Australian metalcore band Alpha Wolf have gone viral after a spectacularly awkward incident at their recent gig in Kentucky. The band were mid-way through playing a set at the Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville when they tried to organise the crowd for a wall of death (if you’re not familiar, it’s where the crowd splits in two, forming two ‘walls’, and they then run full tilt at each other).
Clearly, the wall of death hasn’t made it to Kentucky. Alpha Wolf released footage of the moment after the show, which shows the crowd dutifully standing in two walls before… not doing anything. No matter how many times the band signalled for them to run, the crowd stayed put, not moving. Watch the whole thing unfold below.
Alpha Wolf’s Wall of Death Fail Goes Viral
“Top ten wall of death fail compilations,” the band wrote on Twitter. “It’s okay Kentucky we still love you.”
The Melbourne band are just about to begin a mammoth North American tour alongside After The Burial and Knocked Loose, which will see them play dates for a solid six weeks across the US. Before that the band had played a run of shows across Asia.
The band released the split EP The Lost & The Longing (with Welsh outfit Holding Absence) in 2022. Alpha Wolf contributed two songs to the EP: ‘Hotel Underground’, and ’60cm of Steel’.
“Alpha Wolf are a band we’ve loved as people and musicians for years now,” Holding Absence said when they announced the EP. “And we’re so grateful they wanted to drop this release with us.”
Further Reading
Alpha Wolf: “We Found Out About Knotfest When We Were Out on the Town in Europe”
Knotfest Australia Review – Brutality and Belonging at Knotfest’s Down Under Debut
Melbourne’s Alpha Wolf Reveal New Members, After Splitting From Their Frontman
