Taking their name from the classic Misfits song, Sweden's Devil's Whorehouse was a crushing outfit that featured Morgan from Marduk and Abruptum paying homage to the horror-punk legends through a heavier, more metallic assault of anthemic hooks, dark hardcore, and bluesy, gravel-throated crooning that was an unmistakable homage to Danzig himself. The band released a bunch of records over the past decade, but at some point in the past year or so underwent a transformation, changing the lineup around and taking on the new name Death Wolf. That older stuff always felt like a solid but predictable Misfits/Danzig tribute, but the new Death Wolf material that I've heard on this 7" and off the new album coming later this spring is much darker and more aggressive. "Snake Mountain" is the a-side, a chugging monster winding around a deceptively catchy hook that gradually tightens its coils till the anthemic chorus kicks in; the vocals shift between a blackend bark and some very Danzig-esque caterwauling that kicks in at just the right moments, like when the song suddenly drops into a crushing doom-laden breakdown towards the end. It's a killer blast of dark hardcore, followed by the b-side track "Sudden Bloodletter", a faster, more furious ripper, D-beat driven and deranged, a ferocious dark crust assault that knocks out a killer thrashing chorus riff before dropping into another short Misfits-like hook for a minute; it's a total blitz that's all over in a minute and a half. I loved this Ep.

Limited to five hundred hand-numbered copies on white vinyl.