Year : 1984 (Japan Limited Edition 2007)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 88 mb
Bio:
White Wolf is a Canadian hard rock / heavy metal band from Edmonton, Alberta, led by Don Wolf.White Wolf originally formed in 1975 under the name Slamm, then changed to Warrior before settling on White Wolf.The group played locally for several years before landing a recording contract with RCA Records; their debut album, Standing Alone, was issued on the label in 1984. The band toured in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan in support of the album.A second album, Endangered Species, was released in 1986.The album included one song which was made into a music video: "She".The group disbanded shortly after completing the album,but released a third album with new material, Victim Of The Spotlight, in 2007.They came together again for a tour of Germany that year; a concert from this tour was recorded live and released in 2008 by Escape Music as WHITE WOLF Live in Germany.As of 2016, White Wolf continues to perform occasionally at local venues.The band split-up in 1988. Don Wolf and Cam MacLeod reformed the band in 2007.
Album:
A cult classic among ’80s American Melodic Metal fans, for many WHITE WOLF 1984’s debut album “Standing Alone” is among the genre has birth. As requested, here’s the best sounding version avaialble, the hard to find Japanese limited edition CD reissue featuring K2HD Mastering, housed into a mini-LP replica package, as part of the “80s Metal Master Works Paper Sleeve Collection“.From Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, WHITE WOLF were unique at the time: while razor sharp metallic, they blended into their sound hard rock pulse and a pinch of AOR heroics resulting in a terrific boom sonic combo.Their debut album ”Standing Alone” is best known for the single / MTV video “Shadows In The Night”, one of the best melodic metal songs from the mid-Eighties. In fact it’s quite excellent. The chugging riff, the awesome vocals and chorus, it has everything!“Standing Alone” is a midtempo but ominous opener, a mournful song about (guess what) standing alone. (Like a wolf?). Then “Headlines” is uptempo heavy, assaults your eardrums verging on Judas Priest territory. Both have plenty of guitar work to go around. The seven minute plus “What the War Will Bring” is a fantastic, with fine variations and atmospheres utilizing multi-part vocals and proper backing keyboards, it’s a tour-de-force suitable for closing side one of the original LP.“Night Rider” begins with some kind of a King Kobra-esque vocal harmonies, but quickly gets into a dual guitar melody before it takes off. “Homeward Bound” is a fun song utilizing vocal doubling for good effect, and that riff sure does sound familiar.A sort of twist comes next. One would think that a song called “Metal Thunder” would be even harder and louder than its predecessors but it’s much more melodic, a good curve ball there. A great song with some good harmony vocals and guitar work and it leads very well to the closer, which provides the right conclusion to this fine album.“Trust Me” is the final song, clearly inspired by Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, but wrapped by a U.S. metal Eighties style.Sure to please from classic metallers to traditional hard rock fans, WHITE WOLF 1984’s debut album “Standing Alone” deserve a place in your collection. This Japanese CD sound quality is very, very good.
Line-Up:
Don Wilk – Lead Vocals, Keyboards
Cam MacLeod – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Rick Nelson – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Les Schwartz – Bass
Loris Bolzon – Drums, Backing Vocals
Production:
Liner Notes – 伊藤政則
Producer – Danny Lowe* (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6), Jack Richardson (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8)
Tracklist:
01. Standing Alone (3:59)
02. Headlines (4:21)
03. Shadows in the Night (4:21)
04. What the War Will Bring (7:45)
05. Night Rider (3:46)
06. Homeward Bound (4:10)
07. Metal Thunder (4:52)
08. Trust Me (4:21)
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