Review by Sandre the Giant
Long running Swedish crust/death/hardcore punks Wolfbrigade are back with a new three track EP, ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’, and seven albums into a long and illustrious career as one of the more influential bands in the worldwide hardcore scene, have decided to remind us of how effective their Discharge meets Dismember sound can be. It is out now through Armageddon Records and AgiPunk Records.
The title track bursts into life with a feral crusty hardcore riff that batters through you like the primest of Discharge with a touch of necropunk Darkthrone about it too. Wolfbrigade have always given you a little death metal vibe in there with their D-beat signature sound, and this guitar tone and vocal is definitely straight out of Stockholm 1993. Somehow ‘Brainruler’ feels even faster and more rabid, burning through your bones with a fierce intensity, while rabid vocals scour across blasting drums. Closer ‘Necronomicon’ is something else entirely though, a dark and gloomy stomp through a very ‘Orgasmatron’-esque slab of crusty heavy metal. “We are Wolfbrigade, and we play crust ‘n’ roll”, I could almost hear coming through the speakers in a song that I think will really stay with me for the rest of the year.
‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ is a short, sharp blast of cracking crust punk/hardcore/death metal with a surprisingly and welcome twist into more accessible territory at the end there. Wolfbrigade are still dirty and grim of course, but those kind of moments remind you that Wolfbrigade are just a cut above the rest of the pack and you can always rely on them to give you high quality stuff, even on such a short release. Top stuff.
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