.Heart Of Gold - A Tribute To Woods Of Ypres 2013

Woods of Ypres was formed in Windsor, Ontario in 2002 by David Gold, Aaron Palmer, and Brian McManus. The trio released the first Woods Of Ypres demo, Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat, the same year, later expanding to a quintet for 2003 concerts. That December, David Gold moved to Toronto to begin working on a full-length album. In 2004, the band's first full-length album, Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth, was released on David Gold's record label, Krankenhaus Records. The third Woods of Ypres album, Woods III: The Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues, was released at the end of 2007. Contrasting the two albums, critic Laura Taylor wrote, "While Pursuit of the Sun verged on metalized Pink Floyd, Woods’ latest unearths more of the band’s black and dark metal inspirations". In 2008, the band was featured on the cover of Unrestrained! Magazine.

After a work stint in South Korea, David Gold moved the band to his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 2008, where they recorded their fourth album Woods IV: The Green Album the following year. Released in November 2009, Exclaim! called it "the band's most amorphous and powerful creature so far." Earlier in 2009, Woods of Ypres also put out a compilation of 12 of the songs from their three main Krankenhaus-released albums entitled Independent Nature 2002-2007 and a vinyl-only single release of their 2004 song "Allure of the Earth", which also featured a cover of that song by Australian cellists Sebastian Simpson and Chris Doig.

Sessions towards an unreleased EP named Woods 4.5: You Were The Light were made in Sault Ste. Marie in 2010 as well, but just two tracks from those sessions have been released as part of a vinyl-only single named Home in 2011, which has retroactively been referred to as Woods 4.5 in some interviews. Woods of Ypres announced their breakup in late 2010 partly due to frontman David Gold's move to Kuwait for work reasons, but it was announced that fall that the split was entirely false, and that Woods of Ypres had signed to Earache Records, who would later put out the band's last two studio albums.

Woods of Ypres' lineups had been noticeably unstable since their inception, with only David Gold participating on every release by the band. Woods of Ypres' live lineups ranged from three to six members at differing points, with lineups almost completely changing when Gold relocated the band, while two of their full length albums only credit two musicians as full band members. Singles and compilations aside, the only band member to appear on two of the band's main albums other than Gold was keyboardist Jessica Rose, who performed on both Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth and Woods III.

All of Woods of Ypres's albums (except Woods V) saw their initial release on independent labels ran by David Gold, including Krankenhaus Records from 2004 to 2009, and Practical Art Records from 2009 to 2011. While Krankenhaus released albums by a few different Canadian metal bands, Practical Art only released albums from musical projects that Gold was a performer on. As well, Woods of Ypres were notorious for their independently ran and booked headlining tours of Canada and the United States.

Woods of Ypres played their last concert in Richmond, Virginia on June 9, 2011. Band members David Gold and Joel Violette recorded the band's final studio album Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light that August at Beach Road Studios in Goderich, Ontario.

On December 21, 2011, David Gold died at age 31, in collision with an automobile near Barrie, Ontario. Gold's passing ended plans for Woods of Ypres to play their first ever European tour in early 2012, along with scuttling the planned debuts of new band members Brendan Hayter and Rae Amitay. Guitarist Joel Violette has indicated in interviews that Woods of Ypres will not record a new studio album without Gold, effectively ending the band. Woods of Ypres' fifth and final studio album, Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light, was released on February 27, 2012 in Europe, with the North American release coming two months later. The band received a posthumous Juno nomination in the Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year category for Woods V in February 2013, and won the award in April.

Official tribute concerts in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie were held in April 2012 in Gold's memory, featuring bands like Kittie and Novembers Doom on the bill. The former served as the CD release party for Woods 5, while the latter saw Woods of Ypres alums Joel Violette, Bryan Belleau, and Rae Amitay play an acoustic tribute set of Woods of Ypres material. A Woods of Ypres tribute album is currently in production, while the surviving members of Woods of Ypres' final lineup have since joined forces in the New Brunswick-based black metal band Thrawsunblat.

In December of 2011, we lost songwriter and musician David Gold of the band Woods of Ypres. David's music has impacted fans and artist alike with his unique, and dark brand of music. After David's passing, this project was started and 19 bands of his peers came together to pay tribute to David and Woods of Ypres, covering their favorite tracks.
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Participating Bands

Catuvolcus
Raphael From Musk Ox
Earthen
Canopy
Panzerfaust
Kuhrzarth
Anemic
Albireon
Gypsy Chief Goliath
Reliqquis
Novembers Doom
Eclipse Eternal
Amaranth
Pagan Ritual
Rael And Joel From Woods Of Ypres
Begotten
Empyrean Plague
Justin Bender From Into Eternity
The Gov And Carver



Heart of Gold: A Tribute to Woods of Ypres (2013)



CD1

01 - catuvolcus - thrill of the struggle
02 - raphael from musk ox - adora vivos
03 - earthen - lightning and snow
04 - canopy - falling apart
05 - panzerfaust - a meeting place and time
06 - kuhrzarth - finality
07 - anemic - the sun was in my eyes
08 - albireon - retrosleep in the morning calm
09 - gypsy chief goliath - suicide cargoload (live)
10 - reliqquis - career suicide

CD2

11 - novembers doom - wet leather
12 - eclipse eternal - crossing the 45th parallel
13 - amaranth - allure of the earth
14 - pagan ritual - the shams of optimism
15 - rae and joel from woods of ypres - silver
16 - begotten - sea of immeasurable loss
17 - empyrean plague - shedding the deadwood
18 - justin bender from into eternity - trillium
19 - the gov and carver - looming



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