Wake Up the Wicked

Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by Powerwolf
Released	26 July 2024
Studio	Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal Sandlane Eglise St. Barbe
Genre	Power metal heavy metal
Length	37:01
Language	English Latin
Label	Napalm
Producer	Joost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Interludium (2023) Wake Up the Wicked (2024)
Singles from Wake Up the Wicked
"1589" Released: 17 May 2024 "Sinners of the Seven Seas" Released: 21 June 2024

Wake Up the Wicked is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 26 July 2024 via Napalm Records. ^[1]

Critical reception

Blabbermouth.net described the work as "an album full of instantly memorable heavy metal anthems, all ornately dressed in the quasi-religious trappings and orchestral extravagance that have become such important trademarks". ^[2]

Alec Chillingworth of Louder Sound states that "swimming in the Sabaton/Manowar moat rather than their Maiden/Priest paddle-pool of yore, Bless 'Em With The Blade rips Wake Up The Wicked open by reducing Deicide's career to one line: 'Tear up the Bible'" and "It's bubonically catchy heavy metal built for outdoor stages, choirs squeezing through honking organs, tearaway leads and frontman Attila Dorn's überhensch operatics". ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf.

1. "Bless 'Em with the Blade" – 2:47
2. "Sinners of the Seven Seas" – 3:00
3. "Kyrie Klitorem" – 3:03
4. "Heretic Hunters" – 3:27
5. "1589" – 4:04
6. "Viva Vulgata" – 3:08
7. "Wake Up the Wicked" – 3:39
8. "Joan of Arc" – 3:20
9. "Thunderpriest" – 3:21
10. "We Don't Wanna Be No Saints" – 3:15
11. "Vargamor" – 3:57

Personnel

Powerwolf

• Attila Dorn – vocals
• Charles Greywolf – bass, guitar
• Matthew Greywolf – guitar, vocal recording, layout
• Falk Maria Schlegel – keyboards
• Roel van Helden – drums

Additional contributors

• Rodney Blaze – male backing vocals
• John "Jaycee" Cuijpers – male backing vocals
• Zsofia Dankova – artwork, illustrations
• Jens De Vos – additional booklet photography
• Jos Driessen – engineering, choir engineering
• Jasper Erkens – shout choir
• Nick Hurkmans – children's choir conductor
• Coen Janssen – shout choir
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Jan Willem Ketelaers – male backing vocals
• Pa'dam Chamber Choir ^[a] – choir
• Peter Sallai – additional booklet illustrations
• Ingo Spörl – layout
• Joost van den Broek – production, mixing, choir recording, choir arrangement, choir scoring, shout choir, additional programming, orchestration
• Johan van Stratum – shout choir
• VD Pictures – photography
• Volgspot Class 2 – children's choir

Charts

Chart performance for Wake Up the Wicked

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7]	56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10]	4
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11]	14
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12]	5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [13]	4

Notes

1. The Pa'dam Chamber Choir consists of director Maria Van Nieukerken; altos Alfrun Schmid and Annette Vermeulen; basses Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer and Samuel Wong; sopranos Lilian Tong and Merel van Geest; and tenors Bas Volkers and Guido Groenland.

References

1. "Powerwolf to Release New Studio Album, Wake Up the Wicked, In July". Blabbermouth.net . 4 April 2024.
2. Lawson, Dom (23 July 2024). "Wake Up The Wicked". Blabbermouth.net .
3. Chillingworth, Alec (22 July 2024). ""This is Sabaton for shaggers." New Powerwolf album Wake Up The Wicked is epic, catchy and brilliantly daft – like all the best power metal should be". Louder Sound .
4. "Austriancharts.at – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
5. "Ultratop.be – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
6. "Ultratop.be – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
11. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
12. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
13. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.