Agalloch - The Mantle
| Release date: | 13 August 2002 |
| Style: | Atmospheric black metal, Neofolk |
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01. A Celebration For The Death Of Man...
02. In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion
03. Odal
04. I Am The Wooden Doors
05. The Lodge
06. You Were But A Ghost In My Arms
07. The Hawthorne Passage
08. ...And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth
09. A Desolation Song
Top 20 albums of 2002: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 13
02. In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion
03. Odal
04. I Am The Wooden Doors
05. The Lodge
06. You Were But A Ghost In My Arms
07. The Hawthorne Passage
08. ...And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth
09. A Desolation Song
Top 20 albums of 2002: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 13
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Lyrics John Haughm - vocals, guitars, drums, percussion, ebow, woodchimes, samples
Donald L. Anderson - guitars, piano
Jason William Walton - bass, noisescape
Additional musicians:
Danielle Norton - trombone
Ty Brubaker - double bass, accordion
Ronn Chick - synths, mandolin, bells, programming
Aaron Sholes - samples
Neta Smolack - samples
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Rating: 9.5 |
In the true musical lineage of Opeth and Katatonia, Agalloch is one of these mystic and melancholic bands, excelling at playing a smart blend of Doom Metal and few elements from Melodic Death Metal, such as the voice a la Dark Tranquillity. Established as one of the best combos in their style and one of America's most interesting bands, Agalloch was founded in Portland, Oregon in late 1995. After a couple of demos, they scored a deal with The End Records in 1998 and their debut album Pale Folklore was released in 1999. In 2001, a limited MCD entitled Of Stone, Wind and Pillor was released and they then worked on today's chapter, their second full-length album, The Mantle. Agalloch is composed by John Haughm , Don Anderson and Jason William Walton . Read more ›› |
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Agalloch are a band that I have only recently started listening to, but they are the first band in a long time that I have fallen in love with instantly. Most of my favourites have grown on me overtime but there was something about The Mantle that captured me immediately. I tend to listen to cleaner vocal songs, although there are death metal bands I like, but I thought I would be put off by Haughm's raspy blackened vocals. Instead I found them really beautiful the way they weave in and out of the music. That was the thing that struck me most about Agalloch: the beauty of it. The general formula seems to be power chords on electric guitar with gentle twangy acoustic melodies over the top. This works really nicely and the juxtaposition of the heavy and the soft is mirrored when Haugm's vocals become more tuneful. The first time this occurs is in "In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion"-the magnum opus of the album and Agalloch's best along with "Not Unlike the Waves" four years later. The rasps and whispers build up to an epic sounding tuneful cry which gives me shivers every time. The vocals then vary between these two styles, as well as monotone almost talking and whispers through the rest of the album, in a very fluid way. There is no clean verse to harsh verse pattern; it all blends into each other. Read more ›› |
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| Dima Posts: 1548 From: Australia  |
Written by VIG on 03.09.2016 at 16:44 wish i could listen to it for the first time again
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 Marcel HubregtseGrumpy Old Fuck Posts: 39570 From: The Netherlands  |
A Desolation Song is the perfect closer for this album.
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| Pupkin Posts: 4 From: Spain |
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| Metren The What The? Posts: 415 From: Estonia  |
Written by Metren on 26.08.2016 at 18:41 And that time has come, rather sooner than I had expected. It's snowing (has been for days, even though it is only November), there's a fire warming my room, mulled wine to drink and this album. Perfect, absolutely perfect. Sometimes life's good 
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| Paw!! Posts: 892 From: Indonesia  |
From Atmospheric Black Metal to Folk Metal, Dark Folk, Neofolk, Doom Metal, Post-Rock, Progressive Metal, I hear all of them in this fuckin album, still impressive.
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| VIG Axxon N Posts: 1395 From: USA |
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| Dima Posts: 1548 From: Australia |
Written by VIG on 02.02.2017 at 18:05 you're not allowed to change your opinion
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| VIG Axxon N Posts: 1395 From: USA |
Written by Dima on 03.02.2017 at 09:13 but I am.
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| VIG Axxon N Posts: 1395 From: USA |
Quote:Written by Dima on 03.02.2017 at 09:13 I swear, I was an idiot when I wrote that, this is a 10/10.  My opinion changes too much. 
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| Dima Posts: 1548 From: Australia |
Quote:Written by VIG on 04.04.2017 at 23:50 lmao what the hell man
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| VIG Axxon N Posts: 1395 From: USA |
Quote:Written by Dima on 05.04.2017 at 12:38 I don't even know.
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| Kvothe Posts: 33  |
Agalloch is definitely the band with the best finals in the metal. From And the great cold death of the earth, A desolation song and Bloodbirds from Ashes I feel a satisfying saisfaccion that leaves me a feeling that something divine happened. Definitely this album and Ashes are in my top 20 metal albums of all time.
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| Paz News Man Posts: 3495 From: Poland  |
I just got the remastered version of this masterpiece on vinyl. It looks as cool as it sounds! 
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