Goating Shapelessnesses Theatrical Wolves
EP released by Pseudoarcana as a 3" CD-R. Four completely unrelated poems including a cover of Rentaro Taki's setting of "Kojo No Tsuki".

War Has A Beauty Of Its Own
A Ballade Of Theatricals
Sonja
Moon Over Castle Ruins

Reviews

Dead Angel
July 2004
Author: RKF
In a crazed sort of way, Dead Raven Choir may be the missing link between the mystical "old, weird America" encapsulated on the Folkways box set and the new wave of doom (or whatever it is they call this, this thing of ours, capice?) Is Smolken really just the Dock Boggs of the blackmetal generation? Or am Ismoking too much lengleaf again? Either way, Smolken's vision stands at the crossroads of something -- folk and black metal, most likely -- and this mini-cd, the latest in an ongoing quest to map out the territory of wolves, is a bit of a new direction. In addition to the acoustic orchestration and a general inclination to pick up the pace a bit, there are now elements of dark, reverb-laden percussion and snatches of decidedly metallic guitar in the background here and there (like at the end of "War Has a Beauty of Its Own" and the last third or so of "A Ballade of Theatricals"). More and more, especially while listening to the sinister minimalism and dark, hushed whisphering of "Sonja," it occurs to me that what the world really needs is a synapse-shattering collaboration between Abruptum and Dead Raven Choir.... The ep ends with the old-school medieval folk stylings of "Moon Over Castle Ruins," dominated by string bass and mandolin. More proof that even country folk out in the sticks can be possessed by satan. The disc's aforementioned return (sort of) to tempos a bit faster than death marches and a subtle shift in dynamics makes this a good starting point, actually, for anyone who has not yet dared to peek across the dark, black plain of scorched earth and dying crops where Smolken does his thing.

Cold
Autor: Mirt
lipiec 2004
"Goating Shapelessnesses Theatrical Wolves" to zestaw tradycyjnej muzyki troli. Trole nie są specjalnie agresywne, raczej melancholijne, chociaż zdarzają im się momenty podenerwowania. Tę muzykę mogła stworzyć gromadka tych istot, siedząca przy ognisku gdzieś wśród północnych pustkowi. Nie jest w życiu najlepiej trolom.