Named after a 500-to-600-pound brown bear hero that was adopted by the Polish Artillery Division’s 2nd Corps and served as a morale booster to the troops during World War II, Italian sludge/doom metal act, Italian doom/sludge metal act WOJTEK just dropped their gruesome debut EP and we’ve teamed up to uncover inspirations and backstories about each of the 4 grinding tracks. The arsenal of the combat bear consist in a muddy groove metal with a dark and gloomy taste, including glimpses of doom, stoner and noise. Seek shelter in the closest trench and cover your ears, we are coming for you and it’s gonna be louder than ever. Asked about what promped them to form this band, they commented: Wojtek was born in Padua (northern Italy) from 5 musicians involved in different local ...