Celestite

AlbumJul 08 / 20145 songs, 46m 4s95%
Dark Ambient Progressive Electronic
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Buy the album on vinyl or CD here: US: www.artemisia-store.com Europe: eu.kingsroadmerch.com/artemisia-records Celestite sees the band take a deeper excursion into the crystalline synthesizer-driven domains that have long intrigued them. With the aid of producer Randall Dunn, the band unearthed a hidden sounds cap that is only loosely tethered to their familiar sound, yet is still unmistakably the work of Wolves in the Throne Room.

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On Wolves in the Throne Room's earliest releases, they repurposed the furor of black metal, reshaping its sprints into half-marathons and adding classical overtones. Their latest foregoes the former volume and tempo for a liminal mix of synthesizers and beat machines, droning guitars and cascading horns.

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Every bit as dense and nuanced as their more traditional work, Celestite might end up finding itself falling between two stools, but no-one could accuse the band of going at this half-heartedly.

According to Wolves in the Throne Room's Aaron & Nathan Weaver, Celestite is a companion to 2011's Celestial Lineage.

8 / 10

When word hit in January that the next Wolves in the Throne Room album would not just be a companion to 2011's Celestial Lineage but also feature "no drums and no vocals, but rather deep, heavy, crystalline synthesizer journeying" it wasn't exactly surprising.

8 / 10

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

3.5 / 5

A review of Celestite by Wolves in the Throne Room, available worldwide on July 8th via Artemisia Records.

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Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestite review: A mirror that reveals the soul of Wolves in the Throne Room, and provides a glimpse of what may be coming