Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of 12 Stars (2006), Black Metal Options

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*Artist: Wolves in the Throne Room

*Album: Diadem of 12 Stars

*Year: 2006
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: United States of America (IMG:http://metalarea.org/forum/style_images/flags/United%20States.png)
*Format: mp3@VBR230
*Size: 100 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Queen of the Borrowed Light 12:58
2. Face in a Night Time Mirror part 1 13:21
3. Face in a Night Time Mirror part 2 13:58
4. (A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars 20:22
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Total playing time: 60:39

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This post has been edited by DarkHorde: Nov 15 2013, 12:25:29

[arianfinist]

ахренненая группа,спасибо

[Callum]

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[Paatddal]

щщикарна!!!
пасиб

[Internum Odium]

320 Кбит/с
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Rapidshare part 2
Вторая часть, возможно, залилась не до конца - в этом случае пишите, перезалью.
чуть позже и ифолдер могу добавить.

[justdoom]

какая приятная музыка ) оч понравилось , не хуже чем альбом Two Hunters , а может и лучше (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile3.gif)

[Internum Odium]

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[Imperium74]

Anyone have Diadem of 12 stars in FLAC or APE lossless?

[0x13]

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[Imperium74]

Thank you so much!! LOSSLESS rules.

[StabWound]

I found this really good interview with this band, they have a worldview that i find myself in much agreement with. My wife, our two kids and myself currently working towards the goal of adquiring a piece of land, isolated from society (Can't stand Society and it's Econnomic Destruction of mother earth, that is the real Evil), to eak out a humble sustainable living, in harmony with Nature and it's animals and plants.

As soon as our kids finish school, we estimate we will have saved enought, to finally realize our dream. I grew up on a remote farm, lived there until 18, so I can pretty much grow anything from tomatoes to Chronic. But like the interview, we both realize that we can't completly do away with society, so were not exactly going to dissapear or turn into cave duellers.

Anyways here's the interview;

Interview with Wolves in the Throne Room



1. Hails to you, Wolves! At the beggining I canґt get around the traditional question. Please introduce shortly the biography of "Wolves in the throne room". How did you find yourselves? Whatґs the meaning of the hordes name? I donґt like this question but I think itґs highly suiting the purpose.

The image of blood thirsty vengeful beasts running wild in the halls of a decadant and corrupt king is a theme that will always run through our music. We hope to unleash furious, primal energies and create the space for ancient mind-states with our black metal.

2. Well, I must ask you about your life-style...Many rumours and guesses are going round the scene that you are living out of the civilisation, absolutely denying the modern world...itґs that true??

I live on a farm on the outskirts of a small town. We try to live a very simple life and are committed to living in a honest and repsectful relationship to the land around us. My wife is a farmer and we are able to grow most of our own food. Small farms in the area provide milk and meat. I am able to go through the day and see no reminder of the filth outside the gates of our stronghold.

We do not live in caves and I would not say that we live outside of civilization. We want nothing more than to live in a community of strong comrades and neighbors who share our love of the old ways and reverance for nature.

Everyone must decide how much of their soul they will sell to the modern machine. It is impossible to deny modernity totally. For instance, I need to build a new barn to house animals and tools. One might go to the lumber yard to purchase timbers from clear-cuts, but instead I will cut the posts and beams on a small sawmill out of douglas fir trees that were felled in a storm. In olden times, that mill would be powered by running water, before that men would hew the beams with hand tools. So you see that I must compromise – I will use a mill powered by gasoline rather than my own back and arms, but the trees will be treated with respect and the timbers for the barn will be created on a human scale.

It is a slow process to remove ones self from the grid. Right now my wife is at a farm in the mountains apenticing with a old farmer who uses only horses to harvest hay and drive the plow. But we contradict ourselves with this computer that I write this on and the stereo that plays Filosofem while we work in the fields.

3. "Two hunters" album came out quite recently. In which mood it is floating? Does it distinguishes itself too much from "Diadem of 12 stars"?

The new album is perhaps more ambitious in its sound. We had more time in the studio and thus were able to realize a more expansive vision. We take great pains to create whole records rather than individual songs and I think that Two Hunters has a strong narrative flow, starting with dark, dreamy ambience and eventually reaching a brutal crecendo.



4. I must say that "Diadem of 12 stars" strongly impressed me. It has a really beatiful athmosphere and every song has lots of strong moments...What do you think about this album?

I listened to Diadem of 12 Stars recently after not hearing it for a long while and enjoyed the music. I hope that it will stand the test of time. It is difficult to write such long songs that manage to hold the listener rapt for the duration and I think that we suceed at this. It is very rough around the edges, but the spirit and the emotions that animate the music are pure. To me, it sounds like a punk record. It has a certain rawness that reveals our deep roots in the underground.

5. How is it functioning in the band? Are the all members contributing to making of lyrics, music etc?

We all contribute equally with music and lyrics and ideas.

6. I know that you love the nature, woods...what is the nature in your surroundings? Which season do you like most?

We live in a region that we call Cascadia. Douglas fir trees, Cedar, Salmon, Ravens, Great mountains and rivers are the features of this place. It is a very rainy and mossy place. In the winter it sometimes rains for months without end. Scandinavian black metal in influenced by the extreme snow and cold. We are given power by the moody light filtering through ominous rainclouds, darkness and decay in the gentle hush of fall and winter. I love all of the seasons, for I take great pleasure in the natural cycles of farming life. Modern people rush headlong through their lives paying no attention to the miracles of death and rebirth that is are the true things in life.

7. What is your opinion on Christianity and other religions? Does the members of "Wolves in the throne room" believes in something divine?

In ancient times, humanity knew that everything in the universe is a manifestation of divinity, thus trees and animals were loved and respected. Christianity puts the divine in the heavens and declares the world unclean. The forests become the refuge for Evil spirits, and must be destroyed. The Christian god gives Human beings dominion over the earth and thus allows us to cut down all of the trees, torture animals and meddle with the very genetic structure of life. For this reason, I would say that Christianity is the root of much of the evil that has befallen humanity and the world. Our music attempts to call upon that more ancient, pagan divintity.

8. You live in USA, many europeans are rejecting this country because of itґs consuption thinking..Is that view on America fitting? How do look upon your country?

The American way of life is utterly miserable and evil and we have nothing but hatred for the trash culture and the ugly garbage that America exports to the world. Perhaps this sick desire for material wealth over culture or beauty is a univerally human failing, but I think that it is true that America has perfected the banal, stupid way of life that will eventually destroy us all. I would gladly renouce my citizenship.



9. What is the band planning for the rest of the year? If you have some interesting plans, tell us.

We have quite a lot planned! We will tour the whole of the US in october as well as a few dates in Canada. At the end of this month we will be recording a new track for the Vinyl version of Two Hunters, a song that we were not able to fit in to the sessions for the CD. We would love to play in europe in the spring of next year.

10. What about you and concerts? That really interests me because I canґt imagine so atmospheric and specific music on the platform. Do you manage to keep the original musics feel?

On the contary, playing live is the reason that this band exists. It is through live performance that we are truly able to conjure the energy that we seek. We are very careful to only play shows with comrades and people who understand our music. The vast majority of metal heads – people who go to ozzfest, for instance – are very stupid and have no idea what we are trying to do.

11. Thank you for yours time and I wish best to you and a band. Last words are yours.

Thank you for the questions. As I last word I would like to urge those who listen to black metal to see it as a path to deeper spirituality and healing. We are all angry and miserable because the world has become so ugly. Black Metal does not need to revel in this hate, for the hatred is only a starting point. It is the tantrum of a child. Through growth and struggle, we can acheive trancendence and touch an ancient spiritualty.

[resurgam]

thank you bro
i listen inti of this band.
my opinion - they right

why you began listen metal if "grew up on a remote farm" ???

hailing Australia!!!

[StabWound]

Well i've had many a bong since those days, so my memory might be a bit hazed out.... but my musical evolution, went something like this.... ( I think);

On the farm I lived we grow tabbacco plants, and they are seasonal, so when the "picking" season came around, the local community would swell up with many hippy's and bikies, who came for the duration of the picking.

Well in 1982 my farther hired 3 very rought looking bikies, and one day one of them lent me a cassette called:

Ironfist by Motorhead.

I was only 13 years old and it was as if I was struck by a bolt of lighting, everything changed from that moment on, nothing was ever the same again. Up until then i would listen to Kiss, Status Quo, Iron Maiden, Slade, AC/DC, Rose Tatto, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heap, Cream, The Angels, etc... on the radio. But it was motorhead, that drove me crazy, still does, Lemmy is a fucking living legend. At 18 years i moved to the city and i think the first vinyl LP i bought was, Slayer's "Show No Mercy".......

Many call Ozzy Osbourne the Prince of Darkness, well if that's the case then Lemmy is King Satan himself!

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[resurgam]

Lemmy?
i think he is grandfather so many styles of metal music.... BIG respect & hailing !!!!
long live Lemmy!!! yeah
motorhead may be first band who set and drive and follow freedom on stage. its fuckin streaming high energy. I think MOTORHEAD - first true metal band at all!!!
so i understand your evolution (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) ))

king satan? well i don't know. but i think that he is grand underground musician 20 &21 century / his influencies on metal music so intensive & productive...

nice to talk you
best regards
PS excuse for bad english. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) ))

[Daecadance]

Еще раз убедился, как же полезно переслушивать ранее непонравившееся. Вот знал же, что культ, многим нравится, видная группа, но при паре попыток вслушаться, неизбежно навевала ассоциации с (уж извините) скучным и заунывным Summoning. В последний раз снесло крышу прочно. Атмосфера потрясающая, обалденные риффы, порой какие-то... мистические. К тому же альбом попал, как говорится, под настроение. Вобщем, одни эмоции, слов нет. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/20.gif)

[Blood13]

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Еще раз убедился, как же полезно переслушивать ранее непонравившееся. Вот знал же, что культ, многим нравится, видная группа, но при паре попыток вслушаться, неизбежно навевала ассоциации с (уж извините) скучным и заунывным Summoning. В последний раз снесло крышу прочно. Атмосфера потрясающая, обалденные риффы, порой какие-то... мистические. К тому же альбом попал, как говорится, под настроение. Вобщем, одни эмоции, слов нет. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/20.gif)

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[Paatddal]

скучным и заунывным Summoning

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[Algis]

А может кто-нибудь ссылки в 320 на ифолдер сообразит?

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[Deze]

офигенный альбом, лучший у группы (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile4.gif)

[vosmidesijatye]

Наиболее сырой альбом у группы. Но очень хороший, хотя поздний транс уху приятнее

[zero-sum]

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[vosmidesijatye]

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[Дерсу Узала]

До чего же любят данную команду металл-архивы - тамошние страницы так и роятся рецензиями на альбомы, мини-альбомы и даже демки американцев! Однако же, лично мне полюбить "волков" так и не удалось - как wolves не корми, они всё в forest смотрят. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) Хотя я пытался - внимательно прокручивал этот часовой Diadem Of 12 Stars, дебютный полноформат коллектива, всячески стараясь что-то найти для себя в каждой из 4-х долгоиграющих композиций. Да уж, долгоиграемость треков - отдельная тема: наверное, недаром ребята расположили номера альбома во возрастанию их времени звучания - начали с 13-ти, и довели до 20-ти минут. И ведь нигде не наблюдается никакого искусственного "накручивания" продолжительности звучания вещей, что, конечно, только в плюс команде. Но пора поговорить и о недостатках релиза - их, поверьте мне, здесь хватает. Это навязшее в зубах "холодное" минорное тремоло осточертевает уже к середине любого отдельно взятого трека - я уже молчу про середину, или конец самого альбома... Однотонный и однообразный тремольный ритм, трещащий без остановки на протяжении целого часа, постепенно настолько надоедает своим унылым звуком, что хоть кричи. Диву даёшься - насколько же всё серьёзно! Забудьте про светлые мысли - сдвиньте брови, тщательно нахмурьте свой лоб, и на 60 минут погрузитесь в бездну ледяной тоски. (Даже у Mork Gryning нет подобной безнадёги.) Но хуже всего, наверное, у "волков" смотрится истошно орущий скриминг - под конец он меня настолько задолбал, что я был рад любому безвокальному фрагменту! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) К слову сказать, периодически (не часто) появляющаяся девица-певица, призванная "украсить" вокальную картину альбома, увы, лишь добавляет своим воем кручины-тоски. Да, заводилы "волчьей стаи" Натан с Аарононом пытаются как-то разнообразить общую звуковую палитру (жаль, что для полноты картины драммера зовут не Ноахим, а просто Рик) - например, варьируют темп, или включают фрагмент акустическим перебором (где-то с 3-й по 4-ю минут на Face in a Night Time Mirror part 1), но эти их попытки остаются холостым выстрелом, поскольку настроение музыки (основа основ!) остаётся ровно тем же. Пожалуй, наиболее экспериментальной и, как следствие, самой разнообразной вещью из всей четвёрки можно назвать именно 1-ю часть Face in a Night Time Mirror... впрочем, не сказал бы, что меня сколько-нибудь вдохновляет это относительное разнообразие, ведь музыка как была ледяной, как была без единой капельки иронии, так таковой и осталась. В финальной 20-минутной (A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars меняется много всего - здесь есть и думовые формы, и ортодокс-блэк, и прого-блэк, и скорость под конец, но... меняется, да и то отчасти, лишь форма, но не меняется содержание. Нет, я не хочу сказать, что группа фигня - я просто хочу сказать, что ребятам нужно стремиться уходить от тупого тремолирования и ОДНОГО-единственного настроения на все случаи жизни. Альбом понравится фэнам-"лесовикам", но вряд ли любителям разнообразия в музыке. Не больше 7/10.
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[Aresson]

тоже не совсем понимаю истерии по этому поводу, музло конечно приятное, но не более. И да, на мой взгляд, сабж самый интересный у них

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