The new album from Wolvhammer, Blackmarketeers of World War III, was released this past Tuesday by Init Records and despite being less than a week old, has already been showered with praise by some impressive press outlets! Here’s what some have had to say about this incredible debut:
“Reading the list of influences on Minneapolis’s Wolvhammer is very telling: ‘Norway, NOLA, Sweden, Oakland, Lemmy…’. It’s this kitchen sink mentality that makes [Blackmarketeers of World War III track] “Dawn Of The 4th” a fascinating listen; black metal collides with crust, doom, and many elements to create a unique cocktail of darkness.”
-Brooklyn Vegan
“The songs are memorable, with measured pacing that highlights actual riffs. The vocals are like rusty blades. This stuff is usually disposable — the world does not need another 7″ petroleum product — but Wolvhammer have that certain something that staying power requires. I’m not the type to fetishize demos, but I hear some raw power here.”
-Invisible Oranges
“This shit is raw, crusty and punk-as-fuck black metal. If you are unfortunate enough to be chilling in Minnesota, go check these fuckers out.”
-Chronic Youth
“Their neophyte status in the U.S. black metal scene doesn’t prevent them from making grim, life-ending, blood-chilling music inspired by Bathory, Celtic Frost and Motörhead. That, coupled with the band’s disdain for capitalism and authority, make Wolvhammer ripe for the picking for extreme metallers”.
-Noisecreep
“Blackened vocals over a somewhat punky, crusty music, with touches of death metal and a little bit of old school Scandinavian black metal are tossed together to form what these guys are doing. And it works.”
-Funeral Rain
Brooklyn Vegan is also currently offering a stream of the entire album, available here:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/07/wolvhammer_-bla.html
