Agalloch - is it over?

[Manic Ferocity]

I don't remember being too impressed by Ashes Against the Grain when it came out but I still love the first two albums. I'll have to give the former another listen and check out the rest of their material.

 

[unknown]

I don't remember being too impressed by Ashes Against the Grain when it came out but I still love the first two albums. I'll have to give the former another listen and check out the rest of their material.

The only thing really worth checking out post-Ashes is Faustian Echoes

 

[Hubster]

The only thing really worth checking out post-Ashes is Faustian Echoes

I have to agree. Everything else post-AATG has been directionless and half-hearted imo.

 

[The Butt]

Marrow is their peak.

 

[EspaDa]

^ No fucking way.

 

[VenomPuppy]

I'm kind of sad to hear that they broke up, but it's more that things got to that point that is sad. They did some pretty kickass stuff when they were synergized, but became so disenfranchised the last few albums. Maybe now the musicians can create something good with new groups, but that never seems to end up being the case after bands like this break up...

 

[The Butt]

^ No fucking way.

I believe it was.

 

[VenomPuppy]

I believe it was.

For discussion's sake, could you justify this? I'm not saying you're wrong, but it is a left-of-center opinion that could generate some useful points if you went more in-depth as to why you disagree with the majority.

 

[tagradh]

The band has simply been reduced back to its founding, visionary member for the first time in 20 years.

Haha.

What a cunt.

 

[The Butt]

I believe Marrow was the most organic and compelling sound of all the Agalloch albums. It kinda helps also, that the folk elements were turned down a slight tad in favor of a more black metal style.

Not to say that Agalloch does folk metal badly, quite the opposite; Agalloch is one of the few folky bands that I can actually stand to listen to. But Marrow was a very welcome surprise for me.

 

[Hubster]

Haha.

What a cunt.

Yeah - there's some salt there for sure.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Marrow is a phenomenal album but in no way their "peak".

 

[EspaDa]

Their creative peak was The Mantle but Ashes Against the Grain was their commercial pinnacle.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Their creative peak was The Mantle but Ashes Against the Grain was their commercial pinnacle.

This.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

I believe Marrow was the most organic and compelling sound of all the Agalloch albums. It kinda helps also, that the folk elements were turned down a slight tad in favor of a more black metal style.

Not to say that Agalloch does folk metal badly, quite the opposite; Agalloch is one of the few folky bands that I can actually stand to listen to. But Marrow was a very welcome surprise for me.

While I don't agree that Marrow is the peak, I do agree that it is an excellent album in part for the reasons mentioned above. It's certainly severely underrated on this forum.

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

I love Marrow, but yeah it's not their peak.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Maybe now their former bassist will focus more on his other project:

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

That should've been on the non-metal mixtape this go round.

 

[Hubster]

Their creative peak was The Mantle but Ashes Against the Grain was their commercial pinnacle.

Spot on.