Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack) is a Swedish

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band formed in 1995 by Jocke Rydbjer, Frank Johansen, Erik Norberg, Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson and the vocalist Tomas Jonsson (known for being part of the local crust punk band

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) their line-up has included members of

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, To What End?, Cosa Nostra, Obscure Infinity, and Harlequin.

History

Singer Tomas Jonsson was forced to leave the band in 1998 and was replaced by Micke. At around the same time, the band changed their name from Wolfpack to Wolfbrigade to avoid association with a Swedish

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prison gang who shared that name. In 2002, drummer Frank left and was replaced by Dadde. The band split up in 2004 because of lack of motivation and Micke needing surgery for

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problems. Four of the members started a new band, Today's Overdose. On 7 January 2007, Wolfbrigade announced that they were reuniting. Wolfbrigade imported bassist Johan from Today's Overdose and released a comeback album, ''Prey to the World'', in June 2007. In 2008, the group released ''Comalive''. Wolfbrigade went on a one-year hiatus from playing live in 2011, and then regrouped for the release of '' Damned'' in 2012. Wolfbrigade's last album ''The Enemy: Reality'' was released Fall 2019 through Southern Lord Records. They released an EP, ''Anti-Tank Dogs'', on August 12, 2022.

Members

Current line-up

*Mikael Dahl – vocals - (1999–present) (Today's Overdose, To What End?) *Jocke Rydbjer – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-To What End?, ex-Obscure Infinity, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins) *Erik Norberg – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-Obscure Infinity) *Johan Erkenvåg – bass (2004–present) (Today's Overdose) *Tommy Storback – drums (2015–present) (Nifters, The Clockwork Crew, ex-Booze & Glory) Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 09.jpg, Mikael "Micke" Dahl Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 06.jpg, Erik Norberg Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 03.jpg, Jocke Rydbjer Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 07.jpg, Johan Erkenvåg Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 05.jpg, Tommy Storback

Former

*David "Dadde" Stark – drums (2002-2015) (Today's Overdose,

, To What End?, Ubba, Second Thought, Sju Svåra År, Suicide Blitz, Disculpa, ex-Fear, ex-Imperial Leather, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins, ex-The Pipelines) *Tomas Jonsson – vocals (1995-1998) (

, Moment Maniacs, Shitlickers) *Frank Johansen – drums (1995-2002) (End of All, ex-Obscure Infinity) *Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson – bass (1995-2004) (Harlequin)

Timeline

Discography

as Wolfpack

Albums

*''A New Dawn Fades'' (1996) *''Lycanthro Punk'' (1997) *''Allday Hell'' (1999)

EPs and Splits

*''Bloodstained Dreams'' (1995) *''Hellhound Warpig'' (1997) *split with

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(1998)

as Wolfbrigade

Albums

*''Progression/Regression'' (2001) *''In Darkness You Feel No Regrets'' (2003) *''Prey to the World'' (2007) *''Comalive'' (2008) *'' Damned'' (2012) *''Run with the Hunted'' (2017) *''The Enemy: Reality '' (2019)

EPs

*Split with Audio Kollaps (2001) *''A D-beat Odyssey'' (2004) *''Anti-Tank Dogs'' (2022)

Compilations

*''The Wolfpack Years'' (2003)

References

External links

Official Myspace site

Official blog
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