Article: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Alabama ThunderpussySleep Cough
Dorthia Cotrell Parker ChandlerAsechiah BogdanGarrett Morris
Windhand are an American doom metal band that formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2009. Currently signed to Relapse Records, Windhand released their most recent album, Grief's Infernal Flower in October 2015. The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart, #7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and was named the 17th best album of 2015 by Consequence Of Sound.
Founded in 2009, the VA quintet have been making waves since the release of their 2010 practice space demo, a two-track CD that garnered the band comparisons to artists like Electric Wizard, The Devil’s Blood, and Black Sabbath. That auspicious start was further realized in March 2012 when the band released their self-titled debut, which quickly became an underground hit and sold out of multiple vinyl presses in a matter of months.
A year later, the band officially signed to Relapse Records. After a steady touring schedule, the band collaborated with Richmond brethren Cough on a split entitled Reflection of the Negative, which was released on Relapse in April 2013. Pitchfork deemed the split WINDHAND’s “best music to date,” and the record’s positive critical reception helped pave the way for WINDHAND to release the highly anticipated album Soma in September 2013. Stereogum, Spin, and the LA Weekly featured Soma prominently on their overall best-of lists. The album was heavily represented in countless metal publications including Revolver, Invisible Oranges, MetalSucks, and Metal Injection. Rolling Stone, NPR, and Pitchfork all took note of Soma as well; the former considered the album the third-best metal release of 2013.
Soma was no flash-in-the-pan internet phenomenon. In 2013 and 2014, the band embarked on a series of support and headlining tours across North America, Europe, and Australia, sharing the stage with the likes of Sleep, High on Fire, Dead Meadow and Kvelertak. In addition, WINDHAND appeared at major festivals including Roadburn, SXSW, Scion Rock Fest, Day of the Shred and Maryland Deathfest. WINDHAND also took the time in October 2014 to follow up Soma with a brief two-track Halloween split alongside Swedish doomsters Salem’s Pot (released on Riding Easy Records). Noisey liked the record so much that they declared the band “must have definitely sold their souls for their new split.”
WINDHAND returned in 2015 with their third full-length, Grief's Infernal Flower, a multifaceted slab of thundering stoner doom that Noisey has called "doom metal's most anticipated album of the year." Produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, Soundgarden, etc), Grief's Infernal Flower is massive, heavy, and personal, a modern testament to the power of doom and stoner metal’s legacies. One sees the urgency the band have displayed over their career reflected in their music – long-canonized tropes are reimagined and reinvented, WINDHAND convey an irrepressible sense of motion even within the slowest of songs. Front woman Dorthia Cottrell firmly establishes herself as one of the best vocalists of the genre by perfectly balancing beauty with enormous power, and the twin-guitar attack of Garrett Morris and Asechiah Bogdan weaves together nine songs of perfect riffs and fuzzed-out bliss. That often-delicate splendor is all tempered by the colossal rhythmic mastery of bassist Parker Chandler and drummer Ryan Wolfe, whose lower-register expertise serves as the backbone of the new record. Though the first two WINDHAND albums were underground classics, Grief's Infernal Flower stands to see WINDHAND cementing themselves as one of the premier metal bands of our time.
Members Current members
Dorthia Cottrell - vocals (2009–present)
Asechiah Bogdan - guitar (2009–present)
Garrett Morris - guitar (2009–present)
Parker Chandler - bass (2013–present)
Ryan Wolfe - drums (2010–present)
Former members
Nathan Hilbish - Bass (2008-2013)
Jeff Loucks - Drums (2008-2010)
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Discography Studio albums
Windhand (Forcefield Records, 2012)
Soma (Relapse Records, 2013)#24 Billboard Heatseekers Albums
Grief's Infernal Flower (Relapse Records, 2015)#7 Billboard Heatseekers Albums, #17 Billboard Tastemaker Albums, #16 Billboard Hard Rock Albums, #39 Billboard Rock Albums
Splits
Reflection Of The Negative (Relapse Records, 2013) Split LP with Cough
Windhand / Salem's Pot (RidingEasy Records, 2014) Split LP with Salem's Pot
Live albums
Live At Roadburn 2014 2014 (Roadburn Records, 2014)
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Scroll NEW ALBUM 'Eternal Return'
The long-awaited fourth full-length from Richmond, VA's heavy, psychedelic quartet WINDHAND!
Produced by JACK ENDINO (Nirvana, Soundgarden)
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, the fourth full length from Richmond, Virginia's heavy psychedelic quartet
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Kyussian riffs lend a hard-rock edge to frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell’s quivering, eerie alto, giving it a stage from which to soar.
— PITCHFORK Band Biography 2018
Richmond, VA heavyweights WINDHAND mark their arrival on new album, ‘Eternal Return.’ Boosted by Garrett Morris’ consistently cool riffs—forged at the crossroads of Iommi’s otherworldly import and Kurt Cobain’s spontaneous precocity—powered by Ryan Wolfe and Parker Chandler’s groove-laden rhythms, and propelled by Dorthia Cottrell’s smoky yet wistful vocals, WINDHAND’s new album is a two-step jump for Richmond’s finest purveyors of the psycho-actively heavy. Adorned by Arik Roper’s (Sleep, High on Fire) impressive cover art, ‘Eternal Return’ not only looks the part of WINDHAND’s artistic growth but sounds the part.
For the new album, ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND wrote throughout the winter. Out of the songwriting sessions, “Halcyon,” “Grey Garden,” “Red Cloud,” and the monstrous “Eyeshine” emerged as the heaviest tracks, while “Pilgrim’s Rest,” “Diablerie,” and “Feather” embodied the more reflective side of WINDHAND. The juxtaposition of heavy, psychedelic, and pensive is less like Black Sabbath and Sleep and more like Soundgarden and Veruca Salt. But the namedrops aren’t absolute so much as signals of WINDHAND’s ability to stretch beyond genre confines. ‘Eternal Return’ is a complete life-to-death journey.
Thematically, that’s exactly what WINDHAND were aiming for on ‘Eternal Return.’ As unplanned things go, it’s an observation of as well as a reflection on life’s ups and downs, joys and sorrows, beginnings and ends. Between ‘Grief’s Infernal Flower’ and ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND welcomed new life, survived lineup changes, and mourned unexpected death. The songs and song ordering are the direct result of those experiences. Where “Halcyon” is assured in its opening of ‘Eternal Return,’ the closing track “Feather” is its funeral march.
For ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND brought Endino back to the fold. Together, they spent two weeks recording at Soundhouse Recording in Seattle. Described as “smooth” and “intense,” the sessions with the famed producer were just what WINDHAND wanted. Endino also understood the group’s artistic progression, chiefly the admiration of and blending in late ‘80s/early ‘90s grunge. Out of it all, WINDHAND continued to refactor and refine their vision of heavy. A new era of psychedelic heaviness is upon us with WINDHAND’s genre-blurring ‘Eternal Return.’ Sweet, fuzzed-out oblivion has never been closer…
WINDHAND Are: Dorthia Cottrell - Vocals | Parker Chandler - Bass | Ryan Wolfe - Drums | Garrett Morris - Guitar
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