I wonder what Mike thinks about Agalloch

[batmura]

Has he ever been asked in an interview or something? The guys in Agalloch earlier in their career were asked about Opeth all the time cause everyone was saying they were like Opeth etc...

So what does Mike think of Agalloch? Just spun The Mantle for the millionth time -- what an amazing band indeed.

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

He's not crazy about them.

 

[andretti]

Wonder what he thinks about the DL580G5 server by HP...

 

[batmura]

He's not crazy about them.

Got a link or something? Would like to read...

 

[Lodeus]

Agalloch is awesome

 

[4speedmetal]

Don't know what Mike thinks about them. But 4speedmetal thinks they are tits.

Whoa, think they are tits. That's so 1985.

Seriously, Agalloch is awesome.

 

[Chinese Whispers]

Got a link or something? Would like to read...

Don't have a link, but I do remember reading somewhere that he said something along the lines that he thought they weren't as original as people had made them out to be as Opeth had done a similiar thing on Orchid. It wasn't malicious in anyway. I don't think Mikael is that interested in contemporary metal bands from what I can gather.

 

[{-sapob-}]

Such a terrible band.
But then again I still kind'a like a7x

 

[Chinese Whispers]

Such a terrible band.
But then again I still kind'a like a7x

What don't you like about Agalloch out of interest? Not having a go, just curious for your opinion.

 

[HemeHaci]

He stated many times that he is not interested today's music much

 

[Wander]

It seems to me that musicians are divided to people who pretty much stop listening to music that comes out after they release an album and to those who keep on looking for new stuff all the time. Mikael belongs more to the first group while others like Steven Wilson, for example, seems to be familiar with a lot of contemporary music too.

 

[batmura]

He stated many times that he is not interested today's music much

Then how come he drool over Tool and the last Katatonia?

 

[Anesthetize]

He also loves Porcupine Tree. I think he's just got really high standards, and much of today's music doesn't quite meet up to that. Not that everything older is golden, but the quality of bands coming out in the ol' days was, on average, higher.

 

[HemeHaci]

Then how come he drool over Tool and the last Katatonia?

I didnt say at all..

And moreover, those are his words. If you are trying to label him as a liar fine by me.

 

[AnTz0r]

I dont care, Im going to see them tonight

 

[Chinese Whispers]

Then how come he drool over Tool and the last Katatonia?

Well, Katatonia, Tool and Porcupine Tree were releasing albums in the early-90s. It's not as if they are exactley new bands.

 

[lammoth]

in absentia is one of his fav albums, he said during deadwng tour i think, it was released in 2001

 

[Zantera]

Is agalloch supposed to be somekind of wannabe Opeth-band?
That's atleast what i thought, then i listened to The White EP (or something like that).
Which was like 30-40 minutes of boring instrumental acoustic tracks.

 

[the opeth affinity]

This forum in afucking joke. Someone asks a reasonable question which is quickly pushed to the side to make way for petty squabbling and imature jabs. If you have only bullshit replys i suggest please dont, its silly billy

 

[Morfeind]

Is agalloch supposed to be somekind of wannabe Opeth-band?
That's atleast what i thought, then i listened to The White EP (or something like that).
Which was like 30-40 minutes of boring instrumental acoustic tracks.

Not even close. Agalloch has never been influenced by Opeth. They've stated many times that their influences range from early Ulver, early Katatonia and Fields of the Nephilim.