{"id":78127,"date":"2019-04-18T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78127"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:23:11","slug":"review-alpha-wolf-fault-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-alpha-wolf-fault-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Alpha Wolf \u2013 Fault EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78128\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Alpha-Wolf-Fault-Artwork-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">Australia\u2019s <strong>Alpha Wolf<\/strong> know a little style goes a long way, especially in a genre like deathcore. You\u2019d know if you\u2019d seen guitarist Sabian Lynch attacking his guitar, long hair dyed white and a surgical mask obscuring his features. So if they didn\u2019t catch your attention with \u2018<em>Golden Gate; Water Break<\/em>\u2019 from their 2017 debut album, they\u2019re about to unleash new EP, <em>\u2018Fault<\/em>\u2019, just to prove it\u2019s not a case of style over substance.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2018<em>No Name<\/em>\u2019 opens up in lacklustre deathcore fashion, it\u2019s a definite tease, because within a minute the song explodes into a stream of ideas, riffs and right turns, keeping you on your toes as it batters you again and again with power.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, it\u2019s sustained throughout the five-song set (\u2018<em>Fault<\/em>\u2019 is an interlude) as you\u2019re continually assaulted by different takes on their base sound. Unusual drum-patterns and polyrhythmic guitar riffs make up the bulk of the EP, but everything is both powerful and thoughtfully executed. You\u2019re never far from a huge breakdown, but importantly, when they come, they hit hard and feel earned, \u2018<em>Sub-Zero<\/em>\u2019 even fades out before coming back to smash you around the ears one final time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Alpha Wolf - Sub-Zero (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTjHztdiOe8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whether he\u2019s violently sneering on \u2018<em>Spirit Breaker<\/em>\u2019 or spitting out rhythms on \u2018<em>Russian Roulette<\/em>\u2019, Aiden Holmes\u2019 vocal delivery deserves a special mention. He remains impressive and arresting throughout. Lyrically, he keeps avoids falling back on clich\u00e9 and when he does toss out an f-bomb, he does so at exactly the point where it&#8217;s most effective.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a shame the EP is only five songs because it feels like they\u2019ve just got going and have plenty to say. While trying to grab you by the jugular, there is always a good mix of screeching guitar with few nasty little licks to offset the powerful down-tuned main riffs. So while it\u2019s likely you\u2019ve heard their approach before, it probably didn\u2019t hit quite so hard.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Fault<\/em>\u2019 EP by<strong> Alpha Wolf<\/strong> is released on 19th April on <strong>SharpTone Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alpha Wolf<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphawolfcvlt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alphawolfcvlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphawolfcvlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/alphawolfcvlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not a case of style over substance for Alpha Wolf on &#8216;Fault'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":78128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2269],"tags":[16838,15783,16839,15621,132],"class_list":["post-78127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-ep-review","tag-alpha-wolf","tag-ep-reviews","tag-fault","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-sharptone-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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