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Agalloch - New Album Streaming Online


The wait is over for Agalloch fans. The American folk black metal band just revealed the entire new album The Serpent & The Sphere which is now streaming in full online ahead of its release. You can start off your week by listening to the entire opus here. After you give it a spin, or more, tell us if are pleased with the band's fifth full-length album.

The Serpent & The Sphere will be officially released on May 16th (Germany) and May 19th (Europe) via Eisenwald and Profound Lore Records releases it in North American on May 13th.





Tracklist:

01. Birth And Death Of The Pillars Of Creation
02. (Serpens Caput)
03. The Astral Dialogue
04. Dark Matter Gods
05. Celestial Effigy
06. Cor Serpentis (The Sphere)
07. Vales Beyond Dimension
08. Plateau Of The Ages
09. (Serpens Cauda)

[Also thanks to BloodJuNkie for sending in this news!]


Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Agalloch
Posted: 05.05.2014 by DoomRules


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05.05.2014 - 14:19
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Bitching fanboys in 3, 2, 1...
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.05.2014 - 14:26
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.05.2014 at 14:19

Bitching fanboys in 3, 2, 1...

Wait a second...why would fanboys bitch about new material?
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05.05.2014 - 14:30
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by LeKiwi on 05.05.2014 at 14:26

Wait a second...why would fanboys bitch about new material?

Because it wasn't like this album, it needed to be like that album, there was too much this, not enough that, etc. I know Marrow Of The Spirit left a lot of fans butthurt, so now their anuses will need some pretty heavy cream to recover, and if Agalloch doesn't satisfy this time around, the shit parade will continue.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.05.2014 - 14:37
God Alone
I thought that Marrow was absolutely brilliant, just like Ashes, The Mantle, Pale Folklore, and this.
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05.05.2014 - 14:45
Alex F
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.05.2014 at 14:30

Because it wasn't like this album, it needed to be like that album, there was too much this, not enough that, etc. I know Marrow Of The Spirit left a lot of fans butthurt, so now their anuses will need some pretty heavy cream to recover, and if Agalloch doesn't satisfy this time around, the shit parade will continue.

I often feel like the world's biggest Agalloch fan, and I loved Marrow. The great thing about Agalloch is that their sound evolves on each release. There are similarities scattered about, but in full, all of their albums are different. Haven't had a chance to listen to this yet, but I've no doubt I'll love it.
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05.05.2014 - 14:48
Machiavelli
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I don't get this music at all. The first minute was almost unbearable of simplistic note plucking... I hear tons of distortion on the drum kit?.. the music is so simple I could teach it to a class of 8 year olds... the buildup takes so long... and the thing is I actually like some black metal vox but certainly not for this stuff... it's now going into a slow passage at the 6min mark and it just sounds so weak and lousy production... honestly, I don't get why these guys are so huge... and i even like super slow tempo metal like Sleep but just can't understand why this is so appealing... the mood is not even dark and mysterious and spooky which for me suits down tempo metal but this is just bleak and boring... the soft guitar passage that is just some noodling exercise with some random wind noise in the background... OK had enough... and I have pretty obscure music tastes but this just doesn't work for me... I guess I'm just not Metal Storm enough.
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05.05.2014 - 14:48
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Alex F on 05.05.2014 at 14:45

I often feel like the world's biggest Agalloch fan, and I loved Marrow. The great thing about Agalloch is that their sound evolves on each release.

I didn't love it, but I definitely didn't trash talk it as much as some other people did, and I rather enjoyed it as well. Totally agree with you on their evolution of sound.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.05.2014 - 15:54
Unhealer
Eclecticist
I found out about this like 5 minutes before going to bed, so I ended up playing it and sleeping to it What I could hear sounded lovely, here we go again...
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05.05.2014 - 16:26
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.05.2014 at 14:30

Because it wasn't like this album, it needed to be like that album, there was too much this, not enough that, etc. I know Marrow Of The Spirit left a lot of fans butthurt, so now their anuses will need some pretty heavy cream to recover, and if Agalloch doesn't satisfy this time around, the shit parade will continue.

Trve fans love all things Agalloch

I see your point
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05.05.2014 - 17:03
strade
Well, that wasn't very good.
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My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com
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05.05.2014 - 18:59
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Can't wait to get to it, it should be awesome.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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05.05.2014 - 21:09
joelinoo
Written by [user id=142921] on 05.05.2014 at 16:46

I feel like this album combines the previous 4 into 1. I like it.

I agree with this. It is amazing and really exciting to hear all the previous 4 albums merged together in this one. Another masterpiece from Agalloch, loving it.
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05.05.2014 - 21:14
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

Lolz indeed. It's an ironic endless circle really.
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05.05.2014 - 21:16
Karlabos
Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

Anyways, when is the LP release?

And now you're bitching about the bitching of other people's bitching. And I'm bitching about this bitching of yours.

Anyways, May 19th. it's written on the news above.
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
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05.05.2014 - 21:28
Dinruth
Written by Karlabos on 05.05.2014 at 21:16

Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

Anyways, when is the LP release?

And now you're bitching about the bitching of other people's bitching. And I'm bitching about this bitching of yours.

Anyways, May 19th. it's written on the news above.

He was asking about the LP release!
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05.05.2014 - 21:31
Karlabos
Written by Dinruth on 05.05.2014 at 21:28

He was asking about the LP release!

Oh, nevermind then.
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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06.05.2014 - 00:39
Alex F
Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

Anyways, when is the LP release?

They haven't given an exact date, but it is expected sometime in June or July. The band stated that on their Facebook page, but didn't seem confident when stating it (they included a parenthetical "hopefully"). Hope that helps you plan your shopping a bit
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06.05.2014 - 06:50
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

I certainly wasn't bitching about it. If anything, I find it amusing. I couldn't care less what people think about it, it's just funny to me that people still can't come to grips with the facts that bands evolve and change sound, and make such big deals out of it.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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06.05.2014 - 09:28
no one
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Written by deadone on 06.05.2014 at 08:51

Written by [user id=132675] on 05.05.2014 at 14:48

I don't get this music at all...

....I guess I'm just not Metal Storm enough.

A man after my own heart!

yeah i was thinking it might have brought a tear to your eye when i read that.

now maybe it's time i went on to some threads about bands i hate and whinge about how i can't understand how people like them, it just makes the convo go real well and everybody happy
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06.05.2014 - 09:52
pyrz
No limited edition this time around?
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06.05.2014 - 21:20
Sang Dalang Abu
Written by [user id=150128] on 06.05.2014 at 14:47

Written by Auntie Sahar on 06.05.2014 at 06:50

Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

I certainly wasn't bitching about it. If anything, I find it amusing. I couldn't care less what people think about it, it's just funny to me that people still can't come to grips with the facts that bands evolve and change sound, and make such big deals out of it.

I wasn't referring to you specifically, It's just something I see everywhere I go on the internet and IRL and I think your post sparked me to write the reply.

It certainly wasn't personal or anything, I don't even know any of you.

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06.05.2014 - 21:30
erat
Written by [user id=4365] on 05.05.2014 at 21:14

Written by [user id=150128] on 05.05.2014 at 20:00

I don't understand why people bitch about other people's bitching on albums. It's kind of the same thing.. Just leave them bitching, no matter what ever you say it won't make them stop, so why waste time?

Lolz indeed. It's an ironic endless circle really.

That's a life bug.
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Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark,
The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park!
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