Bad Wolves
| Bad Wolves | |
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 Bad Wolves live at Rock am Ring 2019 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Metalcore , Heavy Metal , Nu Metal |
| founding | 2017 |
| Website | badwolvesnation.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Tommy Vext | |
| John Boecklin | |
| Doc Coyle | |
| Chris Cain | |
| Kyle Konkiel | |
Bad Wolves is an American metal - band , which was founded in the 2017th
history
Foundation and Disobey (2017 to 2019)
The band consists of the singer Tommy Vext (formerly Divine Heresy , formerly Snot ), the drummer John Boecklin (formerly DevilDriver ), the guitarist Doc Coyle (formerly God Forbid ), the guitarist Chris Cain ( Bury Your Dead , For the Fallen Dreams ) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (formerly In This Moment ). The manager of the band is Zoltán Báthory from the band Five Finger Death Punch . The band announced that their Mark Lewis-produced debut album will be released in spring 2018. In November 2017 Bad Wolves released their first single Learn to Live .
On January 18, 2018, they released their second single Zombie , a cover version of the song by the Cranberries . The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan was supposed to record the song with the band, but died on the day of recording in London . A music video was released on February 22, 2018. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Zombie was awarded platinum in the US and Canada . The debut album Disobey was released on May 11, 2018 and reached number 23 in the US, number 24 in the Swiss, number 39 in the Austrian, number 51 in the British and number 55 in the German album charts.
The band toured North America in the spring of 2018 with Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown and Starset . After a concert in New York City on June 19, 2018, the band one handed check in the amount of 250,000 US dollars to O'Riordan's children. At the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards , Zombie was nominated for the Rock Song of the Year category, but the award went to Greta Van Fleet . In summer 2019, the Bad Wolves played at the European festivals Rock im Park , Nova Rock , Download Festival , Graspop Metal Meeting and AlpenFlair . The band then toured Europe supporting Three Days Grace and North America supporting Papa Roach .
NATION (since 2019)
In the meantime, the band worked in various studios on their second studio album NATION , which was released on October 25, 2019. In contrast to Disobey , the album did not contain a cover version, as the band wanted to concentrate more on their own material, according to singer Tommy Vext. With number 60 in the German, number 63 in the Swiss and number 78 in the US album charts, NATION achieved lower placements than its predecessor. The single Killing Me Slowly reached number one on the mainstream rock songs chart. In January and February 2020, the Bad Wolves toured Europe together with Megadeth in the opening act for Five Finger Death Punch .
For the summer of 2020, the band announced a co-headlining tour with Hollywood Undead and the support groups From Ashes to New and Fire from the Gods , before the Bad Wolves act as the opening act for the North American tour of the bands Staind and Disturbed .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2018 |
Disobey Eleven Seven Music |
DE55 (1 week) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH24 (1 week) CH |
UK51 (1 week) UK |
US23 (9 weeks) US |
First published: May 11, 2018
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| 2019 |
NATION Eleven Seven Music |
DE60 (1 week) DE |
AT44 (1 week) AT |
CH63 (1 week) CH |
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US78 (1 week) US |
First published: October 25, 2019
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Awards and nominations
- iHeartRadio Music Awards
| year | category | For | result |
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| 2019 | Rock Song of the Year | zombie | Nominated |
Web links
- Official website
- Bad Wolves at Allmusic (English)
- Bad Wolves at Discogs (English)
- Bad Wolves on MusicBrainz (English)
- Chart sources: DE / AT / CH / UK / US
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Hill: Bad Wolves 'Toast to the Ghost' in New Song, Announce Debut Album. Loudwire , accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs. Billboard , accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Joe Divita: BAD WOLVES '' ZOMBIE 'BECOMES 2018'S FIRST PLATINUM ROCK SONG. Loudwire, accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ wookubus: Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Starset & Bad Wolves Tour Announced. The PRP, accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Graham Hartmann: Bad Wolves Present $ 250,000 Check to Family of Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan. Loudwire, accessed June 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Lori Melton: Complete list of winners of the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019. AXS, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ BAD WOLVES To Release 'NATION' Album In October; 'Killing Me Slowly' Single Available. Blabbermouth.net , accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Scott Munro: Watch Megadeth and Five Finger Death Punch kick off their European tour. Loudersound , accessed January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Chad Childers: Hollywood Undead + Bad Wolves Team Up for Spring 2020 Tour. Loudwire, accessed February 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Chad Childers: Staind + Disturbed Add Dates to 2020 Tour. Loudwire, accessed February 12, 2020 .