Powerwolf - Wake Up the Wicked (summer 2024)

https://www.instagram.com/officialpowerwolf/p/C5G8m1YClGx/

They've published the first part of the album artwork:



I'm a big fan by now, so this is an automatic purchase.

I'll be seeing them live in Sept. with Unleash The Archers.

July 26th 2024.

There will be a 2CD version with a live album as a bonus, here's the tracklist:
https://napalmrecords.com/deutsch/powerwolf-wake-up-the-wicked-mediabook-2-cd.html

TRACKLIST
CD 1:
01    Bless 'em With the Blade
02    Sinners of the Seven Seas
03    Kyrie Klitorem
04    Heretic Hunters
05    1589
06    Viva Vulgata
07    Wake Up the Wicked
08    Joan of Arc
09    Thunderpriest
10    We Don't Wanna Be No Saints
11    Vargamor
 
CD 2: Manhattan Metal Mass - Live in New York City
01    Faster Than the Flame
02    Incense & Iron
03    Army of the Night
04    Amen & Attack
05    Dancing With the Dead
06    Armata Strigoi
07    Beast of Gevaudan
08    Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend
09    Sainted by the Storm
10    Blood for Blood (Faoladh)
11    We Drink Your Blood

Oh, and there will be a 3CD earbook, with the third disc being called "Orchestral Wickedness", and it has the same tracklist as the album proper. So, I guess it's like an orchestral remix? No idea if it's instrumental or not.

Pretty catchy.

I pre-ordered my copy.

I got my copy today. Listening to it now. Packaging is real nice once again. Great art for each song in the mediabook.

Haven't checked it out yet.

I did however order their debut "Return In Bloodred". Very good album.

Gilbert wrote:

Haven't checked it out yet.

I did however order their debut "Return In Bloodred". Very good album.

I really like that one. I don't understand why it's not universally liked. Powerwolf fans generally call it a formative album or something dismissive.

I love that mid-tempo catchy old school heavy metal sound. The first three songs are fucking brilliant!

They went a bit faster afterwards, I think partially because they saw the European summer festival scene and how well people react to faster stuff. Gamma Ray was it (?), who motivated them to focus more on songs that work well live, and have that festival atmosphere. Energy and sing-along party music.

I love Gamma Ray, but Powerwolf already had "it". The sound. But admittedly, the debut gets a little drab towards the end of the CD. It's a bit like KISS, but we already have KISS.

LOL Joan of Arc is Sainted by the Storm from last year's Interludium, just with different lyrics. And maybe a small difference in arrangement. I figured it sounded very familiar, and I realised I was humming Sainted by the Storm. Then played the two songs back to back. Ridiculous.

I mean,