Οικολογικό Black metal
xex! μόλις χθες έμαθα ότι οι Wolves in the Throne room είναι οικολόγοι και υποστηρικτές των ακτιβιστικών δράσεων. και ότι ζουν σε κολλεκτίβα και είναι βιοκαλλιεργητές. Περίμενα να εμφανιστεί κάποια στιγμή κάτι τέτοιο από το black metal κύμα που προσπαθεί να ξεφύγει από το κακόφημο παρελθόν. Προφανώς και τους γνωρίζουν οι περισσότεροι, ξέρετε άλλες τέτοιες μπάντες;
Από EncyclopediaMetallum, All Music & Wikipedia τα παρακάτω:
The band is well known for their eco-spiritual vision, which they consider to be a step beyond the vision offered by satanic, fascistic and nihilistic black metal. They often state that traditional black metal should be seen as a jumping-off point in a process of continual spiritual growth, and not an end unto itself.
Aaron and his wife farm the land at Calliope, the band’s stronghold. Aaron has often expressed interest in biodynamic agriculture and the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
the trio is not your everyday, pagan-worshipping, blood-sucking, corpse-paint-donning black metal band, either; but rather residents of a self-sufficient commune situated outside of Olympia, WA, where frugal living conditions help dictate the band's focus on music
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Ultimately, the music's desolate ambiance is arguably taken to extremis on the 20-minute title track, which, with its additional neo-folk elements, atmospheric quiet passages, and eerie female voices decrying lyrics about mankind's lost affinity with nature, evokes almost palpable visions of cryptic pagan rituals.
Ιn an interview, Nathan Weaver says that he conceived the vision for the band and wrote the first two songs “Wolves in the Throne Room” and “Black Tea” at an Earth First! rendezvous in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 2002. The band has often performed outdoors and has expressed support for left wing politics, radical environmentalism and ecofeminism
Originally Posted by Kalt
