Artemisia Records
| Wolves in the Throne Room | |
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Wolves in the Throne Room 2017 press photo
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Southern Lord, Vendlus, Artemisia |
| Associated acts | Asunder, Dystopia, Ludicra, Fauna, Middian |
| Website | wittr |
| Members | Nathan Weaver Aaron Weaver Kody Keyworth |
Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2003 in Olympia, Washington by brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver. They have released six full-length albums, two live albums, and one EP to date. They have stated one of the founding concepts of the band to be channeling the "energies of the Pacific Northwest's landscape" into musical form.
Brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver formed the band in 2003. Their first practice took place in a falling-down cabin located on the then-abandoned and overgrown Calliope Farm, which they had recently moved to. Nathan met Nick Paul at a local party and the three began to write material for their first demo. At the time, Nick was heavily influenced by thrash speed and death metal, citing bands like Death, and Bolt Thrower, as well as death rock influences such as Swans, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Fields of the Nephilim. Aaron and Nathan's musical style was more informed by crust, doom, and Norwegian and Bay Area black metal.
The band's first release was their 2004 demo, a black CDR wrapped in fur with moss inside the lyric sheet. Nick Paul left the band soon after the first demo was recorded.
Richard Dalahn joined the band in early 2005. They then began working on material for a second demo, which would become Diadem of 12 Stars.
Their debut full-length album Diadem of 12 Stars was released in 2006. Diadem was recorded with a budget of $1100 by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco. The band played shows on the way down to San Francisco to raise money for the project and borrowed equipment from local band Ludicra.
Nathan had met singer Jamie Myers from the bands Hammers of Misfortune and Like Flies on Flesh at a squat show in Oakland on a previous tour and asked to her sing on the album. Jamie was nine months pregnant during recording of her vocal tracks.
The album attracted the attention of Southern Lord Records, who signed the band, reissuing it on vinyl.
The debut record received positive reviews, with Pitchfork stating that, "it's the inclusion of folk and goth that separates Wolves in the Throne Room from the pack, breaking up the madness with moments of poetic clarity."
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