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Yes, yes, Wolves In The Throne Room is technically black metal and therefore, for some bizarre reason, outside the realm of “goth,” but that’s bullshit. This song is hell of goth. And you can’t get better than a black metal band that got its start at an Earth First! Rendezvous and is called something so blatant as Wolves In The Throne Room. I’m glad to hear a band with eco themes that never strays the slightest towards eco-fascism. And I’m glad to see cascadian culture so beautifully represented.

lyrics after the cut

Wolves In The Throne Room: A Looming Resonance

Staring onward,
as time stands still.
Devoid of tribulation,
while time stands still.
Starlight breaks this darkened haze,
filter through decay.
Moonstruck children indisposed,
malignant culture thriving on.
Defile the sanctum,
of this place.
[…]
Winter now converges,
drenched in all its blackness.
The last stalks of light are devoured,
shadows[…]
And so they march on hallowed ground.
History repeating,
behaviour that has been burned into the bone.
Staring onward,
when time stands still.
A thousand years of fruitless searching,
object of desire beyond the reach,
of old and brittle hands,
with bated breath,anticipate the end.
Voices of the vanquished echo in the dreams
[…]
where is the fire
that dwells inside,
darkness returns with cold embrace.
Staring onward,
when time stands still.
Devoid of tribulation,
time stands still.
Staring onward,
time stands still