AHH Tim, he does know me well. Like I was saying, Tim and I are both audiophiles and we both know what each other likes as far as all kinds of bands in the cornucopia of genres we both embrace... So last night, Tim whipped one out on me.
Wolves At The Throne Room hail from South of my old stomping grounds in Vancouver, they are from Washington State. And from what Tim was telling me, these Brother's live off the grid somewhere out in the mysterious, awe inspiring Pacific Northwest woods.
All forests can be majical, but there is something truly supernatural about the West Coasts forests, with their massive redwood trees that tower like skyscrapers, to the mist of the mountain ponds and lakes. Home to ancient mythical entities that haunt the woods to this very day, this is where these guys make their home... Though apparently they do trek into the cities every so often to record an album, tour and cause chaos as anarchists, like true rioting folk here.
Their music is not like your standard Black Metal from just as equally supernatural Norse country's where the genre was birthed.
The bands lyrics take aim at their enemies and also invoke the majic of the world they live in when not on the road... They are actually on tour with Behemoth as I type this. Tim know's I've become a big Behemoth freak. I don't think he even knew they were on tour together and obviously the guys in Behemoth or at least Nergal (the bands vocalist/guitarist) have great taste to have these guys along.
This music is best heard when alone with headphones on or in a great immersive surround sound environment...
I don't want to scare people off with the 'Black Metal' title, as the band is more Ambient Shoegaze-ish than straight up 'Black Metal'... But it's truly entrancing music, at least the tracks that I've heard from their second release back in 2007 called 'Two Hunters'.
Wikipedia has this to say about the band:
"The band's music has been described as "atmospheric black metal" " and "Cascadian black metal". They have also been considered significant to post-metal for their combination of "ambience and violence" to create "emotionally impacting" music, especially on their 2007 sophomore album Two Hunters.
Wolves in the Throne Room has not incorporated most of the traditional traits of black metal such as corpse paint, the use of pseudonyms and Satanic imagery. Member Aaron Weaver has said, "Wolves in the Throne Room is not black metal, or, more accurately, we play black metal on our own terms, for our own reasons. "And unlike most modern metal bands, Wolves in the Throne Room always use vintage amplifiers and recording equipment."
And some of the artwork for the band is out of this world!!
Me likey a lot!
Check out this this cut called 'Dea Artio' from the 'Two Hunters' album:
Smoke some medicinal, put on the headphones and lose yourself to the mists of the Pacific Northwest...
Wolves At The Throne Room hail from South of my old stomping grounds in Vancouver, they are from Washington State. And from what Tim was telling me, these Brother's live off the grid somewhere out in the mysterious, awe inspiring Pacific Northwest woods.
All forests can be majical, but there is something truly supernatural about the West Coasts forests, with their massive redwood trees that tower like skyscrapers, to the mist of the mountain ponds and lakes. Home to ancient mythical entities that haunt the woods to this very day, this is where these guys make their home... Though apparently they do trek into the cities every so often to record an album, tour and cause chaos as anarchists, like true rioting folk here.
Their music is not like your standard Black Metal from just as equally supernatural Norse country's where the genre was birthed.
The bands lyrics take aim at their enemies and also invoke the majic of the world they live in when not on the road... They are actually on tour with Behemoth as I type this. Tim know's I've become a big Behemoth freak. I don't think he even knew they were on tour together and obviously the guys in Behemoth or at least Nergal (the bands vocalist/guitarist) have great taste to have these guys along.
This music is best heard when alone with headphones on or in a great immersive surround sound environment...
I don't want to scare people off with the 'Black Metal' title, as the band is more Ambient Shoegaze-ish than straight up 'Black Metal'... But it's truly entrancing music, at least the tracks that I've heard from their second release back in 2007 called 'Two Hunters'.
Wikipedia has this to say about the band:
"The band's music has been described as "atmospheric black metal" " and "Cascadian black metal". They have also been considered significant to post-metal for their combination of "ambience and violence" to create "emotionally impacting" music, especially on their 2007 sophomore album Two Hunters.
Wolves in the Throne Room has not incorporated most of the traditional traits of black metal such as corpse paint, the use of pseudonyms and Satanic imagery. Member Aaron Weaver has said, "Wolves in the Throne Room is not black metal, or, more accurately, we play black metal on our own terms, for our own reasons. "And unlike most modern metal bands, Wolves in the Throne Room always use vintage amplifiers and recording equipment."
And some of the artwork for the band is out of this world!!
Me likey a lot!
Check out this this cut called 'Dea Artio' from the 'Two Hunters' album:
Smoke some medicinal, put on the headphones and lose yourself to the mists of the Pacific Northwest...
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