''Wild Cat'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio from Toronto. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass), and Rich Knox (drums).[AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator.
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.
Background
On December 14, 2016, it was revealed that the title of the 8th Danko Jones album would be ''Wild Cat'', and that it would be released on March 3, 2017. The band also announced a 17-date European tour to accompany the release of the album.
2017 saw four more tours: a spring Canadian tour, the usual summer festival tour, an autumn Canadian tour and a winter Nordic tour. On February 1, 2018, it was announced they'd be supporting
Skindred
Skindred are a Welsh reggae metal band formed in Newport in 1998. Their musical style mixes heavy metal, alternative rock and ragga. The band also integrate elements of punk rock, hardcore punk, reggae, dancehall, jungle, ska, hip hop, drum ...
on their April UK tour, alongside
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. In May, they announced another European tour scheduled for November/December.
Critical reception
''Wild Cat'' was well-received by most contemporary music critics. On
review aggregator
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website,
Metacritic
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, which normalizes music ratings, ''Wildcat'' received an average score of 74 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews based on four critics".
Track listing
Personnel
The following individuals were credited with the production of the album.
Band
* John Calabrese – bass
*
Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio from Toronto. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass), and Rich Knox (drums).[Eric Ratz
Eric Ratz is a Canadian producer, engineer, and mixer. He has won multiple Grammy and Juno awards. Throughout his career, Ratz has worked with some of Canada's most successful and influential rock bands, including Arkells, Big Wreck, Billy Ta ...]
– engineer, mixing, producer
* Luke Schindler – assistant engineer
* Jeff Zurba – drum technician
Charts
References
External links
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2017 albums
Danko Jones albums
AFM Records albums