Wolfbrigade

Singer Tomas Jonsson was forced to leave the band in 1998 and was replaced by Micke. At around the same time, the band changed their name from Wolfpack to Wolfbrigade to avoid association with a Swedish neo-Nazi prison gang who shared that name. In 2002, drummer Frank left and was replaced by Dadde. The band split up in 2004 because of lack of motivation and Micke needing surgery for vocal cord problems. Four of the members started a new band, Today's Overdose.

On 7 January 2007, Wolfbrigade announced that they were reuniting. Wolfbrigade imported bassist Johan from Today's Overdose and released a comeback album, Prey to the World, in June 2007. In 2008, the group released Comalive. Wolfbrigade went on a one-year hiatus from playing live in 2011, and then regrouped for the release of Damned in 2012.

Wolfbrigade's last album The Enemy: Reality was released Fall 2019 through Southern Lord Records. They released an EP, Anti-Tank Dogs, on August 12, 2022.{{cite web|author=Djordje Miladinović|url=https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2022/07/08/exclusive-wolfbrigade-reveal-the-release-date-of-anti-tank-dogs-7/|title=Exclusive: Wolfbrigade Reveal The Release Date Of Anti-Tank Dogs 7″|website=Thoughts Words Action|access-date=August 13, 2022|date=July 8, 2022}}

Pitchfork Media praised the Damned album and described them as combining crust punk and melodic death metal in a manner similar to Disfear.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16575-damned/|title=Wolfbrigade: Damned|first=Kim|last=Kelly|website=Pitchfork}}

In 2024 the band signed with Metal Blade Records and released the album “Life Knife Death”.

The band's earliest influences were Anti Cimex, Strebers, Asta Kask and Puke. Once they took the name Wolfbrigade, they then also embraced the influence of At the Gates, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Entombed, Circle Jerks, Napalm Death, Poison Idea and Motörhead.{{cite web |title=Wolfbrigade Interview |url=https://blowthescene.com/interviews/wolfbrigade-interview.html |access-date=28 April 2024}}

• Mikael Dahl – vocals - (1999–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-To What End?)
• Jocke Rydbjer – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-To What End?, ex-Obscure Infinity, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins)
• Erik Norberg – guitar (1995–present) (Today's Overdose, ex-Obscure Infinity)
• Johan Erkenvåg – bass (2004–present) (Today's Overdose)
• Dadde Stark – drums (2002–2015, 2024-present) (Today’s Overdose, Asta Kask, Mass Worship, ex- To What End?, ex-Sunday Morning Einsteins, ex-Sju Svåra År)

Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 09.jpg|Mikael "Micke" Dahl

Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 06.jpg|Erik Norberg

Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 03.jpg|Jocke Rydbjer

Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 07.jpg|Johan Erkenvåg

Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 05.jpg|Tommy Storback

• Tommy Storback – drums (2015-2024) (Nifters, The Clockwork Crew, ex- Booze and Glory
• Tomas Jonsson – vocals (1995-1998) (Anti Cimex, Moment Maniacs, Shitlickers)
• Frank Johansen – drums (1995-2002) (End of All, ex-Obscure Infinity)
• Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson – bass (1995-2004) (Harlequin)

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• A New Dawn Fades (1996)
• Lycanthro Punk (1997)
• Allday Hell (1999)

• Bloodstained Dreams (1995)
• Hellhound Warpig (1997)
• split with Skitsystem (1998)

• Progression/Regression (2001)
• In Darkness You Feel No Regrets (2003)
• Prey to the World (2007)
• Comalive (2008)
• Damned (2012)
• Run with the Hunted (2017)
• The Enemy: Reality (2019)
• Life Knife Death (2024)

• Split with Audio Kollaps (2001)
• A D-beat Odyssey (2004)
• Anti-Tank Dogs (2022)

• The Wolfpack Years (2003)

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• [http://www.myspace.com/wolfbrigadeofficial Official Myspace site]
• [http://wolfbrigadeofficial.wordpress.com/ Official blog]

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Category:Swedish crust and d-beat groups

Category:Musical groups established in 1995

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