WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM (Washington, USA)  – Live At Roadburn 2008 (used LP copy) (2009) Released by Roadburn Records on Red gatefold vinyl - limited to 200 copies (out of a total 1,000 vinyl copies). 
Includes a bonus DVD that is attached to the jacket on a special knob. The performance was recorded live at the Roadburn Festival, April 19th, 2008 at 013, Tilburg, Netherlands. Mixed and mastered at Torture Garden Studio, Oss, Netherlands. 
Wolves In The Throne Room re-imagined Black Metal as an ode to rain storms, wood smoke and the wild energies of the Pacific Northwest. They are considered as one of the most potent and highly regarded bands in Heavy Metal today. Now, a portal into their mythic ethereal heathen landscape opens once again. 
Wolves' performances are all about channeling emotions and luring the audience into a meditative state; Aaron Weaver has gone so far as to say he wants people to "lay on the floor and cry" during their shows. 
The songs each contain several parts, from the soaring climax of "Vastness and Sorrow" to the trance-like introduction of "Cleansing", making the album feel like an epic journey 
through desolate worlds and beautiful landscapes. Indeed, the band cites Post-Metal giants Neurosis as an inspiration for how their music 
"operates on a deep and intense mythical level". 
Wolves' music is a very
 personal experience; there is no fist-pumping, there are no mosh pits, 
only your mind and the places - majestic, bleak, burned and reborn, that
 the music takes it. 
Seeing the band live is an experience that can't be
 recreated anywhere else, but Live at Roadburn is a suitably fierce and 
meditative addition to Wolves' excellent catalogue. **album review originally written and published by Sputnik Music**  Roadburn Records – RBR012