Agalloch - Pale Folklore - review
Agalloch - Pale Folklore - review
Tracklist
01. She Painted Fire Across The Skyline I02. She Painted Fire Across The Skyline II
03. She Painted Fire Across The Skyline III
04. The Misshapen Steed
05. Hallways Of Enchanted Ebony
06. Dead Winter Days
07. As Embers Dress The Sky
08. The Melancholy Spirit
A review by
Dream Taster November 04, 2006
The first observation is that Agalloch's unique style - an atmospheric blend of folk, doom, death and much more - is already well defined on this album. While the production is understandably of poorer quality compared to their more recent releases, it is clear enough to enjoy the large amount of creativity showcased throughout the tracks.
'She Painted Fire Across The Skyline' is a typical Agalloch creation, divided into three distinct parts, which gives Pale Folklore a great base. Listeners who are already familiar with their discography, will recognize 'The Death Of Man' as the lead build-up of The Mantle album.
Without giving up too much information, 'Hallways OF Enchanted Ebony', 'Dead Winter Days' and especially 'As Embers Dress The Sky' constitute the essential heart of the album while 'The Melancholy Spirit' is a slower-beat outro with a fantastic piano conclusion.
Pale Folklore is an extremely interesting album, played by very convincing musicians and in a unique style that is sure to gather people with different musical background. It may be a notch under their grandiose The Mantle, but it's not far from it.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 6 |
Written on 04.11.2006 by
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Yeah I agree, a very good album with a poor production (compared with their last 2 amazing albums), but very enjoyable anyway. Agalloch: simply great and unequalled... Good review!
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I'd say the performance was outstanding but probably the greatest success of Pale Folklore was their originality.
---- And sometimes I despair At who I've become I have to come to terms With what I've done
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well every agalloch release is among the best albums ever
---- Don't turn away just take my hand and when you make your final stand i ll be right there i ll never leave all i ask of you is believe...
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by far their best in my opinion. it had a most hauntingly beautiful atmosphere, such that i didn't find in the later albums
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I don't give a shit about production, the only thing I know is that album is fucking great, period. 
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For me a bit weaker one, but only because "Ashes Against The Grain" and "The Mantle" are so wonderful... 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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For me too. Worst of their albums. But that does not mean a bad album at all . The three part ''She Painted Fire Across The Skyline'' are not so good, but the album gets a lot better from there to on.
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Looking back I have to say that this is Agallochs best album. The production is not a bad thing on this album IMO as it helps feed the atmosphere, This album does not need to be rerecorded.
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Good, album. Its sort of obvious listening to it that it's their first though as theyve progressed a lot imo. The only thing lacking in this album is that I can see the goddamn pixels on the album cover. (I bought the album) I know this was 1999 when it was released..but still that so cheap haha.
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Awesome album what some how twisted, turned and changes American metal, its European sounding album, I might be wrong but in big picture nothing like this before exited there, all was like hair, th, dm, grunde and what MTv promoted, nothing like this well US and Eur influenced each other but Europe gave to metal much more as US gave into such genre
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