Wolves in the Throne Room - American Black / Doom - metal group, which was formed in 2003 by brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver. WITTR is currently considered one of the most original bands in the American black metal scene, which marked the beginning of the βCascadian black metalβ stage (uniting mainly American and Canadian bands from the Cascade Mountains region).
| Wolves in the Throne Room | |
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| Genres | Atmospheric black metal |
| Years | 2003 - present |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Olympia (Washington) |
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| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | Conspiracy Records, Vendlus Records, Southern Lord Records |
| Composition | Nathan weaver Aaron weaver Will lindsay |
| Former the participants | Richard Dahlin Nick paul |
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History
The idea of ββcreating the group first came to Aaron and Nathan in 2002, when they attended one of the meetings of Earth First! . In April 2003, they made their first attempts to record a demo. A little later, guitarist and vocalist Nick Paul joined them, and as such, the group recorded the first demo in 2004. However, Nick Paul soon left the group, but he was soon found a replacement in the person of Richard Dalen. In this composition, the group recorded another demo in 2005, and two albums.
There are now four albums and two mini-albums in WITTR's discography.
Peculiarities of Sounding and Ideology
Unlike many underground black metal bands, Wolves in the Throne Room play quite complex music with a strong admixture of dark ambient , as well as with elements of folk metal , doom metal and even crust punk . Almost all the songs of the group have a duration of more than 10 minutes. Subsequently, this sound became characteristic of many other groups from the same region (Skagos, L'Acephale, Alda).
In terms of ideology, WITTR is also very different from other black metal bands. The main theme of their texts is not Satanism and misanthropy (as usual in tru-black), but nature and mythology, which brings them closer to pegan metal . In their interviews, they declare that they reject the ideas of NSBM , and although they do not have specific political views, they support green anarchism and environmentalism [1]
Discography
- Wolves in the Throne Room (demo, 2004)
- Demo (demo 2005)
- Diadem of 12 Stars (2006)
- Two Hunters (2007)
- Live at Roadburn 2008 (2008)
- Malevolent Grain (EP, 2009)
- Black Cascade (2009)
- Celestial Lineage (2011)
- BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini (EP, 2013)
- Celestite (2014)
- Thrice Woven (2017)
Links
- WITTR on the website of Southern Lord Records (unavailable link from 09/04/2013 [2190 days] - history , copy )
- Encyclopaedia metallium
See also
- Anarchist black metal
- Cascadian black metal