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NineFeetUnderground said:
thats odd...i dont remember saying they couldnt/shouldnt be anyones favorite band. just questioning the use of the word "magical" in conjunction with them. the band uses simple acoustic stuff, and simple cliched electric stuff with merely ok vocals. yes i thought the new album was decent, but by no means do i think theyre a "magical" band. thats just absurd.

yeah i kind of pulled that favorite band shit out of thin air in the midst of my ramble, but i think in questioning their "magic," you're indirectly putting down whoever happens to feel that they are "magical." i think that agalloch has been filling a void and making music that people can be passionate about. they aren't the most complicated or original band and even derivative and transparent when it comes to their influences, but i don't think there's another band that i could easily put next to agalloch and call them their contemporaries. i think that can be "magical" (im really sick of saying "magical") to some people, and justifiably so.
 
yea, you couldnt call anyone agalloch's contemporaries...because agalloch missed the fuckin boat by about 8 years. look, this is turning into what looks like im bashing agalloch and calling them "shit". im not...i just think think theyre just an "alright" metal band...who seem to set the world on fire for people who dont know better.
 
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NineFeetUnderground said:
yea, you couldnt call anyone agalloch's contemporaries...because agalloch missed the fuckin boat by about 8 years. look, this is turning into what looks like im bashing agalloch and calling them "shit". im not...i just think think theyre just an "alright" metal band...who seem to set the world on fire for people who dont know better.

it's not as if agalloch are bringing absolutely nothing new to the table though. even if we transported them back in time i think they still have something that sets them apart. i think we can definitly agree that agalloch aren't really going to be an important metal band in the long run, but it's nice to see someone picking up the flag that ulver left behind with bergtatt and kveldssanger and move it forward a step or two. i guess what i'm saying is, maybe they aren't a milestone, but they're definitly a part of the path between milestones.
 
saut said:
it's not as if agalloch are bringing absolutely nothing new to the table though. even if we transported them back in time i think they still have something that sets them apart. i think we can definitly agree that agalloch aren't really going to be an important metal band in the long run, but it's nice to see someone picking up the flag that ulver left behind with bergtatt and kveldssanger and move it forward a step or two. i guess what i'm saying is, maybe they aren't a milestone, but they're definitly a part of the path between milestones.

but so are a lot of bands. being a path between milestones isnt enough credibility for all the fuckin hype that agalloch receives. Opeth, Tool and whoever else might be overrated too...but THAT hype makes sense to me. its understandable. why agalloch gets all this praise for basically ripping off ulver and adding a few post rock flourishes is beyond me i guess.