Album Rating: 4.5

In my experience it's definitely the latter. Definitely. Can't even get started to count the times I've listened to an album the first time and thought "now this is a winter/spring/fall/whatever album".

Album Rating: 4.5

For me, I always associated it with late autumn/winter, but after that listen, I began to appreciate during the spring as well. So, both actually.

Album Rating: 5.0

"...does it sound like winter/spring to you because that's when the experience you associate the album with happened..."



A good point, but for me it's generally a combination of the two. For instance, Marrow was released at the end of November when it was starting to get cold. I remember sitting in my car at night, seeing my breath waiting for my engine to warm up, and listening to Into the Painted Grey, so it's hard to disassociate that experience with album. But I'd like to think if I took a step back and just listened to the melodies and atmosphere, that the record as a whole is inherently the coldest full length they've released.

Album Rating: 4.5

The Mantle is an interesting case. I first listened to it as an autumn album on especially bleak days and it worked just fine, but once the snow started falling and I listened to it watching it, it just blew me away how well it fit. Since then I always associate it with that sight or something along the same lines.

Album Rating: 4.5

I've always associated Agalloch with any sort of bleak, cool weather. Whether it be spring, autumn, or winter. Winter does hold a certain significance in their music, though.

Album Rating: 5.0

Though they did so a summer album! Or at least, The White is as close as you'll get to one for them.



Strangely enough, I've listened to Ashes a ton, during mostly winter, but don't really have that seasonal association with it. Still sounds a-seasonal to me. In fact, a lot of times it sounds almost otherworldly to me, like agalloch are painting a picture of this desolate, barren landscape, our world after an apocalypse or another world where nature doesn't/never exist/existed

Album Rating: 4.0

Some artists are best appreciated within the unforgiving natural elements from which their inspiration stems

Album Rating: 5.0

Is it the sound of the music itself that actually evokes those natural elements, though? Or is it the artwork, the lyrics, etc? Hard to know



Like for me The Mantle is CLEARLY a winter album and something like, say, Sleep's Holy Mountain is CLEARLY a summer album but are these actually musical traits? Can sound itself create a physical atmosphere? Music is weird guys

Album Rating: 4.0

"Can sound itself create a physical atmosphere?"

Paysage D'hiver. question answered.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yes, I'm absolutely certain that music can create a physical atmosphere.



Whenever I listen to an album for the first time, I always try to imagine the place it wants to take me to. Then maybe someday, I'll listen to it in circumstances where it really fits the situation. So, the circumstances of the first time listening to an album doesn't really influence what kind of atmosphere I associate with it. It's mostly those later situations that really define them, and they are derived from what I feel the atmosphere and the album's imagery to be. For example, Violater by Depeche Mode, listened to it once 8 pm on the way back from University, it was dark already. Écailles de Lune by Alcest, on bus by night. Or, like I mentioned above, The Mantle, watching out of the window while snow falls.

Album Rating: 4.0

Agalloch dont really make metal. They make wood. At least in the general area of my lower torso! xD

Album Rating: 4.8

I love Paysage, but I'd pick these guys without hesitation.

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm with Hawks, but I got into Agalloch first, so idk.

Haven't listened to Paysage yet, any similarities with Agalloch?

Not in particular

Agalloch is like sitting in a wooden cabin by a fire as the snow falls outside whereas paysage is being caught in a blizzard with no hope of survival

I'd take Agalloch as well

paysage over agalloch any day

>Agalloch is like sitting in a wooden cabin by a fire as the snow falls outside whereas paysage is being caught in a blizzard with no hope of survival

Sounds interesting. Will definitely check em out.

BTW crazy to think that as of this week, I have been on this site for 7 years now! Very inactive though compared to most users here.

Album Rating: 5.0

"Agalloch is like sitting in a wooden cabin by a fire as the snow falls outside whereas paysage is being caught in a blizzard with no hope of survival"



accurate af

Album Rating: 5.0

Highly philosophical stuff in here

Album Rating: 3.0

agalloch sounds like music to me guys