THE WOLVES - Melbourne Thrash Metal Band - 1999 Demo

The Wolves - Melbourne Heavy Metal Band

This CD has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth until Hang Loose Recluse found this laying around the house. The CD was purchased from a gig where I went to see The Wolves play at the Greyhound Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne , in August 2000. The CD was a demo with no artwork or label, it was a plain white CD with no information written on it. I felt like I must do the heavy metal world a favour and show case this awesome Melbourne band as it seems there is no audio history available on this great band that was The Wolves. This band should have been the biggest metal band in the world but they ceased to exist. Here is some info from Aus Metal Guide :

https://ausmetalguide.com/The_Wolves

Info From AusMetal Guide

Origin Melbourne, VIC
Genres Thrash metal

Years active : 1995 - 2002

Associated acts :
The Berzerker, Damaged, Humonic, Sith, Watchdog Discipline, King Parrot

Band members
Allan Howell (drums)
Ed Lacey (guitar)
Jason V (vocals, guitar)
Tamer Lee (vocals, bass)

Band information :
Formed in late 1995 out of the ashes of a cover band Alchemy, The Wolves stormed onto the national metal scene, but just as things looked like taking off they inexplicably disappeared.

In 1998 the line-up had consolidated, adding Tamer on bass. In 1999, The Wolves opened for Entombed and Nevermore in Melbourne. By this stage the band had gained a reputation as a formidable live band, smashing their way into the live scene, obliterating the status quo, with cut throat performances. So much so, that they started to fill local venues and gained the attention of 'Dark Carnival' records (an Australian-only offshoot of Roadrunner Records) even without an official release. The Wolves played the 2000 Big Day Out in Melbourne and opened for Slipknot, considerable achievements for a band that had not yet progressed beyond the demo stage.

An album was promised for September 2000, but the release date was pushed back due to the band being unhappy with the result. A last minute withdrawal from 2000’s Metal for the Brain stoked rumours of a split and more rumours began that Jason left (turning up some months later in Melbourne band Sith), the album had been shelved for good and The Wolves would undergo a name change. The band denied this eventually, later reconvening with plans to release the album, although this failed to occur.

The band played a handful of shows in early 2002, but since then has done nothing and has presumably split. Lee and Howell have since released an EP from their band Humonic which they formed after joining The Wolves.

Eddie Lacey was Damaged’s touring bassist in 2000 and he and Jason recorded with The Berzerker. Eddie and Jason were members of the The Berzerker and recorded on the The Berzerker album as well as World of Lies. Jason played on Animosity and Eddie played on The Resurrection.

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