''Two Hunters'' is the second album by
black metal
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band
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2002 in Olympia, Washington, by brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver. They have released seven full-length albums, two live albums, and one EP to date. They have stated one of the f ...
and their debut album on
Southern Lord Records
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. The band made minimal use of any digital effects or manipulation in the recording process.
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version includes an extended version of "Cleansing" (which is about 6 minutes longer) and a previously unreleased track "To Reveal".
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/ref> ''Two Hunters'' was critically acclaimed and succeeded in putting the band at the forefront of the North American black metal scene. The Daymare Recordings release also contains their 2005 demo on a second disk.
Track listing
Original issue
Double vinyl track listing
Personnel
;Wolves in the Throne Room;
* Nathan Weaver – guitar
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, vocals
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* Aaron Weaver – drums
* Rick Dahlin – guitar, vocals
;Additional musicians
* Jessika Kenney – vocals on tracks 3 and 4
;Production
*Wolves in the Throne Room – production
*Randall Dunn – production, engineering, mixing
*Mell Dettmer – engineering, mixing, mastering
* Christophe Szpajdel – logo
References
2007 albums
Wolves in the Throne Room albums
Southern Lord Records albums
Albums produced by Randall Dunn
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