Former extreme shoegaze/indie band Wolves in the Throne Room released a lengthy track from their upcoming album Celestite Mirror. This time they follow the path of cosmic synth bands like Tangerine Dream, Neptune Tower and Jääportit. The new Wolves in the Throne Room uses of the flexible and grand sound of synthesizers to write sci-fi symphony that invokes a celestial world above our head.
Unlike Tangerine Dream and Neptune Tower, Wolves in the Throne Room demonstrate a clearer melodic pattern. Through the method of successive repetition and progress like a serial of logical thoughts, the music maintains the organizational strength of metal music while adding melodic development and an expansion of mood beyond the intense surging power of guitars. As a result, Celestite Mirror advances the heritage established by Tangerine Dream and Neptune Tower.
Whether Celestite Mirror emerges as a strong fusion of metal and cosmic ambient or not, it merits our anticipation. Metal possesses a will to catch up with classical music and always has, which is what the core fans of this genre expect and hope for too. The new Wolves in the Throne Room might fulfill the vision we dreamed of all these years.
Tags: Ambient, indie, shoegaze, wolves in the throne room
I never liked this band’s “black metal” material, but this was actually good ambient.
This is quality Berlin school worship.
Too bad they don’t have the balls to do a full ambient album.
Their whole album coming out in July is like this.
Could be good then, if they don’t dwell too much into post-rock territory and if they managed to keep it at reasonable length.
Track is MEH. The Soundcloud Comments are GOLD though. Laughable hipsters.
Oh, by the way, could you please review Front Line Assembly – ‘Millenium’? I would like to know what you think about it, although you’ll probably say that it sucks cock…
Here’s the link for the full album on googtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUkxRt7bozs
Ehhh… sounds like KMFDM. I would suggest to anyone interested in that to check out Skinny Puppy’s early material.
Okay guys, here are 4 of the best power metal albums in the last 20 years!
Check them out. Dream Theater’s first album is the only album not for faggots.
Four albums every metalhead should own.
Adramelch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiY3Z85iIPE
Dream Theater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTpoQWQrB_U
Laybrinth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enyn5Vo4cTM
Symphony X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCi6dtz-muQ
First one is an excellent recommendation, haven’t heard the last two, but you’ve got to be fucking kidding me with that Dream Theater album. It’s like a huge ball of shit collided with a medium sized ball of cheese. Love the cover though *winks*
Oh man, Labyrinth in deathmetal.org… Ha! This album is pure nostalgia for anyone that bothered a bit with the Euro-power scene in the 90s.
Those guys had a good sense of melody, ultimately it’s way too sentimental and cheesy though.
Listened to the other two, the Labyrinth album is very musical, made by obviously talented musicians but its way too cheesy and somewhat manufactured. I would listen to it again, its still very good. Symphony X is Symphony X.
The track is all appearances. Cheesy 80s sounding synths drenched in reverb, nods to clichéd Berlin school sound but structurally it all just meanders around appearing to be profound and mystical while in reality just being faggotry. To be honest it’s no surprise as this band where never in it for the right reasons, I’m just a little disturbed that some of you took it with enthusiasm. It’s really weak.
Yeah, changing up your genre doesnt mean you gain something to say. Sure, you may have a couple of new ideas, but without some kind of goal its just novelty. Track is poor, agree completely.
Structurally it’s like the first Black Sabbath song, linear and simple, but I wouldn’t say it’s directionless.
Where it succeeds is in the atmosphere/mood that it creates, which isn’t the typical “everything is bright and peaceful” of mainstream ambient.
This could very well be a fluke, you have every reason to be skeptical with this band, but there’s no reason to be prejudiced.
I am cynical but not prejudiced. If this were in fact the new [whatever band with a godly reputation], I would still say it sucked. Musically even, it is all appearances. The structure taking the appearance of another structure without comprehending it’s essential essence. That it is simple makes it even worse as it heightens the obviousness of it’s failure (can’t even get something simple right, but too autistic to feel embarrassment!). Add to that: the cover art looks like a mental patient shot a load of cum onto a car window (that later frosted over and drew the attention of some art/photography student while waiting for Starbucks [to hurry up with that fucking COFFEE]).
Why does it have to be a mental patient shooting the load on the car window?
Their sperm swim in many directions, not just one. It’s like the art of Picasso.
Rather listen to Boards Of Canada.
Pass.
I like what I hear enough to wait until a full album is released, to pass judgment. Shows promise, and seems to be a step in the right direction; but it is still too early to tell.