During the Summer of 2002 at an Earth First! rendezvous in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, guitarist Nathan Weaver was inspired to create a band that merged a visionary Cascadian consciousness with the nihilistic fury of the misanthropic Norwegian eruptions of the 90’s. The band envisioned would encompass more than music. It would be an aural rendering of a personal spiritual journey into ancient mind-states and evolutionary consciousness.

In the Spring of 2004, Nathan and his brother, drummer Aaron Weaver, moved to a dilapidated farmstead on the outskirts of Olympia, WA. The creation of their farm-stronghold, called Calliope, would be intrinsically linked to the development of Wolves in the Throne Room. It was during the first long, dark winter living in the collapsed farmhouse at Calliope that the band developed their trance-inducing sound and solidified the burning intent and idiosyncratic spiritual vision that would animate the band’s music.

Since that time Wolves in the Throne Room have ascended to the upper echelons of the underground scene by creating a transformative and apocalyptic musical manifestation that has come to completely transcend the black metal label.

Wolves in the Throne Room’s first studio album, the lush and atmospheric Diadem of 12 Star (A Shimmering Radiance), was released in the Spring of 2006 to universal acclaim. The album was recorded by Tim Green at Louder Studios in San Francisco in a totally analog format. This gloriously sprawling and emotionally deep recording, coupled with the band’s powerful live performances firmly established WITTR as a swiftly rising musical force.

The fall of 2006 brought a new pact with Southern Lord Records and the beginning of a relationship with producer-engineer Randall Dunn (SUNN O))), Earth, Grails) Their album, Two Hunters, is a masterfully dark and emotional document that solidified Wolves in the Throne Room’s place as one of the most innovative and significant bands in the extreme music world.

In January they will release a European tour-only EP picture disk, titled Malevolent Grain, on Conspiracy Records. The record is the first to feature their new guitar player Will Lindsay (formerly of Middian) who had been the band’s touring bass player. The three members of Wolves in the Throne Room have recently finished recording their as of yet untitled 3rd studio album which will be released by Southern Lord in the spring of 2009

The band plans to tour the United States and Europe extensively in 2009.