The raw, old-school EBM-duo Wülf7 is one of the newest forces of young and talented EBM / Dark Electro music projects out of the grandmother-state of this music style, Belgium. Consisting of the both members C.VII and Bwulf they've already received some promising reactions by their audience simply for their often happening, energetic live performances. This productive duo has played on several festivals in Belgium and Germany like the legendary “Familientreffen”, “E-Only Festival” in Deuzen (Germany) or the the highly recognized “Porta Nigra” festival in Aarschot (Belgium) last year. Now this pack of wolves takes further steps in their development to gain wider recognition as well as to increase their recording quality. Their first full-length album “Dark Hate” has been mastered by no one else than Vincent Uhlig (2nd Face) in his GVU-Mastering studio, has been re-printed and it's meanwhile officially available via the German retailer Poponaut.

“I Don't Want (Anymore)” is their newest effort, an EP release with 5 new recordings and 6 remix contributions by such prominent projects like Plastic Noise Experiment, TC75 or Sleepwalk. Asides the usual Bandcamp downloading possibility, there's also available a strictly limited CD edition. Once this one is gone, it will be gone forever without a chance of reprinting.
Although these both wolves see themselves rather influenced by various genres and they call their style “Dark Electro Body Melancholic Sounds”, the typical old-school EBM sound with its “straight-in-your-face”-attitude is their leading and almost overwhelming style of expression. Wülf7 are offering the whole adrenaline-driven pallet with soaring shouts of vocalist Bwulf as well as sweat-driving kick-and-snare works and mechanical, speedy thirty-two-second bass-line sequences mostly provided by C.VII. The reference to some Dark Electro-related sound ideas are evident but to reach a wider musically spectrum it still needs a continuation in their development process.

So the first two tracks of this EP “I Don't Want (Anymore)” and “Morbide” follow that straight, bassy outfit with a driving 4/4-on-the-floor-attitude and even the third track “W.A.W.W.A.” does not at all maintain the faster, percussive style. This one is my personal favorite track of their new compositions here because of its more elaborated synth arrangements through several voice samples and a brighter, layered, rather towards to the Dark Electro-genre based sound expression. “EBM Nation” is at least what you should expect from the title, another smashing and kicking track to save your next body-party. Also the collaborative track with German project T.A.N.K. with its dual vocal performance of Mr. Bwulf and Mr. Tankman won't leave out any wishes for a harder stomping tune. These five original tracks then got extended by some solid remix contributions which add a wider spectrum to the straightforward style of Wülf7.

Tino Claus out of the Amnistia achiever has put his hands on “W.A.W.W.A.” under his solo-project TC75 and surprises with his concentration to point out the ominous-sounding, layered facet of this track. Hungary's First Aid 4 Souls, to me one of the most underrated Electronic music projects has reinterpreted the title track “I Don't Want (Anymore)” and adds with several dramatic lead sounds an ideal balance to the raw and pounding environment of the original.
Bruno Ruch of Sleepwalk impresses with his skillfully integrated post-modern sounding bass line sequences, which offer an outstanding contrast to the usual Wülf7 sound. Sweden's trio Astma then returns on their “Morbide”remix to the raw and straight produced EBM formula with their close to Pouppee Fabrikk-sounding bass line sequences. Finally two German projects join the scenery of remix contributions with the legendary Plastic Noise Experience and To Avoid. PNE's remix concentrates to leave the title track straight and rather minimal reproduced, while To Avoid impresses with additional clap percussion sounds and a fat wall of pulsating bass line sequences – especially the last-mentioned Eastern Germany-based trio has been far too long off without any release for longer than a decade.

Wülf7 claim themselves of not being a perfect symbiosis of an EBM / Electro / Industrial music-project and they still have to learn and develop. But they are growing, this pack of wolves gets stronger and stronger with every new release and also this EP turns out to be helpful. They will increase in their style and with their action-driven and energetic live performances they should be able to reach a wider audience.