Celestial Lineage is the fourth full-length studio album by American

black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emp ...

band

Wolves in the Throne Room Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2002 in Olympia, Washington, by brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver. They have released seven full-length albums, two live albums, and one EP to date. They have stated one of the f ...

. It was released through

Southern Lord Records Southern Lord is an American heavy metal record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson. It specialized in experimental metal: particularly doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal. The label later expanded its line-up to include a ...

on September 13, 2011. On August 9, 2011, "Woodland Cathedral" was posted for streaming on

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Production

Celestial Lineage was the last album recorded at

Randall Dunn Randall Dunn is an American record producer, audio engineer, and musician. As a record producer, he has worked with musical acts such as Sunn O))), Six Organs of Admittance, Marissa Nadler, Wolves in the Throne Room, Boris, Anna Von Haussw ...

's Aleph Studio.

Critical reception

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

Track listing

Personnel

Sourced from

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's credits.

* Nathan Weaver - vocals, guitar, synthesizer,

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* Aaron Weaver - drums, guitar, percussion, field recording * Jessika Kenney - sung vocals, choir/chorus, organ; composer, lyricist; arranger, vocal arrangement

References

External links

Wolves in the Throne Room official website

Southern Lord Records
{{Authority control 2011 albums Wolves in the Throne Room albums Southern Lord Records albums Albums produced by Randall Dunn