Review: We’re Wolves Announces Music Video for “Wasteland”
It seems to be the pattern that incredible works of art have come from quarantine. Today’s focus is on a band that consistently breaks musical boundaries that turn into catchy and energetic songs that many fans can love. If there is one thing that Mission Music Foundation agrees on, it is that bands should be able to have music as a primary focus as a career should that be what they want to do. While the world seems to be going through a lot of trauma, it is this same trauma that has created some intensely relatable and incredible works of art. We are proud to introduce you to We’re Wolves.
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Who is We’re Wolves?
We’re Wolves is a band that is definitely gaining attraction and attention. Their YouTube subscribers are on the higher end with over 11k subscribers. Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, the 5 piece band consistently breaks the boundaries between rock and metal. We’re Wolves first burst on to the music scene with their cover of Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff,” which garnered a huge response for the band, with over 1.6 Million views on YouTube, and 675K streams on Spotify. Their sound is considered to be dark-humored, horror-loving, and energetic, which transfers into their music videos that display satirical yet theatrically-morbid visuals that play off their carefully crafted aggressive sound. Their debut single, “Dissonance,” off their EP The Hunger reached over 400k streams landing the band on the Spotify editorial “New Core” playlist. The band has continued to please fans of metal and horror alike with their cover of “Bodies” by Drowning Pool being featured on Spotify’s “Metal Covers” playlist, and the cover of Disturbed’s “Down With The Sickness” has been revered by the original band themselves.
We’re Wolves currently plans to announce the release of their first full-length album, this year, titled Evil Things, which is a diverse collection of songs designed to connect to the sinner in all of us. Based on Dante’s Divine Comedy. The album takes the listener on a journey through the underworld of Hell, both sonically and lyrically which fans of Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White, and Beartooth would enjoy. To add on or intensify how fans have grown to love the band, the album also contains features from Bryan Kuznitz of Fame On Fire and Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills.
“Wasteland” Music Video
The first ten seconds of the music video show a girl wiping away tears and walking out of what appears to be a prison or mental health ward with other females that have numbers written on their shirts. From there, the video transitions to going back and forth between segments of the band’s live performances and the story of the video. The energy from the video is very dark and theatrical, which suits the band in a unique way. Vocalist AJ Diaferio radiates an energetic and almost threatening presence within the video that captures the lyrics in an almost in-your-face kind of way. The acting between the females in the video presents as scared, uncertain, and almost an unsafe vibe. We’re Wolves captivates a very serious message regarding addiction and portrays the emotions surrounding it very well. The whole video might remind one of what would go on in your head as you tried to understand what was going on in reality and how easy it is to get trapped in that cycle. The band adds an extra layer of an almost sickening vibe with the green lights and layers of smoke. In total, it might remind someone about how sickening it can be to watch someone you love start to spiral. It is fair to say that the video is almost like a horror movie, but with a message that everyone should hear. The attitude from the video makes you feel out of control and understood at the same time. AJ intensifies the vocals with his whole body and hands moving as he sings, captivating on the intensity of every lyric he sings.
Overall
We’re Wolves is a band that deserves more attention than received. The band portrays a very serious and important message, while at the same time, creating an energetic, intense, and horror-styled music video that creates the most unique combination between song and theater. The West Palm Beach band takes a diverse and in-your-face vibe that captures their sound and story in a great way. While the messages are serious, the video creates an almost scary, yet positively insightful look at how addiction can make you feel out of control.
Music Video Credits
Produced by: AJ Diaferio and Rich Sabol
Directed by : Jon Vulpine
Edited by: Jon Vulpine
Co-DP: Andrew Colton
Makeup: Julianne Markil
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Web: https://vimeo.com/407904540/f2e6fb0f52
Produced by: Bryan Kuznitz
Original song written by: We’re wolves
Song performed by: We're Wolves
Song engineered, mixed, and mastered by: Bryan Kuznitz
Written by: Blake Matthews (he/him)
