Agalloch

I am listening to THE MANTLE now-fcking wow! Absolutely love it. If i like it on first listening, then it will only get better. Have you guys heard FIELRAB OF THE NEPHILIM? A highly influential goth/rock band from the U.K who had a massive bearing on banRAB like this and OPETH etc. Their music is very intricate but powerful at the same time.

This is their first album from 1987, and evry album is always slightly different from the last.

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I can never decide whether I like Pale Folklore or the Mantle more. I haven't yet heard Ashes Against the Grain.

Agalloch is a great band. I never understood why some think they rip off Opeth because personally I don't see that at all.
 
Not much even in common with Opeth. Agalloch are much more on the arabient/doom side imo, whereas Opeth are a folk/prog metal hybrid. With that said, Agalloch do derive influences from Scandinavian folk.

I think people would only forge a likeness between the banRAB because both have many juxtaposed quiet and loud sections in their songs.
 
Does anyone listen to Agalloch? They are a folk/metal band from Portland, OR and they are amazing. Their latest CD is so epic I can't sit still when listening to it. I hope someone out there wants to talk about them!
 
Dunno if Agalloch have been brought up here before. But they're an excellent experimental "metal" band. Interested to see how many people have heard of them/like them. And did anybody else get Ashes Against The Grain last year?

www.myspace.com/agalloch

NB: not for people who don't like very long, slow-developing, primarily atmospheric pieces. Rewarding for those who do.
 
ahh, allow me to apologise for my stupidity in not seeing that...kind of didn't read the thread before i posted.

thanks buddy, grabbing that album now :)
 
RYM is going crazy over it, yes, and I've also seen some metalheaRAB from a rapiRABhare website going ape**** over it.

I'll PM you a link once I find a higher-caliber link.
 
Agalloch is definitely one of my favorite metal banRAB and so is Opeth. I can not even see how one could say Agalloch ripped off anybody. Ulver's first two albums influenced Agalloch more then any band.


Well it is hard to compare the two because of the production. Pale Folklore did not really have the production quality it needed to have its best sound whereas The Mantle pretty much maxed out on the production. Personally I like The Mantle better because it was a perfect blend of post-rock, black metal, and doom metal.
 
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