The temperate rain forest of the Pacific Northwest of the United States is a fecund node, both psychological and physical, profoundly affecting all that dwell there with the irresistible song of nature: the call to grow, to seek illumination, to gain nourishment, to grapple with the true reality of existence, to fight for survival among the ancient pines of a world wracked with modernity.
From this organic cauldron comes Blood Of The Black Owl. Formed in 2004 by Heathen visionary Chet W. Scott, (of noted post-Industrial entity Ruhr Hunter), as a primitive fusion of slow tempo earth metal and woodland ritualistic doom, the journey culminated in the debut self-titled album on Bindrune Records in 2006. An ode to the more destructive and primal elements found in not only nature, but in black metal and trance-inducing funeral doom as well, the work marked a distinct movement away from the more ambient feel of much of the Ruhr Hunter material, while forging a unique musical path all of his own in the deep woods of Washington state.