This Spanish band gives us five original songs plus a Stormwitch cover ("Beware the Demons") on this EP. They're very much in the vein of early Running Wild, which is absolutely wonderful to hear, since Running Wild themselves no longer sound like that. True metal feeling bleeds from these songs, and you can tell the band are fans of the music they're making. They write about evil and the devil, which are always preferred topics for metal! The singer's voice is usually gruff, like the vocals on old Running Wild, but he can carry a melody and does so with great proficiency. He understands his voice, and I can tell. The productions even hearkens back to '80s values with a natural drum sound and what I believe to be mic'ed cabinets for the guitars. Plus, the cover is amazing with a bigass werewolf with burning red eyes facing off with a warrior wielding a sword. I highly recommend this one if you are at all a fan of traditional metal
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Hunger--Ruler of the Wolves (CD/CS) {2025 Jawbreaker Records}
This Spanish band gives us five original songs plus a Stormwitch cover ("Beware the Demons") on this EP. They're very much in the vein of early Running Wild, which is absolutely wonderful to hear, since Running Wild themselves no longer sound like that. True metal feeling bleeds from these songs, and you can tell the band are fans of the music they're making. They write about evil and the devil, which are always preferred topics for metal! The singer's voice is usually gruff, like the vocals on old Running Wild, but he can carry a melody and does so with great proficiency. He understands his voice, and I can tell. The productions even hearkens back to '80s values with a natural drum sound and what I believe to be mic'ed cabinets for the guitars. Plus, the cover is amazing with a bigass werewolf with burning red eyes facing off with a warrior wielding a sword. I highly recommend this one if you are at all a fan of traditional metal
Labels:
Heavy Metal,
Hunger,
Jawbreaker Records
