Wolves in the Throne Room is an American atmospheric black metal band from Olympia, Washington. Biography Wolves in the Throne Room was formed by the brothers Nathan and Aaron Weaver with Rick Dahlin in Olympia, Washington in 2004. Deeply rooted in the traditions of Black Metal, they blend their music with elements of raw black metal, punk, folk and progressive rock, but subverting the common aesthetic and ideology in order to remain true to their own personal manifestations. The strong convictions appropriately complement the confident decisive execution of their sound giving them the sound of paradox, ambiguity and confusion. The band professes a 'humbleness before nature's power' and openly disdains consumerism and materialism, as well as the right-wing politics expressed by some black metal bands (notably, the National Socialist black metal movement). According to a recent interview with Metal Maniacs, th