Artist: WOLFBRIGADE
Album: HOWL FROM THE UNDERGROUND (CD)

Release date: 09.10.2026
EAN/UPS: 039841623727
Media type: CD

Swedish punk-metal masters Wolfbrigade strike back like a wounded cobra with their loudest, fullest, thickest-sounding record yet. And that's no happy accident. On their twelfth LP (the first three released under the Wolfpack monicker, 1996–99), the quintet concertedly resolved to shake up their habitual processes and interrogate their customary methodology. "As the songs started to fall into place, we decided to do something we hadn't done in many years," explains the band. "For the last decade we've recorded, produced and mixed our albums ourselves. This time we wanted to work with someone from outside the band whose work we respect and who we felt would understand what Wolfbrigade is about."

The honour fell to Lawrence Mackrory - already a trusted collaborator with the likes of Meshuggah, Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Bloodbath - at Necromorbus Studio, the converted Baptist church where Watain and Mayhem refined their occult chaos. The urge to initiate a new working environment may have been emboldened by the return of drummer David 'Dadde' Stark, who originally hammered the d-beats for Wolfbrigade from 2002-2015. "Everything clicked immediately. The chemistry was still there," attests the band. The term 'Lycanthro Punk' recurs throughout the band's 30+ year history, a catchy coinage acknowledging their d-beat raw punk roots and adding a maniacal bloodthirst and superhuman strength to the mix. It abides as the band's preferred musical identity, so their own definition is essential: "Lycanthro Punk has always been about that force which refuses to be tamed," explains the band. "The same force that runs through myth, folklore and philosophy throughout history. The wolf is one name for it. Dionysus another. A restlessness that survives civilization."

CD/ LP:

1. Caveman Motherfuck
2. Doomrunner
3. Howl from Underground
4. Born to Rot
5. When Dogs Cry
6. Cold War Bootlicker
7. Fat Man Hellscape
8. Headhunting
9. Cosmic Meatgrinder
10. Seeking Scapegoats
11. Man Is Wolf to Man
12. Tangled Steel Mask