Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit

Fuck that's awesome.

Comes out on my birthday too

I don't get what is so awesome about that site.

Does anyone know of a good pre order bundle that ships to the US? That one had a cool one, but it seems to only go to Germany.

guess this wasn't posted yet

http://transylvanianhungerrr.blogspot.com/2010/10/agalloch-marrow-of-spirit-review.html

Seems like that guys likes the album

What a stupid review.

I like the production of the sample. And I agree that the listening environment is important for Agalloch appreciation, just as it is the mindset of the listener.

Edit: Looks like there are links to two tracks on that page. I thought the other one had leaked, but...

Excited for this.

the riffage in the very beginning of into the painted grey sounds like ©my son's dbs influenced power pop songs©

I like this, and I'm not saying that just because you're my son haha!

Anyway, Bees Made Honey is almost over

i'm 1/4 through and so far this is better than instrumental country rock

behave

that's what the bees with weird dialects said about the lion's skull

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GHOST OF THE MIDWINTER FIRES

come on feel the illiNeige

on the first song and I'm already liquified

I expected the album to blow up on the second song and it did

Oh man, this album.

I'll wait for higher quality.

The end of To Drown is the best guitar driven apocalypse rock I've heard since Skinny Fests. like i mean the rockin part not the samples of someone taking a bath

That song almost starts like a Maserati song and then evolves into this BM epic. Pretty neat. It's definitely more raw than their last disc, though.

I don't know how to feel about the prevalent ABM influence.

ABM?

I'm guessing Ambient Black Metal? If so FUCK that sounds awesome!

Atmospheric, but yeah, same thing I guess

also, I know squat about black metal so don't blame me if it doesn't sound like you would expect it to

I've always thought they had those elements. That is pretty much their style right?

this one reminded me of something explicitly AMB, like Wolves in the Throne Room

it has blast beats

[11:29] <+zorbo> the new agalloch is pretty tight
[11:30] <+zorbo> it doesn't have as many "holy fuck" moments as the mantle or ashes against the grain, though
[11:31] <+zorbo> more listens will be required

thanks for the update, zorbo

and if it's anything like "Scars of the Shattered Sky (Our Fortress Has Burned to the Ground)" (the bonus track on the vinyl release) I will ejaculate all over you Fruenko.

atmospheric metal black

I'm gonna listen to this on my way to work. It had better be cold as Fuck outside.

Ok so this album is awesome. Quite raw and almost primitive in places, and a bit more bm than they have been in a while, but overall the atmosphere is amazing.

Can this be preordered on vinyl anywhere?

i fucking love the dsbm style vocals at 7:30 in black lake

in b4 legions of haters

yeah that caught me off-guard but it's really well done

On first listen - me not likey. Maybe it will change but first impressions are that for the most part it has less atmosphere and more standard blackish metal or something, I donno. It was a quick listen too. Hope it grows on me.

Certainly isn't the new Dream Theater, though.

I will definitely like this a lot.

The shitty weather over here right now is so perfect for Agalloch.

I love this shit. I wish they did more Weakling-inspired vocals like the neat pointed out, but damn this shit rules. Not sure if I prefer it to Ashes, but it'll take some time, for certain. Much better than Wolves' newest release, since the two are being compared.

I've got to be honest guys, that preview track isn't doing a single thing for me. It's lacking something and I'm not sure what.

I will completely reserve judgement until I have this CD in my hands though.

Jesus fucking christ it's in 192 kbps

192 is fine, but I've been hearing it's kind of a shitty rip.

It's a transcode, so yeah.

Transcoded, 192kbps, bad rip of a album from one of my all time favorite bands? Yeah, I'll wait for at least 320.

I'm not satisfied til I have the master tapes in my hand, personally.

Listened twice, I'm absolutely loving this, and I don't think im like the hugest Agalloch fan either. Perhaps thats why I love it though, since alot of people dont seem crazy about it, but I'm fairly positive I'll end up liking this much more than Ashes or Mantle. And the 7:30 part of Black Lake floored me. I suppose I'll have to look into whatever that was supposedly influenced by, cause it was wonderful.

it god a whole lot better for me on second listen fwiw