The Wild Hunt (Watain album)

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The Wild Hunt
File:W-The Wild Hunt.jpg
Studio album by Watain
Released 19 August 2013
Genre Black metal, heavy metal[1]
Length 61:29
Label Season of Mist, Century Media
Producer Tore Stjerna, Watain
Watain chronology
Lawless Darkness
(2010)Lawless Darkness2010		 The Wild Hunt
(2013)
Alternative cover
Limited edition mediabook
Limited edition mediabook
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 2.5/5 stars[2]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[3]
Blabbermouth 8.5/10[4]
Exclaim! 9/10[5]
Loudwire 4/5 stars[6]
Metal Injection Positive[7]
Pitchfork 6.7/10[8]

The Wild Hunt is the fifth studio album by Swedish black metal band Watain. It was released through Century Media on 19 August in Europe and 20 August in USA.[9] The cover art was painted "in oil and mixed materials" by Zbigniew M. Bielak, who was also responsible for the artwork of Lawless Darkness.[10]

"The Wild Hunt" world tour opened on 24 August 2013 in Watain's home town, Uppsala.[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Watain. 

No. Title Length
1. "Night Vision" (instrumental) 3:38
2. "De Profundis"   4:33
3. "Black Flames March"   6:20
4. "All That May Bleed"   4:41
5. "The Child Must Die"   6:04
6. "They Rode On"   8:43
7. "Sleepless Evil"   5:37
8. "The Wild Hunt"   6:20
9. "Outlaw"   5:07
10. "Ignem Veni Mittere" (instrumental) 4:39
11. "Holocaust Dawn"   7:07
Total length:
 61:29

Chart performance

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 158[12]
US Top Hard Rock Albums 15[13]
US Top Heatseekers 6[13]
US Top Independent Albums 36[13]
US Top Rock Albums 50[13]

Personnel

  • Erik Danielsson – lead vocals, bass, guitar
  • Håkan Jonsson – drums
  • Pelle Forsberg – guitar
  • Set Teitan – lyrics on "Black Flames March"
  • Staffan Winroth – accordion, fiddle
  • Anna Norberg – additional vocals at the ending of "They Rode On"
  • Tore Stjerna – Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer

References

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  9. ↑ 120 Days in Sodom – The Wild Hunt, accessed on 21 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Mad Sin, 12 June 2013, accessed on 21 June 2013.
  11. ↑ We Are Death – Fuck You, 3 June 2013, accessed on 21 June 2013.
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