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| Agalloch Is Dead
Well, the jury's still out. But where one great tree falls, many more will grow toward the new light. Throw down your favorites that will fill the hole in black metal's canopy. | | 1 |  | Harrow (CAN)
Fallow Fields
On the softer side of black/folk, Harrow creates gorgeous, flowing songs that sound like they were all recorded in one near-perfect take. This is one of those diamonds in the rough that I'm delighted to have found and Fallow Fields is my go-to hiking/mountain biking album. | | 2 |  | Ifing
Against This Weald
Ifing is another newcomer whose multi-part epics combine fuzzy background guitars with sparking acoustic passages. The production is clear and airy, giving Against This Weald a refreshing atmosphere throughout its succinct 35 minutes. | | 3 |  | Barrowlands
Thane
Barrowlands sounds distinctly less polished than either band above, but their brand of black metal is the most unpredictable of the bunch. Each song is full of ever-shifting rhythms, dissonant, crawling guitars, and snarled vocals. Thane is a messily fantastic album that legitimately sounds like it was written and recorded in a grove of dead hemlock trees. | | 4 |  | Windfaerer
Tenebrosum
Moving to the heavier side of things, Windfaerer sounds like Ne Ob if they'd binged Windir before writing an album. Tenebrosum's thunderous drums propel songs that often segue from stop-start tremolo riffing to danceable folk passages led by wailing violin. | |
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07.22.16 | I still sorta hope that visionary John Haugm guy has one more up his sleeve, but I'm not holding my breath. Black/folk is in good hands. | TheSpirit
07.22.16 | good riddance | Gameofmetal
07.22.16 | kys^ | TheSpirit
07.22.16 | kiss yourself? okay | oltnabrick
07.22.16 | ok i will | Gameofmetal
07.22.16 | you can kiss me tbh | TheSpirit
07.22.16 | :* smooches | Hawks
07.22.16 | Heard 2 and it slays gonna have to check the others. | Sevengill
07.22.16 | Let me know what you think. Harrow ought to do the trick too. | MistaCrave
07.22.16 | Listening to 1 right now. This honestly is super cool | brokendogleg
07.22.16 | Everyone should check out Heart of Akamon by Nechochwen. Very cool local band, mixture of folk/black metal/Native American influence. Main guy has a project coming out with Panopticon. | ZippaThaRippa
07.22.16 | Ygg | zaruyache
07.22.16 | Check Nechochwen [2] | Sevengill
07.22.16 | That sounds awesome. Gonna go check it out, especially because Native American influence. | zaruyache
07.22.16 | What's he doing with Panopticon, though? I feel like I sorta remember that but Austin's been off social media so long I can't remember the last time he said what he had going on. | brokendogleg
07.22.16 | I think details are scarce right now, but Aaron of Nechochwen lives a few miles from me, and I bought their whole discography last year room him. He said they were friends and were writing stuff.
Aaron is a killer acoustic player, by the way. | brokendogleg
07.22.16 | https://youtu.be/HKUWjN3ljXY | Sevengill
07.22.16 | that acoustic part at 2:28 rips | teamster
07.22.16 | The latest from Ashbringer is awesome. But my first choice? Fen - love everything they have ever done and can't wait to see what they do new next. | Sevengill
07.22.16 | Fen and Ashbringer on the to-do. Gallowbraid is another I might check. |
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