Wake Up the Wicked

Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by
Powerwolf
Released26 July 2024
Studio
  • Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal
  • Sandlane
  • Eglise St. Barbe
Genre
Length37:01
Language
  • English
  • Latin
LabelNapalm
ProducerJoost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Interludium
(2023) 		Wake Up the Wicked
(2024)
Singles from Wake Up the Wicked
  1. "1589"
    Released: 17 May 2024
  2. "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.

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:37:01

Personnel

Powerwolf

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
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[8] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 4
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[12] 14
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[14] 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. ^ "Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums du semaine 40, 2024" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Powerwolf – Wake Up the Wicked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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