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Sound, Blood, and Lineup: A Review of Howl’s Bloodlines

Posted by on March 11, 2013 No comments

Bloodlines, Howl’s second full-length album, is due to be released by Relapse Records April 30th.  Fans of the Rhode Island doom metal band will find this work to be just as powerful as Full of Hell, but with some marked differences.

The first distinction is that Bloodlines is a lot less sludgy.  If Full of Hell was a tsunami, this album is a sniper attack.  The riffs are shorter and faster – a gallop where Full of Hell took its time.  Listeners will also notice that the vocals stand out more than in the previous album, where the words blended into the riffs.  In Bloodlines, the lyrics are clear. Read more »

On the Phone with Howl

Posted by on October 1, 2010 5 comments

 

“A huge rat just crawled across my feet!”

And you thought being a touring rock star was all about whiskey, money, and naked chicks.

Well, Alternative Control had a phone chat with Howl guitarist Andrea Black before the band’s 9/21 show in Washington DC, and apparently touring involves spending all your money on gas, motels, and merch — and being on the lookout for giant rodents. This Rhode Island doom-metal band is taking over the country one club at a time, rats be damned. Howl has been touring practically non-stop since their first full-length album, Full of Hell, was released this May. They are currently on the road with Junius and Valient Thorr, and start another tour next month with Every Time I Die and Trap Them. Read more »