Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite (2014)

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Genre: Ambient
Subgenre: Experimental Black Metal / Ambient
Bitrate: 192 k
Size: 100.49 MB

Current members
Nathan Weaver – guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, lead vocals
Aaron Weaver – drums, guitars, bass, synthesizers, backing vocals

Session musicians

Jamie Myers – Sung vocals on Diadem of 12 Stars, Malevolent Grain
Jessika Kenney – Sung vocals on Two Hunters and Celestial Lineage
Will Lindsay (Middian) – bass on Live at Roadburn 2008
Dino Sommese (Dystopia, Asunder) – guest vocals
Ross Sewage (Ludicra, Impaled) – bass on 2008 Autumn US tour and 2009 Winter European tour
Oscar Sparbell (Christian Mistress) – bass on 2009 US and European tours
Former members
Will Lindsay – guitar, backing vocals, bass on Black Cascade; guitar on Malevolent Grain
Richard Dahlin – guitar on 2005 Demo, Diadem of 12 stars, Two Hunters
Nick Paul – guitar on Wolves in the Throne Room

Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2003 in Olympia, Washington. According to the band, one of the founding concepts of WITTR is to channel the "energies of the Pacific Northwest's landscape" into musical form.

The main members of Wolves in the Throne Room are brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver.

The band's first release was their 2004 demo, a black CDR wrapped in fur with moss inside the lyric sheet.

Diadem of 12 Stars was their first studio album, released in 2006. It was recorded by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco.

Their next release was Two Hunters (2007). Two Hunters was the first time the band worked with producer Randall Dunn, who has produced all their subsequent releases. During the Two Hunters sessions, the band began to work with analog synthesizers, which has become a crucial feature in the band's sound.

Black Cascade was released in March 2009. After the release of Black Cascade, the band began a period of touring in the United States and Europe.

The band's latest album Celestial Lineage was released on September 13, 2011 and is the third installment in a trilogy that began with Two Hunters. Music critic Brandon Stosuy described Celestial Lineage as "American black metal's idiosyncratic defining record of 2011".

Wolves in the Throne Room were chosen by Godspeed You! Black Emperor for the 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties festival held in Minehead, UK.

In January, 2014, it was announced that a 'companion album' to the opus Celestial Lineage was set to be released this year, entitled Celestite.

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."

The band's music has been described as "eco-metal" "astral black metal" and "Cascadian black metal".

Unlike most modern metal bands, Wolves in the Throne Room always use vintage amplifiers and recording equipment.

Wolves in the Throne Room's sound is influenced by Scandinavian black metal, while doom metal, dark ambient, crust punk, and folk music influences also exist. Wolves in the Throne Room has often cited American band Neurosis as a key inspiration because their music "operates on a deep and intense mythic level". They have also mentioned synthesizer artists like Popol Vuh as an influence.

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