Alright doom heads, tune your guitars down to the underworld and light something herbal (incense or otherwise, we won’t judge) — because Windhand are here to drag your soul through the sludge in the most beautiful way possible. 🌀🌿🎸
They don’t scream.
They don’t sprint.
They drone, crush, and enchant like a coven of witches jamming in a cathedral during a thunderstorm.
This is DOOM METAL at its most hypnotic, haunted, and HEAVY AS HELL.
🌘 WHO THE HELL ARE WINDHAND?
Genre: Doom Metal / Stoner Doom / Psychedelic Grunge Sludge
From: Richmond, Virginia, USA 🇺🇸
Formed: 2008
Known For:
- Atmospheric, fuzz-drenched riffs that feel like being buried in velvet lava
- Dreamy, witchy vocals from frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell
- Merging Sabbath worship with shoegaze sorrow
- Making misery sound mystical
Windhand are equal parts Electric Wizard, Mazzy Star, and a haunted tree stump.
Their music doesn’t just play — it hovers, haunts, and hypnotises.
🩸 THE LINE-UP OF LOW-END SORCERY
- Dorthia Cottrell – Vocals / Ethereal queen of doom
- Garrett Morris – Guitars / Tone wizard and riff conjurer
- Ryan Wolfe – Drums / Ritualistic thunder
- Parker Chandler – Bass / Left in 2018 (ex-Cough)
- N/A: Current bassists may vary live — it’s all about the fuzz anyway ⚡
Let’s be real — Dorthia’s voice floats above the chaos like a ghost singing a lullaby while Garrett’s guitar sounds like it’s been buried in moss since the ’70s.
💿 DISCOGRAPHY – SLOW BURN MASTERPIECES
🌑 Windhand (2012)
🎧 Black Candles, Heap Wolves
Vibe: Raw, riffy, ritualistic.
The debut dropped like a cauldron of syrup onto the doom scene.
Murky and mystical — not for the faint of patience.
🔮 Soma (2013)
🎧 Orchard, Woodbine, Cassock
Vibe: The doom breakthrough. Slow. Epic. Devastating.
The 14-minute track “Boleskine” is an occult odyssey.
Woodbine? Sounds like a foggy dream where Sabbath meets Sleep.
A doom classic.
🕯️ Grief’s Infernal Flower (2015)
🎧 Two Urns, Crypt Key, Tanngrisnir
Vibe: Lusher production, deeper emotion, more psych.
Two Urns kicks off with a groove to die for.
Dorthia’s voice is a funeral hymn from another realm.**
This one cements Windhand as top-tier doom sorcerers.
🩶 Eternal Return (2018)
🎧 Grey Garden, Diablerie, First to Die
Vibe: Doom with grunge DNA and shoegaze mist.
Produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden), so it’s got Seattle sadness with southern sludge.
Grey Garden is both beautiful and brutal.
👻 Split EPs & Extras:
- Windhand / Cough (2013) – DOOM VS. DOOM, FIGHT!
- Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs (2018) – A stoner showdown with freak rock flair
🎧 THE RIFF REPORT’S ESSENTIAL WINDHAND SPELLS
🔮 Orchard – Slow build. Big doom. Haunting vocal hooks.
💀 Two Urns – Like being buried alive in velvet.
🌫️ Grey Garden – Easily one of the best doom tracks of the 2010s.
🕸️ Woodbine – Stoner lullaby for witches and wanderers.
🔥 First to Die – Grungy riff gloom with cathartic release.
🌙 WHY WINDHAND MATTER
Because they:
- Refuse to rush — every riff is a ritual
- Make doom that’s both crushing AND beautiful
- Channel grief, witchcraft, and groove into pure sonic sorcery
- ***Are ***perfect for late nights, long walks, and loud-as-hell headphones
- ***Give you “metal for melancholy souls” without ever sounding soft
Windhand aren’t chasing trends — they’re riding the smoke trails of their own spellcraft.
🎤 LIVE SHOWS – HEADBANG IN A HAZE
Windhand gigs feel like:
- 🔥 A séance with stacks of amps
- 🕯️ Smoke, shadows, and sorrow
- 🎸 Each chord hangs in the air like incense
- 🧠 More meditative than mosh-heavy — but still loud enough to melt your fillings
If you’re expecting windmills and crowd-surfing, look elsewhere.
This is slow, heavy communion for the doom faithful.
🎤 FINAL VERDICT FROM THE RIFF REPORT:
Windhand are doom metal’s dreamlike prophets — haunting the genre with beauty, patience, and otherworldly weight.
Want riffs that feel like ancient roots wrapping around your soul?
Want vocals that drift between lullaby and lament?
Want doom you can FEEL in your bones — and your broken heart?
Then step into the fog. Kneel before the amp. And let Windhand drag you to the other side.
🌫️ The Riff Report lowers the lights, raises the smoke, and solemnly declares:
WINDHAND – THE SLOW BURN THAT NEVER DIES.
DOOM, DREAMS & DRONES FOR THE DAMNED. 💀🔥🕯️
