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Album Review – Werewolves / You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak (2026)

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Back from the Death Metal pits of Down Under, these Australian cavemen attack once again with their seventh display of absolute savagery and hatred.

Back from the Death Metal pits of Down Under, having sworn to release ten albums in ten years (or commit group suicide if they fail), Melbourne, Australia’s own Technical Black/Death Metal cavemen Werewolves attack once again with their seventh display of absolute savagery and hatred, beautifully titled You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak, following up on their just as demented albums The Dead Are Screaming (2020), What a Time to Be Alive (2021), From the Cave to the Grave (2022), My Enemies Look and Sound like Me (2023), Die for Us (2024), and The Ugliest of All (2025). Once again mixed and mastered by Joe Haley at Crawlspace Productions, and showcasing a savage artwork by Mitchell Nolte featuring crucifixions, baby kebabs, and a werewolf army, the new offering by Sam Bean on vocals and bass, Matt Wilcock on the guitars, and David Haley on drums beautifully marches against world peace, offering another blast of berserk heavy music not recommended for the lighthearted.

There’s no sign of happiness, hope or sanity on the horizon as the trio begins their infuriated metal attack with Uroboric Fuckwit, where David is as usual absolutely inhumane on drums while Sam growls like a rabid beast; and Matt delivers his trademark Black and Death Metal riffs in Tank Habit, inviting us all to slam into the pit like true headbanging bastards. Burn It To The Ground is even more demented and violent than its predecessors, with Sam sounding pissed off on vocals supported by the heavy artillery brought forth by David, followed by Triple Negative, a very positive name for an Extreme Metal song, with Sam’s deep roars and demented screams piercing our putrid minds mercilessly. And their circle pit extravaganza goes on in full force with So Say All Of Us, where David showcases another round of his unique, visceral drumming skills always in the name of our good old Death Metal.

Fields Of Suicide is another song with a very charming and poetic name, offering our avid ears an avalanche of unfiltered Death and Black Metal insanity led by the scorching riffs by Matt while Sam keeps barking and hammering his bass manically. The trio definitely knows how to offer pure darkness and fear through their slower compositions, which is exactly the case in We March, enhancing the depth of their vocals, and of course the heaviness of their riffs; and it’s pedal to the metal in the infernal aria beautifully titled The Song Of Stupid Men, where David pounds his drums like a true Tasmanian devil, resulting in another lecture in absolute brutality and chaos by those phenomenal musicians. Lastly, their coup-de-grace comes in the form of You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak, played with endless fury, hatred and venom in their blackened hearts, therefore leaving us eager for more of the uncompromised insanity by Werewolves in about a year or so.

As soon as you start listening to You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak, you know there will be blood, just like how those amazing guys form Australia have been doing for the past seven years under the Werewolves banner, as well as with their other bands including Psycroptic, Abramelin, and The Antichrist Imperium. In other words, this album is for fans of Marduk, Marduk, fucking Marduk, and getting your teeth kicked right the fuck in. Having said that, once again don’t forget to invite the guys from Werewolves for an afternoon tea while blasting their ravenous Death Metal by following them on Facebook and on Instagram and by streaming the visceral, deadly music on YouTube or on Spotify, and of course to grab their scorching new album from their website or BandCamp page, from Direct Merch, from Nightshift, or from Plastic Head. You’re weak, and you know you’ll always be weak. Unless, of course, you start listening to Werewolves. Then you’ll be Death Metal.

Best moments of the album: Uroboric Fuckwit, Burn It To The Ground, Fields Of Suicide and The Song Of Stupid Men.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2026 Back On Black Records

Track listing
1. Uroboric Fuckwit 3:22
2. Tank Habit 3:43
3. Burn It To The Ground 3:04
4. Triple Negative 2:55
5. So Say All Of Us 3:25
6. Fields Of Suicide 4:16
7. We March 5:21
8. The Song Of Stupid Men 3:35
9. You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak 3:28

Band members
Sam Bean – vocals, bass
Matt Wilcock – guitars
David Haley – drums

Album Review – Werewolves / The Ugliest of All (2025)

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The torchbearers of “Caveman Death Metal” strike again with album number six, continuing to annihilate intellects with an increasingly unlistenable barrage of truly hideous music.

By now, everyone knows Melbourne, Australia’s own Werewolves and their insane mission of releasing ten Death Metal albums in ten years. Now in 2025 the torchbearers of “Caveman Death Metal” strike again with album number six, The Ugliest of All, continuing to annihilate intellects with an increasingly unlistenable barrage of truly hideous music. Mixed and mastered by Joe Haley at Crawlspace Productions, and once again displaying a visceral artwork by Mitchell Nolte, the beleaguered artist of the previous albums, the sixth blasphemous offering by Sam Bean on vocals and bass, Matt Wilcock on the guitars, and David Haley on drums is not only a worthy follow-up to their 2024 beast Die For Us, but a lesson in primeval, visceral Death Metal by one of the most (if not THE most) demented bands to ever arise from Down Under.

There’s not a single second of peace in the bludgeoning opener Fools of the Trade, with David already doing what he does best, which is crushing our damned bodies with his inhumane technique; and we gotta love all of their song titles such as I Want to be Offended, with the music being a lecture in ruthless Death Metal led by the scorching riffs by Matt. Skullbattering keeps the level of animosity absurdly high, with Sam barking the song’s violent lyrics nonstop in another lesson in brutality from the stunning Australia. Sam roars like a rabid beast in Unoriginal Sin, offering an overdose of blasphemy flowing from all instruments for our total and depraved delight, whereas more of David’s unstoppable, thunderous beats and fills will shake the foundations of the earth in the demolishing The Enshittification, inviting us all for some quality time inside the pit.

Logorrea sounds like some of their darkest creations from From the Cave to the Grave and My Enemies Look and Sound like Me, which obviously means it’s an awesome onrush of brutality, gore and rage, ending in a truly insane mode and connecting instantly with Rats Versus Snakes, one of the first singles released, showcasing the trio’s trademark fury spearheaded by the deep guttural by Sam. Then adding hints of Punk Rock and Hardcore to their undisputed Death Metal sound, it’s time for a no shenanigans, fast and furious aria titled Slaves to the Blast, again with Matt delivering pure electricity from his maniacal riffage. And last but most definitely not least, ending the album we have the demonic title-track The Ugliest of All, one of their strongest songs to date, sounding simply infuriated form start to finish, with David yet again hammering our cranial skulls mercilessly until our very last drop of blood leaves our frail bodies.

“Why did we call the album The Ugliest Of All?” Sam asks himself, seeing as though there’s no-one actually asking him any questions. “On the one hand, we are turning into a fearsomely hideous old-man band. We’re all grey, I’ve got a gut, it’s like if The Hills Had Amps. Also, I read an interview with Malevolent Creation where Phil Fasciana was bragging about how they were the ugliest band alive, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. Hi-top sneakers are cool. Denim shorts are cool.” In the end, it doesn’t really matter if you follow those headbanging bastards on Facebook or on Instagram, if you stream their pulverizing, no shenanigans music on YouTube or on Spotify, or if you purchase the indomitable The Ugliest of All from their own website or BandCamp page, from Direct Merch, from Nightshift, or from Plastic Head. Even if no one cares at all about The Ugliest of All, 2026 will see the band returning in full force with album number seven, because that’s what Werewolves are all about. They’re bringing to us this year the ugliest of all albums, aiming at becoming the heaviest of all bands.

Best moments of the album: I Want to be Offended, Skullbattering, Logorrea, Slaves to the Blast and The Ugliest of All.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2025 Back On Black Records

Track listing
1. Fools of the Trade 4:08
2. I Want to be Offended 3:36
3. Skullbattering 3:15
4. Unoriginal Sin 4:13
5. The Enshittification 3:40
6. Logorrea 3:21
7. Rats Versus Snakes 3:43
8. Slaves to the Blast 3:01
9. The Ugliest of All 3:28

Band members
Sam Bean – vocals, bass
Matt Wilcock – guitars
David Haley – drums