''Two Hunters'' is the second album by

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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

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. The band made minimal use of any digital effects or manipulation in the recording process.Pitchfork Feature: Column: Show No Mercy
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version includes an extended version of "Cleansing" (which is about 6 minutes longer) and a previously unreleased track "To Reveal".Wolves in the Throne Room store page on the vinyl version of the album
/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 –

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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 {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub