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Review: 'Wolves In The Throne Room'
'Celestite'   

-  Album: 'Celestite' -  Label: 'Artemisia Records'
-  Genre: 'Ambient' -  Release Date: '7th July 2014'

Our Rating:
This is epic. I mean, truly. It’s obviously a far cry from their early black metal days, but is unquestionably the work of an act who are continually evolving and expanding their sound. Despite being largely bereft of guitars and having a closer sonic affinity to Tangerine Dream than Celtic Frost or Burzum, ‘Celestite’ - a companion piece to 2011’s ‘Celestial Lineage’ - is far from lacking in power. The first track, ‘Opening Towards the Sun’ stretches out over 11 minutes, and is ambient and dark, smooth, contemplative and discomfiting.

‘Initiation at Neudeg Alm’ may be one of the album’s shorter tracks at a mere six minutes in duration, but it’s woven from dense sonic fabric: expansive fear chord synths teeter spectacularly over heavily doom drone guitars. ‘Bridge of Leaves’ hints at light and levity, but has sinister currents eddying beneath its surface as a huge organ sound hums exultantly to the heavens.

The 14-minute ‘Celestite Mirror’ encapsulates the atmosphere of the album: dark, brooding, yet equally sweeping, epic and cinematic. Pan-pipes and widescreen synth sweeps wash the sky clear like the aftermath of a storm as tranquillity descends over a beaten landscape.

A brave and ambitious album that sees Wolves in the Throne Room stretching themselves and testing their mettle in a very different sonic arena and a long way from their comfort zone, ‘Celestite’ is an accomplished and intriguing work from which they can only continue to grow.

Wolves In The Throne Room Online
  author: Christopher Nosnibor

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Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite