Two Hunters
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{{Infobox album
| name = Two Hunters
| type = studio
| artist = Wolves in the Throne Room
| cover = Wolves in the Throne Room Two Hunters.png
| alt =
| released = September 25, 2007
| recorded = London Bridge Studio and Aleph Studio in the Pacific Northwest
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Black metal, dark ambient, {{nowrap|post-metal}}{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/08/04/a-brief-history-of-post-metal/|title=A Brief History of Post-Metal|publisher=Bandcamp|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=4 August 2016|accessdate=14 November 2017}}
| length = 46:21 (CD)
68:56 (LP)
| label = Southern Lord Records (SUNN83)
| producer = Randall Dunn, Wolves in the Throne Room
| prev_title = Diadem of 12 Stars
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Live at Roadburn 2008
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1206109|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = Pitchfork Media
| rev2score = 7.9/10[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10956-two-hunters/ Pitchfork Media review]
| rev3 = Rock Sound
| rev3score = 9/10{{Cite news |title=Wolves in the Throne Room: Two Hunters |author=Stone, Will |work=Rock Sound |issue=103 |date=December 2007 |page=94}}
}}
Two Hunters is the second album by black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room and their debut album on Southern Lord Records. The band made minimal use of any digital effects or manipulation in the recording process.[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45864-column-show-no-mercy Pitchfork Feature: Column: Show No Mercy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724132847/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45864-column-show-no-mercy |date=July 24, 2007 }} The vinyl version includes an extended version of "Cleansing" (which is about 6 minutes longer) and a previously unreleased track "To Reveal".[http://www.wittr.com/products/view/8 Wolves in the Throne Room store page on the vinyl version of the album] Two Hunters was critically acclaimed and succeeded in putting the band at the forefront of the North American black metal scene.{{cite web|author=Rahn|title=Reviews: Albums: Wolves in the Throne Room, Two Hunters|url=http://www.deadtide.com/reviews/albums/page.php?id=4235|work= Deadtide|accessdate=27 August 2013 |url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015084826/http://www.deadtide.com/reviews/albums/page.php?id=4235 |archivedate=October 15, 2007}} The Daymare Recordings release also contains their 2005 demo on a second disk.
Track listing
=Original issue=
{{Track listing
|title1 = Dea Artio
|note1 = instrumental
|length1 = 5:58
|title2 = Vastness and Sorrow
|length2 = 12:12
|title3 = Cleansing
|length3 = 9:55
|title4 = I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
|length4 = 18:16
}}
=Double vinyl track listing =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Dea Artio
| length1 = 5:58
| title2 = Vastness and Sorrow
| length2 = 12:12
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Cleansing
| length1 = 15:51
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three
| title1 = I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
| length1 = 18:16
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four
| title1 = To Reveal
| length1 = 16:39
}}
Personnel
;Wolves in the Throne Room
- Nathan Weaver – guitar, vocals
- 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
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Category:Wolves in the Throne Room albums
Category:Southern Lord Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Randall Dunn
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