Showing posts with label Denmark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Denmark. Show all posts
Friday, 10 June 2016
Redwolves
Redwolves press release...
"The Danish hardrock band Awesome Mr. Powerwolf are changing their name to Redwolves. The reasoning behind this is that the members of the band wanted to avoid any legal issues with the German heavy metal band Powerwolf.
"When we named our band back in 2008, we didn’t know of the band Powerwolf. After a break from late 2009 to early 2012, we started rehearsing again, with all new members, and by then we knew about Powerwolf, but we didn’t think it would ever be a problem, since we don’t play the same genre of music at all," says Rasmus Cundell, lead singer of Redwolves.
"Powerwolf now own the rights to that name and we thought it would be best to avoid any confusion or legal issues with the band, so we changed our name.”
Redwolves, under the name Awesome Mr. Powerwolf, released an EP titled ”Wake Up” late 2013, that got a lot of great reviews from Denmark, Canada, England, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and USA. The band is currently being, or have been, played on more than 180 radio stations in 47 different countries, and are presented on more than 300 webpages and in magazines from all over the world. The "Wake Up" EP can be found on Spotify and iTunes, as well as almost every other music streaming service under, the artist name Redwolves."
"The Danish hardrock band Awesome Mr. Powerwolf are changing their name to Redwolves. The reasoning behind this is that the members of the band wanted to avoid any legal issues with the German heavy metal band Powerwolf.
"When we named our band back in 2008, we didn’t know of the band Powerwolf. After a break from late 2009 to early 2012, we started rehearsing again, with all new members, and by then we knew about Powerwolf, but we didn’t think it would ever be a problem, since we don’t play the same genre of music at all," says Rasmus Cundell, lead singer of Redwolves.
"Powerwolf now own the rights to that name and we thought it would be best to avoid any confusion or legal issues with the band, so we changed our name.”
Redwolves, under the name Awesome Mr. Powerwolf, released an EP titled ”Wake Up” late 2013, that got a lot of great reviews from Denmark, Canada, England, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and USA. The band is currently being, or have been, played on more than 180 radio stations in 47 different countries, and are presented on more than 300 webpages and in magazines from all over the world. The "Wake Up" EP can be found on Spotify and iTunes, as well as almost every other music streaming service under, the artist name Redwolves."
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Album Review : Wake Up EP - Awesome Mr. Powerwolf
The Danish melodic hard rock outfit released their debut EP in 2013. The band had been around for almost 5 years but a change in band members revitalised the group in 2012 which saw them gigging regularly around Copenhagen.Their groove filled hard rock ably supports Rasmus Cundell's clear vocal style. There is a familiar enough hard rock pattern to their songs but what makes this debut EP particularly satisfying is the care and attention which has gone into song writing. Familiar feeling hard rock it might be, but the twin lead guitarists Simon Stenbæk and Jonathan Lemoine play nicely off each other, imbuing the songs with a level of mature complexity often missing from a young band's first outing.
The rhythm section of Kasper Rebien on drums and Nicholas Tesla on bass keep the music powering along. There are hints of Scorpions in here, a nod to Led Zeppelin and the spirit of NWOBHM suffuses an enticing blend of infectious, classic sounding rock music.
'Wake Up' has another three tracks in addition to the title, 'Blackout', 'Love' and 'Busy Wasting Time'. AMP make good use of guitar leads and hooks in each song, just listen to the opening riff to 'Blackout', it rolls and draws you in, Rasmus starts to sing, Kasper starts pounding the drums and then as the whole band kicks in, Great Scott! Have they just channelled a classic Iron Maiden lick ? I think they did, and they carry it off well.
As debut EP's go, I have really enjoyed this. For me the stand out track is 'Blackout' with its nicely built intro and cleverly tempered break down in the middle section, all carried along by that captivating lead guitar. There's nothing weak here though, just four solid rock tracks. You can buy the EP on the link below at a 'name your own price' offer. This is a small band though, please do support them and pay something for their music.
Awesome Mr. Powerwolf Bandcamp
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