Gothic country, americana, or whatever it's called

I LOVE this style of music. When I get burnt out on metal, this is usually what I listen to. Any other fans?

Here's some samples:

YES! Wovenhand and 16 Horsepower for the win!

I am not familiar with this genre. Time to broaden my horizons.

Tried the clips.

I enjoy some Wovenhand on occasion and I like a guy named Justin Townes Earl who plays a throwback kind of country. It's rare but sometimes I don't listen to metal.

I LOVE Wovenhand. I'm super excited for their upcoming album. Haven't heard of that Justin guy but perhaps I should check him out!

You can listen to a song from Wovenhand's new album here.

You can also order all their albums from this site (which I highly suggest!).

Can someone help me out here? I heard a band in this genre recently that I really liked, but I do not remember their name. Here's what I do remember.

--They're from Canada
--Their lead singer died in a car accident last year
--They had the word "tree" in their name (I'm pretty sure)
--One of their music videos shows them playing their music on the front porch of an old cabin

Woods of Ypres. Haha definitely not gothic americana though!

That's them!!! Thank you so much.

You bet! Their first two albums were really good. I haven't listened to much of their newer stuff but what I did hear didn't compare to their old stuff (which was more black metal oriented).

What genre would you say their newer stuff is?

Hard to say... I dunno, they have (had) elements of depressive rock, black metal, and doom metal. I thought Pursuit... was a great album though. Their lyrics kinda turned me off of the band though, otherwise I'd probably still listen to them. I don't think there's anything specifically anti-Christian or anything, but just a bit too angry, mopey, and not that well written (IMO) for my tastes...

Wovenhand's new album, The Laughing Stalk, is available to pre-order/instantly download! Unfortunately, the only physical release is a vinyl/CD combo... so if you don't have a vinyl player like me, you either gotta buy the combo or only the digital release!

You can buy the european version. It's released on cd as well as vinyl here by Glitterhouse.

Nice! Thanks; I had actually thought of looking there but figured they'd just have the same as Sounds Familyre. Haha it'd be just as expensive (a little more when you include shipping) but I just have no idea where I'd put a vinyl... I might just have to go for the European route. Thanks!

Or buy a recordplayer.

If money grew on trees...

Well I decided to just get the CD from Europe. Just ordered it. Looking forward to its arrival!

Kerrick wrote:Woods of Ypres. Haha definitely not gothic americana though!

Interesting to read their name here. I'm a huge fan of Woods Of Ypres and also enjoy stuff like Wovenhand. Both projects are very atmospheric. And while "depressive" fits as description for a lot of their stuff (especially the lyrics of WOY) both bands had a pretty uplifting effect on me in the last years.
No, you don't get into a happy mood but this kind of music helps to accept the bitter sides of life.

Another great artist is Michael Bradley. He released some awesome stuff with/as Myssouri and Antic Clay:

I can't believe I forgot to add Gary Murray's name to this list!!!

His Revenant Waltz CD is technically in the alt-country genre but it will blow you away.

http://velvetbluemusic.com/v3/vbm_release.php?vrid=112&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvetbluemusic.com%2Fv3%2Freleases.php%3Fvaid%3D53&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&modal=false&width=262&height=500

Wovenhand's new album came in the mail yesterday... and wow, it is spectacular. I highly recommend it!

Didn't know they had a knew one. Off to search.

Just bought a pair of tickets to see Wovenhand in San Francisco in December!!!

Very cool.