Woman Is the Earth is an American black metal band from Black Hills, South Dakota.
History Woman Is the Earth was formed in Black Hills in South Dakota in 2007 by vocalist/guitarist Jarrod Hattervig, second guitarist Andy Martin and drummer Jon Martin. Two years after formation the band released their debut album Of Dirt which they produced and published at own costs. Three years after the release of their debut album, the band recorded and published their second album This Place Contains My SpiritISOLATION: INTERVIEW MIT JOHANNES SCHMID, ALBERT RÖHL</ref>Fight Fascism: konzerte der extrem rechten band eternityAntal: Whiskey-soda.de: Austere – To Lay Like Old Ashes Kritik
In 2014 and 2016 Woman Is the Earth released their third and fourth full-length studio album Depths and Torch of Our Final Night which were both published via Init Records.Kim Kelly: Vice: Black Hills Black Metallers Woman Is the Earth Raise the Torch with "Brother Of Black Smoke"James Lewis: Decibel: In 2021 the band published their fifth album Dust of Forever via Init Records.
Musical style The band's music is described as atmospheric black metal with influences from other musical genres like post-rock without being a clone of bands like Wolves in the Throne Room. The musicians themselves declare being part of the "Cascadian black metal" scene.Sven Lattemann: Metal.de: Woman Is the Earth – This Place That Contains My Spirit Kritik The musicians roots' are in the punk and grindcore. Next to Wolves in the Throne Room the band gets musical inspiration from bands like Skagos and Alda. The length of the bands songs ranges between six and ten minutes.Philipp Walter: Musikreviews.de: Woman Is the Earth – This Place That Contains My Spirit Kritik
Discography 2009: Of Dirt (Album, Self-published) 2012: This Place That Contains My Spirit (Album, Self-published, re-released in 2014 via Eisenwald Tonschmiede, Vinyl: Wolfrune Worxxx) 2014: Depths (Album, Init Records) 2016: Torch of Our Final Night (Album, Init Records) 2017: Thaw (EP, Init Records) 2021: Dust of Forever (Album, Init Records)
External links Woman Is the Earth at Facebook
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