In the Woods…
In the Woods ... was a heavy metal band from Norway, which was founded in 1992 in Kristiansand and disbanded in 2000.
History
In the Woods ... was founded in the fall of 1992 by members of the band Green Carnation, after whose head moved Tchort to Emperor and was therefore put on hold. In 1993, the band released rehearsal and demo recordings; by The Isle of Men they sold over 3,000 copies, which earned her a recording contract with Misanthropy Records. 1995 there appeared her debut Heart of the Ages. In 1996 the band released the single White Rabbit and went with Katatonia on tour in 1997, she released her second album omnio. 1999 their third album Strange in Stereo.
2000 the band released their resolution known and announced a farewell concert, which took place on 29 December 2000 in Caledonia Hall in Kristiansand. There, all the publications from 1995 was played the entire album omnio next pieces. When the songs from the debut was waived Screaming vocals: "Already in 1994, when we recorded the record, I did not want to sing with distorted voice, but clear. But the others in the band asked me to shout at least in half of the tracks. [ ... ] But between the recordings of the debut and the last gig six years have passed, and so it seemed only natural to replace the yelp passages, especially since it would not have been very smart, already at the beginning of the set, the vocal cords in such a way to strain. " After the dissolution of the record company Karmakosmetix was founded as a starting point for future projects. These include silence Opprör and transit. A recording of the farewell concert was released in 2003 as a live album entitled Liveatthecaledonienhall. Drummer Andreas Kobro now plays with Carpathian Forest. He and many of the other members have continued after the release of In the Woods ... Green Carnation.
Style of music and texts
Omnio was " oriented generally less metallic, elegiac, melancholic, almost sylphenhaft ". The album is doomy than its precursor and contains both growls and clear male vocals in the style of My Dying Bride, the screeching vocals, however, is almost completely gone. Ovl. Svithjod described the album as "a self-observation ."
About the compilation Three Times Seven on a Pilgrimage Sebastian König wrote of Metal News, she would " also good cook could have been published in the 70s ." Singer January Kenneth supplied as an explanation of the title:
"What number is three times seven - it's an ode to timeless psychedelic music in the 21st century"
" What results is a number three times seven - It is an ode to the timeless psychedelic music in the 21st century "
On their live album Liveatthecaledonienhall to find pieces of all publications from the debut. The pieces of this " appear here in no way as a foreign body, but they come together to form a perfect, harmonious sounding symbiosis with the recent works, although In The Woods ... have passed through over the years quite a development."
The band sees Strange in Stereo " as a collection of individual songs, which act with the lyrics a bit like Polaroids from the life of a stranger. I will not be related to the listener, but some issues are too close to me gone, and I put too much thoughtfulness in the relevant texts. I think if everyone knew what it exactly is in a particular song, the words lose their aura. "
Reception
The debut is considered as influential for some modern Black and Pagan Metal bands. Yannick Lengkeek of Metal1.info According should " [ t] he impact that this work had on many modern black metal bands as well as other blackmetallisch stained musicians such as Agalloch or Woods of Ypres, [ ... ] not go unmentioned ." The NSBM band Graveland are on their MySpace presence In the Woods ... as an inspiration to. Also in the band Wolves in the Throne Room, influences of In the Woods ... is accepted.
The remaining works were mostly positive reception: "With epic keyboard carpets, dreamy and calm passages, with oblique tones, spacey timbres and some even with violin can be reached dimensions that were rarely achieved by a band ," wrote an author of Metal. de album Strange in stereo.