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| 0.0 | zxlkho | June 26th 12 |
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| 3.5 great | Yazz_Flute | June 27th 12 |
I'm wary of clicking on the link in the top-voted soundoff...
:edit: nah it's safe go for it
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| 4.0 excellent | DarkNoctus | June 27th 12 |
woah, okay. totally different than what i expected - perhaps better. i don't think agalloch will ever fail me, thank goodness. i was nervous about this ep but it's proven to me that the nervousness was all for nothing. the track flows better than just about anything else they've put out, constantly going in different directions, meandering (but in a good way) yet progressing at the same time. the production and instrumentation is a lot tighter than marrow. they do the theme justice - incredibly impressed. :]
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| 0.0 | Tyrael | June 26th 12 |
inb4 noctus 5'ing this and calling it the best thing mankind has ever produced.
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| 4.0 excellent | Zion | June 27th 12 |
Excellent, it wanders here and there but is much more solid than most if not all tracks on Marrow.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | May 10th 19 |
Much heavier than their heavier stuff. Great output, ofc not matching their grandest works, but still a nice addition to an already dense discog. However, if I wanted to listen to 20 minutes of Agalloch, I would rather go with the "Limbs" - "Falling Snow" one-two punch.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | March 2nd 17 |
While it may be true that Faustian Echoes follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, it doesn't really hold a candle to it. Marrow Of The Spirit was Agalloch at their atmospheric, thematic, and songwriting best, a project that encapsulated their entire existence as a band up until that point, and while this EP is in no way a bad one, it sounds much less involved and interesting than its predecessor. It has its fair share of great moments, though, like the riff about four minutes into the song that is one of the most sinister the band has penned, or the climactic ending with fantastic usage of an interview sample. More or less, it's Agalloch doing what Agalloch does well, and thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that the EP is definitely worth a listen if folky atmo-black is your thing. That said, there's plenty of material in the discography that outdoes this and then some, so I'd recommend starting there first.
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| 4.0 excellent | maninthebox | February 2nd 13 |
Faustian Echoes is more like an experiment for Agalloch than anything else, an experiment in story telling. Here they seek to fully embody the tail of Faust's deal with Lucifer with their post tinged black metal sound. Because of Agalloch trying to capture the dark and unsettling nature of the story, Faustian Echoes is considerably darker and heavier than most of their out put, once again truly showing how varied Agalloch can be. While you can't really compare it to any of their full lengths, Faustian Echoes shows Agalloch taking a break from their usual sound to craft a successfull and thought provoking EP.
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| 3.0 good | steventon | June 28th 12 |
dissapointing. The ending is really great, just a shame it takes like 18 fucking minutes to get there.
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| 3.0 good | Zac124 | October 3rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | March 22nd 23 |
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| 3.5 great | Jerrad | August 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | quetzal | August 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | Hyper | November 16th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Zaleb | July 18th 20 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | April 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vasilis S. CONTRIBUTOR | February 24th 20 |
| 3.5 great | JoeTex | January 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | JOK | December 3rd 19 |
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| 3.0 good | Elros | September 5th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Chuck | March 26th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | jusdiz | February 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | ArvidL | January 26th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Radex | October 13th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | January 31st 18 |
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| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | April 28th 17 |
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| 4.0 excellent | tg103 | April 10th 13 |
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| 3.5 great | Kadaver | February 12th 13 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Niels | January 13th 13 |
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| 3.5 great | Sevhead | December 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | December 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hastigr | November 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | viri | November 11th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | xVision | October 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | sevrior | September 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | oalston | September 13th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ILJ | September 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Coast | August 27th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Ware | August 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lethe | August 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | MO | August 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | svjchtr | August 9th 12 |
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| 5.0 classic | Edlund | July 27th 12 |
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