WOLF BRIGADE

The Enemy: Reality SOUTHERN LORD

Raucous Swedish d-beat squad keep the fur flying

You already know what to expect from a new Wolfbrigade album in 2019; they may be on their seventh full-length (or

10th if you’re counting the albums released under the name Wolfpack in the late 90s), but little has changed from their classic formula of raw, vitriolic Scandinavian hardcore. As you’d expect from a band that’s been merrily d-beating away for the best part of two decades, their songwriting skills are honed to a fine point, with

The Wolfman being a full-on Motörhead-style singalong anthem and Wells Of Despair’s frantic riffing adding a delicious speed metal flavour. Mostly, though, it’s business as usual – it doesn’t do a whole lot that their older albums didn’t, but if you’re in the market for another half an hour of no-nonsense, unpretentious d-beat, this doesn’t disappoint. ■■■■■■■■■■

FOR FANS OF: Discharge, Anti Cimex, Disfear

KEZ WHELAN