Wolfmangler
Biography
WOLFMANGLER is the musical vision of Polish revelator D Smolken, formerly of DEAD RAVEN CHOIR. His music is slow, grim, noisy and shambling, a deconstructed hybrid of twisted folk and hinterland doom metal. Bowed double bass, electric bass and violin merge with sinister growls and whispered lyrics as Wolfmangler improvise dissonant doom riffs around lyrics taken from Hank Wiilams Jr, Georg Trakl and others, rich with the symbolism of life and decay. Wolfmangler creates a listening experience at once unsettling, twisted and darkly beautiful. "I guess I shouldn't bother trying to clear this up, but I don't play cello nor has anybody else ever played cello on any of my albums." Says Smolken, from his forest lair, deep in Poland. "I do play the double bass/contrabass/bass fiddle/bull fiddle/whatever else you wanna call it. And just to add confusion, there is some cello banjo (a large banjo tuned like a cello - a great instrument though I sold it before moving to Poland) on the upcomiing "Selenoclast Wolves" CD and also on Wolfmangler's "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Wolves" and "The Gates Of Wolves"
