Wolves in the Throne Room - A Looming Resonance

[misterbilbotbaggins]

Hard to imagine that some folks can say, without a trace of irony, that this plodding, meandering pop song is perfect or the greatest music ever written. It might sound ok playing over the credits of a fantasy video game but i d k what kind of happy pills your psychiatrist has you on to make you think so highly of this.

[EvanesEmperor]

@misterbilbotbaggins I am sensing sarcasm, but not sure .. It's alright if you don't like this, but if you don't, then what are you doing on this forum? This is the perfect formula for atmospheric, melodic black metal.

[misterbilbotbaggins]

@EvanesEmperor Sarcasm? So then you agree with the other posters, that this is possibly the best song ever written? I was here because I clicked on a link, and this isn't black metal. If you'd like to hear melodic black metal, may I direct you to: I am the Black Emperors or Inno A Satana by Emperor (or anything off their first LP) My Journey to the Stars or Key to the Gate by Burzum, or Gates to the Kingdom of Darkness by Graveland. Good luck and enjoy!

[EvanesEmperor]

@misterbilbotbaggins @misterbilbotbaggins Okay, so it's not sarcasm. This IS black metal. It's atmospheric and different from the Norwegian, Swedish and other European counterparts. I didn't see your other comments, that is why I was asking. Yes, I know who Emperor, Burzum, and Graveland are. Just because this band doesn't sound as raw as the 2nd wave, doesn't mean they're not black metal. I should have looked at your back comments.

[misterbilbotbaggins]

@EvanesEmperor You can call this pop song metal all you like, but that doesn't change the fact that it is pop and belongs in a Dragon Age video game. It's not a matter of "rawness." but of composition.

[EvanesEmperor]

@misterbilbotbaggins You already used that argument. This belongs in a Wolves in the Throne Room video, not one of your nerd video games. I guess you would know what good pop sounds like right?

[EvanesEmperor]

@EvanesEmperor By the way douche, you didn't pick the most "kvlt" of Emperor songs ... or Burzum , or even Graveland. Go spam another video -- You're such a wiener.

[misterbilbotbaggins]

@EvanesEmperor Wiener? Wow, you hipsters can't even insult people properly. Guess I must have pushed your buttons since you're resorting to name calling.

[EvanesEmperor]

@misterbilbotbaggins Nah, you're okay, just wrong, that's all Hipster. lol. Didn't think you knew what one was. What is "insulting you properly"? All I did was "insult you." As for composition: this band makes more than one song that beautifully written, not to mention intricate, erotic and aesthetic. Perhaps you can do better? I am still trying to figure out why you're on this forum if you don't like it.

[misterbilbotbaggins]

@EvanesEmperor Oh, ok, glad to hear that we can still be friends. :) I don't think this band is bad per se, just saying that their intricate, erotic, aesthetic, and maybe even beautiful compositions would be a better fit with the dreampop / shoegaze / indie set than with warlike, angry, alienated black metal. I also think the guys who said this is the best song in the world had to be stoned out of their mind and exaggerating. I was also exaggerating a bit when I ripped on it. ;p

[EvanesEmperor]

@misterbilbotbaggins It's true they aren't "Satanic", yes. They would fit in more of an Pagan overtone. They're angry, but angry for nature. Darkthrone, Mayhem, Emperor etc ad nauseam are angry for "Satan". Burzum (Varg) is angry for Nazi's. Tartaros sounds like a Scooby-Doo episode. Immortal are big fans of Kiss. (well Abbath is) Anyway, you can group and put all the band into sub-groups all you want, but who has time for that? Wait, I just did .. I am cuckoo for Coco-Puffs..

[misterbilbotbaggins]

Fags in the Men's Room

[DeeperDownBurried]

@misterbilbotbaggins get out of the room mate.....oh! you cant. You love the dp...FUCK YOU

[XGRROH]

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[themaggotlol]

Love her voice 33

[HoHoMeTickle]

Youtube: a website where ignorance, intolerance, and stupid arguments take place that have absolutely nothing to do with the song/video whatsoever...

[Sdicdcsxz]

Love her voice.

[EarthRimRoamer666]

I think this is a great song! It's a good mix of different influences... I'm reminded of so many different bands/ genres within this song! It's a very awesome thing.. my opinion

[kressla]

THIIS IS KILLER NICE!!!



[kressla]

THIIS IS KILLER NICE

[stopdropndpanic]

I'm seeing them September 10th! :]

[TheRealJoeMP]

Who cares which sub-sub-genre this falls into. Shit's epic as fuck.

[mejiapalacio]

Black Metal.

Wolves in the throne room is amazing

[realhiphop216]

Im glad to see some bands are moving past this false satanic image of black metal , and looking towards deeper meaning things and music!

[gazzorninplat]

sounds like a Nargaroth song...

[CannibalHeadphone]

I prefer the old WITTR.. I dont like female voice in black metal.. But still a great song, awesome riffs and the girl singing fits perfect..

[mentalholocaust]

@CannibalHeadphone WITTR are not a black metal band, even they have said this.

[CannibalHeadphone]

@mentalholocaust Ehm, yes. This is black metal, experimental? but black metal..

[mentalholocaust]

@CannibalHeadphone Again, the band members of WITTR don't think of their music as black metal.

[CannibalHeadphone]

@mentalholocaust Ok.. Give them the genre you want.

*I don't like female voice in the subgenere of metal this guys created*.

It's ok now?

[zarucarsha]

@mentalholocaust The opinion of the artist is biased an not useful in determining the style or genre of a body of work, because the artist(s) will say whatever he/she/they want or think the music is, despite any evidence to the contrary. Wolves play black metal, despite what any of the members think they play. If their vocalist said that they played stoner sludge metal, it would not make it true. They all want to be unique, which is why they try to move away from simply the "black metal" tag.

[PandemicInfektion]

@mentalholocaust dude, almost every band says they are not part of a particular genre, that doesn't mean they aren't. If they aren't black metal then what are they? Genre's are created to organize bands based on sound and fanbase. Just because a band says they aren't part of a particular genre doesn't mean they aren't. WITTR is black metal whether or not they say they are. They look black metal, sound black metal, they are black metal. problem solved.

[mentalholocaust]

@PandemicInfektion I understand what you're saying, but this person said he doesn't like female vocals in black metal, but this track doesn't even sound like black metal. If people always label a band something they say they are not these people are setting themselves up for a let down. If WITTR decided to do something new people will most likely bitch and cry that they lost the black metal sound they had. I think the new Morbid Angel album is a perfect example of what Im talking about.

[PandemicInfektion]

@mentalholocaust Yeah I don't like it when people bitch about a new addition or sound of a new band either. Bands change, and so do people. If you don't like the sound of a new band then stop listening to them. take the time your spending on videos bitching about a bands new sound and spend that time listening to a band you do like. That's how I see it.

[aarr413]

Makes me wonder why harsh screaming yelling vocals are even used in such beautiful music, it surely doesn't help getting the point across.

[TheBadgerslayer]

@aarr413 I see it as a way to show imperfections. Nothing in the world is perfect. They are just mortal people, and this is a way to show it. They can also contrast with the melodic beautifull passages to make them sound even better in comparision. The imperfections in the music makes it beautifull.

[ChordsFromTheVoid]

@aarr413 LOL you are not a metal fan are you

[aarr413]

@ChordsFromTheVoid Yes I'd say so, my previous metal bands have played lots of shows, from the Whiskey a GoGo in Hollywood to the Queen Mary cruise ship in Long Beach. My tastes have only progressed/matured from the Burzum/Darkthrone/Emperor stuff I liked in my angsty teenage years.

[mejiapalacio]

Gran tema que te hace entrar en trance, con un magnifico sonido melancólico pero sin llegar a lo depresivo y hermosa voz de Jamie

[theflamesoffury]

@homelesshobo Please erase bmurraypunch's freakin' comment cause it really spoils your vid. Each time I want to check your vid I always look at it (cause it is absolutely mandatory as the screen shows the comment...) and I feel ebarrassed for the one who wrote that..... @_@'

[saphique]

Keep finding this song playing in the back of my head each minute of every day

[spongebabyaknow]

this is probably the best song ever written.

[HostregnDSBM]

fans of wittr...check my band out!

[mejiapalacio]

Sin palabras!!!!!!!!

[marloweowsley]

full lyrics anybody?

[brandonr85]

I rarely use the word "perfect" to describe music, but this song is the embodiment of perfection - in music, lyrics and vocals.

[irishoodlum]

Really unimpressed by this song. Face in a Night-Time Mirror pts.I and II are a good example of how to utilize female vocals in a metal ensemble. This sounds like they were doing a favor for someone.

[SixRhinoceros]

Wish they'd do more songs like this instead of ripping off Weakling like they normally do.

[upthebikez]

@SixRhinoceros

Agreed but considering the same producer (Tim Green) worked on both bands debuts there will be similarities.

[SixRhinoceros]

@upthebikez Nah, dude. Most of WITTR's songs are direct ripoffs of Weakling and Nargoroth and that's because they steal riffs, not because they have the same producer.

[TheBadgerslayer]

@SixRhinoceros Being a fan of Nagoroth, I do agree they sound the same. Wether its to do with plagerism I don't know. However I do know that almost all black metal riffs are very similar, i've heard "Transilvanian Hunger" style riffs ridiculous amounts of times. All that aside, it doesn't really matter. The way I see it, they have made a fucking awesome song, no matter if they wrote the riff or not. No disrespect intended.

[Memeroxzlotz]

@bmurraypunch DX Make it! MAKE IT! it sounds cool -w-

[Sdicdcsxz]

Glorious Black Metal song!

[AMpufnstuf]

I can read the logo now, did they change it or is this some sort of fan art

[95Bcool]

@AMpufnstuf they did change it man, but i LOVED the older logo much more, it was very mysterious compared to their current one. Plus that it made me check out the band in the first place.

[StenchBringer82]

this song still gives me goosebumps

[durmushali]

orgazm!

[satanicaputa]

shit every time i listen to WITTR i want to run naked in the woods this is some good shit. \m/

[lokust9ine]

For WITTR fans--check out L U D I C R A, from Oakland, CA. They are awesome, modern black metal band from the US, with a progressive tinge. Lyrically, they bring a new rhetoric to black metal. Songs about industrialization, decay, and the Individual. Heavy, haunting, beautiful, and thoughtful. Check 'em out.

[saphique]

@lokust9ine WITTR and Ludicra = wow :)

[RiderOfLightnings]

Great to see a Black Metal band finally getting away from the cliches and bring something new to the genre.

[jonfayard]

great song dudes

[BloodIsTheRain1]

this song reminds me of the second half of scenery of loss by draconian but way slower and streched out over 13 minutes. awsome

[brendanpr21]

@bmurraypunch looks like you need to learn how to properly write a screenplay! No camera directions!!!

[95Bcool]

amazing!!!!! the blasts are incredible, WITTR should be in a genre called "natural" black metal

[callofgears91]

i just discovered this band today...

and becoming a fan easily...

[dimebag690]

three people didnt like this!? ill never understand why deaf people watch music videos

[passaris9]

this aint black metal lol...not even close

[ladyoriana6]

i love this track they couldnt chose better voice to suit this song

[LocktOn]

@bollacaj

go die

[Gsidez10]

@bollacaj wow i honestly thoght that music like this was like the last place to retreat to avoid people looking for "TOTALLY BR00TAL SHITZ DOOD!" I guess i was wrong.

[pbmdh]

@bollacaj

Up your ass.

[marloweowsley]

@bollacaj LOL, i can't believe that people marked this as spam.

[aslin81]

Once in a while I'll go into a cd store and by a random disc from a band I've never heard of, let alone heard anything from before. I picked up WITTR and let me say, a better purchase could not have been made that day.

[marloweowsley]

@aslin81: I love when that happens; that rules so hard.

[LuciferOnWheels]

If it was that easy to get black metal cds in denmark I would be really poor :P In Denmark you'll have to look everywhere to find a black metal cd, and in most cases its a bad one, like Enslaved - Vertebrae (I love enslaved, but this cd really suck). Maybe its because denmark has shitty black metal bands with a few exeptions

[Gsidez10]

@aslin81 that sort of thiing has happened to me a couple of times, an when you find something new and different it is the best feeling in the world.

[Dimdez]

@aslin81 Or any day at that :D

[noneofyoucanspell]

@aslin81 Too bad this is only on vinyl. You're a terrible liar.

[aslin81]

@noneofyoucanspell I'm not lying, it wasn't this album, I just said that's how I came across the band.

[Gun00Speak]

@noneofyoucanspell -really? I bought two copies of the 'malevolent grain' EP on CD from the band while they were touring in support of 'black cascade'.

[mentalholocaust]

@noneofyoucanspell "The digipack CD version is self released and only available through the band or at live shows."

[hopeslostDBM]

@aslin81 wow thats exactly what i did! but i picked up two hunters. And instantly fell in love. Ill never regret it.

[44Hansolo]

@aslin81 i did the same thing with their "Black Cascade" album one of the best thing i've ever done in my life lol

[3iob781]

This band is fucking revolutionary, they will quickly be thrown in with the greats soon enough

[Rozenrot]

If you have the vinyl, listen to it on 33 rpm. It'll blow your mind.

[Danny1337]

Malevolent Grain is a masterpiece

[0v3rm1nd3d]

uff <3

[deekay629]

i must say.

normally i hate metal and this kind of music.

but this is brilliant. i love it.

[CiRcAsk8xTyrant]

epic black metal is what this should be called!!

fuckin amazing!

[RickyTheBlackWizard]

magnificient. Malevolent Grain is a great work

[suburbanrythym]

holy shit i just kinda stumbled upon this band and damn this shit is tight not the kind of metal i normally listen to.

[Enysvar]

This far surpasses blackmetal \m/

[nolanb21]

@Enysvar

Fuck you.

[Enysvar]

@nolanb21 anytime!

[Svartdoden]

@Enysvar

[Svartdoden]

@Enysvar Nah

[Dimdez]

@Enysvar No.... this is true...... true.... black metal, in it's most primitive and natural form.... the formula everyone almost forgets...... nature

[Ibutsuwa]

@Enysvar But this IS black metal.

[Grouperable]

This is so good, one of my favourite songs by them, that and the Cleansing

[hypnoticdirgerecords]

Another amazing song! Have the 3 albums...still need to pick up this EP though.

One of the most powerful songs they've done!

[Enysvar]

im getting obsessed with this song... who is singing?

[Pauricgallagher]

Jamie Myers from Hammers of Misfortune.

[Razwithz]

@Enysvar i believe is one of the member's wife

[Dimdez]

@Razwithz No she's a guest vocalist, acquainted through college

[Razwithz]

@Dimdez true, true :)

[UshumGal86]

Wonderful.. truly intense

[Tsukae]

Beautiful. A true work of art.

[brutalfibroma]

brilliant female vocals

[bmfan]

Dawsonscreekcore!

[Hotler88]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!  That rules

[GiantFloatingEyeball]

Only Jamie Myers could make the word "malignant" sound so gorgeous. i really hope she does more work with them on future albums, from what i heard it sounds like a possibility. this song is mind-blowing

[boroco7]

does anyone no where i can find the lyrics?

[dragonrider1006]

search for the lyrics on google like everyone else

[deathrealms]

lol........haha

[seeurp]

I love this song man, such a beautiful piece.

[fatmonkey23]

This song is awesome, but this quality of audio doesn't do it justice. You guys must buy the vinyl or electronic copies, it sounds so much more amazing!!!

[1AzureSky]

I disagree with your statements, but those comparisons were absolute genius. I'll give you a thumbs up for that.

[evemfs]

What?

[HarlotBug3]

Thanks for posting such a willful contrast to hate crystal.

[Akhin]

why the fuck do you bash him ? XD

[D34TH30RY]

An amazing and deep obscure sound.

i didnt know this band, so thanks for upload this...

5/5

[bmurraypunch]

Then the scene would show one person at the prom hearing the news (all dialogue would actually be muted and the music would just play louder) and going and telling the other characters that the first much-loved character has died on the way to the prom.

[nilzardo]

lol.

Nah, i don't think so. This first song is what makes the EP good. If it were 2 typical black metal songs again there wouldn't be a lot of variation. With this song WITTR went a good way i think. It's quite a doomy song, and I love DOOOM. Doom or be doomed. >:D

Open up your mind man, you sound like some fucking black metal elitist.

[evemfs]

You're retarded.

[Headbanger7717]

Amazing.

[paganritualbm]

fucking awesome

[opusnocturn]

Another excellent track from this great band. Hypnotic.

[Lexie2075]

An all most prefect song for the mood I'm in right now. Beautiful.

[heroswankerr]

One of the greatest songs i've ever heard. Diadem of 12 Stars was amazing, but this is great to!

[nocturnuskey02]

Wow, This is very good! It's very post-rock influenced, I still prefer The first two album though, seeing as something seems to be missing here...

[Darkflight56]

Great !