Wolves In The Throne Room
Live At Roadburn 2008
Secrets came packaged within…
Lovely metal goodies
I’m on a big black metal kick right now. I’m getting into a lot of Darkthrone I forgot I had, Deathspell Omega, Nachtmystium demos, Bathory, and Immortal (more shameless name dropping to come). I even ventured out into the realms of the under-underground of the scene and discovered a few good tracks from bands I had never even heard of via my Last.fm scrobbler: Fen, Melechesh, and Katharsis to name a few. Somewhere, some corpse-painted black metal tr00ist is laughing at me…
What I dig on the most and still come back to after all my time spent “discovering” are the mighty Wolves In The Throneroom. About a week ago, I was wrist deep in the “Metal” vinyl section at my local hipster Reckless Records downtown. I hastily flipped through the first 22 letters of the alphabet not finding anything I hadn’t already downloaded or owned, when I came finally to the ‘W’s’.
Now, normally when seeking out the finest in obscure and underground metal records, the best place to venture in Chicago is the awesome Metal Haven. However, I was disappointed to discover they did not have the LP in stock. So, with a fresh paycheck in store and an impulse for evil, I reached into the ‘W’s’ section and bought the fucker today at Reckless. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have purchased it. Each LP at Reckless has a brief description printed out on a sticker. The notes for this record read as follows:
“Limited edition LP documenting a 2008 live performance from the mighty U.S. black metal horde WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM. The sound quality is excellent. A CD version is also included in the packaging.”
A CD version too?! Shit. And I’d have to agree with the excellent sound quality. Which employee does all the metal reviews? I want to shake that persons’ hand. Side B, has an extended, almost psychedelic version of “I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks and Roots”. They wrote the book for “shoegaze black metal” on that live track.
I wish this was the live set
Oh wait, popped in the “CD” version into my PC…it’s a fucking DVD. A DVD featuring a few highlights of what the fuck “Roadburn Festival” is, and the entire live set recorded on the LP LIVE for you to watch.
Fuck me. That is awesome. Leave it to an indie hipster store to not pay attention to what this record really is and comes with…
If you’re into vinyl and black metal, get this and quick, it’s a limited edition import. You will not be disappointed.
