Wolverine - Anomalies

Swedish prog-metallers Wolverine are celebrating a glorious return with Anomalies. It’s been a decade since the Söderhamn quintet last released a full album, Machina Viva, and four years since their last EP, A Darkened Sun, raised hopes that they were back with a vengeance. Throughout their career, Wolverine have always carried a similar dark emotional heft to their fellow countrymen Katatonia, driven by a sonic wall of sound. Lyrically too, Zell’s lyrics pack a powerful emotional punch, and on Anomalies he’s at his peak, drawing on those years of exasperation. Wolverine evolved from their earliest days toying with death metal sounds, before setting themselves up as purveyors of the finest in melancholic prog metal, a flag they continue to carry aloft to this day.