Half Living Things

On "Half Living Things," Alpha Wolf delivers an experience that is weaker in every way compared to "A Quiet Place To Die."

"Bring Back The Noise" is fine as an opener to the album, but it features a lot of turntable scratching that doesn't add anything to the track and isn't featured on any other song on the album. It's also not instrumentally as hard as the title track opener for their last album. "Double-Edge Demise" really highlights how silly and ... read more

EDIT: (81 --> 75)
Really haven't came back to this as much as I thought I might. The second half is still really solid but to be honest the last time I heard this I just felt like it was outclassed by some other numetalcore albums I've heard recently (*cough* Angel Killer Zero *cough*). Very meh overall with some really solid high points.

I feel like this contains some of Alpha Wolf's best material, but some of their worst as well.

In terms of overall differences from the previous album, ... read more

nearly every song here has plenty of groovy and catchy and heavy riffs and it's pretty consistent without. There's also the more melodic stuff with Whenever You're Ready and Ambivalence which is also good & showcases how versatile the band is. Other than that it's just a lot of like really crushing fun nu metal heaviness. the song with Ice-T was also absolutely fire and possibly my favorite of the album to be honest.

5 points off because Ambivalence is a mid track and could have gone without all the guest vocalists. The rest is just...holy shit. Alpha Wolf cannot miss.
The production here feels a bit sharper and noisier (in a good way) than on the fantastic A Quiet Place to Die, Lochie's vocals feel more varied, and I love that John gets to use his backing vocals more here than he did before. Alpha Wolf definitely lean more into their nu-metal side here than before, and they do it really well on this ... read more