Woman Is the Earth

Woman Is the Earth is an American black metal band from Black Hills, South Dakota.

Woman Is the Earth
OriginBlack Hills, South Dakota, USA
GenresBlack metal
Years active2007–present
Labels
Members
  • Jon Martin
  • Andy Martin
  • Jarrod Hattervig

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>[1][2]

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.[3][4] In 2021 the band published their fifth album Dust of Forever via Init Records.[5]

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.[3][4] The musicians themselves declare being part of the "Cascadian black metal" scene.[6] The musicians roots' are in the punk and grindcore.[7] 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.[8]

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 is Forever (Album, Init Records)

References
  1. Fight Fascism: konzerte der extrem rechten band eternity
  2. Antal: Whiskey-soda.de: Austere – To Lay Like Old Ashes Kritik
  3. Kim Kelly: Vice: Black Hills Black Metallers Woman Is the Earth Raise the Torch with "Brother Of Black Smoke"
  4. James Lewis: Decibel: Woman is the Earth; Earthy is the Black Metal; Exclusive is the Song Premiere at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-09-11)
  5. Vince Bellino (August 19, 2021). "Full Album Stream: Woman is the Earth – "Dust of Forever"". Decibel. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  6. Sven Lattemann: Metal.de: Woman Is the Earth – This Place That Contains My Spirit Kritik
  7. Yury Arkadin. Woman Is the Earth. pp. 6–8. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. Philipp Walter: Musikreviews.de: Woman Is the Earth – This Place That Contains My Spirit Kritik
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