!! i was literally shaking after the whole thing was through (first time they played full Faustian live too), Don came down, i caught him first and when i told him i had traveled 600 miles for this he responded with "oh yeah? i dare you to travel 60 000 miles just to see me." - followed up by a big LOL and hug. i will remember that day even in death
I saw em live near Milan, Just when ashes came out. The location was terrible, i have to Say. But the show was terrible too. Quite an amateur band, and i Love their works but the live performance was embarassing. Poor vocals, confused guitars both in playing and sound and the drummer was driving the rhythm with no groove at all. One of the worst live i ever experienced...
Even if I don´t really like the music Agalloch make, I have to admit that they are special and it seems like this really is music that means a lot to everyone who is a fan. Just like the music of Samsas Traum (my fav band) means something to me. And I love this, you can´t find this in music being popular at the moment.
Absolutely awesome. And I WOULD definitely see them live, in a crowd of stinky metal heads or not. Being in the presence of such talent is worth it, let alone listening my all time favourite songs being played live. Just fantastic, I need to get that DVD. :P
I just fell in love with this song a week ago! How has this eluded me so long? So awesome seeing these incredible musicians in action, deploying this incredibly rich music.
I saw them in Mostovna (Slo) 2 days ago and I can tell you they actually ARE a live band, the mixing is fucked up here but the instrumentals are perfect live, John's vocals are not as good because he's forced to yell louder and it doesn't sound as natural as on studio performance. None of that really matters, because Don Anderson's live performance was enough to make me cry several times, it's sublime, words just cannot describe how I felt. Don't believe dvds, if you get the chance go see them
@intoxicatedskier just look them up on wikipedia or something i guess. my favorite song by them is called "The Shadow of Our Pale Companion" off the album The Mantle, another quality work...
@primarypenguin You should watch their interview from the dvd, they did a lot of changes to the songs so they could play them live. I enjoy them and have yet to see them play live -___-
@afoolisharrangement I agree. I actually watched this live version because I wanted to see if that was just how he chose to play in the studio, and if his take live was different. The end of this song gives me goosebumps because I impose my own drums over what he plays lol so much potential there!
@afoolisharrangement Not to run off on a passionate ode to Opeth... but they are sublime live. I absolutely love seeing them perform. They bring those songs to life, and they are SO damned tight.
@CheebaiGuailan same dude i wuz more into Melodeath nd death metal but recently i hav been more into the atmospheric stuff mainly from norway and Agalloch ofcourse. my 3 fav bands are Opeth, Death, and Agalloch
I thing that their drummer isn't really good...He really screws up sometimes...However Agalloch is just AMAZING!!!!So beautiful songs and atmosphere...Wish I could see them performing live in Greece someday...
@DOOMBASSIST4 "look cooler"? Whats that? The music is great... just a breeze in mind. They don't have to look cool. Cool is just a foolisch word for mainstream and that shit. Cool is not a word that can discribe such things as agalloch.
Are people really surprised that American bands can make good prog metal? Dream Theater, Death and Fates Warning come to mind. King's X too, if you're into that kind of thing.
they are not a live band in my opinion... they are just 4 people and the original songs in the studio have a lot of ambient, which is really hard to make live...
I love Agalloch, they one of my favorite *studio* bands... but wow, they are clearly not a live band. I feel like they aren't very tight here... their timing was off more than once, and it didn't feel very organic IMO. And I was waiting for an epic take on the ending, and it didn't even quite live up to the album for me. A little underwhelmed.
@DOOMBASSIST4 And I made a contra statement, so you are the person who don't know how to discuss, or how to avoid with those arguments. So, just calm down and if you want to speak with me, just turn down and talk with me serene. Thank you.
@PinkFloydrulez Well said. too much emphasis is put on "look" instead of talent. Someone could put on the "corpse paint" and try and "look" grim and forlorn", but be musically worthless. I prefer them be themselves and keep up the excellent musicianship.
I didn't compared them. Actually I underlined that both are over-rated in "their own scene", so I didn't put them in the same category. But Agalloch is already over-rated and pretty clicheistic in many details.
@NostalgicDays88 In my opinion, this band shouldn't even be playing most of their songs live, especially stuff from The Mantle. Sons from Ashes Against the Grain are passable live, but it seems like the band turns more into a jam band or something, and lacks a lot of the qualities that are on the recording that drew me to the band in the first place.
Agalloch! Stop being so spotty with your touring and come to Mid America, we need you badly. It's so hardcore and metalcore here I feel cramped in a reality of tight jeans.
@CheebaiGuailan Location has nothing to do with anything, doesn't chemically change anything to make you a better writer.... it's silly and narrow minded to say "Oh they must be good, they are from Norway" because in all reality, there's alos a lot of shitty bands from Scandanavia (but hardly) but yes I see where your coming from in a point, most "American" bands do suck, but that is because of mainstream and all of that good shit, location has nothing to do with thought and or flesh
