2013 WOLVES The 850 double-pumper Holley muscle car of local duets, guitarist Neal Harper and drummer Bobby Childers sling hi-speed metal and sludgy Southern riffs in their wake that can call to mind either Ministry or Baroness. Their latest — Red Metal, released in October — included some of the band’s best tracks yet in the epic “Red Metal Dreams,” the thrashing “1972-1972 Donna Jean Chavis” and the punk anthem “Works in a Factory.” What separates Wolves from a lot of their peers is their embrace of Southern themes, and the paradoxes that arise therein (c.f., “Jesus Saved Charlie Daniels”). (John Schacht)

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