"Brace yourselves! One of the finest metal albums of 2006 just dropped" Alexander Mills
KKKKK review in Kerrang!
Sweden’s Wolverine was formed in 1995 by Stefan Zell and Marcus Losbjer. They started out playing death-metal with
melodic influences but when they released their first EP, Fervent Dream, in November 1999 the music had evolved into
progressive metal. Fervent Dream got an overwhelming reception all over the world and was soon sold out. The band
also played outside Sweden for the first time in connection with the release of the album. The beginning of 2001 saw Fervent Dream re-released as a digi-pack, re-mastered and with two bonus tracks.
During the summerthat same year the band travelled to Germany and recorded the follow up to Fervent Dream; The
Window Purpose. The Window Purpose was released in December and the response was once again overwhelming, the album saw the
band gain the accolade of “Album of the month” during January, 2002 from Holland’s most important metal-magazine
Aardschok. Once again Wolverine played around Europe to promote the album.In 2003 the moody album Cold light of Monday was released through Elitist Records. The album explored the really
dark side of the band. The album scored really high notes in many of the biggest metal magazines, such as Kerrang
and Metal Hammer. During 2003 Wolverine also opened up for Anathema in London. The band re-released The Window Purpose in the beginning of 2005, re-mastered and with renewed artwork as well as
a newrecording of an old track from Fervent Dream. Later that same year Wolverine played the European edition of the
ProgPower festival for the third time in their career. The band co-headlined the festival’s second day together with
Pain of Salvation.After splitting with Elitist/Earache Records in 2005 the band found a new home in Candlelight Records and the time has
now come to release Still, Wolverine’s fourth studio album. Recorded at the Spacelab Studio, Germany during the summer
of 2005 the album holds nine tracks featuring Wolverine’s unique sound. The music is probably best described as a
mixture between The Window Purpose and Cold light of Monday, powerful and filled with moods and nuances. Wolverine is back and, strengthened by the partnership with Candlelight Records, they are ready to release what
the band sees as their finest piece of work to date.
WOLVERINE LINE-UP:
Stefan Zell – Vocals
Marcus Losbjer – Drums & growls
Mikael Zell – Guitar
Thomas Jansson – Bass
Andreas Baglien – Keyboard