{"id":18794,"date":"2020-03-16T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T20:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18794"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:47:49","slug":"album-review-sleepwulf-sleepwulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18794","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Sleepwulf &#8211; Sleepwulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sleepwulf &#8211; S\/T<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> March 6, 2020<\/p>\n<p>From the Scottish Highlands and the forests of Southern Sweden comes a band of young lads called <strong>Sleepwulf<\/strong>.\u00a0 Comprised of Sebastian Ihme &#8211; guitar, Viktor Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m \u2013 bass, Carl Lindberg \u2013 drums, and Owen Robertson \u2013 vocals, Sleepwulf takes a step into 2020 with their self-titled debut album.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking things off with \u201cWizard Slayer.\u201d\u00a0 The song is a great way to open things up and ease the listener into their sound.\u00a0 \u201cBeasts of Collision\u201d is a fantastic track, and this is where I picked up on the fact that Sleepwulf is an excellent blend of Graveyard and Kadavar with a flavor of the first album Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod of the Gaps\u201d is a fantastic, short instrumental piece that unintentionally serves as a kind of intro to the song \u201cTumbling Towers.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a very dreamy, trippy piece.\u00a0 I loved this piece, and it made me want to hear more like this.\u00a0 \u201cWicked Man\u201d really brings forward their Kadavar influence while \u201cOne-Eyed Sailor\u201d is hands down the best song here with its heavy Graveyard influence.<\/p>\n<p>In all honesty, while I didn\u2019t think this album was terrible but I didn\u2019t think it was great.\u00a0 I found myself somewhat bored, and by the last song was relieved that it was done.\u00a0 Sleepwulf has the skills to do something genuinely great, but only if they would step out of the box that they\u2019ve put themselves into.\u00a0 In this day and age, this genre of music appeals to a mass of people, so if it\u2019s working for them, more power to them.\u00a0 For old guys like me, Graveyard and Kadavar already created their own mold, so why try to replicate it?<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, I think I would rather hear a band these days sound influenced by Graveyard and Kadavar rather than just be another tired, played out \u201cSabbath Worship\u201d band.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3019164535\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sleepwulf.bandcamp.com\/album\/sleepwulf\">Sleepwulf by Sleepwulf<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleepwulf &#8211; S\/T Release Date: March 6, 2020 From the Scottish Highlands and the forests of Southern Sweden comes a band of young lads called Sleepwulf.\u00a0 Comprised of Sebastian Ihme &#8211; guitar, Viktor Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m \u2013 bass, Carl Lindberg \u2013 drums, and Owen Robertson \u2013 vocals, Sleepwulf takes a step into 2020 with their self-titled debut album. 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