Wolfbrigade

Wolfbrigade
Wolfbrigade at Party.San Metal Open Air 2016
Background information
Also known as	Wolfpack, Today's Overdose
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Crust punk, melodic death metal
Years active	1995–2004, 2007–2012, 2014-present
Labels	Farewell, La Famila, Agipunk, Deranged, Southern Lord, Nuclear Blast Records
Members	Mikael Dahl Jocke Rydbjer Erik Norberg Johan Erkenvåg Dadde Stark
Past members	Tommy Storback Tomas Jonsson Frank Johansen Marcus Psykfall

Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack) is a Swedish crust punk band formed in 1995 by Jocke Rydbjer, Frank Johansen, Erik Norberg, Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson and the vocalist Tomas Jonsson (known for being part of the local crust punk band Anti Cimex) their line-up has included members of Asta Kask, To What End?, Cosa Nostra, Obscure Infinity, and Harlequin.

History

Singer Tomas Jonsson was forced to leave the band in 1998 and was replaced by Micke. At around the same time, the band changed their name from Wolfpack to Wolfbrigade to avoid association with a Swedish neo-Nazi prison gang who shared that name. In 2002, drummer Frank left and was replaced by Dadde. The band split up in 2004 because of lack of motivation and Micke needing surgery for vocal cord problems. Four of the members started a new band, Today's Overdose.

On 7 January 2007, Wolfbrigade announced that they were reuniting. Wolfbrigade imported bassist Johan from Today's Overdose and released a comeback album, Prey to the World, in June 2007. In 2008, the group released Comalive. Wolfbrigade went on a one-year hiatus from playing live in 2011, and then regrouped for the release of Damned in 2012.

Wolfbrigade's last album The Enemy: Reality was released Fall 2019 through Southern Lord Records. They released an EP, Anti-Tank Dogs, on August 12, 2022.

Pitchfork Media praised the Damned album and described them as combining crust punk and melodic death metal in a manner similar to Disfear.

In 2024 the band signed with Nuclear Blast Records and released the album “Life Knife Death”.

Influences

The band's earliest influences were Anti Cimex, Strebers, Asta Kask and Puke. Once they took the name Wolfbrigade, they then also embraced the influence of At the Gates, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Entombed, Circle Jerks, Napalm Death, Poison Idea and Motörhead.

Members

Current line-up

• Mikael Dahl – vocals - (1999–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-To What End?)
• Jocke Rydbjer – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-To What End?, ex-Obscure Infinity, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins)
• Erik Norberg – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-Obscure Infinity)
• Johan Erkenvåg – bass (2004–present) (Today's Overdose)
• Dadde Stark – drums (2002–2015, 2024-present) (Today’s Overdose, Asta Kask, Mass Worship, ex- To What End?, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins, ex-Sju Svåra År)

• Wolfbrigade at Party.San 2016
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  Mikael "Micke" Dahl
• 
  Erik Norberg
• 
  Jocke Rydbjer
• 
  Johan Erkenvåg
• 
  Tommy Storback

Former

• Tommy Storback – drums (2015-2024) (Nifters, The Clockwork Crew, ex- Booze and Glory
• Tomas Jonsson – vocals (1995-1998) (Anti Cimex, Moment Maniacs, Shitlickers)
• Frank Johansen – drums (1995-2002) (End of All, ex-Obscure Infinity)
• Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson – bass (1995-2004) (Harlequin)

Timeline

Discography

as Wolfpack

Albums

• A New Dawn Fades (1996)
• Lycanthro Punk (1997)
• Allday Hell (1999)

EPs and Splits

• Bloodstained Dreams (1995)
• Hellhound Warpig (1997)
• split with Skitsystem (1998)

as Wolfbrigade

Albums

• Progression/Regression (2001)
• In Darkness You Feel No Regrets (2003)
• Prey to the World (2007)
• Comalive (2008)
• Damned (2012)
• Run with the Hunted (2017)
• The Enemy: Reality (2019)
• Life Knife Death (2024)

EPs

• Split with Audio Kollaps (2001)
• A D-beat Odyssey (2004)
• Anti-Tank Dogs (2022)

Compilations

• The Wolfpack Years (2003)

External links

• Official Myspace site
• Official blog