Celestial Lineage

Celestial Lineage
Studio album by Wolves in the Throne Room
Released September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded 2011
Genre Ambient black metal
Length 48:55
Label Southern Lord
Wolves in the Throne Room chronology
Black Cascade
(2009)		 Celestial Lineage
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Chronicles of Chaos [2]
Deaf Sparrow Zine [3]
The NewReview [4]
Pitchfork [5]
Rockfreaks.net [6]
Sea of Tranquility [7]
Sputnikmusic [8]

Celestial Lineage is the fourth full-length studio album by the American ambient black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room. It was released through Southern Lord Records on September 13, 2011.[9][10]

On August 9, 2011, "Woodland Cathedral" was posted for streaming on National Public Radio.[11]

Music critic Brandon Stosuy described Celestial Lineage as "American black metal's idiosyncratic defining record of 2011" [12]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Thuja Magus Imperium"   11:42
2. "Permanent Changes in Consciousness"   1:55
3. "Subterranean Initiation"   7:10
4. "Rainbow Illness"   1:28
5. "Woodland Cathedral"   5:26
6. "Astral Blood"   10:16
7. "Prayer of Transformation"   10:58
Total length:
 48:55

Personnel

Line-up

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Celestial Lineage review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  2. ^ Johnathan A. Carbon. Celestial Lineage review chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ "Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage review - Deaf Sparrow Zine". deafsparrow.com. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  4. ^ Isaac Wastman. Celestial Lineage review thenewreview.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-20.
  5. ^ Review: "Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage" - Pitchfork pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  6. ^ Review: "Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestial Lineage" - Rockfreaks.net Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved on 2011-11-14.
  7. ^ Review: "Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestial Lineage" - Sea of Tranquility seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved on 2011-09-20.
  8. ^ Kyle Ward. Celestial Lineage review sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-20.
  9. ^ Celestial Lineage allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  10. ^ New Album Is Complete wittr.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-15.
  11. ^ Gotrich, Lars. Wolves In The Throne Room: A Room-Filling Processional npr.org. 2011-08-09. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  12. ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/8717-best-albums-of-2011/
  13. ^ Metal Storm: "Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestial Lineage" metalstorm.net

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