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Celestial Lineage

Wolves in the Throne Room

Celestial Lineage

Fourth studio album from the Washingtonian black metal band

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7.7

Label
Southern Lord
UK Release date
12/09/2011
US Release date
13/09/2011
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  1. 10.0 |   A.V. Club

    Each shimmering chord is a crested wave; each blastbeat and bestial screech is administered with zealous conviction
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  2. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    Feels like a classic
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  3. 8.4 |   Beats Per Minute

    Celestial Lineage seems to conclude the motifs and themes that began on 2007's excellent Two Hunters, and as such seems to finally solidify a sound the group has been chasing for four years
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  4. 8.0 |   AU Review

    A stunning finale to an era and an infinitely exciting opening for a whole new one from the brothers Weaver and associates
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

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  6. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    An uncompromisingly beautiful, dark transcendental masterpiece
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    y the recognised standards of black metal, Celestial Lineage is extremely mannered, widespread in its musical reference points, more inclined to promote effeminacy than machismo and full of awe at the apparently limitless wonders of the natural world
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  8. 4.0 |   No Ripcord

    By eschewing the ideas that coloured their previous work, Wolves in the Throne Room have ended up creating something that's not really black, but rather quite grey
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