thas what happened to me as well, the album was the next in auto-play, just randomly popped. exactly like you said, and that feels like its the right time to listen to it
it's much more interesting than the vast majority of bands in similar sub-genres imo, but their old masterpieces such as The Mantle and Ashes Against The Grain are on another level compared to this.
This randomly popped up while I was doing math homework. It started raining hard as hell. This not normally my bag musically but I gotta say it was pretty awesome. I think I'll buy the album.
While it was never my favorite album of theirs, it has aged very well for me. A fitting send off for a singular act. And it's impossible not to bang ones head while listening to The Astral Dialogue. It simply cannot be done.
I’m giving it a try now, a little late to the party. I’ve been listening to Agalloch now since maybe 2005 or 2006 but I’ve been out of the loop with new releases. Digging it so far.
Agalloch's transcendent, magical, otherworldly atmosphere and ability to transport the listener into a place of painful beauty, catharsis, and liberation not only rivals the best bands in metal, but all of rock music as well. They are right up there with legendary acts like Pink Floyd and Radiohead in regards to their otherworldly quality. They are a truly singular act, never to be duplicated. There will never be another Agalloch in just the same way that there will never another of the aforementioned Pink Floyd. I know they are a beloved band within the metal community, but I still don't think they quite get enough credit or recognition. Their music isn't just "good" or even "great". It is, and I repeat myself, TRANSCENDENT. Their debut album was a fantastic Ulver-style black metal album that was not only just as good if not better than Ulver's debut album, but distinct enough to be its own thing. A few years later they composed an album that was completely unique to metal or to music generally speaking, and it was and remains a total masterpiece. They easily could have just written more albums that sounded like The Mantle and people would have loved them for it, but they decided to then release an album that was entirely different and that also had never been done before in metal or in music with Ashes Against The Grain. And that's how they've been throughout their career; always creating something that stands on its own merits without recourse to anything prior, yet still sounding distinctively Agalloch. Their discography is absolutely perfect as well. LP's, EP's, it doesn't matter. They have never made anything that wasn't the highest of quality. What a musical group.
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@@wizardsdestroyedthem he just said a bad joke. That's all. Nowadays anything that is labeled as politically incorrect deserves hate, right? No. I don't think John would be anti-semitic, but even if he was it wouldn't cause his music to be less good.
I hope that everyone has the chance of listening to this incredible album through a Hi-Fi system. Your heads will be blown away and your souls will be [truly] taken to another dimension.
@@thomasmeyer8798 For real, specially the acoustic parts. Those sound astounding! I'm with you with the fact that most productions are flat/undynamic but there clearly are lots of exceptions. 👍🏽
@@thomasmeyer8798 well, I could recommend you to have a listen to Keep of Kalessin, SepticFlesh and Fleshgod Apocalypse's albums if you're into that type of music, or give a try to the album "The irrepassable gate" from the band Ash Borer, which belongs to the same record label as Agalloch.
Often in my life I feel the breath of Death, it has accompanied me since childhood, and there have been times that it has tried to take me, but still no. And just as often I want it, first I was afraid, then I accepted it as inevitable. Meanwhile the music accompanies me, it helps me to bear the harshness of existence.
I've seen them play live a couple of times in all kinds of small venues and I have to say; they are _great_ performers. Sadly I did notice at the last show I saw of them that the tensions between bandmembers seemed palpable
well it's true , especially my favourite ASHES AGAINST THE GRAIN, or even the EP'S like WHITE -FAUSTIAN ECHOES...but still it's one beast of atmospheric BM album and has some of their best tracks, i love it also even not being as great as their previous masterworks!
Agreed it is fantastic, however The Mantle and Ashes are peak Agalloch, include The White and Marrow of the Spirit. This album and Pale Folklore are their weakest but that's something bc every piece of music they ever did is incredible
They set the standard so insanely high with those two albums that it's next to impossible to maintain those standards. And yet, they did a remarkable job doing just that. This album may not be quite as groundbreaking as the two you mentioned, but it is still an excellent album front to back. One band can only define and re-define a genre so many times. Agalloch did it twice, which is absolutely remarkable.
its interesting to see this glimpse of agalloch after the emergence of 'Blackgaze' as it were, since imo they had a very similar sound to what later would become the aforementioned genre
Didn't John Haughm do the drumming for their first two albums while also playing guitar and doing vocals? Nothing against Don Anderson, but I'm pretty sure Haughm is the driving force of the band. Then again, maybe Anderson played a larger role over time; I don't know to be honest, but I always thought Haughm was the primary song writer.
