Divine Wickedness With MATTHEW GREYWOLF From POWERWOLF

Interview by Kris Peters
Twentieth-anniversary milestones are generally accepted as being
more a celebration of the past leading into a future of unknowns
than a stepping stone on the path to greater success.
The old adage that you have paid your dues after two decades,
coupled with the sense of personal achievement in staving off
Father Time - albeit temporarily - can be enough to subconsciously
force an artist into premature retirement, content with past
achievements and notoriety gained.
But not so German metal leaders Powerwolf who have plunged into
their twentieth year with one thought on their mind.
Continued worldwide domination.
That drops soon in the form of the band's latest album Wake Up The
Wicked (July 26), the highly anticipated successor to the extremely
successful previous studio album, Call Of The Wild (2021). Not
content to rest on their laurels, Powerwolf have looked to elevate
their music to yet another plane, showcasing a different facet of
their deft musical and technical skills on album number ten.
HEAVY had the honour of spending some time with guitarist Matthew
Greywolf to find out more.
"Absolutely," he affirmed without hesitation when we asked if he
was excited about the impending release. "This is an album we wrote
when we came back from the US tour, and we tried to deliver this
atmosphere, this energy, this power to the album. When we started
with the songwriting, the first song we wrote was Bless 'em With
the Blade, and for us, it was a little bit like what are we doing
here? Do we creating a monster or something like that (laughs). We
had this feeling of this is an album full of madness, and this
existed for the whole songwriting process and into the recording
process. I dunno… I never had that feeling before. I mean, we had
this pandemic situation where we wrote Call Of The Wild, and this
situation was more feeling like now or never. We can only write new
songs because we weren't able to play live. In this case, we had
the power from the live appearances."
In the full interview, Greywolf discusses the music side of Wake Up
The Wicked, how it showcases different facets of Powerwolf's sound,
how it differs musically from Call Of The Wild, the temptation to
rehash an albums winning formula for the next release, the single
1589 and its amazing music video, using Joost Van Den Brock as
producer and what he brings to the band's sound, if fresh sounding
music gets easier or harder to come up with the more you write,
their upcoming tour and more.



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