Agalloch does some of the most atmospheric beautiful metal. I think many bands hav used them to help influence and the results r almost hypnotizing. Another great here. Thanks BMP.
But ONLY IF they ARE singing about Tolkien things. Amon Amarth is elvish in Tolkien, but the band sings nothing about Tolkien, which is, in itself, misleading. 🤔🙁😢
Why is there such unrivaled atmosphere and sheer depth of composition with the Tolkien inspired black metal bands? I haven't been moved by a band like this since Summoning! Really beautiful stuff!!
@@RichardWolfe79 Cool! Swedish descent here. I lived in Boone for six years in the 1980s while attending ASU. I was really into bluegrass then, learned to play the fiddle (I still love it) but now I'm nearly all metal and play the hurdy gurdy to Eluveitie and other folk metal songs.
Look at all those comments discussing literature and paintings, with actual knowledge too...so we are not a horde of brainless violent satanists/pagans after all, duh! Great album anyway. My vision of Paradise is endless mountain biking through Middle-Earth, and listening to this album, plus many others of course, would be included too.
Beleriand is a fictional place belonging to the legendarium of the British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, and that appears in his novel The Silmarillion. It tells the story of the early ages of Middle-earth in a style similar to the epic hero tales of Norse literature, the Eddas. It was a subcontinent situated northwest of Middle-earth during the First Age of the Sun. Originally the name belonged only to the area around Balar Bay, but in time it was applied to the entire region.
Great atmospheric BM. Female voice, even though syntetic I guess, is ethereal. Album bought, 10 bucks is no money for this jewel. Thanx BMP for sharing \m/
Amazing from the first listen. I have gone away and listened to a bunch of other stuff (new and old) in the meantime and come back to this and it still holds up. The whole album works really well, but I especially like Stronger than Morgul-Spells and The Clouds Have Fallen All the Night.
Early Dimmu Borgir (For All Tid/Stormblast) meets Summoning. A result: one more portal to the Middle Earth opens wide. Very atmospheric Tolkien Metal album.
I'm holding my 1184 CD copy right now as I type and comparing them. The stone looks exactly the same, with the snow/white markings in the same exact positions. The only difference is that the stone is flipped horizontally in this cover.
