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artiswar
July 19th 2022


16639 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

this album is really consistent. If you like those tracks I don't get why you dislike the rest, but whatevs

FreakMachine
July 19th 2022


1913 Comments


I didn't say I dislike it, said it went downhill. It's still solid material, I just lose interest

artiswar
July 19th 2022


16639 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

fair enough. It is pretty repetitive I guess, just depends on if you care for that kind of sound

Sevengill
July 20th 2022


13102 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I got real bored with Pale Companion the first several times I heard it. This one's an old-growth forest.

Koris
Emeritus
July 20th 2022


22618 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I still prefer Pale Folklore, but this one rules too

DaveTrane
July 20th 2022


729 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

this is the best soundtrack when im train driving through the alps, majestatic

artiswar
July 20th 2022


16639 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

for sure man

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
September 27th 2022


11971 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Man I know I've heard people say A Desolation Song is edgy poetry but it's hitting in a relatively uncomfortable way atm

ChrimzonCanine
October 7th 2022


2080 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Pale Companion > Pale Communion

butt.
November 16th 2022


11428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Always love jamming this when the snow starts.

But….am I the only one who finds that bridge in the middle of Hawthorne Passage to be borderline unlistenable? Sounds like a 6th grader just bought a guitar two weeks ago and is trying to learn how to strum

Sevengill
November 16th 2022


13102 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

idk if you're the only one, but it never bothered me

zaruyache
November 17th 2022


28614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

it's a weird stylistic choice for sure but I don't find it too bad, especially when the acoustic comes back in.

DungeonBoy
November 17th 2022


10282 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I tried listening to it, and couldn't even figure out what butt was talking about. I never thought of anyone in Agalloch as virtuosos on their instruments, it's a band more about songwriting and atmosphere for me.



Case in point, listen to Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor. Off time everything, sloppy as hell performances across the board, absolute masterpiece:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4CGHcI0tLo

climactic
November 18th 2022


22914 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

that was even worse than this album

butt.
November 19th 2022


11428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I’m talking about the part that starts at 6:45. I’m being overly dramatic btw, it’s not bad, just a really silly guitar part that they could have written to not sound so elementary.



Someone recommend me something like this but instrumental

Sevengill
November 19th 2022


13102 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

have you tried "A Celebration for the Death of Mankind", "Odal", "The Lodge", or "The Hawthorne Passage" by Agalloch? they sound a lot like this

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
November 20th 2022


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Their EP The White is mostly instrumental. Not sure of any metal bands that sound quite like them aside from Bergtatt by Ulver, but there’s lots of dark folk out there like Nature and Organisation – Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude, October Falls – Marras (neither of which are on Spotify btw, at least in the US), and Ulver – Kveldssanger along with the new album Haavard by the guitarist who played on Kveldssanger. Sand – The Dynamic Curve is a very good instrumental ambient/electronic album that I reviewed and was a significant influence on this. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/80652/Sand-The-Dynamic-Curve/

Scoot
February 20th 2023


24131 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

man when i die i want odal to be the last thing i hear

pizzamachine
February 20th 2023


28286 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I want someone to whisper in my ear “it’s going to be okay” as I’m dying so that I can have a laugh

Zac124
February 20th 2023


4016 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i quite like this album



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