Wake Up the Wicked

Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by
Powerwolf
Released26 July 2024
Studio
  • Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal
  • Sandlane
  • Eglise St. Barbe
Genre
Length36:38
Language
  • English
  • Latin
  • German
  • French
LabelNapalm
ProducerJoost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Interludium
(2023) 		Wake Up the Wicked
(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

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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

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All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf.

  1. "Bless 'Em with the Blade" – 2:45
  2. "Sinners of the Seven Seas" – 3:00
  3. "Kyrie Klitorem" – 3:03
  4. "Heretic Hunters" – 3:26
  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" – 3:37

Personnel

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Powerwolf

Additional contributors

Charts

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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

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  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

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  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.
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