Wolfheart announce new EP ‘Skull Soldiers’
WOLFHEART have announced a new EP!
Titled Skull Soldiers, the upcoming EP from the Finnish melodic death metal band features two brand new songs and two rarity tracks and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Napalm Records.
Speaking about the upcoming EP, frontman Tuomas Saukkonen says, “I did a lot of research about the Winter War for the Wolves of Karelia album, but after the album was out, a few reporters gave me some additional details during the interview cycle and it turns out I managed to miss some really cool hidden gems. One of them was a small ‘elite group’, or ‘Winter War special unit’, who called themselves Skull Soldiers – ninja level soldiers who painted skulls and skeletons on their helmets. I really felt that I had to write some kind of a sequel for Wolves of Karelia, and since lockdown brought a lot of free time, we decided to make an EP while waiting for the world to open up again for touring.
The acoustic version of Aeon Of Cold is something we have been thinking for a while now. Our bass player, Lauri, has awesome clean voice and we would like to play a full unplugged gig at some point, and based on that idea we have already been arranging some of the songs with acoustic guitars. Since there are no gigs at the moment, we wanted to try out the idea in studio. Same goes with live version of Reaper. We did a multitrack recording when we did our first streaming gig last April and since we are unable to play live to our fans, this is the second-best thing we could offer.”
Alongside the announcement of the new EP, WOLFHEART have released the title track from the upcoming release; Skull Soldiers. The new song features a guest appearance from WOLFANGER‘s Petro Solovey. Speaking about the new song, Saukkonen says, “I wanted the first single to be as heavy and crushing as possible in our standards so it would reflect the theme in the best possible way. The lyrics also are heavily connected to the Skull Soldiers themselves, and Petro from Ukrainian band WOLFANGER provided awesome guest vocals in his native language, adding another level to the brutality.”
Watch the official lyric video for Skull Soldiers here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming EP below:
Track List:
1. Skull Soldiers
2. Hereditary
3. Aeon of Cold (Acoustic)
4. Reaper (Live)
Skull Soldiers is set for release on March 5th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on WOLFHEART like their official page on Facebook.
