In a dank basement during one of the coldest Duluth winters on record, guitarist Mike Messina and drummer Jake Paulsrud started writing psycho-sludge experiments that sounded too stoned to be metal, and too baneful to be indie-rock. They recruited hardcore guitar sorceress Mindy Johnson and magi-roots bassist Brian Wells to flesh out the sound, and Wolf Blood came to life. 2018 saw the addition of multi-instrumentalist Adam Rucinski on bass. Wolf Blood hasn’t played in Duluth since 2018 and is ready for a barbed and blistering return to the local stage.