Wake Up the Wicked

Wake Up the Wicked is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 26 July 2024 via Napalm Records.^[1]

Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by Powerwolf
Released	26 July 2024
Studio	Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal Sandlane Eglise St. Barbe
Genre	Power metal heavy metal
Length	37:01
Language	English Latin
Label	Napalm
Producer	Joost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Interludium (2023) Wake Up the Wicked (2024)
Singles from Wake Up the Wicked
"1589" Released: 17 May 2024 "Sinners of the Seven Seas" Released: 21 June 2024

Critical reception

Blabbermouth.net described the work as "an album full of instantly memorable heavy metal anthems, all ornately dressed in the quasi-religious trappings and orchestral extravagance that have become such important trademarks".^[2]

Alec Chillingworth of Louder Sound states that "swimming in the Sabaton/Manowar moat rather than their Maiden/Priest paddle-pool of yore, Bless 'Em With The Blade rips Wake Up The Wicked open by reducing Deicide's career to one line: 'Tear up the Bible'" and "It's bubonically catchy heavy metal built for outdoor stages, choirs squeezing through honking organs, tearaway leads and frontman Attila Dorn's überhensch operatics".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bless 'Em with the Blade"	2:47
2.	"Sinners of the Seven Seas"	3:00
3.	"Kyrie Klitorem"	3:03
4.	"Heretic Hunters"	3:27
5.	"1589"	4:04
6.	"Viva Vulgata"	3:08
7.	"Wake Up the Wicked"	3:39
8.	"Joan of Arc"	3:20
9.	"Thunderpriest"	3:21
10.	"We Don't Wanna Be No Saints"	3:15
11.	"Vargamor"	3:57
Total length:		37:01

Personnel

Powerwolf

• Attila Dorn – vocals
• Charles Greywolf – bass, guitar
• Matthew Greywolf – guitar, vocal recording, layout
• Falk Maria Schlegel – keyboards
• Roel van Helden – drums

Additional contributors

• Rodney Blaze – male backing vocals
• John "Jaycee" Cuijpers – male backing vocals
• Zsofia Dankova – artwork, illustrations
• Jens De Vos – additional booklet photography
• Jos Driessen – engineering, choir engineering
• Jasper Erkens – shout choir
• Nick Hurkmans – children's choir conductor
• Coen Janssen – shout choir
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Jan Willem Ketelaers – male backing vocals
• Pa'dam Chamber Choir^[a] – choir
• Peter Sallai – additional booklet illustrations
• Ingo Spörl – layout
• Joost van den Broek – production, mixing, choir recording, choir arrangement, choir scoring, shout choir, additional programming, orchestration
• Johan van Stratum – shout choir
• VD Pictures – photography
• Volgspot Class 2 – children's choir

Charts

Chart performance for Wake Up the Wicked

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7]	56
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[8]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	4
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[12]	14
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13]	5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[14]	4

Notes

1. The Pa'dam Chamber Choir consists of director Maria Van Nieukerken; altos Alfrun Schmid and Annette Vermeulen; basses Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer and Samuel Wong; sopranos Lilian Tong and Merel van Geest; and tenors Bas Volkers and Guido Groenland.