The Wild Hunt | ||||
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Released | 19 August 2013 | |||
Recorded | January – May 2013 | |||
Studio | Necromorbus Studio, Stockholm Blueflame Productions Studios, Uppsala Studio 33, Toivala Studio Sound, Kuopio | |||
Genre | Black metal, heavy metal, doom metal, progressive metal[1] | |||
Length | 61:29 | |||
Label | Season of Mist, Century Media | |||
Producer | Tore Stjerna, Watain | |||
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The Wild Hunt is the fifth studio album by Swedish black metal band Watain. It was released through Century Media on 19 August 2013 in Europe and 20 August 2013 in USA.[3] The cover art was painted "in oil and mixed materials" by Zbigniew M. Bielak, who was also responsible for the artwork of Lawless Darkness.[4] The album sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release, and was the best-selling album in their home country of Sweden on the week of its release, making it the band's highest sales and chart debut to date.[5] Stylistically the album represents a development of Watain's established black metal sound, incorporating influences from heavy metal, doom metal, and progressive metal. It is also the first Watain album to feature vocalist Erik Danielsson performing clean vocals.[6]