A WHOLE NEW PACK OF WOLVES

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