When Holding Absence reached out to Alpha Wolf about the prospect of the bands working on a project together, the response from the Aussie metallers was steadfast. “Yes, obviously – easy decision!” Alpha Wolf frontman Lochie Keogh recalls as being his band’s reply. “We knew the bands were big fans of each other, and it had been great seeing Holding Absence’s album [2021’s The Greatest Mistake Of My Life] do so well,” he remembers. “There was literally no reason not to work together.” Fast-forward to now, and Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf have just dropped split EP The Lost & The Longing. The split contains two songs from each band, with Lochie and Holding Absence vocalist Lucas Woodland each taking a turn to appear on one of the others’ tracks. A re...
