Wolverine – Anomalies 2026

Swedish prog-metallers Wolverine are celebrating a glorious return with their first studio album in a decade. Anomalies will be released on 6 February via Music Theories Recordings. Listen to the atmospheric and cinematic first single, A Perfect Alignment.

It’s been a decade since the Söderhamn quintet last released a full album, 2016’s Machina Viva, and four years since their last EP, 2021’s A Darkened Sun, raised hopes that they were back with a vengeance.Today, singer Stefan Zell is brimming with enthusiasm, fired up by the knowledge that his band – the Machina Viva line-up of Jonas Jonsson (guitar), Thomas Jansson (bass), Marcus Losbjer (drums), and Per Henriksson (keyboards) are to release new music and very soon, a bold new album.Throughout their career, Wolverine have always carried a similar dark emotional heft to their fellow countrymen Katatonia, driven by a sonic wall of sound. Lyrically too, Zell’s lyrics pack a powerful emotional punch, and on Anomalies he’s at his peak, drawing on those years of exasperation.Wolverine evolved from their earliest days toying with death metal sounds, before setting themselves up as purveyors of the finest in melancholic prog metal, a flag they continue to carry aloft to this day. Release date: February 6, 2026

1. A Sudden Demise
2. My Solitary Foe
3. Circuits
4. Nightfall
5. This World And All Its Dazzling Lights
6. Automaton
7. A Perfect Alignment
8. Losing Game
9. Scarlet Tide