''Devil Seed'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish
heavy metal band
Wolf
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, which was released on 25 August 2014 via Century Media Records.
Background
In March 2013, Metal Shock Finland posted a photo of guitarist and vocalist Niklas Stålvind, which shows him playing guitar and claimed that he is busy with writing for their upcoming album in the Viper Studio.
Later on May 8, 2014, the band tweeted a picture of drummer Richard Holmgren recording “smoking drums” and announced that they are in the process of recording bonus tracks.
Wolf premiered a lyric video for the track "My Demon" over at
Metal Hammer
''Metal Hammer'' is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions available in numerous other countries. ''Metal Hammer'' features news, reviews and long-form ...
's website on 6 June 2014.
The album's cover artwork was revealed on June 16, 2014, which was created again by Thomas Holm. The band teamed up with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios.
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
announced that the album will be released on August 25 in Europe and on September 2nd in North America.
Wolf announced a UK and European touring schedule to promote the album, shortly after the release of ''Devil Seed''.
On July 23, 2014, the band posted a video teaser for the ‘Shark Attack’ video on YouTube. Seven days later, on July 30, the video was premiered by Metal Hammer UK again.
Reception
The album has received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising it for speedy guitar riffs and darker themes. Chris Chantler of British Metal Hammer reviewed the album positively saying that ''Devil Seed'' is "a far more varied and rounded, and rather darker, album than usual." Bravewords 's Mark Gromen described album as " a sleek construction, devoid of frills, just killing technology. Simple, speedy, guitar driven anthems with easy-to-sing, repetitive choruses." Also Metal Shock Finland 's Mohsen Fayyazi reviewed this album, saying that the album is "absolutely a milestone in WOLF’s career, a point made of knowledge, genius and bravery."
Track listing
* All Lyrics were written by Niklas Stålvind
Personnel
Band
* Niklas Stålvind – vocals, guitar
* Simon Johansson – guitar
* Anders G Modd – bass guitar
* Richard A Holmgren – drums
Production
* Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by
Jens Bogren
Jens Peter Daniel Bogren (born 13 November 1979) is a Swedish record producer, mixer and recording engineer specializing in heavy metal music. He has worked on albums by Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Katatonia, Babym ...
* Artwork by Thomas Holm
References
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Century Media Records albums
2014 albums
Albums produced by Jens Bogren