ashes is the best!

i remember when this coming out was big news

Album Rating: 3.0

I've heard good things about this band, but this was incredibly boring

Album Rating: 3.8

Probably because this is their "worst" album. Listen to Ashes.

Album Rating: 3.0

or listen to the mantle instead because it's the best

Album Rating: 3.8

Pale Folklore is best, but I feel like Ashes is the easiest to get into.

Album Rating: 4.0

damn I was completely horribly wrong about this album before lol



it's a 3.5 at the very least

Album Rating: 3.8

[2]



I gotta listen to this again it's been a while.

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm starting to think this album's average was another casualty of the Sputnik hivemind. like Crysis reviewed it first and he didn't like it so the average plummeted



a vast majority of reviewers from other sites loved this album

Album Rating: 3.8

Yeah bro it's really good. Nowhere near as good as the other 4, but I feel like most people just think this is bad because it's not The Mantle.

Album Rating: 4.0

the opener here may well be the strongest opener on any Agalloch album

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

this album just doesn't have that wow agalloch feel.

Album Rating: 4.0

the first 5 tracks do!

"I'm starting to think this album's average was another casualty of the Sputnik hivemind. like Crysis reviewed it first and he didn't like it so the average plummeted"

Been saying this since day 1

"the opener here may well be the strongest opener on any Agalloch album"

As much as I love this, I disagree. Doesn't touch Limbs or She Painted Fire 1-3

Album Rating: 3.0

"Been saying this since day 1"



you've also been wrong since day 1

sput hivemind agreed

Sputnik is not the only place this album was not very well received

AbsolutePunk: 8/10
The Austin Chronicle: 4/5
Exclaim!: 10/10
Metal Hammer: 6/7
Metal Storm: 8.3/10
Pitchfork: 8.3/10
Slant Magazine : 4/5
Spin: 8/10
Sputnik: 2/5
Tiny Mix Tapes: 3.5/5

That 2 sticks out like a sore thumb (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent_%26_the_Sphere)

"you've also been wrong since day 1"

Keep telling yourself that kiddo

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

RYM:



Marrow of the Spirit 3.68

The Serpent & the Sphere 3.44

still their worst by a long way