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Subject: Agalloch
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mielikki 21.06.09 - 04:31am
SOUND - Atmospheric post-metal with neofolk influence
LYRICS - Nature, loss, depression, winter
COUNTRY - USA
FORMED - 1995
LINEUP
John Haughm - Vocals, guitars, (ex-drums)
Don Anderson - Guitars, Piano
Jason William Walton - Bas*
Aesop Dekker - Drums
FORMER MEMBERS
Chris Greene - Drums
Shane Breyer - Keyboards
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Agalloch is a soft, resinous wood
DISCOGRAPHY
From Which of this Oak Demo - 1997
Promo - 1998
Pale Folklore - 1999
Of Stone, Wind and Pillor EP - 2001
The Mantle - 2002
Tomorrow will Never Come EP - 2003
The Grey EP - 2004
Split with Nest - 2004
[/b] Ashes Against the Grain - 2006 [/b]
The White EP - 2008
The Demonstration Archive 1996-1998 compilation - 2008
The Silence Of Forgotten Landscapes DVD - 2009
The Compendium Archive - 2010
The Wooden Box BOXED SET - 2010
[b] Marrow Of The Spirit - 2010 [/b]
Whitedevisiongrey - 2011 *
mielikki 21.06.09 - 04:53am
LIMBS
The texture of the soul is a liquid,
that casts a vermilion flood.
From a wound carved as an oath,
it fills the river bank a sanguine fog.
These arms were meant to be lost!
Hacked,severed and forgotten.
The texture of time is a whisper,
that echoes across the flood.
It's hymn resonates from tree to tree,
through every sullen bough it sings
These boughs were said to be lost!
Torn,unearthed and broken
Earth to flesh,
flesh to wood,
cast these limbs into the water.
Flesh to wood,
wood to stone,
cast this stone into the water... *
mielikki 21.06.09 - 04:55am
FIRE ABOVE, ICE BELOW
The woeful silence and wind's reflection,
of your body's pale ode,
an icy fortress of blood and ages.
Sky fire above,
ice below the hearth.
Fall away from me,
to that citadel at the end of time,
where death sleeps,
and dreams of your buried pain.
There has never been a silence like this before.
There will never be an ode like this again... *
mielikki 21.06.09 - 04:57am
NOT UNLIKE THE WAVES
Aurora swims in the ether.
Emerald fire scars the night sky.
Solstafir!
Amber streams from Sol,
are not unlike the waves,
of the sea,nor the endless horizon of ice.
Solstafir!
Aurora swims in the ether.
Emerald fire paints the twilight....
Heidrun bleeds the golden nectar,
for the raising sun and the moon.
The midnight wolves who watch over the dawn.
Solstafir! *
mielikki 21.06.09 - 05:00am
THE FORTRESS IS BURNING II - BLOODBIRDS
The God of man,
is a failure.
Our fortress is burning,
against the grain of the shattered sky.
Charred birds escape from the ruins,
and return as cascading blood.
Dying bloodbirds pooling,
feeding the flood.
The God of man is a failure,
and all of our shadows,
are ashes against the grain. *
mielikki 21.06.09 - 05:04am
FALLING SNOW
The water pours it's embracing arms 'round the stone.
Decay drips from the unquiet void,
where the ice forms,
where life ends
The stone is by the crimson flood,swa11owed.
The red tide beyond the ebon wound,
contorted.
My sacrifice bids farewell
in this river of memory,
a wave to end all time
Red birds escape from my wounds,
return as falling snow,
to sweep the landscape,
a wind haunted,
wings without bodies.
The snow,
the bitter snowfall.
You long to die in her pale arms,
crystalline,
to become an ode to silence,
in the soul of a mountain of birds,
fallen.
The cascading pallor of ghostless feather.
The snow has fallen and raised this white mountain,
on which you will die,
and fade away in silence... *
mielikki 11.02.10 - 09:57pm
Expecting a new alb*m from them late this year *
bby_g 15.02.10 - 11:02am
Out of all the bands i was introduced to not all that long ago, agalloch would have to be in my top 5 favourites. I find they are easy listening not to heavy, with some songs id even say they give quiet a relaxing feel. As funny as this may sound i can meditate with agalloch as the background music. :o) *
ruoska 15.02.10 - 11:39am
Oh yeah got to remember check these guys out today *
aenglisc 15.02.10 - 11:36pm
AGALLOCH
Ashes aginst the grain
Agalloch , an unknown act to me up untill a couple of month ago, and as you know in 2006 Released an alb*m entitled ''ashes against the grain''.
Ashes begins, as they offten do, with track one: Limbs, Which stars out with an almost eriery tone before the drums are allowed to thunder in alongside, after 40 seconds or so passes, raising erieness to full on rock, which then slows right back down again to a steady enchanting sway ,only to once again be gradually raised to a more commanding metal sound, this time with the additon of suprisingly clear growels, the song continues in this rollercoster type fashion for the remainder of its 9minute duration, good eh?, i could continue to go through track by track over the entire album, but LImbs pretty much sets the standard with additional ''clean'' vocals following the harsher ones, dont want to compare to Opeth,so i wont, but its what i thought by the end Falling snow,Sorry!
a comparrisson i will make, is that''Unlike the wave'' nearly has a Forefather-ish feel. ,also what came to mind is you wouldnt need to be a godlike editor to tie the entire alb*m together as one compleate work..to me its meant to be swollowed whole..in short i can take it or leave it
....nah, its well, i cant think of a superlative that isnt over used, if you can..its that *
ruoska 15.11.10 - 04:30pm
Listening to the Ashes Against the Grain alb*m now and it's brilliant! Would need a lot more listening for me to completely get into it but it's working great while I'm laying in the dark. *
darkxn 9.12.10 - 10:40pm
Has anyone heard their latest endevour? I've read 2 reviews stating something to the effect that is utterly dull and bores one to tears, however I am also really enjoying ashes aginst the grain, as well as their White Birch EP. Even my 5yr old nephew is going on about how awesome it is, lol!
I'm hoping the reviews on the new alb*m are just the opinions of ppl who simply are not into this type of music... Their loss, then. :) *
ruoska 21.12.10 - 11:25am
Sorry haven't heard it yet. But seems like those critics have just listened to the alb*m once and haven't really tried to get into it. Agalloch is something you need to listen to again and again. *
darkxn 23.12.10 - 01:59pm
Thanx, ruoska. I guess they may be a bit difficult for ur average BM fanatic to appreciate on their first listen...! *_*
Fortunately I'm not ur average BM fan.. 
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