"What can be said about the amazing Dead Raven Choir that hasn't been said already? This release marks the return of D.R.C. after a slew of releases on some very respectable cd-r labels, not to mention 2003's "Wine, Women and Wolves" cd (Last Visible Dog) as well as last years "Cask Strength Black Metal" 3 LP box set (Weird Forest) which was a re-issue of ALL of the "Choir's" ugly, noisy, totally fuzzed out black metal on vinyl format. Smolken returns to the dark, avante-garde neo-folk side of Dead Raven Choir that has made this such a unique and awe inspiring musical journey. Selenoclast (meaning "moon-smashing") Wolves is an album that runs the gamut of emotions; Whether it be the creepy lurch and sway of the track "The Silence", the brooding melancholy of "When Men Die", or the sheer manic violence of "I am Not a Recluse" the common feeling throughout is one of complete hinterland isolation. Employing a wide array of acoustic instrumentation such as bass fiddle, troll cittern, cello banjo, guitar, mandolin and piano as well as taking poetry from such poets as Federico Garcia Lorca, Hilaire Belloc, Georg Trakl, Rainer Maria Rilke, Simonides. www.conspiracyrecords.com