Wolves In The Throne Room's new album has been christened “Celestite” and will surface later this year on the groups own new imprint label, Diadem Records. The group paired with producer Randall Dunn (Earth, SUNN O)))) to track the outing, which will include brass and wind instruments. They said of the album:
“To make Celestite, we delved into the subterranean sonics that are buried in the mix of Celestial Lineage. We isolated them, processed them and took this unearthed soundscape as our starting point. Upon this base we recorded an entirely new album. Some melodies from Celestial Lineage are recognizable, but these familiar sounds appear as ghosts, barely tethered to the original compositions.
This new album is an unorthodox foray; a fully instrumental, experimental companion record to Celestial Lineage. We left some work undone with Celestial Lineage. The recording of that album in the Winter of 2011 was a monumental project for us personally, and the creative fire from those recording sessions was still burning. This recording process was an opportunity to journey into our own inner universe to complete that which needed to be completed.”
Speaking of the formation of their new label, they stated:
“Diadem Records is the imprint we created to release Celestite and future albums. Most importantly for us, working on this album has revealed a whole new vein of creative energy for WITTR. Now that the long trip of creating this album is finished, our appetite is whetted for future projects, thus we feel it necessary to pre-empt the inevitable chatter that will accompany the release of this record. Wolves In The Throne Room has not permanently abandoned the guitar and drums! We sense that one day — perhaps sooner, perhaps later — we will be inspired to return to our stacks of amplifiers and cabinets to create new music.”
Earth, have confirmed their first live actions for 2014 and the initial murmurs of a new LP.
This Spring, Earth will trek into the American Midwest, centered around this year's massive Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on March 29th and 30th, where they share the stage with Steve Reich, Television, Jonny Greenwood, John Cale, Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi, Tim Hecker, Low and countless more, followed by Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on April 2nd, sharing a bill with the likes of Philip Glass, Oneohtrix Point Never, Wolf Eyes and many others. This is the first tour Earth has routed since 2012 while supporting their sprawling Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light Part II LP released via Southern Lord that year.
Earth is currently mixing tracks in Seattle and while it remains shrouded in mystery, Earth's founder and lead guitarist, Dylan Carlson has publicly stated that it contains some of the heaviest material they've written in years.
For fans of Wolves In The Throne Room, Abigail Williams and Darkthrone
None of those bands are anything alike
They're all black metal, so it's the same…
But besides that, I wouldn't even say Woods of Desolation is even for that. They're a bit to bright and uplifting. While they don't sound alike, I'd say WoD is best fit for fans of Alcest, Old Silver Key, and Lantlos.
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Wolves In The Throne Room's new album has been christened “Celestite” and will surface later this year on the groups own new imprint label, Diadem Records. The group paired with producer Randall Dunn (Earth, SUNN O)))) to track the outing, which will include brass and wind instruments. They said of the album:
“To make Celestite, we delved into the subterranean sonics that are buried in the mix of Celestial Lineage. We isolated them, processed them and took this unearthed soundscape as our starting point. Upon this base we recorded an entirely new album. Some melodies from Celestial Lineage are recognizable, but these familiar sounds appear as ghosts, barely tethered to the original compositions.
This new album is an unorthodox foray; a fully instrumental, experimental companion record to Celestial Lineage. We left some work undone with Celestial Lineage. The recording of that album in the Winter of 2011 was a monumental project for us personally, and the creative fire from those recording sessions was still burning. This recording process was an opportunity to journey into our own inner universe to complete that which needed to be completed.”
Speaking of the formation of their new label, they stated:
“Diadem Records is the imprint we created to release Celestite and future albums. Most importantly for us, working on this album has revealed a whole new vein of creative energy for WITTR. Now that the long trip of creating this album is finished, our appetite is whetted for future projects, thus we feel it necessary to pre-empt the inevitable chatter that will accompany the release of this record. Wolves In The Throne Room has not permanently abandoned the guitar and drums! We sense that one day — perhaps sooner, perhaps later — we will be inspired to return to our stacks of amplifiers and cabinets to create new music.”
http://www.theprp.com/2014/01/28/news/wolves-in-the-throne-room-unveil-new-album-details/
Earth, have confirmed their first live actions for 2014 and the initial murmurs of a new LP.
This Spring, Earth will trek into the American Midwest, centered around this year's massive Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on March 29th and 30th, where they share the stage with Steve Reich, Television, Jonny Greenwood, John Cale, Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi, Tim Hecker, Low and countless more, followed by Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on April 2nd, sharing a bill with the likes of Philip Glass, Oneohtrix Point Never, Wolf Eyes and many others. This is the first tour Earth has routed since 2012 while supporting their sprawling Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light Part II LP released via Southern Lord that year.
Earth is currently mixing tracks in Seattle and while it remains shrouded in mystery, Earth's founder and lead guitarist, Dylan Carlson has publicly stated that it contains some of the heaviest material they've written in years.
Material.
Everrrrr.
For fans of Wolves In The Throne Room, Abigail Williams and Darkthrone.
http://riseabovetheanchor.com/review-woods-desolation-stars/
But besides that, I wouldn't even say Woods of Desolation is even for that. They're a bit to bright and uplifting. While they don't sound alike, I'd say WoD is best fit for fans of Alcest, Old Silver Key, and Lantlos.