Wake Up the Wicked

Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by
Powerwolf
Released26 July 2024
Studio
  • Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal
  • Sandlane
  • Eglise St. Barbe
Genre
Length37:01
Language
  • English
  • Latin
  • German
  • French
LabelNapalm
ProducerJoost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Interludium
(2023) 		Wake Up the Wicked
(2024)
Singles from Wake Up the Wicked
  1. "1589"
    Released: 17 May 2024
  2. "Sinners of the Seven Seas"
    Released: 21 June 2024

Wake Up the Wicked is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 26 July 2024 via Napalm Records.[1]

Critical reception

Blabbermouth.net described the work as "an album full of instantly memorable heavy metal anthems, all ornately dressed in the quasi-religious trappings and orchestral extravagance that have become such important trademarks".[2]

Alec Chillingworth of Louder Sound states that "swimming in the Sabaton/Manowar moat rather than their Maiden/Priest paddle-pool of yore, Bless 'Em With The Blade rips Wake Up The Wicked open by reducing Deicide's career to one line: 'Tear up the Bible'" and "It's bubonically catchy heavy metal built for outdoor stages, choirs squeezing through honking organs, tearaway leads and frontman Attila Dorn's überhensch operatics".[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf.

  1. "Bless 'Em with the Blade" – 2:47
  2. "Sinners of the Seven Seas" – 3:00
  3. "Kyrie Klitorem" – 3:03
  4. "Heretic Hunters" – 3:27
  5. "1589" – 4:04
  6. "Viva Vulgata" – 3:08
  7. "Wake Up the Wicked" – 3:39
  8. "Joan of Arc" – 3:20
  9. "Thunderpriest" – 3:21
  10. "We Don't Wanna Be No Saints" – 3:15
  11. "Vargamor" – 3:57

Personnel

Powerwolf

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Wake Up the Wicked
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 4
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[11] 14
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] 5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[13] 4

Notes

  1. ^ The Pa'dam Chamber Choir consists of director Maria Van Nieukerken; altos Alfrun Schmid and Annette Vermeulen; basses Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer and Samuel Wong; sopranos Lilian Tong and Merel van Geest; and tenors Bas Volkers and Guido Groenland.

References

  1. ^ "Powerwolf to Release New Studio Album, Wake Up the Wicked, In July". Blabbermouth.net. 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Lawson, Dom (23 July 2024). "Wake Up The Wicked". Blabbermouth.net.
  3. ^ Chillingworth, Alec (22 July 2024). ""This is Sabaton for shaggers." New Powerwolf album Wake Up The Wicked is epic, catchy and brilliantly daft – like all the best power metal should be". Louder Sound.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.