The title track, “Estuary,” is the second song to be revealed from the album. Accompanied by a music video produced by Wolves In The Throne Room, the track follows mythical figures moving through a landscape of decayed concrete, collapsed railroad tracks, and industrial ruins overgrown with brambles and ivy. The Blue Heron overlooks the estuary, where salt water and fresh water combine in an alchemy of renewal.
Nathan Weaver says: “If wilderness overcame the cities in the future, the estuaries would be realms of power and magic. Within the world-building of the album, the estuaries are key nexus points where magic has taken on physical form. Spirits, both good and evil, walk the earth.”
Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/wU7D1awFMus
Kings of USBM, Wolves In The Throne Room have returned with sharpened teeth on their new album, “Estuary,” set for release on October 23, 2026 via Century Media Records outside the USA and Canada and Relapse Records in the USA and Canada.
The band comments: “The record is set 1,000 years in the future. Survivors of a cataclysm wander the haunted ruins. It is a world of mutant creatures and open portals. Post-apocalyptic religion takes form in a wild landscape.”
“Estuary” is raw and volatile, infused with the storming sensuality of noisy industrial elements while unfolding through realms of warm rain, majestic forests, and diffused starlight. Massive percussion and seething gothic guitars wipe the listener’s psyche clear of stagnation, transforming them into active conduits of evolution.
In all territories outside the USA and Canada, Century Media Records will release the album in the following formats: -Ltd. CD Mediabook / -Ltd. Gatefold black LP & LP-Booklet / -Ltd. Gatefold Corroded Remnants LP & LP-Booklet (transp. orange-black marbled LP) / -Ltd. Gatefold Estuary Mist LP & LP-Booklet (clear black dust LP) (500x) available only from -EMP, Napalm Records, UK Indie Stores and in BeNeLux / -Ltd. Gatefold Sea Wolf LP & LP-Booklet (transp. green-black haze + neon green & white splatter LP) (600x) available only from Evil Greed and WITTR / -Digital album
Fans can secure their copies now via the pre-order link: https://wolvesinthethroneroom.lnk.to/Estuary
Following acclaimed appearances at major European summer festivals including Hellfest, Graspop, Midgardsblot, Party.San, and Summer Breeze, Wolves In The Throne Room are set to open portals across the UK and Europe this fall on the Knights of Tiamat Tour, performing songs from Estuary before bringing the album to U.S. audiences in early 2027.
Wolves In The Throne Room line-up: Nathan Weaver – lead vocals, guitar / Aaron Weaver – drums, synths, voice / Kody Keyworth – vocals, guitar / Galen Baudhuin – bass guitar, vocals
