Northern Vantage

Well, the title says it all really. The Southern Lord Blog has the news today that the new Wolves in the Throne Room album is finally available for order from the Southern Lord webshop. The album will be available in stores September 26th.

“The deep woe inside black metal is about the fear that we can never return to the mythic, pastoral world that we crave on a deep subconscious level”

The brand new Wolves In The Throneroom albumis now available directy from Southern Lord. It will be “officially” released in most stores September 25th. You can get it now directly from Southern Lord! Wolves will also be embarking on a long tour of the USA during the month of October!

The new album: “Two Hunters” was recorded on tape, at London Bridge and Aleph Studios by Randall Dunn (Earth, sunn 0)))/Boris, Kinski) in the Pacific Northwest.. The process of the recording was very organic with very minimal use of any digital manipulation or processed effects. Jessica Kinney (previous collaborations with Eyvind Kang and Asva) provides beautifully dark vocals on “Cleansing” and “I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots.” Comes packaged in a 5″ mini-gatefold thick cardboard jacket.

Also be sure to check out the dates for the extensive US tour in support of the new album.

Sat 9/22 Calgary, Alberta - Noctis Valkyrie Fest
Thu 9/27 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe w/Kinski
Sat 9/29 Portland, OR - Holocene w/Danava, Thrones, The Better to See You With
Sun 9/30 Eureka, CA - The Visa w/Lord’s Burning Rain
Tue 10/02 San Francisoc, CA - Slim’s w/Ludicra, Graves At Sea
Wed 10/03 Santa Cruz, CA - somewhere in the woods w/Ludicra
Thu 10/04 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
Fri 10/05 Los Angeles, CA - TBA w/Ludicra, Manslaughter
Sat 10/06 The Sets Tempe AZ w/Jesu
Sun 10/07 Launchpad Albuquerque NM w/Jesu
Tue 10/09 Hailey’s Denton TX w/Jesu
Wed 10/10 The Mohawk Austin TX w/Jesu
Thu 10/11 Walters Houston TX w/Jesu
Fri 10/12 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA w/Jesu
Sat 10/13 Club Downunder Tallahassee FL w/Jesu
Mon 10/15 The Social Orlando FL w/Jesu
Tue 10/16 THE EARL Atlanta GA w/Jesu
Wed 10/17 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro NC w/Jesu
Sat 10/20 Athens, OH - TBA w/Skeletonwitch
Mon 10/22 Empty Bottle w/Lair of the Minotaur, Indian
Fri 10/26 Salt Lake City, UT - Broken Record Bar - zombie prom night!
Sun 10/28 Portland, OR - Ground Kontrol w/Walken, Floating Goat, Dj Nate C

Southern Lord today announced that they will release the worldwide 2xLP version of Nefaria, as well as the North American version of the CD. They also state a release date for March 2007. Displeased is handling the European release on CD, and they still state December for the CD release.

Trepidation is also going to see the light of day on 2xLP. German label Black Hate is planning for an early 2007 release.

BHPVinyl7 STRIBORG - TREPIDATION DoubleLP
Dark & mysterious, cold & obscure emotional Black Metal permeated with misanthropy & hate from the forests

Wolves in the Throne Room are planning to spend the midwinter to record their next album. As previously mentioned here, Southern Lord will likely release the record.

Taken from the WitTR Myspace page:

Winter Comes...A New Record from Wolves in the Throne Room

Fall is here, the land prepares to lay fallow while men gather 'round the fire to sing songs to ward off the chill.

Wolves in the Throne Room are currently writing material for a new album to be recorded on the eve of Yule. The new album will most likely be released by Southern Lord, Spring 2007 with a tour to follow.