recommendation: ashes against the fuckin grain

[Thanatopsis123]

the last track is gold when you're genuinely involved in the album.

I don't think it's that bad on it's own but this above statement is certainly true as well.

 

[Doom]

I was fully expecting "Not Unlike the Waves" to blow me away given all the praise it's been getting, but as good as it was, it wasn't an early stand out track to me. Those would be "Limbs" and "Our Fortress is Burning II".

 

[Crimson Death]

Its the fucking grain. Awesome track. Maybe my favorite in the album.

 

[Ellestin]

I was fully expecting "Not Unlike the Waves" to blow me away given all the praise it's been getting, but as good as it was, it wasn't an early stand out track to me. Those would be "Limbs" and "Our Fortress is Burning II".

just right, baby! Those are the 2 songs I dig the most as well

 

[Erik]

look, i don't dislike all noise "music", but fortress III is JUST NOT A VERY GOOD NOISESCAPE

i've heard bands/artists do that shit 209029092 times better

it's practically in MONO for fuck's sake

 

[Ellestin]

I'm not saying it's brilliant per se, just that it fits onto the tracklist about 100%.

 

[Erik]

disagreement itp

 

[Ellestin]

oh yeah?

 

[Erik]

hellz yea

 

[Demonspell]

In that one interview that was posted, they said they would like to do an entire album like Not Unlike the Waves.

watch Doomcifer and all the noise-isn't-music crybabies bitch when they do a whole album like "The Grain"

I'd be equally opposed to both options, as much as I love the former track...an Agalloch album where everything sounds the same would lead me to believe they're running out of ideas...

 

[cthulufhtagn]

hey hey here's a link to an article on agalloch my friend wrote for the willamette week in portland...keep in mind he's not (necessarily) writing for a metal audience

http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3238/7794/

 

[Furious B]

aggaloch

 

[spaffe]

This I got from a recent Agalloch interview made by Metal Coven, which apart from the passage below was pretty uninteresting.
Anyway I think his reply is very true and insightful, and it's a shame not more bands adhere to his beliefs:

Nick: When you are dead and gone, what do you want to be remembered for most as a person?
Don: I'd like to be remembered for expanding the musical vocabulary of heavy metal. That is the genre we are working with. I think any bands success should be measured by how much the contribute to the language, and I just hope that with we are doing, we can open up possibilities for what it means to be metal.

 

[Doom]

The last few minutes of "Our Fortress...II" are PHENOMENAL. Talk about climactic.

 

[spaffe]

Oh yeah I'll spin that song right now I think, oh wait... I HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED THE CD!1!! :fuckeverything:

 

[Doom]

There's a bunch of people on TER forum who haven't received theirs either yet, I'm sure it'll come eventually.

 

[Erik]

you know there's one thing i'm missing on this new album

there needs to be a "FOREVER! (forever!)" like on all previous albums

1. To never escape and lie in a pool... of death... FOREVER! (FOREVER!)
2. A bitter, black frozen hell... for me... FOREVER! (FOREVER!)
3. And silence her shrill, tormenting voice... FOREVER! (FOREVER!)

 

[Guthrum]

4. Spray me with fecal matter...FOREVER! (FOREVER!)

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I'm thinking that the new one isn't as good as the previous two.

 

[Erik]

i'm thinking it might very well top the mantle. not yet, but maybe in 10 listens. but NO ALBUM EVER BY ANY ARTIST is going to topple pale folklore from its throne of might. i'm pretty sure of this.