Celestial Lineage

by Wolves in the Throne Room

Celestial Lineage cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 September 2011
  • Label: Southern Lord
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:51
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The conclusion of a trilogy, 'Celestial Lineage' finds the Cascadian black metal band at their most atmospheric. Blending furious blast beats with ambient synth interludes and female vocals, the album evokes the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest. It is a spiritual, meditative take on extreme metal.

Genres

Descriptors: forest, nature, atmospheric, ambient, pagan

Tracklist

  1. Thuja Magus Imperium (11:41)
  2. Permanent Changes in Consciousness (01:54)
  3. Subterranean Initiation (07:09)
  4. Rainbow Illness (01:28)
  5. Woodland Cathedral (05:26)
  6. Astral Blood (10:16)
  7. Prayer of Transformation (10:57)

Credits

  • Alison Scarpulla - art direction
  • Wolves In The Throne Room - art direction
  • Aaron Turner - design
  • Faith Coloccia - design
  • Phil Petrocelli - drum [tech services]
  • Aaron Weaver - drums, guitar, percussion, synthesizer [korg polysix, korg mono/poly], sounds [field recordings]
  • Mell Dettmer - mastered by
  • Randall Dunn - mixed by
  • Stephen Rudolph - photography by [concepts]
  • Nathan Weaver - vocals, guitar, synthesizer, mellotron [broken], sounds [field recordings]

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