Heretics of the Black Metal genre and the Kings of USBM, Wolves in the Throne Room have returned with sharpened teeth.
Their new album 'Estuary' carries the hallmark of their unyielding dedication to the physical craft and analog production techniques, executed with zero cut corners. After more than twenty years, the pioneers of Cascadian Black Metal have neither withered, rested, nor resorted to recycling past glories. They continue to rise with unparalleled strength, and 'Estuary' is their most ferocious and genre-bending record to date.
Their new album 'Estuary' carries the hallmark of their unyielding dedication to the physical craft and analog production techniques, executed with zero cut corners. After more than twenty years, the pioneers of Cascadian Black Metal have neither withered, rested, nor resorted to recycling past glories. They continue to rise with unparalleled strength, and 'Estuary' is their most ferocious and genre-bending record to date.
Wolves in the Throne Room embody nature as active participants of the current, bypassing the confines of a musical
landscape which trends towards homogenization. Massive percussion and seething gothic guitars wipe the listener’s psyche clear of all stagnation, transforming it into a conduit for evolution and renewal. Rich with alchemical and archetypal imagery, the record operates like eagles and wolves descending upon desolation and entropy, activating the dormant domain with magic and the lethal essence of virility.
The bulk of the album was produced and recorded at the band’s own Owl Lodge studio in Olympia, Washington, with drums tracked by Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown (a converted former church in Anacortes, Washington).
Limited transparent orange black marble vinyl pressing. gatefold sleeve.
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Tracklisting
Side A:
1. Estuary
2. Knights of Tiamat
3. Foretold in Reflections
Side B:
4. The Orca Cliffs
5. Ghosts Among the Obelisks
6. Wretched Spirits, Land of the Light
