Leaden

Last updated
Leaden
Leaden, album cover.webp
Studio album by
Wolfshead
ReleasedOctober 27, 2017
Genre
Length38:08
Label Rockshots
Wolfshead chronology
Caput Lupinum
(2015)		Leaden
(2017)		II: Ravings from the Gutter
(2025)

Leaden is the debut studio album by Finnish metal band Wolfshead. It was released on October 27, 2017, through Rockshots Records.

Contents

Background and promotion

The album follows the release of two demos and an EP, Caput Lupinum (2015), [6] and was initially announced on September 11, 2017. [7] A lyric video for the song "Division Of The Damned" was released on October 23. [8]

Critical reception

Leaden
Review scores
SourceRating
Dead Rhetoric8/10 [1]
The Metal Crypt3.5/5 [2]
Metal Na Lata8/10 [3]
Metal Temple8/10 [4]
Metalliluola8/10 [5]

In a review for Dead Rhetoric, Katarina McGinn wrote: "Cooking up a musical stew of influences that rear back into the 60’s/70’s/early 80’s, it’s obvious that the quarter aim to keep the focus on doom, traditional, and NWOBHM riffing and conjoining melodies, the tempos swinging and grooving along in proper support." She concluded that "Wolfshead g[a]ve us another product to treasure." [1]

Luxi Lahtinen, writing for The Metal Crypt, praised the band for "[going] back to the roots of Heavy Rock and Metal" and reproducing "that warm, organic, and authentic sound of the 70s". [2] Johnny Z. of Metal Na Lata stated: "Using and abusing guitar riffs and powerful vocals, the band achieves great results in both fast-paced and more melancholic songs." [3] Metal Temple's Joganegar applauded the group's willigness to experiment "with such distinctive and contrasting tones", describing the album as "A grade Metal". [4] Joonas Hynninen of Metalliluola opined that the group properly paid tribute to their classic metal influences while maintaining their own sound; he also praised the album's low-key production. [5]

Multiple reviewers noted influences from classic bands like Black Sabbath and Motörhead. [c]

Track listing

Leaden track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Vukodlak"4:41
2."Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"4:11
3."Purifier"4:12
4."When The Stars Are Right"6:22
5."Division Of The Damned"5:01
6."Haruspex"4:01
7."Winds Over Potter's Field"1:54
8."The Hangman"7:43
Total length:38:08

Notes

  1. ↑ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
  2. ↑ [1] [2] [3] [5]
  3. ↑ [1] [2] [3] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McGinn, Katarina (December 19, 2017). "Wolfshead – Leaden (Rockshots Records)". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lahtinen, Luxi (February 11, 2018). "Review of Wolfshead - Leaden". The Metal Crypt. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Z., Johnny (January 29, 2018). "Wolfshead – "Leaden" (2017)". Metal Na Lata (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Joganegar (February 3, 2018). "Wolfshead - Leaden". Metal Temple. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Hynninen, Joonas (December 8, 2017). "Wolfshead – Leaden (2017)". Metalliluola (in Finnish). Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ Evdokimov, Aleks (May 15, 2018). "Interview with Wolfshead". Doom-metal.com. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  7. ↑ "WOLFSHEAD: To Release Debut "Leaden" October 27". Metal Temple. September 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Lyric Video For New Song "Division Of The Damned" Posted By Wolfshead". Metal Underground. October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.