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| 2.5 average | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | July 2nd 14 |
Now that we know WIITR has a pair of celestits, maybe they can grow a pair of celesticals for their next album?
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| 0.0 | CaptainDooRight | July 2nd 14 |
now that I've given this a proper listen there's plenty of dynamics here and lol to those rwho don't even know what dynamics mean and those who don't think dynamics are commonly rpresent in ambient music. yes, ambient music has climaxes too you label freaks
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| 4.0 excellent | Graveyard | July 2nd 14 |
sputnikcore wouldn't understand
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| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | July 4th 14 |
Attention Varg Vikernes: better listen up cuz you got another playa in town! New ambient Burzum sucks. New ambient Wolves is where it's at!
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| 2.0 poor | DarkNoctus | July 2nd 14 |
the first and last tracks are a really great display of re-using their ideas in a constructive way but the middle tracks really lose me. not keen on the more 'bleep bloop' synths they use and they more often take me out of the experience than pull me in and none of the experimentation in the middle 3 tracks pay off in a significant way. it's okay, just rather average as far as ambient goes. will definitely re-visit the first and last tracks though. [:
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| 0.0 | Julianna Reed EMERITUS | July 2nd 14 |
BUT WHY WOULD IT NEED A BUILD-UP THIS IS AMBIENT MUSIC
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| 3.0 good | Robert Garland STAFF | June 19th 14 |
No real build up on a stereotypical display of music. It might be new for them, but it's far
from fresh. Take it as you will.
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| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | June 19th 14 |
Reminds me of a more focused (and slightly more orchestral) version of Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2' -- hey Burzum, Emperor, Samael, etc this is how it should be done.
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| 0.0 | BMDrummer | July 8th 14 |
trvth ripoff, obligatory 0/5
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | June 29th 22 |
Much like Blood Incantation's Timewave Zero I think this took way too much heat just out of being drastically different from the rest of the band's discography, whereas had it been released in a vacuum the average would be a touch higher. Thus I may be rating a touch higher myself with this. This is a brilliantly crafted, very dynamic synth ambient voyage (as opposed to soft background ambient). Lots of instrumental changes, lots of different vibes - tho always with a sense of spatial grandeur. This is certainly not a one pad for 40 minutes kind of ambient album. The whole thing is a monolithic experience to be listened to in full, but it's not a perfect one. 1 and 4 are to me the best crafted here wiht the most interest to them and pretty much no real flaws, whilst 3 comes close but is just a tad too much organ church sounding for too long for me. 2 is fine, but I don't know that I like so much the fuzzy Sunn o))) guitars - they're alright for a while, but not my first choice. Alas 6, reuses them, but more importantly concludes this beforehand very well constructed journey very badly. It kinda fades out midtrack, then revives itself, only to one more time end in much too protracted a way. Feels like this deserved a better ending. Still, 3.6
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| 3.5 great | ExoskeletalJunction | February 14th 22 |
9th February, 2022: Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestite (dark ambient/progressive
electronic, 2014)
Okay, it’s probably their worst album, but you’ve got to give Wolves credit for how competent
this is, given they’d never really even hinted at a sound like this before. It’s not like so
many of the modern atmospheric black metal bands, who owe an awful lot to Klaus Schulze and
Tangerine Dream in their synth wandering - WITTR had always struck me as more earthly and
grounded, about nature not space, and this is a really strong change of aesthetic for them. I
particularly enjoy the occasional bursts of guitars and darkness, reminding everyone who they
really are, but the ambience is solid regardless. It does what it’s meant to do, and it makes
for excellent nighttime reading music.
6.3 (4th listen)
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | March 13th 19 |
Not as boring as everyone claims it is. Not perfect, but really nice dark/space ambient record with a progressive electronic touch.
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | September 23rd 16 |
The individual tracks are nice, but they don't seem very cohesive when it comes to the compiling of this album. This makes sense since each track is basically just a reinvention and expansion of the synth, keyboard, and guitar melodies from Celestial Lineage and not wholly new works themselves. Because each track comes from a different origin they all seem fairly different, and this is what makes them not seem very cohesive together. If certain ideas from certain tracks had been fleshed out into truly their own pieces not simply based on old CL ideas, then Celestite might have been more functional as a standalone ambient record. As-is, though, it's still alright--just nothing amazing because nothing really feels completed. It's just the same melodies from CL expanded enough to justify calling them each their own respective new tracks. The original melodies were of WitTR quality, though, so even reinvented the product is at least aesthetically pleasing, if only just that.
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| 3.0 good | i want to mort. | July 9th 14 |
celestite meanders in the middle of nowhere for its whole running time, mostly resulting an
exhausting and boring album, but the somewhat intriguing use of synths might take you to
another dimension in certain circumstances (which is obviously what wittr is going for with
this). definitely not an every-day listen nor the best the band could offer but it's decent
for what it is
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| 3.0 good | heck | January 28th 24 |
| 3.5 great | kodama | December 26th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Bard0 | December 14th 22 |
| 3.5 great | arf | October 25th 22 |
| 2.5 average | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | ftdiwr | October 26th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | October 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | August 22nd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | yayafa | January 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | January 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Viot | June 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | June 21st 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | June 18th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Hewitt | April 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aeon89 | September 24th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Elros | September 5th 19 |
| 2.5 average | phylyps | November 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | lewzis | October 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gary STAFF | October 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Sapee | August 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sarah | April 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | March 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | January 25th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Fear | December 27th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Faustus | November 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyll | October 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | September 27th 17 |
| 2.5 average | bbm | September 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Draehl | September 22nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | buttz | July 7th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Troggy | February 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | February 17th 17 |
| 3.5 great | hsb | January 23rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | November 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | YakNips | September 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snuron | September 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | June 5th 16 |
| 3.0 good | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | trve | October 7th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Spec | October 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Pherin | March 26th 15 |
| 2.5 average | GibTG | February 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Loge | January 31st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Steev | January 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Uqnivde | December 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | December 14th 14 |
| 3.5 great | jaksnow | November 13th 14 |
| 3.5 great | cb123 | November 7th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | SMK | October 18th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | botb | October 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ehngste | September 23rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Sebe | September 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ADV123 | September 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Simon K. STAFF | August 31st 14 |
| 2.5 average | Nacen | August 22nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Warpt | August 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dunpeal | August 15th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Groke | August 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | August 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | beenees | August 8th 14 |
| 3.0 good | NoSons | August 7th 14 |
| 3.5 great | fdrc | August 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | viri | August 3rd 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Irving EMERITUS | July 31st 14 |
| 3.5 great | rooby | July 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nash J! | July 16th 14 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | July 16th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Rail | July 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deubah | July 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | adr | July 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | N2B3J | July 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyrael | July 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | July 2nd 14 |
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