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Two perennial MetalSucks faves, both of whom had seemingly bright futures ahead of them not very long ago, are calling it a day. Well, only one band is admitting they’re calling it a day, while the other is using that old “indefinite hiatus” chestnut, but let’s be real, every broken-up band is on “indefinite hiatus” until they’re not, so, uh, yeah.
ANYWAY, here’s the sad news:
From the ashes of early MS faves At All Cost rose Pack of Wolves, a ferocious metal outfit led by ex-AAC guitarist Trey Ramirez. Their 2009 release Betrayer was a beast of its own, but their new album Penance of Pestilence — slated for a Fall 2010 release — promises to be a completely different animal.
Pack of Wolves have two new members — Gabriel Bishop (bass) and Josh Holstein (drums) — and with those two new members comes an almost completely revamped sound. The Swedish-inspired harmony riffing that defined Betrayer (and Trey’s work with At All Cost) is left only in trace amount on the two new songs posted on Pack of Wolves’ MySpace page. In its place is a whole new palette of black metal-inspired grimness and dissonance, which when mixed with the aforementioned trademark sound makes for quite a unique sonic approach. Think Entombed (via At All Cost) meets Wolves in the Throne Room, and you might be close.
Check out Pack of Wolves on MySpace and be on the lookout for the new album this coming Fall.
-VN
Photo credit: Davis Ayer
I’m all for break-up sex. Yeah, the relationship is over, and yeah, it might be kinda bittersweet, but you were into each once, so why not enjoy one last fuck, right?
To that end: I really appreciate it when a band announces that they are going to break-up, and plays a few last shows to give the fans a chance to say good-bye. Burst have done it, and now another long-standing MetalSucks favorite are doing it: At All Cost.
In December we told you about Pack of Wolves, the new(ish) project from former At All Cost guitarist Trey Ramirez; well, their debut album, Betrayer, is being released this coming Tuesday, March 10 on vinyl, and the band has announced its arrival in grand style – with a new video for the track “Concession.”
Only 350 copies of Betrayer will be pressed, and each one comes with a free digital download of the record, so you can listen to even if you’re not close to your turntable.
The band will also be playing this year’s SXSW; if you go the fest, make sure you check ‘em out!
-AR
Back in April we told you about Pack of Wolves, a new project from guitarist Trey Ramirez, late of MetalSucks’ most favoritest totally underrated (and now, sadly, defunct) band, At All Cost. At the time POW (how’s that for band initials?) were unsigned…
…but Ramirez just e-mailed us to say that the group will be releasing their new album, Betrayer, on vinyl through Arclight Records on March 10. Three tracks from the album, “Walking Dead,” “Concession” and “The Death of my Old Self,” are currently streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
If you dug At All Cost, it’s hard for me to imagine you won’t dig Pack of Wolves; they’re not as druggy/experimental/whatever as AAC, but their riffs are just as tasty.
More info as we get it…
-AR
So this Texas band Pack of Wolves are going to act as support, alongside Time of Cholera, on a brief upcoming tour headlined by Century. Now, the reason Pack of Wolves are worth paying attention to is because their guitarist, Trey Ramirez, used to be a member of At All Cost, one of MetalSucks’ most favoritest young bands in the whole wide world. Listen to the demos on Pack of Wolves’ MySpace page, and it’s easy to hear some AAC in there; in fact, the band often sounds like a more straight-forward, meat n’ taters, less trippy version of At All Cost.
Pack of Wolves are still without a label and the tour is coming nowhere near NYC, so I won’t be able to check ‘em out live; but I encourage anyone in the vicinity of this tour to go and let us know how the show was. All dates after the jump.
