Bay Area heavy metal band Blackwülf will release its new
album, Sinister Sides, on February 23 via Ripple Music (Mothership, Wo Fat).
Recorded at San Francisco's Trakworx Recording & Mastering (Agalloch,
Deafheaven), Sinister Sides showcases eight songs featuring heavy, headbanging
riffs and is the follow-up to Blackwülf's 2015 LP, Oblivion Cycle, hailed as
"rock ‘n’ roll at its purest" (The Bay Bridged).
On the new album,
Blackwülf is joined by founding Pentagram and Bedemon guitarist Geof O'Keefe, who
guests on the record, bringing his trademark doom vibrato and guitar heaviness
to the group's vigorous, vintage metal and blistering cover of Cream’s
“Sunshine of Your Love”. O'Keefe will also appear live with Blackwülf at the
2018 SXSW festival in Austin, TX this March as part of the official Ripple
Music showcase (w/ Mothership, Wo Fat, more; see details here).
Blackwülf will hold
its hometown record release show for Sinister Sides on February 24 at The
Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco
(see details here). Additional U.S.
touring is expected to be announced soon. The band will also perform as one of
the featured acts at Desertfest London this May, alongside High on Fire,
Graveyard and more.
Track listing:
1.) Gate of Sorrow
2.) Sinister Sides
3.) Waiting on
Tomorrow
4.) Dead to the
World
5.) Blind to Fate
6.) The Tempest
7.) Sunshine of
Your Love (Cream cover)
8.) Battle Line
Blackwülf features
Alex Cunningham (vocals), Pete Holmes (guitar), Dave Pankenier (drums) and
Scott Peterson (bass). Find Blackwülf online at Blackwulfusa.com and follow the
band on Facebook.
"Oakland-based
Blackwülf follow the Hard Rock/Proto-Doom traditions of the '70s with a
charismatic heaviness." - DOOM METAL.com
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