Celestial Lineage

2011, Sep 13

Apple Spotify Bandcamp Atmospheric Black Metal 97 Southern Lord Pitchfork 8.6/10 A.V. Club A The Needle Drop 6/10 All Music 4.5/5 The Skinny 2/5 Clash 8/10 Metal Injection 8/10 Spectrum Culture 68% Beats Per Minute 84% Sputnikmusic 3.0/5

Pitchfork 8.6/10 The Olympia, Wash., black-metal band returns with the climactic, colossal, final installment in a trilogy that started with their 2007 album, Two Hunters. Here, they mix lengthy tracks with heavily textured interludes and make beautiful use of vocals from collaborator Jessika Kenney.

A.V. Club A Much has been made—mostly by the band itself—of Wolves In The Throne Room’s hermetic existence in the arboreal wilds of Oregon. Amid the cedars, the story goes, sit brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver, communing with earth spirits and crafting ambitious, atmospheric black-metal hymns. The latest of those hymns is Celestia…

Clash 8/10 Album review: Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite. Not particularly black, definitely not metal… But really rather brilliant.

Metal Injection 8/10 I would be willing to bet that the early Norwegian black metal bands didn’t anticipate their style of music to actually last for a decade, let alone two. Such pivotal acts like Darkthrone, Burzum, and Emperor have inspired bands the world over, and their early 90s material are frequently cited as ge