Year : 2023
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 147 mb
Bio:
Remember when Iron Maiden had galloping guitars galore? Remember when Iron Maiden was not doing Celtic Metal? Remember when Iron Maiden had songs shorter than 7 minutes? WarWolf certainly does. From the ashes of Wolfen rises WarWolf, a German Heavy Metal band that has dedicated themselves to bringing back the sounds of the NWOBHM in a big way. Hailing from Cologne, Germany the band has decided to ignore current musical trends and focus entirely on creating music that could easily have come from 1985. WarWolf – Necropolis has all of the fun stuff that Heavy Metal fans love about the 1980s Metal, and a lot more!
Album:
Before 2022 still on the road as WOLFEN, the quintet makes traditional heavy metal with proper NWOBHM influences. The kind that attracts people in frocks and represents a reliable common denominator for the over-50s and under-20s of this species from the Cologne/Bonn area.Andreas "Lippi" von Lipinski, with his dryly funny announcements with a proper Kölsche-young vibe, is not outwardly expected to have such a vocal performance. There is a really nice light Bruce Dickinson vibrato as well as soft vocals, but of course also the powerful prototype metal voice. And while the vocal potential doesn't fully shine through at the beginning of the first song, it's worth sticking with it. The song is over eight minutes long and unfolds in the best MAIDEN style, with whom the band is often compared.The new record "The Apocalyptic Walz" is over an hour and twelve songs long and features old school metal in the spirit of the great Brits, including the pleasant quiet parts with clean guitars and a few twists and turns that you know from them. This is combined with some groovy midtempo and increased use of thicker backing vocals, which benefits the album considerably. Here WARWOLF also scratch GRAVE DIGGER feeling every now and then, which is not surprising considering the fact that "The Apocalyptic Waltz" was recorded and produced by DIGGER singer Chris Boltendahl.The production is actually one of the minor causes for criticism. It all sounds very decent, but is a little upper-middle-heavy. Some final frequency work would have been welcome here. And tradition in all honour, but a little more courage to innovate would have been nice. WARWOLF rely a lot on their classic basic style, which they enrich with elements of other, no less classic sub-styles like Teutonic Metal, because it's cool. But the surprises on "The Apocalyptic Waltz" are thus mostly limited to the fact how beautifully authentic they got it implemented, and less to unpredictability in the composition.Conclusion: Live, WARWOLF are quite a blast, and also on record they don't have to hide behind other classic heavy metal bands. And let's be honest: If someone reinvents the wheel, good thing. But if someone has already invented one that works excellently, then someone who can replicate it in high quality and then paint it nicely is always valuable.
Line Up:
Andreas von Lipinski - Vocals (2021-present) - See also: Veritates, ex-Day Dream, ex-Wolfen, ex-Hadean, ex-Ra
Florian Abegg - Bass (2021-present)
Frank J. Noras - Guitars (2021-present) - See also: Veritates, ex-Day Dream, ex-Wolfen
Peter Müller - Guitars (2022-present) - See also: Metal Rulez
Holger Bloempott - Drums (2021-present) - See also: ex-Wolfen
Tracklist:
01. The Apocalyptic Waltz
02. Silver Bullets
03. Spawn Of Hell
04. The Flying Dutchman
05. Die With Dignity
06. Jealous Clown
07. Rivers Of Blood
08. Kingdom Of Fools
09. Legacy Of Salem
10. Bloodlines
11. The Resistance
12. Van Helsing's Dream
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