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KILL
December 10th 2010


81582 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

hahaha

G3N3R1C
December 10th 2010


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

A lot of the people are hearing "boring" melodies that "drag on". I'm hearing "hypnotic" melodies that "add a lot of atmosphere to the album".

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Black Lake Nidstang owns Shadow of our Pale Companion.


Ugh, no.

black lake is their greatest song yet


Once again, no.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

sorry but it's how i feel :]

A lot of the people are hearing "boring" melodies that "drag on". I'm hearing "hypnotic" melodies that "add a lot of atmosphere to the album".


agreed, I don't hear any filler here at all or anything that drags on in the slightest with a possible exception of the intro but hell, it's an intro.

hahaha


heh :3

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

How can you say To Drown is epic or anything like that? It's just a bunch of noises for 10 minutes. They may have tried to make it atmospheric and epic, but it fails. I'm not trying to put this down because I love it. Hell it's my number 2 for this year, but the point is that it's the worst Agalloch album and they could've done even better.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

How can you say To Drown is epic or anything like that? It's just a bunch of noises for 10 minutes.


as is any song. the noises here however are very, very good noises that I love :3

They may have tried to make it atmospheric and epic, but it fails.


i have to highly disagree, it's atmospheric as hell and one of the most epic parts of the album for me.

G3N3R1C
December 10th 2010


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

So i guess that every Godspeed album is just a "bunch of noises" huh?



Hell it's my number 2 for this year




Damn, i'd hate to see how much you bitch about your #3 album of the year then...



Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Well to each his own. I just feel like To Drown is definitely one of, if not the most, boring thing they've ever done.

Damn, i'd hate to see how much you bitch about your #3 album of the year then...


I don't really bitch about it and I'm not bitching about this. I'm just pointing out they could've done better. Like I said, the three middle songs are fantastic and I do like the intro, it just goes on too long. That all makes up for To Drown.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it's nowhere near as boring as the Our Fortress Is Boring tracks

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

It's way more boring than those. Those aren't even boring tbh. The only one you could say is boring is the last part and even that would only have to be trimmed down a little.

Crysis
Emeritus
December 10th 2010


17653 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

How people can say that Black Lake Nidstang is the best song the band has done with a straight face is beyond me.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's way more boring than those. Those aren't even boring tbh. The only one you could say is boring is the last part and even that would only have to be trimmed down a little.


disagreed, I find all the parts just boring. it's why I think Ashes is their worst. Otherwise it would have easily been on par with their other stuff. :[



to be fair though, Ashes is still pretty fucking close. the other 4 tracks (not including on this white mountain) are easily some of their best material.

How people can say that Black Lake Nidstang is the best song the band has done with a straight face is beyond me.


i agree, i usually make an orgasm face :B



or a big smile

Crysis
Emeritus
December 10th 2010


17653 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

ugh I could name probably a dozen tracks they've done that are better. Hell its not even the best song on this album.

Scoot
December 10th 2010


24185 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I am only coming back to Black Lake, really.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Black Lake is awesome, but yeah I could also name at least a dozen tracks that are better.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ugh I could name probably a dozen tracks they've done that are better. Hell its not even the best song on this album.




I'm afraid that I disagree good sir. Black Lake is probably one of my favorite songs ever. there's not a moment of it I don't love. but time will tell.



fanboyism go go go!

Crysis
Emeritus
December 10th 2010


17653 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

The classical guitar piece (which fucking rules), the melody at about 5:50, and the shrieked vocals. Only good things about the song.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The classical guitar piece, the melody at about 5:50, and the shrieked vocals. Only good things about the song.


errr the drones are amazing the hypnotic clean guitars are amazing the climax is amazing the build up is amazing



you forgot those parts

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 10th 2010


116969 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

It used to be my favorite on this album, but now I would put Into the Painted Grey, The Watcher's Monolith, and Ghost of the Midwinter Fires all ahead of it.

DarkNoctus
December 10th 2010


12820 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it was my favorite from the beginning and my opinion on that hasn't really changed. all I've done is love it (and this album) more and more and more the more I listen.



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