Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven
| Release date: | 22 September 2017 |
| Style: | Atmospheric black metal |
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01. Born From The Serpent's Eye
02. The Old Ones Are With Us
03. Angrboda
04. Mother Owl, Father Ocean
05. Fires Roar In The Palace Of The Moon
02. The Old Ones Are With Us
03. Angrboda
04. Mother Owl, Father Ocean
05. Fires Roar In The Palace Of The Moon
ReviewProduced by Wolves in the Throne Room and Randall Dunn.
Recorded at Owl Lodge, Litho & Avast Recording Co.
Engineered by Jack Shirley, Wolves in the Throne Room & Randall Dunn. Assisted by William Smith.
Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service.
Cover artwork by Denis Forkas.
Interior landscape photographs by John Westrock.
Design by Metastazis.
Art direction by Wolves in the Throne Room.
Rating:
6.0
6.0
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Rating: 6.0 |
It's been quite the journey for Wolves In The Throne Room over the past six years. After releasing the epic, brilliantly composed Celestial Lineage in 2011, they chose to follow it up not with more of their epic, transcendent black metal, but with a full fledged ambient album, the polarizing Celestite from 2014. Three years later, the band are going back to their roots, conjuring forth the black metal magic yet again. Read more ›› |
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18438  |
I thought Celestite was allright a decent 7 for me. Cetainly did not hate it... It just loses momentum pretty quickly and after a few spins I get very little out of it. There are bands out there doing it better and I'm not talking about bands that exclusively work with ambient. Paysage d'Hiver comes to mind as a black metal project that does good ambient on the side. My problem with Celestite is that it literally sounds like a WITTR album minus the guitars and drums... And that's bad because it means that it can't hold the weight on its' own, because it feels like something is missing and they couldn't fill that void with extra synths.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
Written by [user id=159927] on 18.10.2017 at 21:50 That's not a fan, that's a takfiri 
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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Account deleted Written by Auntie Sahar on 19.10.2017 at 01:44 It's not. In fact I'm a big fan of drone.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989 |
Written by [user id=159927] on 19.10.2017 at 05:23 I know you are, Axxon N. 'Twas just messin
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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Account deleted Written by Auntie Sahar on 19.10.2017 at 06:52 Seriously, if I ever start a band/project, that's gonna be the name 
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| Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9214  |
This is aight.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Written by Boxcar Willy on 27.01.2018 at 07:13 My feelings exactly...
---- rekt
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| Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9214 |
Written by tea[m]ster on 28.01.2018 at 16:36 I just ended up listening to Black Cascade instead.
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| poison-evie Posts: 48  |
I love the atmospheric black metal genre, and loved seeing Wolves in the Throne Room live recently, but this album was just mediocre for me. Not good, not bad, not something I'd see myself wanting to listen to that often. They definitely created a potent, almost meditative soundscape but maybe went a little too deep down that rabbit hole to the point where the atmosphere took away from the musical aspect.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989 |
I came back to this several days ago to see if it would make a better impression now then when I was first listening and.... nope. Still probably the weakest WITTR album yet. I don't mind them going back to black metal after Celestite, but this definitely sounds more like C grade contemporary atmo BM than it does WITTR. Hope their next one recaptures that spark that made albums like Two Hunters and Celestial Lineage so amazing.
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
Very good album indeed. After Celestite I was hesitant that this album would be boring, even when I knew they were returning to play black metal. But good thing that was not the case. Can't wait for the new album.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| EccePrimordium Posts: 20  |
I came into this album with a fresh mind as it is the first Wolves In The Throne Room album for me, and I REALLY liked it. No disrespect to anyone, but sometimes I feel like some people on here are too burned out of a genre to give an album a fair chance. No way I could ever see this album as being mediocre or subpar. But it could also be my inexperience and excitement for the genre as I'm quite new to it, who knows... IMO very well crafted, interesting and it had me mesmerized in my chair from beginning to end. The first two tracks are a 10/10 for me, the rest an 8. I'd give this album a solid 8.5/10
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