to bang in perfect rhythmic balance.
6 tracks long and an athame blade deep, Wolf Bloodâs self-titled debut will fulfill your every need for raw, honest riffage, bass heavy mystery and properly recorded drums that donât sound like plastic over everything else. For fans of Electric Wizard, Uzala, Mala Suerte, Acid King, Dopethrone and Demon Lung, check this band out! I have high hopes for them. - Ghostcultmag.com
Discography
WOLF BLOOD S/T - cassette,red 100 sold out
WOLF BLOOD S/T - cassette,green 100 sold out
WOLF BLOOD LP- 2014 Burning World Records 500
WOLF BLOOD, TBA- 2015
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Debut Album Out now on Burning World (U.K.)/Road Burn (U.S.) Records
After selling out the entire first cassette-pressing of their debut album in less than a week, and 2nd run soon after, Wolf Blood attracted the attention of renown European metal label Burning World/Roadburn Records. The vinyl reissue of their self-titled monster hit shelves September 2014
Their East Coast Tour starts May 22nd 2015. Check out Wolf Blood on Facebook for date and venue specifics.
Formed in a dank basement during one of the coldest winters, guitarist Mike Messina and drummer Jake Paulsrud started writing psycho-sludge experiments that sounded too stoned to be metal, and too baneful to be indie-rock. They recruited renown hard-core guitar sorceress Mindy Johnson and magi-roots bassist Brian Wells to flesh-out their menacing sound.
This seven-song recording opens with the haunting single Witch. From there you're on your own for the next 35 feral, blood stained minutes.
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