WOLFPAKK

2011 has been a year of little CD shopping and time for music and boards for me, but this project got my attention when i read about it in a magzine a while back.
Bought it on it`s release and it is one of the very few new CD`s that i play over and over again. Recommended for all fans of melodic and catchy metal.
They even found a spot for Ripper Owens

You are right Olaf - it is a fantastic cd. Wargod told me about them and this is one of those 'it doesnt go far from my cd player' releases.

I listened to some samples of this after noticing it on Exacts list and was pleasantly surprised.

Great slab of metal!

Wargod

Cool metal. Need to pick it up.

This and Epysode are two great projects that`s signed to AFM. That label has put out tons of good albums lately lately.

Olafsto wrote:

This and Epysode are two great projects that`s signed to AFM. That label has put out tons of good albums lately lately.

I liked this one a lot more than Epysode. I know a lot of others dig them but it just didnt click for me.

decent hard rock.

exact33 wrote:

Olafsto wrote:

This and Epysode are two great projects that`s signed to AFM. That label has put out tons of good albums lately lately.

I liked this one a lot more than Epysode. I know a lot of others dig them but it just didnt click for me.

Well epysode took a lot more time to sink in with me, but now i just love it. One of those albums that gets better the more i listen to it. But if i had to choose i would say Wolpakk is the best of them yeah.

Olafsto wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Olafsto wrote:

This and Epysode are two great projects that`s signed to AFM. That label has put out tons of good albums lately lately.

I liked this one a lot more than Epysode. I know a lot of others dig them but it just didnt click for me.

Well epysode took a lot more time to sink in with me, but now i just love it. One of those albums that gets better the more i listen to it. But if i had to choose i would say Wolpakk is the best of them yeah.

I think Wolfpakk has just the right mix of melody and aggressiveness.

New album out now...

To seasoned music lovers, it was obvious and little or no surprise, that the WOLFPAKK debut album of 2011 would not be the last we would hear of the all-star project led by Mark Sweeney (ex-Crystal Ball) and Michael Voss (Mad Max, ex-Casanova). Now, two years later, WOLFPAKK returns with brand new album “Cry Wolf”, and once again many high-class musicians contribute with their very own styles and strengths, forging an album that even outshines that well-received debut.

As on “Wolfpakk” (2011), Voss and Sweeney wrote all the songs together (bar 1 cover version) and were responsible once again for production, mix and vocals.

The process of creating “Cry Wolf” held many personal highlights for the WOLFPAKK leaders, one definitely being the participation of iconic keyboard player Tony Carey, keyboard player for none other than Rainbow.

“It was just unbelievable to have the great Tony Carey on our album”, Sweeney reflects. “The man is a legend and was part of the line-up which recorded Rainbow’s “Rising”, one of the most important albums in rock history. Now, doing a cover version of a track from this very album with Tony playing keyboards, is something very special. And the fact that he likes our cover version of “Run With The Wolf” a lot, makes us extremely proud”.

But Carey is just one of the many fantastic musicians to join the “Pakk” this time. In fact the impressive cast list reads like a veritable “who’s who” of the hard rock/metal scene:

Vocals:
Amanda Somerville (Kiske/Somerville), Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Göran Edman (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen), Johnny Gioeli (Axel Rudi Pell, Hardline), Doogie White (Ex-Rainbow, Michael Schenker), Tony Mills (Shy, TNT), Blaze Baley (Ex-Iron Maiden), Piet Sielck (Iron Savior), Jean-Marc Viller (Callaway)

Bass:
Mike Winkler (Session Musician)

Guitars:
Kee Marcello (Ex-Europe), Mandy Meyer (Krokus, Ex-Gotthard), Roland Grapow (Masterplan), Martin Rauber (Top4tea)

Keyboards:
Don Airey (Deep Purple), Tony Carey (Ex-Rainbow)

Drums: Gereon Homann (Eat The Gun), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake /Ozzy), Hermann Rarebell (Ex-Scorpions), Roland Jahoda (Ex-Paradox, F.U.C.K.)

Style-wise the material of “Cry Wolf” follows pretty much the same path as the successful debut. Meaning: any fan of high-quality hard rock can look forward to an album full of catchy, powerful songs, with enough variety to remain exciting forever and a day. From up-tempo smashers such as “The Beast In Me” to beautiful ballads (“Cold Winter”), stomping mid-paced songs (“Pressure Down”) and its 10-minute, epic title track, “Cry Wolf” just delivers.

WOLFPAKK have recently filmed video clips for the songs “Dark Revelation” and “Cold Winter”, both (while very different) enthralling, And you can bet your bottom dollar, that Sweeney and Voss are already talking about and crafting ideas for future collaborations…

I liked the first one, i'll check this out.

The new one is great as well!

NP: David "Rock" Feinstein - Clash Of Armor

Metalwargod

I liked the samples on the new one so on the list it goes.