"Blood Wolf" is a song performed by the American

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. It was released as a single for

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on October 11, 2019, by

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to the band's 2019 single " Head Hunter". It was produced by

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. Following its release, it charted at number 24 on the ''

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chart, the group's first career charting single.

Background

On June 8, 2018, Dance Gavin Dance released their eighth full-length studio album, ''

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''. The band toured extensively in support of its release, including tours with the American

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and embarking on

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from March to May 2019. In January 2019, the group decided to record new material with

at Interlace Audio Recording Studios in

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. On March 22, 2019, the group released a stand-alone single, "Head Hunter", accompanied with its music video.

Recording

On January 22, 2019, Dance Gavin Dance's lead guitarist Will Swan announced on

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that he was recording new material in Portland at Crummett's recording studio Interlace Audio. "Blood Wolf" was produced, mixed and mastered by Crummett with audio engineering by Ricky Orozco assisted by GiGi Zimmer.

Music video

The music video for "Blood Wolf" was released on the same day as the single's digital and streaming release, on October 11, 2019. It was directed by Mount Emult, who had previously directed music videos for the band's 2017 single "Summertime Gladness" and the 2018 single "Count Bassy".

Credits and personnel

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– clean vocals, rhythm guitar * Jon Mess – unclean vocals * Tim Feerick – bass guitar * Will Swan – lead guitar, backing vocals * Matthew Mingus – drums, percussion ;Production *

– production, mixing engineer * Ricky Orozco – audio engineer * GiGi Zimmer – assistant engineer

Chart performance

Following its release, "Blood Wolf" debuted at number 24 on the ''

chart on October 26, 2019.

References

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