WolvesInTheThroneRoom

Extreme metal visionaries Wolves in the Throne Room will release their fourth album 'Celestial Lineage' on September 13th via Southern Lord. The band has just revealed the seven-song track listing for what is sure to be a masterwork of the highest order...

On April 18, Ludicra graced Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Europa with one of the best shows this writer has seen to date (I've covered 100 or more for Noisecreep in the last year, too). The night started with Brooklyn's own Atakke and Castevet and ended with Krallice and Ludicra...

Now that Scion's second annual metal extravaganza has come, seen, conquered and gone, we metal folk have some time to breathe easy (until Maryland Deathfest, anyway) and reflect upon shows gone by. During the blessed downtime, this Noisecreep writer had the very special privilege to speak via email with one Scott Kelly, an extreme metal icon and musical legend in his own right...

Earlier this year, Chicago-hailing extreme metallers Nachtmystium entered a recording studio to begin tracking the follow-up to 2008's 'Assassins: Black Meddle Part I' under the vigilant eyes of Minsk producer Sanford Parker. On June 8, Century Media will release that effort, called 'Addicts: Black Meddle Part II...

It may last just under two weeks, but the upcoming West Coast sojourn Wolves in the Throne Room and Earth will make up for what it lacks in length with deafening decibels. Cellist Lori Goldston will open the tour instrumentally and she also performs as a part of Earth's live lineup on this tour...

Filmmaker David Hall, who lensed a doc on Maryland Deathfest 7 and makes films based on full metal albums, has an interesting -- and initially terrifying -- history with metal! "When I was a kid, my best friend's dad scared me off metal with stories of Kiss eating feces off the floor and Ozzy Osbourne drinking buckets of communal spit and puppy blood," Hall told Noisecreep...

When a band makes ambient, plays-by-its-own-rules black metal like Wolves in the Throne Room, it's no shock that the musicians who make the music have unusual, non-band hobbies. Wolves in the Throne Room guitarist/vocalist Nathan Weaver and drummer Aaron Weaver have an interesting endeavor...

"I'm not sure if there is anything unifying the American black metal scene," Wolves in the Throne Room guitarist/vocalist Nathan Weaver told Noisecreep. While USBM -- U.S. black metal, if you really need to have it spelled out -- has been gaining more and more attention lately, Wolves in the Throne Room are one of the bands at the center of the attention, even if they don't want to be..

Washington-based black metal purveyors Wolves in the Throne Room are currently planning three tours in 2010, which finds them traipsing across Australia, the West Coast and Europe, covering previously uncharted territory like Scandinavia and Russia...

Chicago's finest (some might even say America's finest) black metallers, Nachtmystium, recently entered Semaphore Recording Studio to record 'Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2,' the follow-up to 2008's 'Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1.' Noisecreep caught up with engineer Sanford Parker (Pelican, Samothrace, Unearthly Trance) to get the inside scoop...