The band settled its lawsuit with ex-frontman Tommy Vext the day before releasing an album, which has already scored a top 10 hit with"Lifeline.
The band settled its lawsuit with ex-frontman Tommy Vext the day before releasing an album, which has already scored a top 10 hit with"Lifeline."
Nevertheless, it’s fair to say that vexing — or Vexting — circumstances made it challenging for Bad Wolves to reach this point.Vext, formerly of Divine Heresy and Westfield Massacre, had announced on Jan. 8 that he was leaving the band to launch a solo career. The group followed with an official statement the next day, promising that it planned “to continue making music” and release a new album this year.
Boecklin, who was with DevilDriver before co-founding Bad Wolves in 2016, says that Laskiewicz impressed him and his bandmates — Coyle, guitarist Chris Cain and bassist Kyle Konkiel — with his work on“Not only did he do a great job writing … but his voice sounds like it would really fit the band, and I always kept it in the back of my head,” the drummer recalls.After Vext departed, Laskiewicz was the first person Boecklin thought of to be the new frontman.
Boecklin opines that is in keeping with Bad Wolves’ general approach, which he doesn’t feel has wavered much during the past five years. “The mission statement forwas to continue the overlapping of rock and metal while consistently using soaring choruses and real riffs,” he says. “We have riffs that are really, really heavy and intricate, and we’re really proud we’re able to be on the radio, too. So we’re kind of diving into both worlds without the record sounding like it’s polarizing itself.